Welcome to
MIDWESTERN
DAUGHTER
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A container for anyone who has ever identified as a girl or woman affected by the ethos of the Midwest to rewrite their own stories of identity and reclaim themselves with joy.
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You’ve taken care of others your whole life,
and MIDWESTERN DAUGHTER gives you a safe spot to pour back into yourself.
The stoic actions and beliefs of the northern Europeans who created what became our region’s dominant culture post-colonization have so many women and femme-coded midwesterners:
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Putting everyone’s needs before their own.
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Wondering if they are selfish for wanting more care and softness to fall into rather than carrying everything on their shoulders all the time.
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Exhausted at program-managing the lives and care of parents who need assistance, often while the brothers among us don’t give this responsibility a second thought.
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Wishing there had been more emotional availability and support offered to them by family when they were young (and even now!), and wondering how to model something different for their own children.
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Wondering if anyone will see them for anything other than what they can do for others.
In MIDWESTERN DAUGHTER, we’ll meet 10 times over four months. During those meetings, we will:​​
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Break down some of the main themes of our upbringing as a part of the lineage of the midwest.
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Examine how the stories we have been told about ourselves and what we should want or do have influenced our lives.
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Reclaim the stories we want to carry with pride.
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Write new stories of identity centered around the expectations and desires we have for ourselves as we move towards our own liberation.
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Let go, gently and with gratitude, of your outdated stories while moving towards embracing a story and self of your own making.
In our work together, I will lead you through deconstructing the stories we carry around the following THEMES:
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Worth being tied to what we provide for others
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Self-Reliance
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Shame
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Inner versions of ourselves from the past​​
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You will decide to keep what still feels nourishing, and let go of the rest with thanks and praise.​​
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We will work in community to EXPLORE and CREATE:​​
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New stories that are more in alignment with your truest individual selves.
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Ways to practice new patterns.
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Art and writing to shed what you no longer want to carry and call in what you do.​​​​​
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In addition to the facilitated sessions, we’ll have a monthly session called “KAFFEE KLATSCH”.
These sessions are for:
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Sharing in community what is changing and shifting for you as you deconstruct, reclaim, and rewrite your stories of identity.
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Coworking time for art, creativity, or anything else you’d like to work on.
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A place to process through previous sessions’ prompts in community or on your own.
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A spot to land with others doing the same work, where you can hang out and also opt to not share anything.
All sessions are recorded and made available for participants,
so you never have to worry about missing a thing.​
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Your investment for liberation is $575.
Payment plans available at checkout.
For further CONNECTION and COMMUNITY, you will receive:
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Invitation to a private Midwestern Daughter Discord server to chat and process between sessions.
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Session recordings in your email within one day of class.
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Opportunity for discounted 1:1 Grief Tending throughout the course.
This container is for you if you are someone who:
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Has been feeling like the stories you’ve carried are starting to fall out of alignment with who you’re becoming.
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Has wrestled with always feeling obligated to others before yourself.
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Needs to shift their identity a bit to pull into alignment with your truest self, and you aren’t sure how to begin.
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Would like support and community in deconstructing old stories about self worth, self-reliance, and shame in order to let go of what you don’t want and move forward with what you do.
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Wants to step into their power without the guilt of cultural and family stories and expectations weighing you down.
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You will leave with:
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A deeper connection to yourself, and all the versions of yourself you have ever been.
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The ability to move towards alignment with your truest and most authentic self.
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A connection to your magic and the person you came here to be.
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The lightness that comes from having been in community with others while you work through grief and identity as you move towards liberation.
FAQ
Do I HAVE to be from the midwest to join? Nope! The things we’ll talk about and deconstruct are things that most people assigned female in our culture experience. The Midwest just really goes hard on all of them because of the ethos of its regional culture.
Do I HAVE to share things out loud with the whole group? Nope! You can join this container and be in community with the cohort in the ways that feel most nourishing for you. These are big pieces of identity to deconstruct, and some people might want to be able to do it alongside others without sharing with the whole group. We may have some breakout room opportunities, but even those are yours to do with what you want.
What are the dates and times? Dates for the next cohort are: - Thursday, September 3, 2026 (2 hours) - Thursday, September 10, 2026 (2 hours) - Thursday, September 24, 2026 (1 hour) - Thursday, October 1, 2026 (2 hours) - Thursday, October 8, 2026 (2 hours) - Thursday, October 22, 2026 (1 hour) - Thursday, November 12, 2026 (2 hours) - Tuesday, November 24, 2026 (1 hour) - Thursday, December 3, 2026 (2 hours) - Monday, December 14, 2026 (1 hour) All sessions take place on zoom and start at 6pm CT. More information can be found on the registration page.
What is a Kaffee Klatsch? It’s a group of friends getting together for coffee and conversation. It’s usually in someone’s house, but we’ll have it in our little zoom container. Bringing a treat with your coffee or tea is encouraged!
Will the sessions be recorded? Absolutely!
Are there payment plans? There are a couple of pay in four options at checkout.
Are scholarships available?
What people are saying about Midwestern Daughter:
The shared experience of Midwesternness was a surprising and welcome set of open arms for me, even though I hold multiple cultural identities superimposed on Midwesternness. I feel there has been a veil of shame lifted, and a freedom to go further in my liberation work.