Hello, I’m Emma. I live in Merstham and teach hypnobirthing courses in Surrey at Calm Mama Collective.

Having once upon a time having been a psychologist you would think that the link between mind and body in labour would have been obvious to me. However, having not made this important connection I had a long and difficult labour with my first child 7 years ago. I found labour frightening and I felt out of control.

When I was pregnant with my second-born, I had a gut feeling that the birth could be different to the first one – which, although not a negative experience, was a confusing and chaotic birth. As a result, I took a hypnobirthing course in Surrey and realised that I had found my calling. Everything I had learned about the mind/body connection as a Psychology student clicked into place. It became clear that I needed to teach women – and their birth partners – about the incredible power that their mind has over their birthing body. Any woman, when armed with this knowledge, can have a calm, positive birth experience no matter the route their birth takes.

Thanks to taking a hypnobirthing course in Surrey, I experienced the most incredible birth. I am now passionate about teaching women how they can have a positive birth as well, no matter how their baby is born, whether it be in a birthing pool, at home, or via caesarean section.

Since training in early 2020 I have supported many families in their preparation for birth and I have throughly enjoyed watching the transformation of the families I support from nervous pregnant person to confident birthing people! My passion for making the transition into parenthood as smooth and easy as possible for the women and men that I support has lead to me more recently training as a Mindful Breastfeeding Practitioner and Breastfeeding Peer Supporter. This life changing training now means that I am able to continue to support the Calm Mama Collective families into parenting with their infant feeding journeys if they want my support.