The Village Resources
A curated list of recommendations for village builders by Kerrene from the No Village Club — books, people, tools, and things that have actually helped.
Built by the No Village Club
Exclusive resources & digital downloads for the club.
🌀 The Village Directory — a community-powered growing map of places globally to help you start building your village IRL. Added by mothers in the No Village Club.
🌀 The Village Starter Guide — my framework for assessing the village you have and the village you want to build. free digital download launching soon.
🌀 The Non-Negotiables List — the habits, routines, and boundaries that make mothering without a village something more than surviving. free digital download launching soon.
Village Builders Worth Following
The people doing this in real time — building families, businesses, and villages of their own. A parasocial village, if you will.
Kerrene Taylor (me!) — for daily overshares of building a village and a family biz
Trinity Mouzon — for finding the village in family business
Michelle Battersby — for what life looks like for an Australian in LA
Kelsey McCormick — for what life looks like growing a family, a business, and living abroad in Australia
Bobby Clark — for what life looks like growing a family and the evolution of an art practice as a Scottish mum in Melbourne
Ari Lee — for thoughtful video essays on motherhood
Sinead Robyn — for help with female embodiment work
Media
Books, podcasts, and content that have actually helped me.
Books
📖 Matrescence* — for understanding how we change when we become mothers
📖 Mom Rage* — postpartum rage can be confusing. This helped normalise and work through it
📖 The Heroine’s Journey* — for discovering your path as a mother
Conversations on Motherhood
🌀 The No Village Club Podcast— for conversations on mothering without a village and building one where you are. listen on Substack, Apple or Spotify.
🎙️ Beyond the Bump — for conversations about the mother load across the full spectrum of motherhood from infancy to teenage years
🎥 Motherhood Video Essays by Ari Lee — thoughtful video essays on motherhood
📖 Art Notes by Bobby Clark — musings on art and motherhood
🎧 Ready or Not — for conversations on balancing work and motherhood on a practical level
Playlists
🎵 White Noise Therapy — 3 hours of white noise when you need it
Travel
For the mothers navigating the world with little ones in tow.
✈️ How to Nail Your Baby’s First Flight — this will help you feel prepared and calm travelling with your baby
🛺 The Travel Pram* — truly the only item we actually needed while travelling with a toddler
Staying Connected
📸 Milk Books* For mothers building a village across distance — I use Milk Books to create photo books for family overseas, filling them with all the moments they miss to help them feel a little closer. I also make one for myself after every trip home. A beautiful way to keep your people connected to your everyday life no matter how far apart you are.
Classic Photo Books · Premium Photo Books · Softcover Photo Books
Apps
Tools worth having on your phone.
📱 Peanut — the largest online community for mothers in the world! looking for a mum friend? start here.
This page is updated as the village grows. Have a recommendation worth adding? Share it in The Village Chat. 🤍
*indicates affiliate links where I recieve a small commission for recommending a product. I only ever recommend products of quality and value that I myself have consumed or purchased.