So who am I?

How did I get here? I fell pregnant with my first daughter in my early twenties and I knew there had to be something else beyond the tired old narrative that birth has to be awful, so I had a good old thorough Google and came across hypnobirthing. I delved right in doing a full course, reading multiple books, listening to relaxation tracks and practicing everything I'd learnt daily. When I say it changed my life, I'm 100% serious, as soon as my daughter was born I knew this was what I was meant to do. I'd recently trained in Early Years Education at University but I soon put that aside in the hopes of pursuing a life in Birthwork. (And instead used my degree to swerve the education system full stop and home educate my children which is one of the best decisions I ever made.)

I looked in to training as a hypnobirthing teacher and discovered doulas along the way, this felt like fate, I knew this was what I was meant to do and I set out on my training, both as a doula and hypnobirthing teacher. I originally trained as a doula in 2020/21 and started to work with the most wonderful women, then in 2023 I retrained with the incredible Red Tent Doulas as their programme felt more aligned with my values, beliefs and offerings. Along the way I've trained in many specialisms and plan to keep it this way, there is SO much to learn and the continuous professional development makes my heart sing. At the moment I am training in naturopathy and homeopathy, it is truly eye-opening and fascinating in equal measure and I am weaving this in to my work to make it even more expansive.

After my training I gave birth to my second daughter spending a lot of time again on doing my own birth preparation and then having another positive hypnobirth, this time in my own home! You can find my birth stories on my blog and podcast if you'd like to give them a read and see what birth can look like when you go into it free from fear. During my maternity leave I jumped head first in to teaching and doula-ing and I haven't looked back since, quitting my job before I was due to return. This work is truly my soul calling and I can't imagine ever doing anything else.