Here I offer direct links to resources that have proved invaluable to me over the years. Whether it’s a helping hand during times of challenge or to support your personal and/or professional growth, I hope you find what you are looking for. 

Except for the mens groups, I only recommend groups and trainings that I’ve personally attended. The below represent those which I consider offer an opportunity for truly incredible, supportive, healing, inspirational and transformative life experiences.

If you have further questions or have something to offer to this resource page then drop me a line, and we will continue to weave a magnificent web of support for each other. Mitakuye Oyasin ≅ for all my relations

Fertility, pregnancy, birth and parenting

• Acupuncture Childbirth Team  (ACT), Sussex. Experienced and dedicated hub of acupuncturists available for preconception, pregnancy, labour and postpartum care.  
• NHS breastfeeding support search engine (National, UK)
• Leoni Taylor (Brighton) yoga and thai massage, founder of Umemama 

Films (the below films actually changed my life!) 

• Birth as we know it
• Orgasmic birth

Books

• Spiritual Midwifery and Ina May’s guide to Childbirth, Ina May Gaskin. Ina is a midwife and home birthing legend, read for inspiring stories of birthing
• The Birth Partner, Penny Simpkin. Practical tools for doulas and birth partners to support the birthing mother.
• Raising our Children, Raising ourselves, Naomi Aldort. Attachment parenting
• It Starts with the Egg, Rebecca Fett. ‘How the science of egg quality can help you get pregnant naturally, prevent miscarriage and improve your odds in IVF.’
• The Baby-making Bible, Emma Cannon. An easy to use, ‘how to’ guide to trying to conceive and Chinese medicine.
• The First Forty Days, Heng Ou. ‘The essential art of nourishing the mother’. This excellent book offers recipes, inspiration and practical guidance on how to recover in the postpartum phase.

Community, connection, health, wellbeing

In an age where communities and families are often disparate, there is a call to create community to support each other in our own way, however we can. Since Covid struck, this call is even more urgent. Many of the groups are offering online support and connection until the time when we can gather again. I highly recommend connecting in with women’s or men’s circles in your area to deepen this support.

Organisations

• Helpers Mentoring Society : ‘Solutions to modern problems through traditional cultural practices’, Worldwide
• Cultivating Curiosity: Nature connection  and forest school, for children and adults, Sussex 
• Sacred Earth Land Trust: Nature connection, wilderness training and village building on this beautiful land in Sussex
• Jewels Wingfield at Eartheart Centre: Retreats, workshops and courses for “catalysing our personal and collective evolution.” Jewels is an extraordinary facilitator and I recommend attending any events that you can. 
• The Grief Space. Nici Harrison is a grief worker and transformational coach. She holds space for grief, within group circles and for individuals

Mens & womens groups / circles

• Red Tent UK: A monthly meeting place where women come together for mutual support. Find your local Red Tent
• A Band of Brothers (ABOB): Join as mentor or menteé, an intensive contemporary rites-of-passage experience for men, a support group and an accredited mentoring programme
• Women in Power ‘Are you hungry for deep, lasting, positive change?’. This is a potent womens initiation programme. 

Events

• Yogacamp (Sussex) More than a camp, smaller than a festival. A family friendly weekend to ‘drop in’ and for the children to explore, meditate and play. 
• Into the Wild festival (Sussex) . Lovely alcohol and drug free festival with workshops and world music, providing a safe environment for your children (and yourself!) to play, feel inspired and explore. 

Films & books 

• Grief Walker: Documentary on the work of Stephen Jenkinson, a grief worker and founder of Orphan Wisdom. 
• The Wild Edge of Sorrow- Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief: A beautifully written and pertinent book on grief in its many forms and how we can tend it-personally and collectively 
• Recovery of Your Inner Child by Lucia Capacchione: The Highly acclaimed Method for Liberating your Inner Self:  This practical workbook for tending to the wounded aspects of ourselve and releasing creative potential has helped me to deeply to uncover the lost voice of our vulnerable parts and begin the re-parenting process.

Inspiring talks and online channels

• Brene Brown , Vulnerability & courage
•  Esther Perel, relationship, sexuality and infidelity 
• Anything by Gabor Maté. Dr. Maté, renowned addiction expert, calls for a compassionate approach toward addiction, whether in ourselves or in others.
• Youtube channels: Rebel Wisdom, Psychedelic Press, Psychlopaedia