I have been very lucky to have been trained by Suzanne Yates, world renowned expert in shiatsu and massage techniques for pregnancy and birth and founder of wellmother.org. I recommend her book Beautiful Birth. Some useful massage or shiatsu techniques your partner can use that I’ve learned from Suzanne include: Bladder 67 (these are the names of the shiatsu/acupressure points) You can press ... Read More about Shiatsu points for use in labour

I wish so much that I knew about how powerful my body was when I had my two sons. Instead, like most women I had heard horror stories regarding giving birth and so like most women I had a degree of fear and anxiety around the birthing experience. I did not trust my body to be able to do what it was designed to do. It was only after postnatal surgery and a severe flare of endometriosis that I found ... Read More about Reclaiming Birth Wisdom

I mentioned in my book ‘Reclaiming Feminine Wisdom’ that I had felt great for a while after surgery, but then I had a flare up as I had stopped with all of my practices that had helped eliminate symptoms of endo. One of the things I realised was that it was summer and I was using a brand of suncream that included ingredients that had been linked to endometriosis. Even whilst putting it on I kept ... Read More about Suncream

Links to physical or sexual trauma and endometriosis. If you have read my book ‘Reclaiming Feminine Wisdom: An Empowering Journey with Endometriosis’ I refer to a study that links physical or sexual abuse and endometriosis. I make it clear that this will not be the reason for all women who have the condition but my journey has interesting links to the emotional connections with endo. I know ... Read More about Links to physical or sexual trauma and endometriosis

I discuss in my book 'Reclaiming Feminine Wisdom' how creativity has begun to flow in abundance after I began my healing journey. This is an intuitive painting that I did recently to connect to my love of colour and art. Here is an extract from my book... "I have mentioned previously how my creativity has begun to flow in abundance. Creativity in any of the arts is renowned for its therapeutic ... Read More about Creativity