The Mumma Mentor

05/10/2025

I love this time of year but that's not true for everyone in my house. I like to romanticise it by decorating for autumn, we have an autumn treasures tray on our table to show off the various bits and pieces we've collected on our walks. I also bring out the various knitted pumpkins I've made over the years. The blankets come out in full force, everyone has them in their rooms and there are plenty available in various spots round the house. We actually have 5 sofas so lots of places to snuggle up. It's fire season so I like to invite friends over for a cosy evening in, sometimes I pull out all the stops and make a 3 course meal, other times it's just a hot chocolate and a film. This is the time of year I dust off the fondue set!

How do you make the most of autumn?

01/10/2025

30/09/2025

A Women’s Circle for Rest, Reflection & Connection

There is a space waiting for you. A space where you can breathe deeply, exhale fully, and just be. A space where the weight of expectations can be set down, where stories are shared without judgment, and where you are truly seen.

Join us for a women’s circle—a gentle gathering where we come together in sisterhood, in a world that so often asks us to carry everything alone. This is your invitation to pause, to reconnect with yourself, and to be held in a way that is both ancient and deeply needed.

No expectations. No pressure. Just warmth, support, and the kind of belonging that stays with you long after the evening ends.

Spaces are limited, and your seat is waiting. Will you say yes to yourself?

Book your place today.

https://www.themummamentor.co.uk/bookacircle/p/motherhoodcircles

12/09/2025

🍂 Autumn Equinox Circle 🍂

Our next circle falls on the equinox when the light and dark are equal
Nature pauses.
A moment of stillness before we turn towards the darker half of the year.

Our circle this month is about that pause, the chance to stop, take stock, and honour what we’ve harvested (in life, not just the veg patch).

✨ What’s been working?
✨ What’s ready to be let go?
✨ What seeds are you quietly tucking away for spring?

This is not about being “woo” or perfect, it’s about taking a breath before we slide into the busy season and saying:
Here I am. This is what I’m carrying. This is what I’m ready to put down.

Come sit with us.
Bring your messy, your tired, your curious self.
We’ll share, reflect, and leave a little lighter.

For mother's at any stage of their journey: pregnancy to grandparency.

📅 Monday 22nd Sept 8pm
📍 Churchdown
🎟️ link in bio / https://www.themummamentor.co.uk/bookacircle/p/motherhoodcircles

25/07/2025

21/06/2025

So grateful for the opportunity to have supported this couple.

06/06/2025

Did you know that at a home birth you get the same level of support from professionals that you do at a birthing unit. The difference is that it is in the comfort of your own home, surrounded by your family and things that make you feel safe. You can hire birthing pools or opt for a land birth. When I talk to women the biggest thing that puts them off is the mess, but in an undisturbed physiological birth there is considerably less bleeding. Plus the midwives and your doula will manage the clean up whilst you are resting in bed with your new babies/baby. Yes, twin home birth is also completely possible. See

30/05/2025

Multiple Births Awareness Day

This was actually on Wednesday but the busy half term had me losing track of days!

22/05/2025

12/05/2025

With maternal mental health awareness week last week and mental health awareness week this week I'm excited to see so much discourse around a topic very close to my heart.

As I mentioned last week I have been working on a very important new project in the background and am happy to announce that my free mini guide to overcoming difficult emotions is now ready to download.

Follow the link in my bio on Instagram or click below on Facebook http://guide.themummamentor.co.uk/

12/05/2025

It seems pretty fitting to welcome international nurse's day while working a night shift on an acute psychiatric ward. I came to doulaing through a series of career decisions from being a medic in the territorial army, doing my mental health nursing degree with a plan to commission into the regs but ending up not joining at all. I worked in crisis teams and primary care before finding my way to perinatal mental health where I finally felt that I'd found what I wanted to do. After 15 years in the NHS I'm now self employed but do the odd shift to keep up my pin.
I was reminded last night just how tough front line nursing is and what a difficult and often bizarre work environment ward nurses walk into every shift.

I'm so grateful my nursing career led me to where I am today, doing a job completely driven by my passion for it and my genuine love of supporting women through matrescence. Inspired to start my business by a lady I supported in my NHS job telling me I'd make a great Doula and me getting that lightbulb moment.

Today I'm sending love to all my nursing friends and colleagues but also to every patient I've met and supported, you've all shaped me.

Celebrate a nurse you know, or who has supported you in the comments.