Mindset during pregnancy & birth
How to Measure Healing Progress in Pregnancy and Birth
Welcome back to Fear Free Childbirth! In today's episode, I want to explore how we can measure healing progress when we're undertaking personal development work, or healing. And in doing so I'd like to share a tool that I think can help you with this called the Map of...
Gen Z Anxiety: Navigating Parenthood in Uncertain Times with Dr Lauren Cook
In today's episode, I'm joined by Dr. Lauren Cook, who will be diving into a topic that affects many parents in the modern era – anxiety in Gen Z. Gen Z Anxiety: Navigating Parenthood in Uncertain Times Dr. Cook, a therapist and author, brings her expertise and...
Emetophobia, Fear of Vomit and Pregnancy
Fear of Vomit and Pregnancy: How to Navigate the Emetophobia in Preparation for Pregnancy and Parenthood Today I am diving into a topic that affects more people than you might imagine - the fear of vomit and pregnancy. The fear of being sick is also known as...
Overcoming Tokophobia: Heather’s Journey from Fear to Motherhood
In this episode of the Fear Free Childbirth podcast, I chat to Heather, who shares her inspiring journey from being tokophobic to becoming a mother of two. Heather never expected to have children but decided to confront her fears for the sake of her relationship. She...
How to have a fear-free childbirth
Welcome back to the Fear Free Childbirth podcast! After a long break, I'm bringing the podcast back. Fear of birth and pregnancy is a common experience for up to 85% of women, but it is not something to be ashamed of. The way I see it, there are two main types of fear...
Scared of birth? Fear is not the only problem.
Fear of birth is big bloody deal. In two ways; The sheer number of women who experience it. Research tells us it's around 80%. Thats a LOT! Being fearful sucks big time. Especially when your fears are strong or phobic. Tokophobia is the extreme fear of pregnancy and...
How to clear your fears yourself
If you're scared of pregnancy or birth, here are some options for you if you'd like to try and deal with your fears yourself. I developed the Head Trash Clearance method as a result of my own need to clear my fears around pregnancy and birth. I had tokophobia (the...
Your fears are not what you think they are
Most people think that when you have fears around pregnancy and birth that your fears are related to pregnancy and birth. But the truth is that they're not. Sure, a small amount of fear might be directly related to the process of pregnancy or birth - birth...
Clearing fears. Amber’s story
Experiencing fear around pregnancy or birth is pretty normal, around 80% of women experience some level of fear. But fears vary; some are low level fears which are easy to bat away, while others can be really problematic and terrifying. Whichever level of fear you're...
Do you have a fear of uncertainty?
A fear of uncertainty comes up a lot in my work with my clients. This is because there is so much potential for uncertainty on the journey to pregnancy, birth and motherhood. From figuring out whether you actually want kids or not, to playing the waiting game until...