&Beyond
ONLINE COURSE
The Maternity Leave Programme that sets you up for sustainable success beyond Return to Work
This comprehensive programme is a new way to approach your maternity leave and return to work.
It guides you realistically through your maternity leave and return-to-work transition because it acknowledges that you won’t simply “pick up where you left off.”
Instead, it prepares you for returning to ‘a new normal’: as a new version of yourself in a workplace that may also have changed while you were away.
At the heart of this programme is matrescence and the identity shift it brings, alongside the practical realities of preparing for maternity leave and re-entering work after leave.
Rather than simply helping you "get through" this transition, the programme helps you to embrace it and use it as
an opportunity to evolve personally and professionally.
The Approach
You'll be guided through the four key phases where motherhood and career overlap to set yourself up for a realistic and hence sustainable return to work:
1. Pre-Leave — Prepare the foundation for peace of mind during your leave and your return
2. On Leave — Navigate matrescence and integrate your new identity as a mother
3. Re-Entry — Readjust with a realistic plan that sets you up for sustainable success
4. &Beyond — Redefine success during this new chapter
Throughout the programme, you'll receive templates you can immediately apply, practical tools, actionable exercises, and guidance to help you create a smoother and more empowered leave and return experience.
This will help you to
✔ Set clear expectations before you leave so you're not scrambling later
✔ Integrate your new role as a mother while on leave because you're not going back to who you were before
✔ Re-integrate at work sustainably by prioritizing what matters, delegating effectively, and creating sustainable systems
You'll also learn from the experiences of ambitious mothers who have navigated this transition before you, so you don't have to figure it all out alone.
By the End of the Programme...
You'll have a clear plan for maternity leave, a more confident and intentional return-to-work strategy, and a strong foundation for sustainable success in both your career and motherhood.
“Isabel's coaching helped me so much in gaining clarity and purpose as I went back to work. She gave me the tools I needed to feel recharged and empowered as we planned together what my next months could look like.”
Mariana, Portugal
“I always felt like I was missing something in my life, both in my career and as a mother. I felt guilty when quitting my job and spending more time with my kids didn't bring the fulfillment I expected, leaving me even more confused. That’s when I started working with Isabel. She helped me dig deep to discover my core values, giving me a clearer picture of what really matters to me. Now, I make decisions with confidence, knowing they align with my true self. I’m incredibly grateful for her guidance and highly recommend her to anyone feeling stuck or unsure of their path.”
Janine, Germany
Choose Your Plan
Explore the free introductory session and choose the plan that best supports your journey.
Self-Guided
Everything you need to navigate your leave and return at your own pace.
✔ 14 course sessions + bonus session
✔ Practical exercises and reflection prompts
✔ Downloadable templates and worksheets
✔ Manager and partner conversation guides
✔ Real-life insights from ambitious mothers
✔ Lifetime access
Launch Price: €149 (valid until September 2026, then: €197)
Guided
Personalized support throughout your maternity leave and return journey.
Everything included in the Self-Guided Plan, plus:
✔ 3 x 90-minute private coaching sessions
Session 1: Pre-Leave Strategy
Session 2: Re-Entry Preparation
Session 3: Sustainable Success Beyond Return
Launch Price: €749 (valid until September 2026, then: €997)
&Beyond - The Maternity Transition Programme
Enjoy a sneak preview in the intro session and choose your preferred plan to get started.
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Introduction
Maternity leave is not a pause from your career; it's a transition. As you become a mother, you are also evolving as a leader, professional, and person. The more intentionally you prepare for this transition, the more empowered and aligned your return to work can be.
Maternity leave is not a pause from your career; it's a transition. As you become a mother, you are also evolving as a leader, professional, and person. The more intentionally you prepare for this transition, the more empowered and aligned your return to work can be.
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Session 1: Creating Agreements
By discussing expectations and creating clear agreements before you go on leave, you can reduce uncertainty, prevent unnecessary stress, and create a smoother transition.
By discussing expectations and creating clear agreements before you go on leave, you can reduce uncertainty, prevent unnecessary stress, and create a smoother transition.
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Session 2: Preparing the Foundation at Work
This session provides the templates your need to create intentional agreements. By understanding your rights and policies and aligning expectations with your manager early on, you create the clarity and stability that will support a calmer leave and a more confident re-entry.
This session provides the templates your need to create intentional agreements. By understanding your rights and policies and aligning expectations with your manager early on, you create the clarity and stability that will support a calmer leave and a more confident re-entry.
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Session 3: Preparing the Foundation at Home
Clarity at home is just as important as clarity at work. Taking time with your partner to align on childcare, responsibilities, and support systems before your baby arrives helps prevent stress and misunderstandings later. When expectations are discussed early and calmly, you create a shared foundation that supports you both once real life begins.
Clarity at home is just as important as clarity at work. Taking time with your partner to align on childcare, responsibilities, and support systems before your baby arrives helps prevent stress and misunderstandings later. When expectations are discussed early and calmly, you create a shared foundation that supports you both once real life begins.
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Session 4: Releasing Worries and Cultivating Confidence
This transition holds both uncertainty and possibility. By gently exploring both your worries and your hopes, you can move through this chapter with greater awareness, self-trust, and emotional balance.
This transition holds both uncertainty and possibility. By gently exploring both your worries and your hopes, you can move through this chapter with greater awareness, self-trust, and emotional balance.
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Session 5: Rest and Recover
Birth is a major physical and emotional milestone, and your body deserves time to recover without pressure to “bounce back.” The early postpartum period is a time for rest, healing, and support, allowing you to rebuild your strength for the journey ahead.
Birth is a major physical and emotional milestone, and your body deserves time to recover without pressure to “bounce back.” The early postpartum period is a time for rest, healing, and support, allowing you to rebuild your strength for the journey ahead.
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Session 6: 'Matrescence' - The Process of Becoming a Mother
Matrescence is the profound psychological, emotional, and identity transformation that happens as you become a mother. To help you navigate this shift, the course includes a detailed change curve outlining the typical stages of the first postpartum year, along with common challenges and ways to cope.
Matrescence is the profound psychological, emotional, and identity transformation that happens as you become a mother. To help you navigate this shift, the course includes a detailed change curve outlining the typical stages of the first postpartum year, along with common challenges and ways to cope.
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Session 7: Refill Your Cup
Postpartum can feel overwhelming as you navigate physical recovery, sleep deprivation, and the profound shift into caring for a newborn around the clock. In this intense season, tending to your own needs is essential for sustaining your energy, resilience, and capacity to care for both your baby and yourself.
Postpartum can feel overwhelming as you navigate physical recovery, sleep deprivation, and the profound shift into caring for a newborn around the clock. In this intense season, tending to your own needs is essential for sustaining your energy, resilience, and capacity to care for both your baby and yourself.
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Session 8: Rebalance Your Energy
Motherhood brings a profound identity shift. You are expanding into someone new. This transition invites you to integrate both “masculine energy” and “feminine energy,” moving beyond achievement alone toward a fuller sense of self that includes presence, connection, intuition, and joy.
Motherhood brings a profound identity shift. You are expanding into someone new. This transition invites you to integrate both “masculine energy” and “feminine energy,” moving beyond achievement alone toward a fuller sense of self that includes presence, connection, intuition, and joy.
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Session 9: Integrate Your New Identity
As you approach your return to work, you may start asking: “Who am I now?” This session supports you in integrating who you were with who you are becoming, so you can return to work with greater confidence and authenticity.
As you approach your return to work, you may start asking: “Who am I now?” This session supports you in integrating who you were with who you are becoming, so you can return to work with greater confidence and authenticity.
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Session 10: Prepare Your Re-entry
Your return to work is not a “bounce back”. As you step back into work, you are integrating the growth, strengths, and shifting needs that motherhood has brought, and giving yourself time and grace to adjust is what makes this return sustainable.
Your return to work is not a “bounce back”. As you step back into work, you are integrating the growth, strengths, and shifting needs that motherhood has brought, and giving yourself time and grace to adjust is what makes this return sustainable.
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Session 11: Real-life Advice for Your First Weeks
Returning to work after maternity leave is a deeply human transition that often brings a mix of excitement, relief, doubt, and overwhelm. No amount of preparation can fully predict how it will feel in practice, which is why this session focuses on real-life insights and lived experiences to support you through your first days and weeks back.
Returning to work after maternity leave is a deeply human transition that often brings a mix of excitement, relief, doubt, and overwhelm. No amount of preparation can fully predict how it will feel in practice, which is why this session focuses on real-life insights and lived experiences to support you through your first days and weeks back.
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Session 12: Values & Priorities - What matters most to you now?
Returning to work can often bring a sense of being pulled in two directions, leading to guilt and the feeling that you are never doing enough. This session helps you reconnect with your values and priorities in this season of life, so you can make more intentional choices and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
Returning to work can often bring a sense of being pulled in two directions, leading to guilt and the feeling that you are never doing enough. This session helps you reconnect with your values and priorities in this season of life, so you can make more intentional choices and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
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Session 13: Mental Load & Routines - Making Space for What Matters Most
A few weeks back at work, life can start to feel like a lot, especially with the increasing mental load. This session helps you move from constant busyness to greater clarity by simplifying your priorities and creating more intentional space for what truly matters, so you can do less with more presence and alignment.
A few weeks back at work, life can start to feel like a lot, especially with the increasing mental load. This session helps you move from constant busyness to greater clarity by simplifying your priorities and creating more intentional space for what truly matters, so you can do less with more presence and alignment.
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Session 14: Boundaries - Protecting What Matters Most
Guilt often shows up at the intersection of motherhood and work and it’s also where boundaries are most easily compromised. This session helps you recognize where your limits are being stretched and strengthen your ability to hold boundaries in a way that supports both your well-being and your priorities.
Guilt often shows up at the intersection of motherhood and work and it’s also where boundaries are most easily compromised. This session helps you recognize where your limits are being stretched and strengthen your ability to hold boundaries in a way that supports both your well-being and your priorities.
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Bonus Session: Redefine Success
Once you’re settled in your new rhythms, you might feel ready to redefine what success looks like now. This bonus session invites you to reflect on how your definition of success may be shifting after motherhood, and to begin shaping a version that aligns with your current values, priorities, and aspirations.
Once you’re settled in your new rhythms, you might feel ready to redefine what success looks like now. This bonus session invites you to reflect on how your definition of success may be shifting after motherhood, and to begin shaping a version that aligns with your current values, priorities, and aspirations.
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