I’m speaking at GOLD Perinatal Conference 2018
I'm thrilled to have been invited to speak at the GOLD Perinatal Conference 2018 later this year. The title of my talk is "How to prepare women for a fear-free birth" and I can't wait to share my thoughts on this. I've been working with women helping them to clear...
Childfree: Positive Choice or Fear-Based Choice?
Are you childfree and want to stay that way? If so, is that a positive choice, or one made from a place of fear? It might not be easy to say at first because our fear plays tricks on us. I thought I wanted to be childfree Back in the day, when I was a high-achieving...
WHY FMTV is addictive for pregnant mamas
Tocophobie, la peur de l’accouchement
Ceci est une traduction de l'épisode de podcast sur la tocophobie qui a été aimablement traduit par une collaboratrice québécoise que vous pouvez suivre sur Twitter: @Tocophobie Aujourd'hui, je veux vous parler de tocophobie pour plusieurs raisons... C'est le terme...
Mindset for Birth with Ulf Sandstrom
Getting into the right mindset for birth is something that is often talked about. We're often hearing people say "Birth is mind over matter" and that's because it's true! So I wanted to dig a bit deeper into understanding what a great mindset for birth was and I've a...
5 things every pregnant woman wants to hear (but doesn’t)
Childbirth is often compared to running a marathon and for good reason. The physical and emotional demands are not dissimilar. A recent study showed that childbirth put an equivalent level of stress and trauma on the body as running a marathon. So I thought I’d take...
3 reasons why your due date is wrong
When we become pregnant one of the first burning questions we have is “what is my due date?" Our due date has this magical quality because it symbolises the day that we become a mother, whether it’s the first time or to a new little one. The thing is, because the date...
Failure to progress? Seriously?!
Childbirth is often compared to running a marathon and for good reason. The physical and emotional demands are not dissimilar. A recent study showed that childbirth put an equivalent level of stress and trauma on the body as running a marathon. So I thought I’d take...
Home birth; bravery has NOTHING to do with it!
Childbirth is often compared to running a marathon and for good reason. The physical and emotional demands are not dissimilar. A recent study showed that childbirth put an equivalent level of stress and trauma on the body as running a marathon. So I thought I’d take...
Fear of losing control
This podcast came about as a result of a client session I had a few weeks back. We were talking about control; losing control, being in control and feeling out of control. One of my client’s fears was losing control, which is very common among pregnant women when they...
No need to give birth on your back. In fact DON’T!
If you were running in a race, you definitely WOULD NOT be dressed like that. Those heels are bound to cause you some hardcore foot injuries, not to mention adding a bucket load of hours to your marathon time. And who starts a marathon crouching on the floor, anyhow? All of it is nonsense, and we know it. In fact, we all know it so well, that you would NEVER see this. Not even in a comedy that featured a woman running a race. Imagine watching a reality TV show about marathon runners and seeing the coaches advising the women to do this. IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN!!!
If childbirth was a marathon…
The childbirth marathon Childbirth is often compared to running a marathon and for good reason. The physical and emotional demands are not dissimilar. A recent study showed that childbirth put an equivalent (if not more) level of stress and trauma on the body as...