Mother's Day for Motherless Daughters 2025
Join us on May 10 for the 6th Annual Mother's Day for Motherless Daughters event online.
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Online
Refund Policy
About this event
- Event lasts 1 hour 15 minutes
❤️ No matter how long ago a mother died, you are always and still her daughter. ❤️
That's why Mother's Day weekend can bring up all kinds of feels for a woman whose mother is no longer living.
Love, longing, sadness, loneliness, envy, anger, gratitude, confusion are all common -- sometimes all at the same time.
We make space for all of them on our annual Mother's Day for Motherless Daughters call.
Every year at this time, women from all over the world come together in sisterhood and solidarity to honor our moms, do a group toast to them all, and participate in our signature Circle of Remembrance.
This year, join Claire Bidwell Smith, Alicia "ACE" Easter, Hope Edelman, and Angela Schellenberg on Saturday, May 10, at 10 am PT/1 pm ET for a FREE, virtual, pre-Mother’s Day Zoom call.
This year's topic is "Always Her Daughter.” For 75 minutes, we'll honor our moms through group rituals that celebrate the enduring mother-daughter bond.
The 75-minute call will include:
- Hope’s annual Mother’s Day Letter to Motherless Daughters;
- Claire’s ideas for honoring a mom on this weekend;
- Angela’s techniques to stay balanced, calm, and emotionally regulated through grief;
- Ace’s group Gratitude Meditation to center and soothe your heart;
- Group Q & A to address your questions and share in community;
- A toast to our moms (feel free to light a candle!);
- A commitment to self-nurturing and honoring your own needs this weekend;
- Our signature Circle of Remembrance (a virtual circle, holding hands around the world)
Last year’s call brought nearly 500 women from dozens of countries onto a single screen together. It was incredible!
There’s something very powerful about being part of a large group of women who understand what it means to miss a mom on this weekend, and to acknowledge that she still matters and her memory lives on.
We are committed to keeping this event free and open to any woman who has lost a mother to death at any age. We do have web and marketing expenses to cover, so we run this call on a donation-only basis. We recommend a $10 donation and appreciate whatever you’re able to contribute.
Just click on the button to register and receive information by email about how to join us on Zoom this May 10.
And if you register and share your mom's name before May 7, we'll list her on an online tribute page at www.motherlessdaughters.com. ❤️
We look forward to seeing you on the call!
❤️ Hope, Claire, Angela, and ACE ❤️
P S If you aren't able to make it to the call live, be sure to register anyway. We’ll send out the replay within 24 hours of the event, and we’ll also follow up with all kinds of special offers after!
MEET YOUR EVENT HOSTS:
Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC, grief expert, therapist ,and author of The Rules of Inheritance, Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief, and Conscious Grieving. Claire was 18 when her mom, Sally, died from colon cancer.
Alicia "ACE" Easter, is a yoga and meditation teacher, life coach, and master Reiki practitioner who holds sacred space for motherless daughters through healing-centered movement, breathwork, and storytelling. After losing her mother to cancer at 19, Alicia’s grief became the catalyst for her life’s work—helping others navigate loss, reconnect with themselves, and reclaim their joy.
Hope Edelman, grief and loss coach and author of Motherless Daughters, Motherless Mothers, and The Aftergrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss. Hope was 17 when her mother Marcia died from breast cancer, the event that inspired her to write the book she needed to read.
Angela Schellenberg, LPCC, trauma therapist specializing in survivors of early and violent forms of loss. Angela was 11 when she lost her mother Golda to mental illness, 16 when her father died by gun violence, and 21 when Golda died.
Frequently asked questions
Yes! We are especially here for you during this tender first year and this first Mother's Day without your mom.
Yes! Some of our participants, including some of our co-hosts, lost their moms decades ago. No matter how long it's been, it's common to miss your mom at this time of year. You'll find many other women on the call who were children and teenagers when their mothers died.
You are absolutely welcome to sign up for this call. However, nearly all of the women participating will have lost their mothers to death, since that is the main focus, and the activities and stories you hear may not feel as relevant for you in your current situation.
Yes! We'd love to have you join us for however long you can. You'll receive a recorded link to watch the rest of the call later, if you'd like.
Yes! We'll send a recorded link within 24 hours to everyone who has registered for the call, whether they were there live or not. We hope you'll join us in spirit when you watch it later!
Unfortunately, no. We chose this time of day because we thought it would best accommodate daughters in the U.S., Canada, and the European countries that celebrate Mother's Day on May 11. Apologies if you're in ANZ -- there was no good time that would easily accommodate everyone live!
Head to https://www.hopeedelman.com/weekly-support-calls and join us in our Motherless Daughters Community Calls. Four calls a month, topics that speak to you, ongoing support, and a group of women who understand you.