Disclaimer: This quiz is meant for entertainment purposes only and should not be used to make any definitive conclusions about you or someone's motherly figure. The results are based on the answer choices and may not fully represent the qualities and traits of a motherly figure.

Listening, tenderness + spaciousness are the key ingredients of wise mothering. You have the experience and the perspective to offer sage advice — but you also know that trusting in people’s ability to find their own way is an even more powerful way to build strength.

You’re great at coming alongside people, walking with them, and returning them again and again to their own resilience and growing wisdom.

Be sure to give yourself the self-compassion you need to understand that you can’t fix everything and that your loving presence is enough to light the way.

Here are simple mindful practices that you can incorporate into daily life to stay connected to real compassion and insight:

• Spend more time in silence. We often associate wisdom with “knowing” lots of facts — but often wisdom is simply about allowing things that are deeply true to flow through. A mindful practice that makes room for plenty of silence can let you tap into that flow.
• Spend time in the presence of wise people, whether that’s with friends, elders, authors, or teachers. (We’ve got lots of great podcasts from mindfulness teachers, available for free inside the Radio Tab in the app.)
• Journaling. Free-writing (without trying to “figure things out”) can be a great way to access your own inner knowing and can be a powerful tool for self-discovery and personal growth.
• Start and end your day with self-compassion. We love the Moment of Self-Compassion micro-practice inside the app.