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About me

I am a hormone health, puberty, menstrual cycle & menopause specialist.

I am a gatherer of wisdom. I am a keeper of wisdom.

I am a women’s wisdom keeper.

I gather and protect wisdom that spans the female life continuum from birth to death.  Spiralling out through the sacred seasons of womanhood. Sharing this medicine through stories, conversations, workshops and 1-2-1 support

I proudly offer Puberty, Menarche, Menstrual Cycle, Pregnancy, Birth, Perimenopause and Menopause support & education.

My Approach

I weave together the spiritual and the science, giving space to both is an important part of my work. I love to understand the why’s and how’s, whilst simultaneously melting into the depths of feminine ritual.

Through my work I gather the wisdom that was stolen from us and hand it back to the rightful owners. Women.

I wholeheartedly believe women are the medicine to heal the world and balance between the feminine & masculine is needed.

At the threshold of motherhood I cracked open.  t was the birth of my eldest daughter, in 2016, that my awakening began, and I landed in a new terrain.  This is when the wounds revealed themselves and healing began.

My Journey

My journey to this moment has been a mix of heady masculine and embodied feminine – having spent many years in the City of London in a corporate career, living in my head and rejecting what it means to live with a cyclical body.  I would take pain relief and push-on.  I was living life as a sun, on a 24hr cycle, shining day after day.

It wasn’t until my desire for children emerged, that I began to learn about my menstrual cycle.  Even then I barely dipped a toe into its magnificently deep well of wisdom. For a period of time, I found myself working in the corporate world while yearning for a more meaningful existence. 

My Calling

And so it began, the wisdom gathering.

Initially as a holistic birthkeeper, breastfeeding supporter and hypnobirthing practitioner.

The rite of passage into Motherhood is hugely underseen & undervalued – society has forgotten the birth of the mother.  Mothers are not initiated properly, and often find themselves disempowered and hurting following the birth of their children.  Mothers are the keepers of the future and society has turned its back on them. 

My part in this space was to hold, honour and nourish mothers. I was there on their path into motherhood and held them as they found their feet in the early months

Through my work as a birthkeeper, and also being a mother myself, I awakened to reality that many women arrive at the threshold of motherhood untrusting and disconnecting from their bodies. It was at this time that I decided to pursue some training to work with children - to teach them about their bodies, to gift them the education & support so many of us wished we’d received. I trained as a First Moon Circle facilitator and with this work I have held many circles for girls (and boys) age from 9-14 years old teaching them about their amazing bodies and how wonderful it is to be connected to their menstrual cycle.

My thirst for knowledge continued to grow and this is when I decided to embark on deeper studies into female hormones. Training with Nicole Jardim of The Institute for Menstrual Health was unlike anything I’d done before and it has been life changing for me, my family and the clients I work with.

My hunger for learning has culminated in an offering that spans the full life of all girls and women, with great depth and the beautiful blend of lost ancient wisdom and modern day practices. From birth, through menarche, then menstruation & mothering, to perimenopause/menopause and beyond.

I honour the sacred rhythms of the body at the rites of Birth, Womanhood, Motherhood and Eldership through education and ceremony.  

Discover My Offerings
for the Sacred Seasons of Womanhood

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Spring
The Maiden

The Spring season of your life is also known as your Maiden years.  This is from birth to 25 years old. Our maiden years are hugely influential - we are always learning often through lived experiences which can have a positive or negative impact on us. During the Earth season of spring, it is a time of new beginnings and hope which is mirrored in your Maiden years.  You are carefree as a Maiden.

Maiden Offerings

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Summer
The Creatrix

The Summer season of your life is also known as your Creatrix years or Mothering years.  This is from 25 to when menstruation ceases - when we are creating, growing and nurturing many different things. It could be children, or it could be a business, a career, hobbies, pets, lifestyles.  Women are always tending to something.  Your life is in full bloom, much like nature is during summer. You are responsible as a Creatrix.

Creatrix Offerings 

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Autumn
The Maga

The Autumn season of your life is also known as your Maga, Wild Woman or Autumn Queen years.  This is from when menstruation ceases to 75 years old.  The harvest season of your life.  You are harvesting what you nurtured and grew in your spring and summer seasons.  You are shedding and releasing what no longer serves you - this could be people, objects, work, hobbies - anything at all. You are gathering the seeds of life and keeping them safe for the future. You are responsibly carefree as an Autumn Queen.

Maga Offerings

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Winter
The Crone

The Winter season of your life is also known as your Crone years. These are the years from 75 years old to your death.  Crone translates to Crown and this is the season when you are fully in your wise years, with your crown firmly upon your head.  You are wise and all knowing.  You are carefree responsible as a Crone.

Ceremonies

I support, and create ceremony for the physical rites of passage that females journey through

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Menarche Ceremony

Spring : The Maiden

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Menopause
Ceremony

Autumn : The Maga

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Speaking & Writing

As well as working directly with girls and women, I am available as a speaker or writer.

Whether you are looking for an event guest speaker, a speaker at your next retreat, a guest for your podcast or a blog writer, I would welcome your enquiry.  Here are some example topics;

  • Rites of Passage

  • Foundations of Hormone Health

  • Consciously preparing for Menopause 

  • Supporting our daughters through Menarche

Here some events I have been involved in in the past;

Presenter; Menopause & Women’s Health Workshop

Co-Presenter for a Parenting Network; Supporting your child through Puberty and Menarche

Workshop at Festival of The Girl; Introducing the Inner Seasons

Stall holder Festival of The Girl: Positive Puberty and Period stall 

Retreat: I held a circle during a retreat and spoke about Menstrual Cycles and Moon Cycles

Podcast: Menstrual Cycle Awareness on The Dungaree Doulas podcast

Guest Speaker: International Women's Day Event - Rites of Passage

My Teachers and Training 

It is incredibly important to me that I always acknowledge my teachers who, without them, I would not be where I am today. I have been fortunate to train with some brilliant women over the years and here I acknowledge & give thanks to their wisdom sharing;

Nicole Jardim - Institute for Menstrual Health - Certified Hormone Health practitioner instituteformenstrualhealth.com

Jane Hardwicke Collings - Earth Women Rising janehardwickecollings.com

nicola mahdiyyah goodall - Birth & Postpartum Doula redtentdoulas.co.uk

Mars Lord - Birth Doula - abueladoulas.co.uk

Charlotte Pointeaux - Menarche Circles - firstmooncirclesschool.com

Alix & Jade - Hypnobirthing Practitioner thebirthuprising.com

Mindful Breastfeeding School - mindfulbreastfeeding.co.uk

Association of Breastfeeding Mothers - abm.me.uk