Family Pods

Family Pods are a space for mothers to slow down, reconnect with themselves, and build meaningful community with others walking alongside them. Together, we explore intentional ways of caring for ourselves and showing up for one another through the changing seasons of motherhood.

In our time together, we reflect on our needs, desires, identity, nervous system health, relationships, creativity, and the realities of modern motherhood, while being supported by a circle of people learning and growing together. Rather than navigating it all alone, pods offer a place of belonging, shared wisdom, honest conversation, and collective care.

Family Pods are facilitated by Amy Rupp, a certified matrescence coach and community builder who has spent the last nine years cultivating cooperative, community-centered spaces for mothers.

Together we explore:

• Building strong, connected relationships

• How to support our children’s emotional worlds while tending our own

• The nervous system, for both caregivers and children, and how regulation shapes daily life

• Exploring communication within partnerships and families, especially in the midst of stress and growth

• Navigating the ongoing identity shifts that come with raising children

• Creating rhythms, boundaries, and support systems that feel sustainable

• How to move into our sense of play, wonder and joy as individuals and as a collective

This is not about having it all figured out. It’s about learning together.

How the Pods Form

Three times a year, the Forest Collective invites a small group of families to join and form a pod. Amy organizes and facilitates weekly meets that will then transition into independent pods that meet on their own.

• Weekly 1.5-hour gatherings for 7 weeks - meeting outside at parks around Anchorage, Eagle River, and Palmer.

• Guided by Amy Rupp as facilitator and matrescence coach

Join a Summer Pod

Monday - Morning or Afternoons

June 15, 22,
July 13, 20, 27
August 3, 10

Thursday - Late Afternoon or Evening

June 18, 25
July 9, 16, 30
August 6, 13

Pods meet weekly for seven consecutive weeks, creating a rhythm of relationship building.

Joining a Family Pod also includes membership in The Forest Collective, an extended community of over 30 families who gather throughout the year for seasonal celebrations, weekly meetups, shared traditions, and ongoing connection through the Forest Collective WhatsApp group. In many ways, it functions like a mother membership community, offering not only gatherings and activities, but an ongoing circle of relationships, support, shared resources, and connection woven into everyday life.

Meet-up Locations: South Anchorage Park - most likely Forsythe, Taku, Kincaid or John’s Park

Investment: $175

This pod is for mothers and caretakers (dads are welcome too!) with children of all ages, from newborns and up. The mixed ages create a natural rhythm where older children help care for younger ones, and older kids also get to return to play, explore, and be in the woods.

If this feels like the right space for you, you’re welcome to join directly. Once you sign up, we’ll reach out with next steps and pod placement.

If you’d like to connect before joining, you can schedule a short call to ask questions and get a feel for the experience.

Future Pods

Join the waitlist for upcoming pods! I’ll contact you directly when they are being organized!

Summer - June to August
This Pods is currently forming!

Fall - September 3rd - October 17th

Spring - March 25th - May 6th

Summer - June 7th - July 19th