Specialist support that understands the emotional realities of stepfamily life.
The Stepmum Reset
A two-session workshop for stepmums who want to understand what’s actually going on — and find the thread back to themselves.
Something happens to a lot of stepmums.
Not all at once. Gradually.
You get so focused on managing everything around you: the ex, the children, the guilt, the resentment, the dynamics that nobody else seems to notice, that you lose track of who you are inside all of it.
You know something needs to change.
You just don’t know what. Or where to start. Or how you can even change things!
The Stepmum Reset is the starting point.
Not because it solves everything.
But because you can’t navigate something this complex when you’ve lost sight of what you’re navigating from.
This workshop gives you the tools you need to start making change, and getting yourself back.
Katie South
Founder, Stepmum Space
This workshop is for you if:
• Stepfamily life has started to take up more headspace than you ever expected
• You’ve been adjusting yourself for so long you’re not sure who you are in this anymore
• You’re reacting more than you’re choosing
• You feel guilty, resentful, exhausted - and guilty about feeling all of those things
• You want clarity, not just coping strategies
You don’t need to be in crisis.
But you do need to be ready to look honestly at what’s going on.
Claire, Surrey
“Sitting with a group of women who actually understood what it was like without me having to explain was amazing. It felt like a huge weight had been lifted off."
What We Work On
The Reset runs across two 90-minute evening sessions, online, in a small group of women.
Session one - Who you are
We start with your values. Not just words but a real conversation about what matters most to you, and where stepfamily life has been quietly pulling you away from it.
Your values are where your reactions come from.
When something lands badly, it’s almost always because a value is being threatened.
Understanding that changes how you respond to it.
We also look at identity. Who you are outside the stepfamily system. How much of that you’ve been able to hold onto, and what it would mean to hold onto more.
Session two — What you need
The second session moves from understanding to clarity.
What do you actually need to feel steadier?
Not what you think you should need. Not what would make everyone else’s life easier.
What you need.
We look at what’s yours to carry and what isn’t.
Where you’ve been over-functioning.
What a more sustainable version of this looks like, specifically for you.
You leave with a personalised Stepmum Reset Playbook: a written record of your values, your needs, and the clarity you’ve reached across both sessions.
This is bespoke to you and your situation that you can come back to.
What You'll Leave With
• A clear picture of your core values and how they’re showing up in your stepfamily life
• An understanding of where your reactions are actually coming from
• Clarity on what you need — not what you think you should need
• A sense of what’s yours to carry and what isn’t
• Your personalised Stepmum Reset Playbook
• Connection with other stepmums who understand this without any explanation
This isn’t a programme with a long list of tools and techniques.
It’s a space to stop, look clearly, and leave knowing yourself better than when you arrived.
Why A Small Group?
The Stepmum Space groups bring women together who truly "get it". The groups are small enough that everyone has space to speak (if they want). Small enough for real conversation, not just listening.
Most women say the most powerful part isn’t the content (though this is powerful too!).
It’s the first session. The moment someone else says something, and the room goes quiet. Because everyone recognised it.
That moment... of not being alone in it, of having it named, of realising this is not just you... that’s what shifts first.
And the connection doesn’t end when the workshop does.
The women who meet in the room tend to stay in each other’s lives.
Because when you’ve been understood like that, properly, without having to explain, you don’t forget it.
Lucie, Manchester
“I learnt so much about why stepmotherhood had made me lose parts of myself, and what to do to get them back. ”
How It Works
• Two 90-minute sessions on consecutive Wednesday evenings (Next cohort = 3rd and 10th June 19:15 - 20:45 UK time)
• Online via Zoom
• Limited to a small group
• Your personalised Stepmum Reset Playbook sent after session two
• No recordings shared — to protect the openness of the group
Investment
Total investment = £149
Payment plan available - £50 secures your place. Please email to arrange
Includes:
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Two 90-minute - live group sessions with Katie and like-minded women.
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A whatsapp group set up after session 1 so you can communicate with your cohort in between sessions, and after the programme ends (pls note this is optional and you don't have to join this group.)
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Your personalised Stepmum Reset Playbook
If you have any questions you can email Katie or book a free clarity call to talk through your situation and what support would be best.