Teaching, talking, facilitating
I was a study tutor at the Psychosynthesis Trust for several years, helping trainee therapists in their academic training. Now, as part of the training team, I contribute to curriculum development and teach their 4-day personal/spiritual development course, The Essentials.
I also give corporate talks, such as at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, on grief and bereavement in the workplace, and lead local bereavement and maternal health groups in Suffolk.
In 2016, while living in London, I founded Retune, a successful workplace wellbeing consultancy, delivering workshops with other holistic wellness practitioners.
Speaking
I have had the pleasure of being invited on several podcasts, including Noel Bell’s Psychotherapy podcast and BBC Radio 4’s Four Thought, amongst others, discussing maternal mental health, grief and spirituality.
I love engaging in dialogue with people and believe it to be a powerful way of transcending difference, inspiring hope and creating change.
Writing
I love to write. My first book was published in 2014 and then re-printed with a re-design in 2017. It continues to sell well and has been featured in YOU Magazine, The Huffington Post, Vice Magazine and BBC Radio.
I have also written for Psychologies Magazine, Woman and Home, The Huffington Post, Welldoing and was an agony aunt for online funeral directory Funeral Guide.
I’m slowly beavering away at a second book.
Creating
Every now and then I consult on or collaborate with amazing theatre artists who are exploring issues around motherhood or wider mental health experiences. I have assisted Jonnie Bayfield in his R&D for a show exploring mental health and joined Edith Tankus for post-show discussion after her play Wild Country which explored the wildness of motherhood, what it means to belong and the multiplicity of ways we create our sense of identity.