If you don’t have a village yet, you do now.

Mackay Mums Circle began with a simple hope: to make motherhood feel less lonely. No one needs another filtered version of parenting. We just need each other.

This is a space where mums can exhale. We meet in parks with prams and snacks, in studios by candlelight, and anywhere in between. Not to impress, but to connect. To share stories. To slow down. To move our bodies and remember that we’re still women underneath it all.

Whether you’re craving a conversation that isn’t about snacks, or just need a reason to leave the house, you’re welcome here. You don’t need to know anyone. You don’t need to have it together. You just need to show up.

Alongside connection, we care deeply about giving back. Many of our paid events raise funds for organisations supporting women in our community, including Lily House and others helping mums rebuild their lives after domestic violence or hardship. Because when women feel supported, families shift. Communities shift. Everything changes.

I’m Raina, a mum of two boys and the woman behind Mackay Mums Circle. I started this after moving to Mackay without knowing a single person. I was in the thick of postnatal depression and desperate for connection that felt real. I didn’t need advice. I just needed someone to sit next to me and say me too.

So I created the space I couldn’t find. Something soft. Something honest. Something that doesn’t care if you show up with unbrushed hair or tears in your eyes.

This isn’t a program. It’s a pulse. A gentle rhythm of women showing up for each other in the wild, joyful, exhausting mess of motherhood.

And you’re already part of it.