Meet Clare,
The Wildflower Doula & Founder of Wildflower Training Academy
I am beyond excited to welcome you into this space- the home of The Wildflower Collective- Women with a shared mission to make an authentic difference to the lives of other Women at every stage of the journey , from Fertility through to Menopause .
The Wildflower ethos is centred around women remembering and reclaiming their inherent wisdom, feeling empowered and liberated and stepping off the 9-5 patriarchal treadmill that's grinding us down and putting barrier after barrier in the way of us following our souls calling.
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At Wildflower we believe that inclusivity and diversity are fundamental and that the only way to ensure this is by making our training accessible to the many not the few - we are about fair share not fat cats!
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My Story
I've worked with families in one capacity or another for over 20 years and undertaken a vast amount of professionally recognised of training , including:
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-BA (hons) Integrated Working with Children & Families
-Early Years Teacher Training
-PGCert Coaching & Teaching
-Perinatal Doula Training
-200 hr RYT Yoga Teacher (currently completing 500 hour training)
-Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training
-Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training
- Fertility Yoga Teacher Training
-Ayurvedic Nutritionist Certification
-Baby Massage & Yoga Teacher Training
-Hypnobirthing Teacher Training
-Antenatal Teacher Training
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This training has supported me in many roles, from leading an Early Years Department to being a Maternity Nanny (and lots more in between!)
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But it wasn't until i began planning for my own family that i really discovered my soul purpose.
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The journey into Motherhood for me wasn't straight forward - i had undiagnosed infertility which turned out to be related to PCOS and Endometriosis. It took 6 years for me to become a mummy and i suffered the trauma of losing three precious, much longed for babies along the way.
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The support i received after my miscarriages was incredibly poor and this is something that i feel passionately about changing- no woman should be placed on a maternity ward full of new mums and babies when they have just been told they have lost theirs.
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My first birth experience was nothing short of traumatic. I was unprepared (i'm not sure i could allow myself to believe my pregnancy would get that far) and i had no idea what my options were. I have never felt so vulnerable and out of control in my life. This experience left me struggling with Postnatal Anxiety - i wanted everything to be perfect, i wouldn't allow myself to rest or accept help and i became convinced something would happen to my baby. The one time i reached out for support my health visitor told me that it would mean 'a lot of paperwork', so i left i there - how sad is that?
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I went onto have a second miracle baby 18 months later , she suffered with horrific colic and reflux and literally woke on the hour every hour - my mental health took a dip again, there was zero support.
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When i returned to work full time i knew that i was running myself into the ground - i was depleted on all levels and felt i was never truly giving 100% to anything . I was miserable. I needed to step off this treadmill.
So i did!
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I had no plan, no savings and a full time wage to replace - was this scary? YES! But i trusted that i would find a way to make things work - I had to.
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This is when Wildflower was born!
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A range of classes and workshops for my local community of mums
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A business that allowed me to work the hours that suited me and family
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A business that lit up my soul because it was making such a difference to other women
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A business that quickly earned me more money than my full time job!
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There are now over 350 Wildflower Trained Practitioners all over the globe- the ripple effect this is having is huge.
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This is available for YOU too , let me guide you through and walk with you every step of the journey
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Clare
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