For the first 20 years of my occupational life, I worked as an ICU nurse. I was fascinated by the intensity of the work, and the one-on-one care it required. Over months of caring for the same person, often without talking as many of the patients were on life-support machines, I observed their body language and learned about their personal preferences, their strengths and their needs. 

Later, I shifted the intensity and one-on-one care to working as a midwife in acute gynecology in the birthing unit, caring for women who miscarried, or who chose to terminate a pregnancy, and supporting those who, heartbreakingly, had to birth a stillborn baby. 

I also studied movement therapist, worked with pregnant women, people in transitional and I spending a lot of time with children with special needs. In between, I studied three years naturopathy and acupuncture – just to have a basic understanding of how both work.

My early desire to help individuals going through major transitions in life has grown into a passion for helping women have a smooth transition into motherhood. I know how seeds of hope or fear of the unknown can be transformed into faith and self-confidence. 

Being pregnant and having a baby is not an overnight experience; it is the beginning of a process of transformation that includes physical, emotional and personal growth.