my story

I didn’t always know this would be my work.
but it’s the only thing that’s ever felt like home.

I became a mother and everything changed. 
not just the shape of my days, but the shape of who I was becoming. 
the systems around me offered care in pieces;
what I needed was to be held as a whole.

this space, this work, this offering
was born from the gaps I felt, from the aching beauty of early motherhood,
and from the quiet knowing that there must be another way.
 
my births lit the fire that still burns; 
each one is woven into everything I hold now.
 
I’m not here as an expert.
I’m here as someone who’s lived it—
the overwhelm, the tenderness, the initiation.
and I’m here to hold space for you as you live it too.

this is the heart behind everything I offer.
my name is karine, and I’m grateful you’re here.