For new moms
You are never alone and you have never been this lonely. Both are true at the same time, and that contradiction is what makes new motherhood so disorienting.
The people around you are kind. They are just not living the same day you are.
Why new motherhood is structurally isolating
Your day fragments into two-hour blocks. Leaving the house becomes a logistics operation. Conversations get interrupted. Your former friends are on a different clock, and the mothers who share yours are strangers you meet for ninety seconds at a time.
What actually helps
Not more advice, and not a bigger group. A small number of women at exactly the same stage, close enough to see often, who do not need context before you can be honest.
- Same stage: a baby the same age changes everything
- Same neighbourhood: fifteen minutes, or it will not repeat
- Same group each time: honesty needs history
How Alma Circle works
You answer one questionnaire about where you live, the age of your children and the season you are in. We compose a circle of five mothers who live close to each other and are going through something comparable.
Your circle starts in a private WhatsApp group, agrees on a moment together, and meets in a real place. Then it keeps meeting, because the same five women stay together.
- One questionnaire, no swiping and no public profile
- Five mothers, matched on proximity, life stage and season
- A private group first, a real gathering second
- One questionnaire, then we set the day, the hour and the place
Why a circle of five instead of an app
Apps optimise for the number of matches. Friendship needs the opposite: fewer people, seen more often, living closer. A fixed circle of five removes the part that exhausts mothers, which is having to restart every conversation and organise every meeting alone.
Nothing here is public. There is no feed, no profile grid and no swiping.
My baby is only a few weeks old. Can I still join?
Yes. Circles of mothers in the first year are usually composed as baby-friendly, so your baby comes with you.
What exactly is an Alma circle?
A circle of five mothers who live near each other, matched on the age of their children and the season they are going through. The circle starts in a private group chat and then meets in person, and the same five women keep meeting.
How much does it cost?
You answer the questionnaire, we compose your circle and set the day, the hour and the place. Food and drinks at a gathering are not included.
How long does it take to get matched?
It depends on how many mothers have joined near you. A circle needs at least four mothers in the same area and life stage, so density decides the timing rather than a fixed delay.
Do I have to bring my child?
Gatherings are for the mothers by default. Circles of mothers with babies under one often choose to come with their baby, and the circle decides.