The Mindful
Messes Way™
Creative Wellness for Overwhelmed & Neurodivergent Moms
Feel • Make • Become
Create to feel like you again
Motherhood Is Messy… and You’re Not Doing It Wrong
Motherhood isn’t just the physical mess — though there’s plenty of that.
It’s the emotional swirl.
The overstimulation.
The mental load.
The thousand micro-decisions that drain you long before breakfast.
For many moms — especially neurodivergent moms — life begins to feel like one long scribble: tangled, loud, and almost impossible to make sense of.
And somewhere inside that noise, you start to lose track of yourself.
You stop hearing your own voice.
You stop recognizing your needs.
You stop remembering what it feels like to be you.
Mindful Messes exists to help you find your way home.
A Different Way to Feel Like Yourself Again
The Mindful Messes Way™ begins in the scribble.
In the noise.
In the place where things feel overwhelming.
Instead of fixing, pushing through, or trying to “calm down,” we begin the way all creative healing begins:
You feel.
You make.
You become.
This method is rooted in creative wellness, nervous-system regulation, and the belief that mothers deserve practices that meet them with gentleness, not pressure.
Created by Jennifer Lawrence, a licensed professional counselor and licensed professional art therapist, this approach blends expressive arts, somatic grounding, and accessible mindfulness.
It is a creative wellness program — not therapy — designed for everyday moms navigating overwhelm, burnout, and identity shifts.
Feel — Land in Your Body
Simple, messy making (scribbles, circles, lines) helps your nervous system settle before your mind tries to solve anything.
This is somatic grounding through creativity.
Core message:
“You don’t need more motivation — you need more capacity.”
The Mindful Messes Way™ Framework
Make — Reconnect with Your Truth
You feel what’s present — gently, honestly, without fixing.
You offer compassion instead of criticism.
You begin to hear yourself again.
Core message:
“The mess isn’t the problem — it’s the beginning.”
Become — Grow Into the Self Who Feels Like Home
This is where identity shifts.
Where your insights meet your lived experience.
Where you become the version of you untouched by overwhelm.
Core message:
“You deserve a version of yourself who feels like home.”
Who Mindful Messes
Supports
Mindful Messes is for moms who are:
chronically overwhelmed
overstimulated or emotionally drained
carrying the invisible mental load
neurodivergent (ADHD, autistic, sensory-sensitive)
parenting neurodivergent kids
tired of productivity hacks that don’t address the root
longing to reconnect with themselves creatively
If you’ve been feeling like you’re living in survival mode, you’re in the right place.
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What Creative Practice Does for the Nervous System
A daily-ish creative ritual:
restores capacity
interrupts survival-mode loops
offers somatic grounding
reduces sensory overwhelm
reconnects you with your identity
creates sustainable emotional regulation
You don’t need the perfect morning routine.
You don’t need a cleared table.
You don’t even need time.
You need a place to land.
Creativity gives you that.
Explore Our Signature Program
The Scribble Sessions
A monthly creative-wellness membership hosted on Substack.
Options available: monthly, annual, and founding member rates.
Learn more → The Scribble Sessions Info Page
Read More About Creative Wellness Practices
Why Overwhelmed Moms Need a Creative Practice
When Motherhood Feels Like One Long Scribble
The Power of Tiny Creative Rituals