Twenty years or so ago, when I was swimming daily at my local public swimming pool, I managed to change the rules to allow the use of training fins. Prior to this, the pool had a blanket ban on the grounds of “safety”, whilst also allowing the use of hand...
I’ve decided that it’s time for me to retire from selling rebozos. I never intended to sell them, it’s just that, as I ran a lot of workshops, people kept asking. At first I only brought them to workshops and then through word of mouth alone, I got...
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...
As I’m created content for my Drumming for Birth course , I had one of those beautiful “aha” moments while explaining how to choose a drum. You know those times when you suddenly realize just how much expertise you’ve accumulated? As someone...
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...