The Modern Birth Workers Village
A space for midwives, doulas, nurses, obstetricians and play specialists to be held
Working in birth, maternity or childrens care is powerful and it can be heavy.
You witness joy, grief, trauma, resilience and complexity every single day. You hold families through thresholds that change lives. And yet, too often, there is nowhere for you to process what you carry.
The Modern Birth Workers Village is a year-long professional home. A space to shift vicarious trauma, prevent burnout, deepen your capacity and become part of meaningful change within the system - rather than feeling like an island inside it.
Village doors open again in 2027.
Join the Waitlist
This Village Is For You If:
- You are a midwife, doula, nurse or obstetrician working in pregnancy, birth and postpartum care
- You support children and families through medical procedures, uncertainty, fear, grief, trauma and prolonged hospital experiences
- You want to gain effective tools to support physiological birth and nervous system regulation within maternity care
- You feel the weight of vicarious trauma or moral injury and want a safe space to process what you carry
- You love birth work but feel exhausted, isolated or depleted by the system
- You want practical tools to regulate, restore and sustain yourself long-term
- You’re a student who wants foundations that support you to thrive, not burn out
- You want to be part of change within maternity care, rather than feeling like an island inside it
Key Dates
Village Begins again in 2027
4 x 90 minute sessions are set with remaining dates and times to be decided to suit the majority.
$330 for the year / $165 student rate* *enter code student on checkout Investment
Inside the Village
Meet Your Guide
Inside The Modern Birth Workers Village:
- Weekly 90-minute sessions (38 sessions in total - run mostly in school terms)
- Sessions held at varying times to accommodate shift workers
- Join live or watch the replay
- Facilitated by a midwife who has worked within the system and truly understands its complexity
- Case study exploration: submit your own anonymously, bring one live, or work through one presented by B
- Somatic tools to support nervous system regulation and restoration
- Systemic tools to understand patterns, dynamics and change within healthcare systems
- A space to be held, met and resourced so you can move from survival to sustainable impact in a way that works for you
Key Dates
Village Begins again in 2027
4 x 90 minute sessions are set with remaining dates and times to be decided to suit the majority.
$330 for the year / $165 student rate* *enter code student on checkout Investment
Meet Your Guide
Bernadette (B)
Midwife. Therapist. Believer in our ability to make a difference
B brings together:
- Extensive clinical experience from working across multiple settings - from remote Aboriginal communities, to big city hospitals, to international aid to homebirth and small country hospitals
- Trained in somatic and systemic therapies
- Extensive group work facilitation
- Deep understanding of workplace trauma and colleagial relationships
- Case studies from years working in the birth trauma space and a zoomed out non judgemental lens on how we can make it better
- A whole lot of hope and light for collective healing
