Podcast with Midwife Pip

Giving birth is often compared to a marathon, a long journey that requires grit, endurance, pacing and patience, pain management and motivation to stay on track.

This weeks guest Dr Carla Meijen, a sports psychologist, explains how pregnant women can use mental strategies commonly adopted by sports people to help focus on their strengths to see the childbirth experience as a positive challenge, not a threat.

Podcast with Ed Bowers on the Sports Career Podcast

Discover:

1. How can an Empowered Mindset support the Childbirth Experience?

2. How can goal setting support Maternity Journey

3. How to pursue a career as a Sport Psychologist

Podcast with Jason Koop on the Koopcast

I am back on the Koopcast with Stephanie Howe PhD to talk about how training for ultra can empower your pregnancy journey.

We draw on Stephanie’s experiences and my book Empowered Birth which takes lessons learned during training and racing and translates and reframes them to empower the pregnancy and birthing process.