68. Healing Birth Trauma for Ourselves & Our Children with Meg Rankin

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In this episode I'm pleased to introduce Meg Rankin, who is a fellow Aware Parenting Instructor. Meg has worked for 20 years as a social worker and counsellor, supporting women in pregnancy, birth and early parenting.

In this episode we discuss:

• Birth debriefing
• Recognising birth trauma
• Preparing for birth
• Birth as women's business
• Continuity of care during pregnancy and birth
• How birth trauma impacts infants
• Supporting our child through embodied memories of birth trauma
• Plus so much more

Where to Find Meg:

• Website
• Instagram

Resources Mentioned:

• Jane Hardwick Collings
• Rhea Dempsey
• The Emotional Life of Babies by Marion Rose

ABOUT MEG:
Meg Rankin is a Melbourne-based Mum and Social Worker with 20 years of counselling experience, working predominantly in the pregnancy, birth and early parenthood space.

Meg currently works in a tertiary hospital offering training to health professionals supporting women and babies who have experienced trauma. Meg also runs her own business, offering Birth Debriefing, Counselling for Parents, and Clinical Supervision to care professionals and will soon add Women's Circles to her offerings, along with Aware Parenting support. 

Throughout her career, Meg has worked in Australia, New Zealand and Scotland, supporting parents from all walks of life. Meg is always moved by the capacity and drive of women to step into their power in motherhood and forge a new path for their family, regardless of their background. 

Meg supports parents of children of any age, but she’s especially passionate about working with parents of babies and toddlers, as this is the space she’s worked in for two decades!

Meg practices from a strengths-based, trauma-informed lens, and believes in the healing power of sharing stories - that when we are heard, held and honoured, we all have the innate ability to heal.