The HypnoBirthing Institute

01/08/2026

The words we use in HypnoBirthing, in consults, and in birth spaces directly influence how a birthing body responds.

Fear-based language can activate tension and stress.

Supportive, intentional language supports relaxation and trust in the birth process.

As birth workers and HypnoBirthing® educators, we don’t just teach techniques—we help reframe beliefs about birth.

What language shifts have you noticed make the biggest difference for your expectant families?

01/08/2026

Calm isn’t something you’re “good” or “bad” at.
It’s a skill—and skills can be learned and practiced.
You deserve to feel confident going into birth. Visit HypnoBirthing.com to find class options near you.

01/07/2026

HypnoBirthing preparation extends well beyond the birth itself.

The curriculum supports families in understanding the early postpartum period, emotional adjustment, rest and recovery, bonding, and the vital role of partners and support teams. Clients are also equipped with relaxation, breathing, and mindset tools they can continue using throughout the fourth trimester.

By addressing postpartum as a continuation of the birth experience, HypnoBirthing helps to support smoother transitions, greater confidence, and more empowered families.

01/06/2026

From small hometown studios to classrooms across the globe, HypnoBirthing® is supporting families in 100+ countries—and it’s all because of you.

Every class you teach, every family you guide, every calm birth you help prepare for creates ripples far beyond your community.

Educators, we’d love to hear from you:
From where around the world are you teaching HypnoBirthing®?

Drop your city, state, or country below
Let’s celebrate the global heart of this work and the powerful community we’re part of together.

01/05/2026

Educators: Empower both your clients and their partners!

The HypnoBirthing Partner Resources page is filled with tools designed to help birth partners understand the process and support with confidence.

Share it with your expecting families today https://hypnobirthing.com/partners/

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12/31/2025

Ready for a positive birth mindset?

In this episode of The Healthy Mind Podcast, Dr. Vivian Keeler dives into how HypnoBirthing helps parents release fear and approach birth with confidence, calm, and joy.

Tune in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ1tf99izxo

Let’s normalize empowered birth experiences!

12/30/2025

We’re honored to spotlight Laura, a HypnoBirthing® Childbirth Educator and Fertility Consultant—and a true global advocate for calm, empowered birth.

Laura is a HypnoBirthing® Childbirth Educator and Fertility Consultant affiliated with the HypnoBirthing® Institute. In addition to this she is a Certified Hypnotherapist, an SBD® Doula, a Certified Life Coach, and a HypnoMothering®, Birth Trauma Resolution®, KidsMatters®, and HypnoMenopause® Practitioner. She collaborates with midwives, OB-GYNs, doulas and associations based in Switzerland and in the USA, and has assisted families who gave birth in hospitals, private clinics, birth centers, and in the comfort of their home.​ She earned a PhD and is a scholar and researcher in the fields of Motherhood Studies and the Medical Humanities. She is a scientific collaborator at the Sasso Corbaro Foundation for the Medical Humanities (an institute affiliated with the university of Lugano, Switzerland, and with the Hospital consortium of Italian-speaking Switzerland) and carries out research and teaches at Georgetown University in the USA. Before joining Georgetown, she was a faculty member in several universities in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. She participates in international and interdisciplinary research, organize conferences, and publishes extensively on motherhood and the Medical Humanities. But, most importantly, she is a HypnoBirthing® mom! She gave birth to her daughter Emily Sofia in Washington DC in August 2017 and strongly believes in empowering women through calm and gentle births. She is deeply grateful to Marie F. Mongan for developing such a revolutionary method to prepare for birth, and to the whole HypnoBirthing® family for carrying on her legacy in helping families to reach calmer and more positive birth experiences.

Learn more & connect with Laura:
Website: https://laurahypnobirthing.wixsite.com/website
Instagram:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lazzari.laura

12/29/2025

HypnoBirthing Is Global—Because Calm Birth Is Universal

HypnoBirthing is practiced in over 100 countries, supporting families across cultures with the same core truth:
Birth responds to safety, trust, and calm.

For birth workers, this means something powerful
-A shared, evidence-informed philosophy
-A globally recognized curriculum
-Tools you can bring into any birth space, anywhere

Whether you’re a doula, childbirth educator, midwife, nurse, or therapist, becoming a HypnoBirthing educator allows you to expand your impact while staying deeply aligned with physiological, respectful birth.

If you feel called to teach families how to prepare for birth with confidence—not fear—this may be your next step.

Learn more about becoming a HypnoBirthing educator:
https://hypnobirthing.com/become-an-educator/

Comment below where you’re joining us from—we love seeing how far this work reaches.

12/26/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ1tf99izxo

Dr. Vivian Keeler and I discuss how hypnobirthing empowers women to unlearn fear and reframe childbirth from a stressful medical procedure into a joyful, nat...

12/23/2025

HypnoBirthing trains partners to be calm, capable, and present.

For birth workers and doulas, that means better collaboration, clearer roles, and a more supported birthing parent.

12/22/2025

When birthing people feel safe, supported, and unhurried, their bodies release more oxytocin and endorphins—key hormones for efficient labor and natural pain relief.

This is why trauma-informed language, calm environments, and continuous support matter.

HypnoBirthing tools help birth workers reinforce physiologic birth by reducing fear and supporting the mind–body connection.

Supporting calm isn’t “extra.”
It’s evidence-based care.

12/19/2025