MFT is a mental health intervention disguised as a dance floor.

Satisfied moms, those who lead full, balanced lives, create stronger families and healthier communities.

There is too much pressure for moms to love every single moment. Yes, you can love your children and still need a break! That is real, healthy, and completely valid.
The village and community many of us yearn for and desperately need simply does not materialize when one becomes a mother.

Finding meaningful connection as a mother can be difficult, but it is essential. Movement and dance are powerful ways to release stress, regulate the nervous system, reconnect with yourself, and feel connected to others. Science says so.

The fantasy that mothers are supposed to become selfless angels, who do not need pleasure, fun, or play, is hurting moms, families and communities.

All humans need joy, and it’s normal, no- necessary! to seek it outside of the caregiving role.

So we created The Mom Dance Party®.

Moms Feelin' Themselves™ (MFT) is where clinical depth meets the dance floor — a national movement blending maternal mental health, real community, and the kind of fun moms forgot they were allowed to have.

We were co-founded in 2022 by two mom friends (one a perinatal psychotherapist, one a brand and business developer), and we threw our first Mom Dance Party® in Denver in April 2023. It was supposed to be one night. It became a movement.

Since then, we've held events in New York City, Boston, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, DC — and more cities are coming. Every room, the same thing happens: a thousand women walk in carrying everything, and walk out lighter, sweatier, and more themselves.

Women's dance parties for mental health have since exploded into a full-blown cultural moment. We're proud — and a little protective — of the fact that we pioneered this specific movement for mothers.

Since 2023, MFT has been building the clinical, community, and cultural infrastructure behind it: evidence-informed design, licensed therapeutic leadership, and a commitment to treating maternal mental health as what it actually is — foundational, not optional.

This was never a trend for us. It was a response to a crisis.

What we've built is a platform — one we use to put a national spotlight on the state of maternal mental health in this country.

Our work has been featured on CNN, the TODAY Show, People, and The Boston Globe, among others. We use every stage we're given to name what moms are actually carrying: the invisible labor, the isolation, the broken systems, the mental load that has nowhere to go.

We also partner with Chamber of Mothers — locally in Denver on a grant-funded childcare narrative project, and nationally to expand advocacy and policy change — because moms cannot be well when the systems around us are failing us.

Joy is not a substitute for structural change. But it is a reminder of what we're fighting for.

Maternal mental health isn't optional. It's foundational. When moms are well, families, communities, and futures thrive.

And yet modern culture has never been more isolating for mothers. Mommy wine culture taught us to numb. Wellness culture taught us to optimize. We're not here for either.

MFT is elevated, cathartic fun. Mature, but playful. Responsible, but relaxed. Diligent — and still down to dance.

We offer more than permission to take up space. We offer a pathway back to yourself. A chance to reconnect with your body, reclaim your autonomy, and rediscover that long-lost feeling of spontaneity and play.

Our events are designed with real mom life in mind: they start early, end early, and leave you full — not drained.

If it takes a village to raise a child, our village better be fun as hell.

We bonded over a shared love of dance, fitness, cheese, fashion, and elaborate handshakes more than a decade ago. We evolved into the women we are now — and each became mothers — which gave us a front-row seat to how friendship ebbs, flows, and gets put through the wringer alongside immense personal change.

As life got fuller, we went looking for a way to reclaim the kind of fun we used to have. Consistently. Intentionally. Aligned with how we actually wanted to feel as women, and especially as mothers.

We craved it. And we knew the craving wasn't ours alone.

So we built it. Then it exploded.

In the last year, MFT has grown from one local event into a national movement — 11 dance parties across 8 cities, with thousands of moms stepping onto the dance floor and remembering who they are beyond motherhood.

But the growth hasn't been linear, or easy.

Behind every city, every sold-out room, every moment that looks effortless — has been relentless diligence, deep commitment, radical honesty, and a willingness to constantly evolve.

We've pivoted quickly. Rethought strategy. Adjusted in real time. Let go of what wasn't working, and doubled down on what was.

Because this isn't just about throwing events.

It's about building something that actually supports moms. Something that meets them where they are and helps bring them back to life.

We're not just founders. We're moms, navigating it all in real time, just like every woman who walks into one of our rooms.

(We need this dance floor just as badly as you do.)