Stop bouncing back.
Start Rising Up.
Early motherhood is a transformation, not a gap to survive and it deserves a framework built around what is actually happening to you.
The Rise Up Mastermind is the only structured coaching programme built on matrescence science: twelve weeks, six mothers per cohort, guided by Mags Salton.
It shows you what this season has made you, and who you are now capable of becoming.
Rise Up · Opening September 2026 · Founding Cohort Now Forming · Limited Places
Three payoffs of Rise Up.
01
Capable
You navigate motherhood from a place of calm, equipped with the tools and systems to understand both your child’s needs and your own. From there, you shape your next steps across personal and professional life with clarity and intention.
02
Unshakeable
You shine brighter, radiate confidence, know your worth, honour your values, and let your authentic identity illuminate the room. The woman who disappeared is not gone. She expanded.
03
Connected
Deep bonds with your partner and child. A supportive community around you. The knowledge that you are loved, valued, and truly seen. Not just as a mother, but as the full human you are.
Are you ready?
THIS IS FOR YOU IF...
✓
You are an ambitious, high-achieving woman in the first three years of motherhood and you are ready to stop waiting for it to sort itself out.
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You want the intellectual framework for what is happening, not just tools for coping.
✓
You sense you are becoming someone new, but you do not yet have language for who that is.
✓
You want to be a more present mother and understand that starts with understanding yourself.
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You have finally decided that you are worth the investment, possibly for the first time since your child was born.
THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF...
X
You are in active mental health crisis and need clinical support as your primary intervention right now.
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You are looking for quick fixes or someone to tell you what to do. This programme requires deep internal work and a genuine readiness to change.
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You are not in early motherhood. This framework is built specifically for the first three years.
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You are not ready to be honest with yourself or with a group of women who will see you clearly.
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You are still waiting to feel ready. If you are holding out for the perfect moment, this is not the right step yet.
Simple. Structured. Personal.
1
Take the Rise Up Scorecard
20 questions across four pillars: Self, Child, Connection and Ambition. You get a personalised picture of exactly where you are in the transformation and your most important next steps. Free. Five minutes. No call required.
2
We have a conversation
A 30-minute call. No pitch, no pressure. We look at your assessment results together, identify where you are in the matrescence transition, and work out whether the Rise Up Mastermind is the right next step for you right now.
3
The work begins
12 weeks masterclass with 5 other successful applicants. A structured framework, the science, the tools, and the honest conversation you should have had access to from the moment you became a mother. Built entirely around you, your children, your life. This lays the foundations for you to rise over the next 12 months.
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You rise forward
Not back to who you were. Forward into who you are becoming. Grounded, purposeful, and more yourself than anything you had access to before you became a mother.
Small group. Structured journey. Lasting change.
Premium group coaching grounded in matrescence science.
The Rise Up Mastermind is intentionally small. Six women, selected for the quality of their engagement and the seriousness of their commitment. That intimacy is not incidental to the work. It is the work. There is something that only becomes possible when you are witnessed by women who are inside the same transformation, who will not let you perform fine, and who are invested in your becoming.
✦ Your personalised assessment
A programme based on uniquely you and the benchmark for your progress.
✦ Private opening 1:1 session
Your baseline, your intentions, your specific entry point.
✦ 12 weekly group session
The science, the framework, the conversation you should have had from day one.
✦ Weekly workbook
The thinking stays with you between sessions, not just in them.
✦ Video reference & library
The programme on demand at 11pm, when you actually have a question.
✦ Private closing 1:1 session
Integration, forward direction, what comes next.
INVESTMENT
from CHF 2,500*
Full 12-week Rise Up Programme
including all sessions and materials
6 places per programme
Applications are reviewed individually.
Not every application is accepted.
*Payment plans available across 3 instalments.
International payments accepted.
Full details confirmed on application.
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The Stats Don't Lie
Every module of Rise Up exists because the data told us it had to
84%
of mothers conceal their real struggles when asked how they are
79%
unconsciously internalise bounce-back beliefs without realising it
62%
feel unlike themselves: foreign in their own bodies, unsure who they are
61%
do not instinctively ask for help, defaulting to managing alone
56%
expected their pre-pregnancy body back within 3 months of giving birth
Source: The Phoenix Report. original research across 100+ professional mothers in 5 countries (Mabbatical Bounce Back Survey, 2026)
Find Your Stage of Motherhood
Matrescence lasts years, sometimes decades. But the first three years of motherhood have three distinct seasons. Each one is real. Each one deserves its own support.
Wherever you are in the journey, Rise Up meets you there.
1
The Goo
0 - 6 MONTHS
4th Trimester · Post-Partum
Everything is being torn down and slowly rebuilt. You are inside the chrysalis: raw, liquid, reforming. The 4th trimester and early postpartum recovery is not a return to normal. It is the dissolution that must happen before transformation can begin.
You are not broken. You are becoming.
2
The Emerge
6 MONTHS - 1 YEAR
Rising from the Baby Vortex
The preliminary stage is behind you. You are emerging from the baby vortex: not yet fully yourself, but you have space to breathe. Wings beginning to form. You can see beyond the next feed.
This is when many mothers first ask: who am I now? What do I actually need?
3
The Soar
1 - 3 YEARS
The Wings Are Ready
Something is keeping you stuck, stopping you from spreading your wings. You feel like now is your time to soar, but the fear, the identity fog, the old stories keep pulling you back.
You don’t need to recover. You need a runway. This is where Mabbatical takes flight.
Built around four pillars of your becoming
Your identity is not a side conversation in Rise Up. It is the whole conversation.
Built on matrescence science, grounded in what the research found, and delivered in a way that works in the life you are actually living.
REBUILD
SELF
Reconnect with who you are becoming. Understand your matrescent brain. Find yourself, not as you were, but deeper. Your identity is the foundation everything else is built on.
INTEGRATE
CHILD
Show up for your child from understanding, not exhaustion. Know your unique baby’s needs. Build unshakeable foundations from a place of knowledge, not survival.
SUPPORT
CONNECTION
Rebuild the relationships that hold you. Partner, community, boundaries. Learn to ask, to receive, to let yourself be seen and supported. Build your village.
EMERGE
AMBITION
Your ambitions did not die when you became a mother. Live by clear values, stay professionally motivated, and step back into the world on a clear path and on your terms.
The 12 Week Journey
WEEKS 1-3
Name it
Matrescence mapped. The science of what is happening in your brain, body, and identity. The confusion finally has a container.
WEEKS 4-6
Know yourself
Values, priorities, needs. Getting radically clear on who you are now. Not who you were before, not who you think you should be.
WEEKS 7-9
Rebuild
Relationships, ambitions, the places you have been playing small. Building the life that fits the woman you are becoming.
WEEKS 10-12
Rise
Integration. Inhabiting the new self with confidence, clarity, and the inner authority that comes from having done the work.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Rise Up Mastermind?
The Rise Up Mastermind is a 12-week guided transformation programme for ambitious mothers in the first three years of motherhood. It works across four pillars: Self, Child, Connection, and Ambition. You leave knowing who you are now, what you are capable of, and exactly where you are going next.
Is this the same as matrescence coaching?
Yes. The Rise Up Mastermind is built entirely on the science of matrescence: the neurological and psychological transformation that happens when a woman becomes a mother. Every session, every tool, and every conversation is grounded in that framework. If you have been searching for matrescence coaching and are not sure what it looks like in practice, this is it.
How is this different from postpartum coaching or new mum coaching?
Most postpartum coaching focuses on the early weeks: sleep, feeding, settling into a new routine. The Rise Up Mastermind starts where that leaves off. It addresses the deeper transformation: the identity shift, the career questions, the relationship changes, and the ambition that did not disappear when you had a baby. It is coaching for the woman who has got through the immediate fog and is asking what comes next.
Is this the same as matrescence therapy, or seeing a matrescence therapist?
Not exactly, though there is significant overlap in what they address. A matrescence therapist works within a clinical framework, often focusing on mental health, trauma, or diagnosis. The Rise Up Mastermind is coaching: it is for women who are not clinically unwell but who are navigating a significant identity and life transition and want structure, community, and expert guidance to do it well.
If you are experiencing symptoms of postpartum depression or anxiety, please speak to your doctor or a qualified therapist first. If you are in the transformation but not in crisis, the Mastermind is designed for you.
Can this help me with returning to work after maternity leave?
Yes, and it goes further. The Ambition pillar of the Mastermind addresses exactly this: how to return on your own terms, how to negotiate what you need, how to reconnect with your professional identity, and how to do it without shrinking back into who you were before.
The Mastermind is not about going back to work. It is about stepping forward into a career that fits who you are now. The research shows 85% of professional mothers leave full-time work within three years. We are here to make sure that, if you return, you return on your own terms, with your ambition fully intact.
What if I feel like I am losing myself in motherhood?
That feeling has a name: matrescence. It is not a sign that something has gone wrong. It is the signal that a significant identity transformation is underway, and that you are doing it without a map.
The Rise Up Mastermind gives you the map. It starts with the question every mother in the programme arrives with: who am I now? And it builds the answer from there.
What are the stages of matrescence and which one am I in?
Mabbatical identifies three stages of matrescence in the first three years.
The Goo (0 to 6 months): the early dissolution, when your old identity has not yet been replaced by anything solid.
The Emerge (6 to 12 months): the beginning of a new self taking shape, often accompanied by equal parts clarity and uncertainty.
The Soar (1 to 3 years): reclaiming ambition, identity, and direction on your own terms.
The Mastermind works with mothers in all three stages, and your cohort will include women across them. The free Rise Up Scorecard tells you where you are right now.
How is the Mastermind different from reading about matrescence?
Reading about matrescence, including books like Lucy Jones’s Matrescence or the research on this site, gives you the framework and the relief of naming what you are going through. The Mastermind gives you the transformation.
Understanding matrescence intellectually is the first step. Living differently because of it is the work the Mastermind does.
What does a postpartum identity crisis actually mean, and can this help?
A postpartum identity crisis is what happens when the person you were before the baby no longer fits, but the person you are becoming does not yet have a shape. It is disorienting, often frightening, and almost never talked about honestly. It is also a completely normal part of matrescence.
The Rise Up Mastermind is built for exactly this stage. You do not need to have it together to join. You need to be ready to find out who you are becoming.
How many women are in each cohort?
Six. The Mastermind runs in a small cohort of six mothers. This is intentional: the intimacy of a small group is part of what makes it work. You are not a participant in a course. You are part of a community going through the same transformation at the same time.
Be part of the founding cohort
A small group. A structured journey. A different kind of motherhood.
As a successful applicant you will help build something that will go on to support thousands of mothers after you.
The founding cohort launches in September 2026. It’s a 12-week guided transformation, built on original research with 100+ professional mothers, delivered in a group deliberately small enough for every voice to be heard.
Founding members lock in founding rates for life and shape what the Rise Up Mastermind becomes for future members.
The Rise Up Scorecard
The Rise Up Scorecard is free and takes less than five minutes. Answer 20 questions across the four pillars of motherhood (Self, Child, Connection, and Ambition) and get a personalised picture of exactly where you are in your matrescence journey.
Learn something true about yourself, and leave with a clear view of the most important actions you can take right now.