Sacred Threshold Framework™ Workshop Special
Workshop (60–90 minutes)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Participants will be able to:
Identify the emotional and spiritual complexities present during the postpartum period in Black mothers
Understand the role of grief and identity transition in maternal mental health
Apply trauma-informed and culturally responsive approaches to maternal care
Integrate spiritual care practices into postpartum mental health support
Recognize the importance of community-based healing models
Sacred Threshold Framework™ Where Healing Meets Legacy B y : Rev. Chaplain Brittney E. Lyons, M.Div.
Title: Holding Life While Healing: Spiritual & Emotional Care for Black Mothers in the Postpartum Threshold
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Sacred Threshold Framework™ Where Healing Meets Legacy B y : Rev. Chaplain Brittney E. Lyons, M.Div. Title: Holding Life While Healing: Spiritual & Emotional Care for Black Mothers in the Postpartum Threshold ✳︎ ✳︎ ✳︎
The Sacred Pause Toolkit — Essential Edition is a gentle, practical spiritual-emotional care resource created for Black mothers who may feel overwhelmed, exhausted, disconnected, unseen, or in need of grounding.
Designed as a simple and accessible 19-page digital toolkit, it offers supportive practices that mothers can return to during difficult or demanding moments. Rather than feeling like another assignment, each page provides a compassionate invitation to pause, breathe, reflect, and reconnect with personal needs.
Grounded in chaplain-led care, the toolkit supports the whole person—spirit, mind, and body—through calming exercises, breath prayers, self-reflection, boundary-building tools, and daily affirmations.
What Is Included
The toolkit features:
Welcome and gentle usage guidance
Copyright and personal-use information
Care disclaimer and emotional-safety language
Permission to Pause reflection
Personal Sacred Pause Plan
90-Second Sacred Reset
Breath prayers and calming phrases
Five-Senses Grounding Practice
Spirit, Mind, and Body Care Menu
Five-Minute Rest Ritual
Peace and boundary-building tools
Circle of Care activity
Personal Peace-Building Plan
16printable affirmation cards
Closing pastoral blessing
Who It Is For
This toolkit is especially supportive for Black mothers navigating:
Postpartum transition
Emotional overwhelm
Grief and life changes
Caregiver exhaustion
Identity shifts
Spiritual weariness
Difficulty resting or asking for help
The pressure to remain strong for everyone else
It may also be purchased as a thoughtful encouragement gift for a mother, caregiver, friend, family member, or loved one.
How It Can Be Used
Participants may use the toolkit:
During moments of emotional overload
As part of a morning or evening care routine
Alongside therapy, pastoral care, or medical support
During a virtual workshop or healing circle
As a companion to the Holding Life While Healing Journal
Whenever they need a brief moment of grounding, prayer, or reflection
The practices do not need to be completed in order. Mothers are encouraged to choose the page or exercise that best meets their present need.
Product Format
20-page digital PDF
Printable and screen-friendly
Includes 16 cut-apart affirmation cards
Designed for personal use
Immediate digital access after purchase
A guided journal for Black mothers navigating postpartum grief, transition, and becoming. Offers reflection prompts, sacred pauses, and space to process healing in spirit, mind, and body.
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A collection of daily encouragement cards and prayers for Black Mothers and their families, created to anchor healing, hope and peace.
Brave spaces come before safe spaces.
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