I just launched a new podcast. It took me a while to decide on the name because I wanted the name to reflect the eclectic range of topics that I intend to cover. I didn’t want to niche myself. I’m a multi-passionate person with a multilayered, forever evolving...
A couple of days ago, I got a call from a woman in early labour. Her waters had broken a few hours before, and she was having mild contractions. She wanted to give birth at home, and was reluctant to let her midwife know about her waters breaking, because she knew...
I’m creating content for my new Drumming for Birth course at the moment. This week, one one of the topics I shared was how to choose a drum. This was one of these lightbulb moments where I hadn’t realised how much I know about the subject until I started putting pen...
I just finished the book “Closure: How the flagship Albany Midwifery Practice, at the heart of its South London community, was demonised and dismantled” by Becky Reed and Nadine Edwards. I found Closure a gripping and soul-stirring book. It peels back the layers...
If you follow me you’ll know that I’ve navigated more than my fair share of challenges over the last couple of years. I’ve supported one of my children through severe mental health issues, I’ve navigated the ups and downs of perimenopause, and I discovered that I have...
I’ve been working as a solopreneur for 10 years. The first year I went away on holiday, as a newly self-employed birth worker, I noticed that I was still responding to work emails, something I never did when I was an employee. I didn’t resent it but I was...
