Katy Perry will soon become a mother and its all thanks to getting mental health help at a $6,000+ week-long retreat.

In an August cover story for People, the singer who is expecting her first child with actor Orlando Bloom any day now revealed that motherhood had long terrified her.

I was really terrified of the idea two or three years ago. It was just like, I dont know how Im ever gonna do that. Thats crazy. I can barely take care of myself, she told the magazine.

Going to the retreat a few years ago changed Perry and Blooms lives, she said. What she learned there re-wired her thinking patterns and is part of the reason she feels ready to start a family.