About me

I am a wife of 20 years and Mum to two grown up young men, Luke (20) and Eddie (17). Since being a stay at home mum for 13 years, I have worked incredibly hard following my passion to help and support people.

Having qualified as a person-centred counsellor in 2015 I continued my professional development by training in 2017 as a clinical hypnotherapist. I have run my practice LR Hypnotherapy for 7 years now. In 2020 I completed training in EFT (emotional freedom technique) and trained with Love Your Birth in 2021 to become a Hypnobirthing Practitioner and the proud founder of My Bump and Me.

My pregnancies/labours were a long time ago but I still have every detail firmly stored within my mind. Both my pregnancies and labours were extremely different. My first birth with Luke was a prolonged one, relying on different pharmaceutical pain relief for comfort. My second birth with Eddie, in contrast, was fast and I chose to do it without any pain relief.

When I became a mum, I approached childbirth with a positive attitude, and that mindset really made a difference for me – twice! As a qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist, whilst training we were introduced to Hypnobirthing and it planted a seed. Working with people dealing with anxiety issues within my Hypnotherapy practice on a regular basis, I saw first-hand how transforming your mindset can truly change your life. Then I started to work with more pregnant women to help them overcome their fear of childbirth. It reminded me of my own positive mindset during my experience of birth and reignited the seed, reinforcing my desire to train as a Hypnobirthing Practitioner.

I love helping people, I love all things birth and I love the mind. My courses are science and evidence based as well as person centred and I’m passionate about sharing the course with you, so you feel confident, knowledgeable, informed, empowered and most of all excited about taking an active role in your own birth experience.