Reclaim the art of perinatal nursing
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Because nursing is about more than getting the tasks done…
It's about the heart and art of serving families.
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Nurses are a force for change in the world, but they need support
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As a new nurse, I desperately wanted to improve outcomes by changing unit culture, but I lacked the skills to do so. I felt like I had been trained how to do the tasks of my job, but I knew there was more to supporting birth than charting or giving meds. As I gained more confidence in my own individual nursing practice, I found myself searching for tools that would help address the larger systemic issues. It is from this experience that I have curated a curriculum, tailored to the needs of the perinatal nurse, to apply principles of systems thinking and transform the culture.
How do we reclaim the art of perinatal nursing? To do this, we must...
- Connect to our WHY…who do you serve and how?
- Develop the communication skills to navigate conflict and advocate for physiology
- Gain fluency in our own nervous system and learn debriefing skills
- Tap into the superpower of holding boundaries
- Improve our skills in labor support, palpation, and more...
- Build relationships with other nurses committed to being a force for CHANGE
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I currently offer two programs designed to support perinatal nurses in advancing their clinical skills, leadership capacity, and long-term sustainability in birth work. Each offering addresses a different aspect of nursing practice. Midwives, physicians, and doulas are also welcome, though the focus at times will be specific to the nursing role:
- A mentorship series focused on the art of supporting physiologic birth. In order to improve outcomes and change hospital birth culture, nurses must be well-versed in both the clinical foundations of physiologic birth and the communication skills required to advocate for it. This mentorship supports participants in developing critical thinking, hands-on skills, systems-level awareness, and leadership presence.
- A group debrief series. Sustainable practice requires not only clinical skill, but emotional integration. Birth work takes a toll, especially when nurses are exposed to high rates of trauma, moral distress, and ethical conflict. This group debrief series provides structured time to reflect on clinical events through a nervous system lens. Nurses gain somatic tools for self-regulation, improve their capacity for presence, and re-engage with their work from a place of grounded awareness.
May 2026 Mentorship Series
Gain skills in labor support, understanding the hormonal blueprint of labor, honoring the postpartum, navigating challenging scenarios (including dense epidurals & pushing) and managing the environment. We'll have an interactive class format, including case scenarios from the group, embodiment practices, & more...
June 2026 Debrief & Drop In
How does the nervous system impact what's happening in the birth room? Nervous system fluency helps us to show up to our work with more ease, navigate conflict, and hold our boundaries. This group debrief series builds self awareness, mitigates burnout, and offers practical debrief skills you. can bring back to your unit.
There are limited seats available! This is NOT a sea of unknown faces over Zoom or a series of pre-recorded lectures, it is a small cohort that will move through a powerful learning experience together.
What does it mean to be a BirthWise nurse?
You understand how to use systems level thinking to approach problems on the unit. People look to you as a mentor and leader in supporting physiologic birth. You’ve deepened your skill set in so many ways: how you communicate with families and colleagues, how you support someone in labor, and how you resource yourself to get your own needs met while taking care of others. You are part of a supportive community of people who care deeply about birth and are creating a new culture of perinatal nursing.
Join a community of nurses supporting physiologic birth and changing the future of perinatal nursing!
I believe we can transform the culture of hospital birth and that nurses are at the heart of the change
Nurses are hungry, not just for knowledge, but for wisdom. They can do incredible things with the right support (in fact they already do great things even without a lot of support!).
I’ve educated and mentored thousands of nurses, with so many inspiring results…one nurse decided to organize her unit for better pay…another went from being on the edge of leaving bedside nursing altogether to enrolling in midwifery school. These nurses are the reason I do what I do! They are changing the culture of birth and changing the world, and I am honored to witness it.
