There is a simple secret I wish everybody knew! Wrapping your hips (and your belly) can help with many common ailments, from pelvic pain to period pain to back pain. Beyond the pain itself it is also very useful practice that you can use in your daily life when you...
Today I’ve mostly spent the day wearing a fluffy onesie and lounging on the sofa. I made a mental note to only do the absolute bare minimum of what I absolutely had to do work wise. Why did I do this? I’m not ill or anything like that. I just needed to rest. Yesterday...
I used to struggle to define myself professionally because I thought that I needed a title that covered ALL of my hats. It was easy when I started after my professional reconversion from scientist to birthworker, I just called myself a doula. Then I grew, I learnt a...
I love the article ” The Last Days of Pregnancy: A Place of In-Between” by Jana Studelska,. I send it to my clients when they are fed up waiting for the baby to arrive. Jana uses a German word: ‘Zwischen’, which means ‘between’, to...
At the end of each year I write a review of my year. I find it a helpful exercise to reflect. This year it feels more important than ever. I am doing it for myself, and I also hope it may inspire others who read it. Despite my being told that I do a lot of stuff,...
(updated October 2021) I want to tell my story into drum healing because I hope that it may encourage others to explore this modality too. Before I moved from science into doulaing I had a friend called Peter Voshol who was a scientist and a shaman. Peter made drums...
