What if you didn’t have to let the culture define your motherhood?
Stay deeply connected to your child — and parent from peace, not fear — so your bond stays strong at every stage - from birth to adulthood.
Motherhood is sacred. Live it with joy, not fear.
Motherhood rooted in peace
Closer - Reconnect With Your Child at Any Age
A gentle, yet powerful reset designed to help you steady your heart so your child can draw close again. Across five transformative days, you’ll learn simple practices that soften tension, rebuild trust, and deepen connection — from the nursery years to the empty nest. Begin the shift toward more peace, more closeness, and more confidence in the relationship that matters most.
“I’m beginning to understand how my faith and daily life connect. I now have language for what I felt but couldn’t name. It's changing how I show up for my kids, in my marriage, at work, and even in how I speak to myself. I’m not striving. I feel lighter. More whole.”
emily, mom of 3
the best way to protect your family is to become the peaceful, steady presence they can trust.
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Healing Begins Within
The noise, the pressure, and the pull of the culture can leave even the strongest mother unsteady. Peace emerges as you stop trying to manage it all and let God restore what’s within. You become anchored, not adrift.
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mind, body, and soul
God designed both your heart and your spirit. By integrating your emotions and faith you live from wholeness. That’s where grace meets growth: freedom and a grounded peace that feels real, not forced.
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secure attachment
You’re shaping souls. With calm conviction, you become the safe harbor your child instinctively trusts — even when the world tries to lure and lead them astray.
about karen lannigan
when a mother heals her home changes
Mothers aren’t struggling because they don’t love their kids enough; they’re exhausted from trying to hold everything together while the culture undermines them and lures their children away from their faith and values. My philosophy is simple: when a mother becomes emotionally grounded and spiritually formed, her peace becomes her family’s foundation. Parenting shifts from fear and pressure to calm, confident presence — the kind that keeps her children anchored to her and God.
motherhood reoriented my days
I built a career managing investment portfolios for institutional clients — but motherhood changed what I valued. I saw firsthand that mothers don’t need more information — they need support. Today, I help women integrate their emotional and spiritual lives, creating spaces where their stories are heard, and they are healed; private work through Marian Mentorship, my signature group formation program Armor for the Anxious Age, and as a retreat and pilgrimage leader. My mission is simple and unapologetically bold: to help women rediscover the joy and conviction in their motherhood in an age designed to steal both; peace isn't a luxuries —it is a holy necessity.
marian mentorship
You don’t have to carry the weight of motherhood alone. With one-on-one accompaniment, we uncover what’s really beneath the reactivity, fear, or exhaustion. This is daily, high-touch, deeply personal work that goes to the root of what’s been shaping your motherhood from the inside out. We rebuild your capacity for calm, clarity, and connection, with those you love most, in the real moments of your real life. With steady, compassionate support, you become the grounded, grace-filled mother your children instinctively trust.
armor for the anxious age
An 8-week formation experience to heal what’s beneath your reactivity and rebuild your inner steadiness. Integrate emotional healing with deep spiritual formation to become the calm, grounded presence your children anchor to — even in a culture pulling hard in the opposite direction. Break patterns of anxiety, overwhelm, and pressure so your home becomes a place of safety, not strain. Alongside like-minded Catholic moms, become the woman who leads with clarity, conviction, and unshakeable peace.
workshops for catholic moms
Parenting today feels like standing alone against a tidal wave of pressures. Learn how to stop parenting from panic and start leading from a grounded, grace-filled peace that keeps your kids connected to you, not the culture. Understand how to integrate your faith and emotional life with nervous-system awareness — and practical tools you can use immediately in real moments of motherhood. Experience what it feels like to steady your own heart first, so your presence becomes the anchor your children instinctively trust.
“Karen, You are such a tremendous gift to me… I have all these helps from heaven, but somehow I didn’t have a connection on earth. And then came you.
lauren, mom of 2
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