This work can be so challenging.

You give so deeply of yourself every day. 

When do you allow yourself to be nourished?  

If you work with birth, you might be one of the almost 50% feeling burnt out, stressed or anxious.

Or, maybe you’ve found the best way to deal with the stresses of work is to disconnect a bit from your practice and your clients.

You came to birth work because you felt a calling from deep within you, but you might be starting to lose sight of the passion. You aren’t sure how to get it back – or if it’s even possible.
 

The world is at a tipping point, and your work might feel harder than ever. And yet, you know just how important each birth is in a woman’s life.
 

You may have tried to reach out and get support, turning to colleagues, only to find they are facing the same, if not harder struggles.

Maybe you’ve looked online for support, but you know you need time away from daily life in order to press the pause button and experience a full reset.
 

Midwifery and birthwork can also be transformative and soul sustaining ... when you have the tools you need

When you're a student, the focus is mostly on the training portion of becoming a midwife, not the continuing support, development and ongoing skills required through the different stages of this calling.

Deepening the Journey helps midwives and birth workers avoid trauma, burnout, and disconnection from their work.

Light your midwifery spark again, by giving yourself the time to fill your own cup. Be guided and supported in rekindling your passion and developing real skills that make a difference, while you build a powerful community of like-minded midwives. 

This in an intimate deep dive: we only accept a limited number of participants for our annual in person retreat. 

It's not just about knowledge. You’ll be fully immersed in a nurturing, empowering, and rejuvenating space that allows you to remain calm, clear-headed, and motivated during every birth.

No matter the external pressures…

 To work powerfully with women in the birth space, your own integration and healing is vital. In the busy-ness of everyday life, it’s very hard to give yourself what you need for your own inner work.

Give yourself the time and space you need to focus on you so that you can truly be present for yourself, your family and friends, and the women you care for.

You can be one of those midwives who is able to come back to center quickly, to feel clear-headed, to make decisions from a calm state of mind no matter what is happening on the outside.

This is not one of those programs where you're one of hundreds of others. We accept a limited number of participants for this intimate in-person deep dive, and this allows you to connect deeply and get the attention you need to make a difference. 

1) Space for YOU 

We all know what it feels like when a container is held for us. Our bodies relax, our nervous systems settle, we exhale.

You need and space just for you in order to create the conditions where learning, growth, and rejuvenation are possible. 

Support, connection, and the right environment allow you to come back to your own centre, to remember why you got into this work, and to give back you yourself so that your own cup is full. 

This is your time.   

2)  Tapping for Birth Program

You learn how to use energy psychology to work powerfully with fears, anxieties and stresses within your own life, as well as being introduced to use these tools during pregnancy, birth and parenting. 

This potent tool allows you to work with emotions and challenges in a simple yet effective way - both your own and, as you develop proficiency, with the women and families you work with.  

3) Nervous System Regulation

Do you want to actually enjoy yourself and be able to appreciate the ups and downs of daily life? The key is a regulated nervous system. 

Learn simple yet potent practices that  you can learn and use in every day life.

Not only is a regulated nervous system a key part of being able to hold space well (and make the right decisions and actions) during birth, but it's key for the women we work with as well. 

4) Mindfulness

Cultivating presence keeps women safe, and it helps us as midwives. But how do we do it? Mindfulness is developed by making the time and space to bring awareness to what is happening right here and right now. You need guidance to be able to do that within your everyday life in a way that's accessible and fits into your lifestyle. 

Mindfulness is a way of being that allows you to be awake in the moment, using everything that’s available and at your disposal as a resource for dealing with whatever is happening. In stressful situations, this is fundamental. It means you have the clarity to respond in a way that is aware, woman centred and responsive - not reactive. 

5) Connection with your Intuitive Knowing

The head and the heart, the art and the science: all are important for midwives. Learn how to discern your own intuition from fear or other voices from within. Your intuition is one of your most powerful allies in life, and you too can deepen your connection with this way of knowing, both in your personal life and in your practice.

Trust and intuitive knowing in birth has made a profound difference in countless births and I've spent the last 20 years teaching people how to access (and trust) this knowing within themselves. 

6) Advanced Skills

A deep understanding of how to work optimally with:

• The hormones of labor and birth - what you, what women, and what their birth partners can do.
• Making space in the pelvis during pregnancy and through birth.
• Hands-on techniques for helping babies that are ‘stuck’ get unstuck.
• Working with long labors, posterior babies, physical and emotional dystocia.
• Rebozo and other traditional techniques that work: pregnancy , birth and postpartum.
• Sensuality, sexuality and ecstatic birth.
• A primer on breech birth.
• Lotus birth, cord burning, placenta rituals.

This program was birthed well over a decade ago when Lianne's youngest daughter was a baby. Lianne saw such a desire in midwives and doulas to grow, learn and stay inspired. For many, their education had left them wanting more: they didn’t learn what they expected to in midwifery school. Lianne dreamed of creating a 9-month journey for midwives that gave the time and space to find the place inside that holds a deep trust in birth. Every midwife she's ever met has this knowing somewhere within. What we need are the skills, knowledge and tools to nurture this deep trust. 

One of the challenges we faced in our live retreats is that some midwives would go home after their week away and fall back into old habits, ways of being. Instead of using the skills and tools they learned, they would remember their time on the retreat like a dream.

Midwives also found it difficult to be able to take enough time off to fly around the world and join us.

Our online 9 month Journey gives us the time and space we need to go deep into the skills, tools and resources to live life powerfully as a midwife. I'm excited to have this opportunity to share this time with you.