Place your hand on your heart, feel the gentle pressure and warmth as you feel your heartbeat. Notice the rise and fall of your chest as you breathe. You matter. You were born whole and with a purpose. You are a gift. The world needs you more than you will ever know.

What a wonderful way to celebrate the day after Mother's Day than reviewing feedback from our recent Becoming Us Intensives. Thank you, Caitlin Sopp for the wonderful "whole family" work you're doing there in Highgate, Western Australia. Families there ar…lnkd.in/gqabnb6q

For Mother's Day this year I'd like to acknowledge the amount of emotional labour that women, mothers especially, tend to do. It's labour that makes us tired all the time. It's labour that takes away from other things we'd like to do. It's labour that'…lnkd.in/gss5GMdP

I was delighted to moderate a session on Perinatal Mental Health at the recent Mental Health Professionals' Network. Missed it? Here's where to access the replays from all the wonderful presenter sessions and moderated collab labs: lnkd.in/gWrKteh9

I rarely know where people live when they enrol in the Becoming Us training, or what their plans for the training are. Some do it to be more inclusive and build confidence in working with fathers and partners. Some do it to have relationship frameworks an…lnkd.in/gzR8QXWz

Wonderful research topic. Can you help? Or know someone who can? Please contact Mike Sherman with any questions. lnkd.in/gkG4pGkg

And we’re off! Thanks to my wonderful co-facilitator Carla Anderson, our June round of Becoming Us perinatal relationship education for MH professionals got off to an awesome start on Friday. I love working with practitioners who are drawn to this work an…lnkd.in/gycJMWk4

On Friday, my co-facilitator Patrícia Soriano Guzmán, and I also kicked off our Becoming Us Intensive for Postnatal/Postpartum professionals. We had an intimate group of talented multi-disciplinary professionals and the conversation was rich - and enric…lnkd.in/gcFeibbf

It’s both PTSD awareness month and Men’s Health Week here in Australia, so I thought I’d talk about work-related PTSD, of which my husband and I have some personal experience (and which I’m grateful to have his permission to share). Like all emergency s…lnkd.in/gQsZ737W

I'm extremely grateful to be working locally and thinking globally and have opportunities to share my emotional and relationship support approach to pregnancy and early parenthood. Parenthood demands parents and partners to be emotionally vulnerable and t…lnkd.in/giRiKu6h

Becoming Us is proud to be a Global Partner for International Fathers’ Mental Health Day, joining other key local and international organisations in raising awareness, influencing policy and changing attitudes. I am incredibly proud of all our Facilitator…lnkd.in/gndcpEaE

I think one of the best ways to reduce stigma is to share our stories (with permission). My husband and I thought we were really well prepared for parenthood. We'd been together for 10 years and were crazy in love when our first little one joined us. Thre…lnkd.in/gW6iZxaJ

I am so incredibly proud of all our Becoming Us Facilitators who are including and celebrating fathers in all aspects of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. They're asking dads questions in antenatal appointments, including them as primary support peop…lnkd.in/gdZEnGr8

This is another one where I tell my story to help reduce the stigma. My husband and I lost two babies in between our first and second healthy ones. This experience brought us closer together, but as a relationship counsellor, I worked with many couples wi…lnkd.in/gcx-N3sZ

Australian perinatal health professionals, can you spare a minute or two? lnkd.in/gxRRgabD

Early traumas shape babies' brains. Sometimes traumas are unavoidable, but loving parents and partners protect babies from this. lnkd.in/gpTiFmhk

I was at a meeting at a hospital a few weeks ago and there was a poster in the bathroom championing woman-centred care. Women need to be at the centre of their health care, especially when it comes to maternity or reproductive heal…lnkd.in/gbg3W4UP lnkd.in/gQH5ZPZC

I'm pleased to be participating in Birth Trauma Awareness Week this year thanks to the ABTA - will you join me? lnkd.in/guPXPv_w

Researchers from Curtin University are exploring the information and support needs of first-time dads in Australia. They are interested in health professionals’ views about a proposed mobile phone-based, peer-facilitated, perinatal…lnkd.in/gr5A3JRg lnkd.in/gZPb-rrH

EARLY BIRD IS NOW OPEN! If you would like to widen and deepen the support you can provide for new families, Early Bird is now open for our FINAL Perinatal Relationship Intensives for 2023. Learn about relationship dynamics, how t…lnkd.in/gYgVX4wX lnkd.in/gXNpDzC