About Olivia
Olivia is a mother, holistic childbirth educator, Doula, Doula trainer, hypnotherapist and HypnoBirthing teacher. She has been teaching and supporting birthing women and couples for over two decades now. She has 4 children including a wonderful 18 years old who, like his siblings, is her mischievous teacher on the path of Motherhood.
On her quest for a holistic lifestyle and profession at the beginning of the 80’s, Olivia studied various aspects of holistic health: a Diphe in humanistic psychology and education, counselling, voice dialogue, movement and dance, infant massage and various healing modalities. After training with the Holistic Birth Foundation, she founded a Pregnancy practice in Devon and created The Birthing Wisdom training, the most comprehensive and holistic Doula course in the UK, a distillation of her two decades of studies, her professional experience supporting women through life transitions and her 32 years as a mother and partner. After training with Marie Mongan, the founder of HypnoBirthing in the USA, Olivia added another dimension to her holistic approach and she created BirthCreation, a holistic childbirth education programme, which includes the hypnobirthing techniques but also offers much more. Olivia is committed to making a difference in her local community. She set up the Totnes Holistic Birth Hub in 2011, and Radiant Mama, places where women and couples can access information, resources and holistic support and services, as well as be part of a like minded community during the crucial period from conception to early parenthood. |
The low sound united us and I felt lovingly held by the group sound and energy.
Within an hour I dilated from 2 to 10cm and I was ready to welcome my baby into the world. He was born in the pool and as I brought him up to the surface and held him in my arms, his little arm stretched out and his victorious fist seem to say “Hurrah! I have made it!” A celebration for all! It had been a painful but empowering journey. |
My research took me far and wide. I learned so much I wanted to share it with others and created a very comprehensive holistic birth practitioner training.
Birthing Wisdom has now been running for over 18 years and is still the gold standard of the doula trainings in the UK. |
In 2011 I set up the Totnes Holistic Birth Hub, and Radiant Mama, nurturing places where women can meet and be part of a like minded community during the crucial period from pregnancy to the first 9 months after the birth.
Available to the mamas are short massages or treatments, sharing circles, information, resources and support. This is offered on a donation basis to make it accessible to all women regardless of income. |