catherine pao

You’re in a massive rite of passage. Let’s make something that honors you in that. 

You’re moving through one of the biggest threshold moments of your life. And perhaps most of your time has been swirling in your left brain - your energy is going into logistics, planning, feeding, and thinking about what others and baby need. And if you’re anything like me, perhaps there’s an added layer of hyper-vigilance, overthinking, and future tripping. :)

But whether baby is still on the inside or already in your arms, there’s a much more fundamental internal shift happening. You are changing. Your identity, your body, and your sense of who you are. Perhaps it feels that one identity has fallen away, but you’re in that liminal space before the next has fully arrived and landed.

This creative workshop is for holding space and giving expression to that part of you. Let’s embrace and honor this moment in your life and tap into some fun, analog making!

What We’ll Do Together

In this three-hour session, you'll be guided through an immersive journey with the magical medium of collage. You will be making art in real time alongside others in a structured, guided container that helps you tend to who you’re becoming in your current motherhood chapter. 

This IN-PERSON Creative Session will include: 

• A Guided, grounding meditation

• An Intuition Warm-Up exercise

• A Teaching on simple, approachable, collage techniques 

• Hands-on collage creating time 

• Creative process guidance

• Connection Time/ Insight Sharing with other women

“This class was pure creative magic. The guidance was both inspiring and supportive, making the process feel playful yet deeply intentional. I left each session with new techniques, fresh ideas, and a renewed connection to my own creative voice.”

- Cara A

“I can't recommend this workshop or, frankly, any work with Catherine, enough to any creative. Whether you know it or not, you need this! Your spirit needs this! Your work needs this!!”

- Shelly F

“I was not expecting to walk away feeling like I had found a new part of myself and learnt so much about me. The experience was gentle and amazing to be able to go through such a big eye-opening change while still feeling like time was moving slowly and calm.”

- 2025 Collage Alchemy Participant

Who’s this workshop for?

This workshop is for you if you're expecting, newly postpartum, or somewhere in your first years of mothering, and any of these ring true for you:

• You can feel that you’re changing — your identity, your body, your sense of who you are, and you want to give that transition some nurturance and TLC

• Your energy and focus are all on baby — making prep lists, tracking feeds & naps, diligently following your moms’ chat groups, but you haven’t processed what’s happening inside of you

• You’re craving analog creativity and miss making things with your hands, and you want to nurture your creative spirit in a spacious, freeing, fun way

• You’re craving the company of women in this same chapter, with an instant shared understanding, and the quiet solidarity of creating alongside each other

Meet Your Guide

Hey there, I'm Catherine Pao!

I'm a leadership coach, creativity mentor, and artist. AND, I’m an expecting first-time mother of a baby boy due at the end of 2026. :)

Embarking on this motherhood journey has been one of the most psychologically challenging experiences of my life. Specifically in the internal identity journey of moving from maiden to mother.

While I’ve been creating art for over 20 years, I've spent the last few years diving into the intuitive collage medium. I’ve created this workshop because it’s the medicine and support I’ve most wanted and needed during this time. And excited to create and share this practice alongside other women on this journey.

Gift This Workshop to a Mother

Know someone who's expecting or newly postpartum?

This workshop makes a beautiful gift — for a sister, a dear friend, a daughter-in-law, and anyone stepping into this threshold who could use a few hours that are entirely her own.

How it works:

1. Register using the gift link below.

2. Add the recipient’s name and email address.

3. Select a date you want the recipient to receive this gift via email.