As this Mental Health Awareness Week (16-22 May 2016) winds down, I felt compelled by this year’s emphasis on ‘relationships’ to write about the importance of strengthening partner relationships in the transition to parenthood.  Although I have worked with couples in a variety of formats over many years – birth and parent preparation, The Birth…

“Fostering the Couple Connection in the Transition to Parenthood” Together with my colleague, Elly Taylor, author of Becoming Us, we will  join forces to present a dynamic workshop that explores the relationship challenges that new parents face and the variety of ways in which we can enrich the relationship of the couple as they step over the…

At the end of April an important event is happening in Berkeley, California – the BirthKeeper Summit, a conference that brings BirthKeepers from all over the world to heal birth, and therefore to heal the earth. I first became aware of this conference when I attended the 18th International Congress for the Association for Prenatal…