Being pregnant with PTSD
This week it’s maternal Mental Health Matters Awareness Week here in the UK and to honour it, I’m delighted to be talking to Susanne Grant about being pregnant with PTSD, birth trauma or baby loss. Not long ago Susanne found herself pregnant with PTSD as a...
How to have a happy birth, with Beverley Turner
On today’s podcast I’m joined by journalist and radio presenter (and now best-selling author!) Beverley Turner. Bev is also the lady behind The Happy Birth Club ante-natal classes that are run out of a pub in Chiswick, London. I first heard Bev speak at...
Save the midwife
It’s time for a rallying cry “Save the midwife!”. I’ve talked about this already on the podcast, but this week, I’m giving it focus. Save the midwife is a campaign that needs support and not just here in the UK, and not just by midwives....
Pregnancy as a rite of passage, with Charlotte Kanyi
Our pregnancy journey has the potential to be one of the most transformative and expansive periods in our lives, and I don’t just mean in terms of our body! The opportunity for personal growth is huge, and yet this important rite of passage is not always widely...
Taking responsibility for your birth
In today’s episode I want to talk about taking responsibility and share with you something that happened to me last week that was a huge wake-up call. It’s not exactly birth related but it is … [spp-player] Last week I had a minor op. I thought it...