Winter 2020

15 Sep20163 to encourage support and positivity around what can, for many, be a triggering and unpleasant experience. Her principal purpose is to reduce stress, anxiety and trauma because she believes every new parent deserves to feel amazing and to that end, she is constantly expanding her offering, developing new classes such as ‘Baby & Me’ and her own ‘Retrain your Brain’ programme, a six-week course designed to help women and non-binary people remove the anxieties that are holding them back from achieving their full potential in life and business. This commitment to continuous evolution is not unprecedented for Intuitive Birth, which since its inception has been growing, constantly seeking out new skills and ways to make the journey through pregnancy and birth a happy and comfortable one. Even during the national lockdowns following the Covid-19 outbreak, Heather kept working at full capacity, moving her offerings online with an online client area that gave access to all teaching, a Virtual Birth Partner, relaxations for pregnancy and birth, support videos and evidence and signposting pages for making decisions about birth. The live chat feature meant that new parents could still rely on Heather whenever they needed her while additional classes such as online Pregnancy Relaxation continued to give new parents the necessary contact with other people sharing their experience. For Heather, it was vital that parents were still able to have a calm, pleasant pregnancy and birth, even in the midst of a global pandemic. Intuitive Birth has been built by mothers, for mothers, to let parents know that pregnancy and birth are not scary or stressful ordeals but the exciting first step in parenthood. As such, the way they feel and how they give birth is so important and Heather is driven by this, dedicated to many more years ahead of helping her clients thrive and supporting them to have the best possible initiation into their beautiful life as a family. Contact: Heather Dickson Company: Intuitive Birth Ltd Web Address: www.intuitivebirth.co.uk Intuitive Birth, the Glasgow-based centre for pregnancy and hypnobirthing classes, was established by Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist and Hypnobirthing teacher, Heather Dickson. Heather, who is a 3-Step Rewind practitioner, life coach, HypnoMothering practitioner and Founder of The Family Wellness Place and Parenthood Unplugged, is on a mission to ensure that every new mother’s journey through pregnancy, birth and into parenthood is a positive and empowering one. With a specialism in pre- and post-natal anxiety and depression, Heather has designed her bespoke classes to help parents overcome the stresses and anxieties that come with this exciting but momentous period. Whether it is a first baby or fourth baby, Intuitive Birth wants to prepare parents for the birth of their baby and the start of a whole new chapter in life. Her qualifications as a Clinical Hypnotherapist have enabled Heather to change a parent’s mindset through mind/body connection and effectively alleviate fears surrounding childbirth for the long term. Meanwhile, Intuitive Birth offers Hypnobirthing classes which provide relaxation and pain- relieving techniques for mothers, alongside antenatal training and Pelvic Balancing training for spinning babies. For post-natal mothers, Heather employs her 3-Step Rewind Therapy training to help clients release emotions post birth, runs classes about returning to life after birth, as well as Baby & Me classes for parents to connect with their new babies. After all, the maternity sector is in dire need of improvement and aid to help it do so. What should be one of the happiest experiences in the lives of new parents, unfortunately results in 1 in 3 leaving the birthing room traumatised, which has lasting effects when and if the couple decide to have another baby. Consequently, the demand for private care and support is increasing at a rapid rate and Intuitive Birth is constantly developing to productively respond to the demand. Heather co-founded The Family Wellness Place in addition to her work with Intuitive Birth, creating a ‘sanctuary’ in her local area designed The birth of a child is a miraculous, beautiful time for any family, but anxieties and overwhelming emotions can often detract from the experience. Heather Dickson of Intuitive Birth is an award-winning Hypnobirthing instructor and registered Clinical Hypnotherapist specialising in pre- and post-natal anxiety and depression. Through Intuitive Birth, Heather guides pregnant mothers and new parents through the often overwhelming but simultaneously wonderful journey of pregnancy and birth. The Power of Intuition