Birth Trauma Training for Birth Workers – the Podcast
I have a new podcast!
I love writing, but I’ve missed chatting. Don’t get me wrong, I loved interviewing guests on the birth trauma training for birth workers podcast, but for this season of life, it was simply becoming too time consuming. So, this second offering is broader in focus, very...
Episode 20 Midwives Rising 4 – Hope is a Doing Word with Katherine Eden
You can listen to Episode 20 HERE One of my new favourite things to do on the podcast is interview a birth worker and then interview their mentor. So a few episodes ago I interviewed doula Hannah Goding, and now I’m interviewing her mentor Katherine Eden. In a few...
Episode 19 Treatment Options for Birth Trauma – Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR) with Krysta Dancy
What if there was a quick, effective way to move through processing the trauma of your own birth or witnessing it at work, and it didn’t involve going into loads of detail? You can listen to episode 19 HERE My guest today has specialist skills in how to do just that....
Episode 18 Birth Trauma Awareness Week Special – Big T Versus Little T Trauma
You can listen to Episode 18 HERE In this episode I walk you though the difference between 'birth trauma' and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from birth. When and how is it diagnosed, and when is it appropriate to seek general support and/or a self-help book and when...
Episode 17: Midwives Rising 3 – Speaking up Against the Breath of the Wolf with Anarchist Midwife Kerrie Adams
My guest today, Kerrie Adams is an anarchist midwife. A system disruptor and an educator of modern, savvy midwives who also want to change the world. You can listen to Episode 17 HERE Today We talk about: Midwife archetypes – the “good girl”, the “bitch” and all the...
Episode 16: Midwives Rising 2 – How to Not be in the 32% who Want to Quit with Hannah Willsmore
You can listen to Episode 16 HERE Australia’s nurses and midwives are overworked, under supported and in serious danger of burning out, with 32 per cent considering leaving the profession. This is according to findings of a Monash Business School survey of nurses and...
Episode 15 Midwives Rising 1: Challenging the Normalisation of Numbing as Response to Trauma with Hannah Goding
Listen to Episode 15 HERE Today I introduce you to the gorgeous Hannah Goding who is a Melbourne doula. Hannah and I met at a social media training event, and I thought “here is someone with such passion and a quiet kind of confidence I want to shine a light on”. We...
Episode 14 Feeling Distressed Now? My Message of Love With 3 Things You can do to Decompress
Episode 14 Feeling Distressed Now? My Message of Love With 3 Things You can do to Decompress Listen HERE Maybe you’re sitting in your car right now about to drive off from attending a horrendous birth. Maybe you are being bullied at work, or struggling with memories...
Episode 13 The Kaleidoscope of Full Spectrum Trauma With Jenna Brown
You can listen to Episode 13 HERE Are you willing to stop assuming that you know anything about anyone else’s experience until you have given them space to tell you? In today’s episode I talk with Jenna Brown from love over fear wellness. Jenna is a change maker. A...
Episode 12 The One Question That Could Differentiate Psychosis From Anxiety
Without wanting to simplify maternal mental health assessment in ANY way shape or form, I wanted to share one of the key questions I use in differentiating anxiety from psychosis. New parents are already struggling with hormones, sleep deprivation, poor eating and...
Episode 11 Finding the Confidence to Feel and Reveal Your Trauma with Erika Cramer
You can listen to Episode 11 HERE You have no idea how excited I was to speak with Erika Cramer. For a psychologist slightly obsessed with other people’s growth from pain and trauma, talking to Erika was SO deeply satisfying for the soul. To describe Erika as a fiery...
Episode 10 Breastfeeding Trauma with Amberley Harris
Listen to Episode 10 HERE If you are enjoying the podcast, please take a few minutes to leave a review so that as many people as possible can find it, and hopefully find something inspiring, uplifting, informative and thought provoking! Breastfeeding trauma is often...
Episode 9 Finding Joy in Uncomfortable Conversations – Trauma in LGBTQIA+ Families with Sheridon Byrne
In Episode 9 Sheridon Byrne and I chat about bias, the hetero lens with which birth tends to be viewed, and how to work with LGBTQIA+ families. Listen to Episode 9 HERE If you like today's episode, then please take a minute to leave a review on your listening...
Episode 8 The Pros and Cons of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Birth Trauma
In episode 8, I talk you through the pros and cons of using CBT for birth trauma and how it's less about the therapy approach you choose and more about the therapeutic fit. Listen to Episode 8 HERE The WHO recommends two main Psychological approaches for the treatment...
Episode 7 Bringing Yourself Back into Your Body During and After Trauma with Nisha Gill
Listen to Episode 7 HERE Nisha Gill of Feminine Instincts is a Melbourne-based Somatic Experiencing (trauma resolution) Practitioner with a background in counselling, bodywork, birth education, doula support, feminine embodiment yoga and birth hypnosis. She...
Episode 6 How to Help Someone who is Dissociating
In this episode I cover: What is dissociation and how it occurs along a continuum of experiences. Most of us have had experiences like getting lost in a book, daydreaming or thinking you've heard your name called. For some, dissociation looks more like feeling out of...
Episode 5 Angela Gallo on Excavating your Trauma to Alchemise your Soul Passion as a Doula
Listen HERE Have you ever met the perfect person at the perfect time who completely changed your life? Angela Gallo is that person for me. She is a collector of animals. A collector of tattoos. A snorty laugher, a generous gesticulator, and when she walks into a room...