For professional women expecting their first baby

EVERYONE can be an amazing mom!

If you’re afraid of repeating painful patterns from your relationship with your own mother, I’ll help you emotionally prepare for motherhood—so you can respond with greater awareness, confidence, and choice when your baby arrives.

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A private, one-on-one conversation to explore the relationship you want to build with your baby—and the mother you want to become.

Yale MBA 24 years of full-time mothering Master Life Coach & Master NLP Coach

The fear beneath the excitement

What if my child eventually needs to heal from me?

If you grew up feeling unseen, criticized, controlled, or emotionally disconnected from your mother, pregnancy can awaken a terrifying question: What if I repeat the same pattern?

You may be accomplished, capable, and confident in your professional life. You know how to work hard, solve problems, and succeed. But becoming a mother can bring you back to ground zero—facing the most important role of your life without experience, certainty, or a healthy model to follow.

You are not destined to mother the way you were mothered. But changing the pattern takes more than promising yourself you’ll do better. It begins by emotionally preparing for motherhood before your baby arrives.

Emotional preparation for motherhood

Prepare for the relationship—not only the arrival.

You can prepare the nursery, research the birth, and organize every practical detail. But motherhood will also demand you to respond when you’re tired, triggered, uncertain, or overwhelmed. That is the preparation we do together.

Recognize what you’re carrying forward from your own childhood

Understand the emotional patterns and expectations you inherited so they don't hijack your reactions outside your awareness.

Create space before you react

Learn how to regulate your emotional responses so stress doesn't automatically allow old patterns to be in control.

Choose what kind of mom you'll be

Get clear about the relationship you want with your child and practice responding in ways that support and build it.

The goal is not perfect motherhood. It is greater awareness, more choice, and a relationship built with intention from the beginning.

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Tali Lindberg, motherhood preparation coach
You are not destined to mother the way you were mothered.

Meet Tali Lindberg

I know what it means to decide the pattern stops with you.

Long before I became a mother, I knew I wanted a different relationship with my children than the one I had experienced growing up. I didn’t want them to feel unseen, silenced, or afraid to be themselves.

After earning my MBA from Yale, I stepped away from my professional path and spent 24 years as a full-time mother, including 20 years homeschooling my four children. Motherhood became the most demanding—and most meaningful—work of my life.

Now, as a Master Life Coach and Master NLP Coach, I help professional women prepare for the emotional side of motherhood before their babies arrive—so they can enter this new relationship with greater awareness, confidence, and choice.

YALE
MBA, Yale School of Management
24 years Full-time mothering
4 children Raised and homeschooled

Testimonials from Tali’s coaching clients

What it’s like to work with Tali

Deeper understanding. Acknowledgement in how you feel and shifts in how you respond.

Parent coaching client

“[Tali] really helped me change my perspective on parenting.”

The inherited pattern

“I try really hard to not parent the way my mom parented me, because my mom was a yeller.”

The new perspective

I can set thoughtful boundaries without repeating the control I experienced growing up.

Read more of Elise’s story

“This has been really helpful. Yeah, it’s been very helpful. I have a hard time slowing down, and you’ve, like, really helped me change my perspective on parenting.

I try really hard to not parent the way my mom parented me, because my mom was a yeller, and everything was always my fault. She didn’t want to ever—like, if she was mad about something, it was never up for discussion. I never got to express my emotions or express my feelings, or if I did, it was ‘go to your room,’ because she didn’t want to hear it; she didn’t want to see it.

Even though I tend to do that with my kids, it’s more in a preventative way. I don’t want you to cry, scream, or get upset. With my kids, I want to try to meet their needs and limit confrontation with them as much as possible.

I heard something a long time ago about picking and choosing your battles with kids. If your kid wants to wear a pink shirt and green pants, at the end of the day, is it really that big of a deal? Just let them. Even though I’m a perfectionist, if my kids want to get dirty, wear mismatched clothes, or stay up a little later, is it really that big of a deal? No.

But I think I took that a little too far. I’m not doing a good job of setting boundaries because my excuse is, ‘Is it worth the argument? Is it worth them getting upset?’ Instead, I’m trying to create these timelines and checklists, almost in a bargaining manner.

I think I’m giving her what she wants, but that’s not really what she wants or needs. I think I put way too much faith in my kids knowing what it is that they want and need because nobody afforded me that growing up. I was always told what to think, what to believe, how to act, what to do, and what not to do. I still need to be guiding them.

Thank you. This was super—this was very helpful.”

Elise Parent coaching client

Video testimonial

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Client story

Parenting & Perfectionism

“Tali’s coaching created a deep and meaningful shift for me.”

Before
“I was struggling with very stressful mornings and my own need for perfection.”
With Tali
“Her approach was incredibly gentle and thoughtful…safe and nonjudgmental.”
After
“I now find myself responding with far more compassion, both toward my children and toward myself.”
Janan Sarwar, PharmD
Janan Sarwar, PharmD Publishing Expert · Pharmacist · TEDx Speaker See recommendation on Tali’s LinkedIn profile

Questions you may be wondering

Before we talk…

Here are a few things you may want to know.

What happens during the discovery call?

This is a private, one-on-one conversation about what your pregnancy has brought to the surface, the relationship you want to build with your baby, and the mother you want to become. We’ll also explore whether coaching with Tali would be the right next step for you.

Is the discovery call really complimentary?

Yes. There is no charge and no obligation to continue. The purpose is to understand what you are experiencing, clarify what you want, and determine whether working together would be a good fit.

Do I need to be struggling or in crisis to schedule a call?

Not at all. You may simply recognize patterns from your childhood that you do not want to carry forward. Preparing now gives you the opportunity to work through those concerns before exhaustion and the demands of everyday motherhood intensify them.

When during my pregnancy should I do this work?

You can begin at any stage of pregnancy. The earlier you begin, the more time you have to understand your patterns, practice emotional regulation, and intentionally prepare for the relationship you want with your baby.

How is coaching different from therapy?

Coaching focuses on where you are now, what you want to create, and the emotional skills and choices that can help you move forward. It is not psychotherapy, medical treatment, or a substitute for care from a licensed mental-health professional.

What if I’m not sure whether coaching is right for me?

That is exactly what the discovery call is for. You do not need to arrive with the right words, a diagnosis, or a clear plan. You only need to be willing to talk honestly about what is concerning you and what you want instead.

Complimentary · Private · No obligation

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Your complimentary discovery call

EVERYONE can be an amazing mom.

This private conversation gives you space to explore and acknowledge the feelings your pregnancy has brought to the surface, and talk about the kind of relationship you WANT TO build with your baby.

01

Tell me what feels concerning

We’ll talk about the fears, memories, or relationship patterns that are making you question the mother you may become.

02

Clarify what you want instead

We’ll explore how you want your child to experience you and what you want to feel as you enter motherhood.

03

Consider your next step

We’ll determine whether working together would be the right support for the emotional preparation you want to do.

Choose a time for your private conversation

Complimentary  ·  Private  ·  No obligation