You're the node everything tends to stop at,
the one everyone else's day depends on.
intentnl exists so it doesn't have to be only you.
WHAT INTENTNL IS
A few mums close by, who get each other, and actually show up.
Every mum could do with a bit more capacity to get on with what she needs to do. A moment to herself in the chaos, to catch her breath from having a nervous system that carries everyone else's world.
That's what intentnl is for.
intentnl finds mums near you – not just any mums, your people – you meet, and if you click, you can ask for what you need without noisy WhatsApp groups or guilt: an hour's cover, some company once the kids are down, a hand on a hard day.
intentnl does the finding and the back-and-forth. You meet, align, ask, get the help.
It works because it goes both ways. You show up for them, they show up for you,
so the capacity is there when any of you needs it.
intentnl builds and runs your network of local mothers who can, and want to, show up for you.
We call that, your pod.
HOW IT WORKS
Three steps:
no admin, no friction, no noise.
Step one
Create your intentnl snapshot.
The you that's been de-prioritised until now: your week, your values, what you can offer and what you need. The right mothers will see it, and they'll already understand.
Step two
Meet your people, skip the diary tennis.
We find mothers nearby who genuinely align, and introduce you. You meet on your own terms, and only the ones who feel right become part of your pod.
Step three
Your pod, as big as you like, managed.
Once someone's in your pod, ask for what you need or offer what you can: an hour's cover, company on an evening in after the kids are asleep... No admin, no shame, no noisy group chat. Just real people, close by, who show up because they get it.
The more people are in your pod, the more shared capacity there is. We do the maintenance work, you just get what you need, when you need it.
YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE
71%
That's how many mothers in the UK (67% across Europe) report feeling overwhelmed by the demands of motherhood.*
We beliece the invisible load of mothering doesn't change because of who is in the house.
It changes when you're seen.
This isn't a personal failing, and it isn't new. It's what happens when the informal networks that used to hold mothers up thin out: nearby family, a street of people who knew each other, a community that simply expected to share the load.
That gap is most acute for mothers who'd assume they should be managing fine: stable jobs, good postcodes, no obvious crisis. The infrastructure didn't disappear because it stopped being needed. It disappeared because nothing replaced it.
intentnl is built to be that replacement, made deliberately for the way mothers actually live now.
Where you come in
We're starting small and close to home, building this properly,
the way it should be done.