The Psychology of Pain, with Dr Gary Keil
Pain is interesting. At least I find it interesting. I guess that comes from my work in helping women prepare for pregnancy and birth, because pain comes up…
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Mindset
The psychology of pain
Pain is interesting. At least I find it interesting. I guess that comes from my work in helping women prepare for pregnancy and birth, because pain comes up…
Podcast
The story behind the podcast
The Fear Free Childbirth and Motherhood podcast is where I help you to lose the fear, anxiety and stress that inevitably accompanies the journey to motherhood. When you…
What’s the story behind the podcast?
The Fear Free Childbirth and Motherhood podcast is where I help you to lose the fear, anxiety and stress that inevitably accompanies the journey to motherhood. When you…
Blog
5 reasons I hate hypnobirthing
This is part 2 and follows last week’s blog Why I LOVE hypnobirthing. Before I start I want you to understand WHY I’m writing this. If you are…
Blog
5 reasons why I love hypnobirthing
Hypnobirthing has done so much for women and for birth since it breathed its way into our lives in the late 1980s. By combining birth education with tools…
Pregnancy
Recruiting Pregnant Women for Research Study
Would you like to take part in a research study? I’m looking for UK based pregnant women to take part in a research study exploring the emotional journey…
Podcast
Anxiety in pregnancy
Anxiety in pregnancy is currently estimated to affect around 15% of women. Through my work in supporting women in preparing for birth and pregnancy, anxiety is something that…
Tokophobia
6 reasons why we’re not a good fit to work together
1. You want to be fixed I’m not a fixer. And I have no interest in fixing you. Asking someone else to fix us is handing over our…
Tokophobia
I don’t want kids – do I have tokophobia?
By Alexia Leachman, founder of Fear Free Childbirth. Alexia healed her own tokophobia and developed the method she used to do it – and has helped women clear theirs…