Spirited Hearts the podcast
Welcome to Spirited Hearts® The Podcast with Stephanie Heartfield. This is a space filled with rich, beautiful, authentic, alive and empowering conversations about parenting, motherhood, natural learning, homeschooling, early childhood education and life. Nothing is off limits, and we explore many of life's challenges and struggles, as well as the beauty and joy. Filled with heartfelt and meaningful content, this is the perfect podcast for you if you want to delve into the deep topics of life in an aware space where you are welcome to reflect and enjoy a cup of tea. Steph is a trauma-informed & neuro-arffirming Play Therapist, Counsellor, Early Childhood Educator, Level 2 Aware Parenting Instructor, the founder of Spirited Hearts® a multi-service community business dedicated to providing the most emotionally safe and supportive space to children, families and educators, and The Heartfield Way Mentor Program.
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68. Healing Birth Trauma for Ourselves & Our Children with Meg Rankin
In this episode I'm pleased to introduce Meg Rankin, who is a fellow Aware Parenting Instructor. Meg has worked for 20 years as a social worker and counsellor, supporting women in pregnancy, birth and early parenting.
In this episode we discuss:
- Birth debriefing
- Recognising birth trauma
- Preparing for birth
- Birth as women's business
- Continuity of care during pregnancy and birth
- How birth trauma impacts infants
- Supporting our child through embodied memories of birth trauma
- Plus so much more
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ABOUT MEG:
Meg Rankin is a Melbourne-based Mum and Social Worker with 20 years of counselling experience, working predominantly in the pregnancy, birth and early parenthood space.
Meg currently works in a tertiary hospital offering training to health professionals supporting women and babies who have experienced trauma. Meg also runs her own business, offering Birth Debriefing, Counselling for Parents, and Clinical Supervision to care professionals and will soon add Women's Circles to her offerings, along with Aware Parenting support.
Throughout her career, Meg has worked in Australia, New Zealand and Scotland, supporting parents from all walks of life. Meg is always moved by the capacity and drive of women to step into their power in motherhood and forge a new path for their family, regardless of their background.
Meg supports parents of children of any age, but she’s especially passionate about working with parents of babies and toddlers, as this is the space she’s worked in for two decades!
Meg practices from a strengths-based, trauma-informed lens, and believes in the healing power of sharing stories - that when we are heard, held and honoured, we all have the innate ability to heal.