Services and Fees Life coaching Pregnancy coaching - Your guide and confidant At home care - Helping the mother help her baby Parenting coaching - Making the family life you imagined come true Sex, love and intimacy – Getting the love you want. Life coaching Discover what is your hearts desire, your purpose and your plan for good living and make it happen!  Take step by step support to make changes in life that enable you to live more happy, healthy and true.   With some attention and intention, magic happens! 1 hour consultation -  Cost $ 120 [top] Pregnancy coaching - Your guide and confidant Congratulations on your pregnancy.  What an amazing time of change you are in.  I know there is a sea of information, services and products to wade through, all hoping to help you be a great parent.  But what's the important stuff?  What will really help you feel confident and capable in your birthing and parenting experience?  This is my area of expertise and I can help you through.  Together, here are some ways that you can make a positive difference in your world: Get continuity of care from someone that comes to know you well during the perinatal period Talk through your hopes and dreams for motherhood Look at where you are now in relation to achieving this and how to make it happen Deal with your fears and concerns that stop you from getting what you want Activate all your awesomeness, mind, body and spirit Improve communication with your partner, family, employer, care provider etc Check that you are in balance with other important aspects of your life  Get more information about maternity issues relevant to you 1 x 1hr consultation   - Cost $ 120 3 x 1hr consultations - Cost $ 340 6 x 1hr consultations - Cost $ 650 [top] At home care - Helping the mother help her baby Receive nuture and care at post natal visits in your home during the crucial first 3 months with your baby. After giving birth reality with your newborn starts to settle in pretty quickly.  You are recovering from labour and birth.  You are working out how to feed, comfort and care for your baby's needs, as well as your own!  You are processing the birth experience.  Emotions and energy in the household can fluctuate easily from one extreme to the other.  Everyone is usually feeling more tired.  The need to integrate new roles, skills and responsibilities to your daily routine usually mean there is a lot of communication, integration and understanding going on between family members and the baby.   This is a time where loving nurture and attention, a listening ear, practical help and guidance can be so valuable for everyone involved.  You dont feel so alone and vulnerable when you know that you have someone to call, talk to and work things out with.      With the several hats I wear in the support I offer, this becomes a very special time of gentle encouragement,  boosting your confidence and ability to care for yourself and your baby: Some ways I can be helpful during this early parenting time: Time together to share how you are feeling and getting through your day Be a pair of helping hands around the house - tidying, cooking, cleaning, etc Helping with the baby so you can care for yourself - eg have a shower!  Helping with your recovery and healing process by nurturing massages and bodywork Closing ceremony to bring your body's attention back into itself Discussing your baby's feeding, sleeping, crying and settling issues Gently being proactive about the direction you want family life to take Helping you process changes with your partner and enhance connection, intimacy and communication Min 2 hrs at your home - cost  $120 and $40/hr there after.  Travel cost of $50/visit will apply to homes 45 min away or further.  Expand this package to suit your needs. [top] Parenting coaching - Making the family life you imagined come true Do you want to have some undisturbed time to talk through the tough stuff, feel clearer, happier and in control again?  In our coaching partnership you can clarify what's working and what's not, and bring about positive change to your day to day life as a parent: Talk about how you and your partner define good parenting Increase your confidence and ability to parent well Have practical guidance and mentoring for your child's daily routine Enhance your relationship with your partner to be healthy, loving and exciting Create a happy and manageable work and home life balance Move with greater ease between the various roles and responsibilities you face as a parent: mother/father/spouse/lover/friend/helper/business person/healer/self Find yourself and reigniting your passions Deal with unhelpful emotions, patterns of behaviour, habits and beliefs you hold Develop skills that help you feel better about yourself Set goals for the direction you and your family want to take Explore childcare and educational options for your children and how it may impact your family 6 fortnightly / monthly consultation - Cost $ 650 [top] Sex, love and intimacy – Getting the love you want. Deepen your connection, communication and intimacy with your partner.   This is an awesome opportunity to actively connect with your partner about what this stage of life is really all about - feeling love, happiness and growing a healthy family life.   ·      Get to know yourself better and how to be true to that in life ·      Improve your communication skills and feel heard and understood ·      Understand each other’s love languages and how to give and receive that love ·      Learn easy, practical and fun ways to boost loving connection and intimacy ·      Feel fantastic in your body and mind ·      Work through any stuckness you may have in your relationship ·      Explore how this relates into your world of pregnancy, birth or parenting   Who wants to miss out on the joy of relating to each other in the most positive and supportive way!    This is a journey, and every couple will be creating a different ‘relationship landscape’.  As individuals and as a couple you will have some idea of the path you wish to pave.  There will be time to define what that path looks like, where it’s going to, how to stay on track and overcome obstacles along the way.   Some couples can feel as if the time and energy they once had to nurture meaningful connection with each other is strained when transitioning into life as parents.  Whether that's during trying to fall pregnant, during the changes of pregnancy, adjusting to having given birth and caring for a baby or further down the track.  Connection, communication and intimacy can feel different.  There can be a feeling of loss from how things once were.  New responsibilities and a new identity can change how you feel within yourself, your perspective on things, your priorities and your ability to solve the problems you face.  Sometimes it just feels like creativity has gone out the window. Some attention can go a long way to making you feel like you are back on track to what’s most important to you.   For some this may be a way to boost what’s already working well for the most part.  For others this process may be the start of a radical relationship renovation.  This isn’t as hard as it might seem though.  It’s one step at a time and you already have skills that have worked before.  You have the incredible opportunity for personal growth and creating the changes you want.    By paying attention to getting the love you want now, you can have what your heart truly desires.    Other reasons why this is a good idea to start now: ·      It develops skills that are also useful in birthing and parenting ·      In labour, love and support from your partner can be enhanced ·      A strong partner connection can create a strong foundation for loving family life. ·      Awareness about how you relate means you can observe yourself and be in control of making personal changes in other challenges. ·      Learn techniques to enhance physical pleasurable for you and your partner ·      It develops skills that help you relate to other people meaningfully. A stand alone program or incorporate it with other Birth Works services.   Cost: 3 coaching sessions - $ 340 - Start exploring 6 coaching sessions - $ 650 - Creating positive change               9 coaching sessions - $ 920 - Lasting love                           [top] Payment Details Payments are cash, cheque or bank transfer. Fee structure can be negotiated at onset of partnership with Birth Works. Appointments are made on a case by case basis. Coaching sessions can be held at the Camberwell Health and Healing centre, at my Ringwood home, via phone or with skype. To find out more information please Contact Me