Susan at her Book Launch of “Doulas-Why Every Pregnant Woman Deserves One”

WELCOME TO BIRTH RIGHT

I am so pleased you have landed here where we are changing minds/changing lives.

I’m a public speaker and published author of  Birth Right

and Doulas why every pregnant woman deserves one

My Fabulous Career

• I always wanted to be a nurse so my dream came true when I completed general nursing at Dubbo Base Hospital. My hospital based training was an amazing hands on experience.  I learned about people and I learned about the power of listening – mainly by default – I was very young and didn’t have the words!
• Next came Midwifery training in Sydney.  I did NOT enjoy Midwifery.  Our treatment as students was brutal! and the treatment of pregnant/labouring women was shocking.  I had no intention of ever working in this space.
• After graduation I moved back to the bush and landed a job in a small country hospital.  This experience would certainly further my general nursing skills.  But to my surprise, it was in this small country hospital I fell in love with supporting birthing women.  So many valuable lessons to be learned from the ‘nurses aides’, who shared their vast knowledge and innate wisdom.  No access to machines, ultrasounds, epidurals or even doctors. Women came in and birthed, often with a smile on their face.  The nurses aides showed me how ‘to just be’ with woman – don’t need to do anything but just ‘hold that space’.  This was not what I had been trained to do!
• From small town NSW to London,  where I lived, loved, travelled & worked.
• Two years later I arrived home, back working at Dubbo Base Hospital.
• Sydney beckoned with an amazing opportunity to study infant bonding & attachment, community health, & child and family therapy.  Only 6 were accepted into this full time study, and paid a full salary! This unique specialty was life changing! and these skills were put to good use in a community health setting.  Gough Whitlam was our visionary Prime Minister who understood the importance of keeping people in their community through education and preventative health initiatives.  It was an exciting time.
• Since then I have created & birthed two sons and opened the Birth Right business.  I have worked in many different areas, family planning clinics, birth centres, delivery suites, new-born care, early discharge programs, childbirth education, antenatal clinics and much more, in both public and private hospitals and child and family therapy, clinical hypnotherapy, NLP & Time Line therapy.
• In 2025 I opened Head First Coaching.  A specialised training ground for coaches, therapists, psychologists, midwives, doulas and anyone who is passionate in learning about the power of imprinting during pregnancy.
• What I created and what I do is NOT work.  It is a passionate belief and commitment to change how pregnant women view birthing and parenting.  To understand the origin of their unconscious beliefs and the impact on their unborn baby, and the importance of imprinting.
• My other passions are singing, writing (3 books so far) soaking up the local Jazz, propagating – sowing seeds and watching them grow & blossom (there could be a pattern here?)
• My two beautiful sons and family always come first.  It is a privilege and honour to be a Mum.

What’s On Offer

Susan with Hannah Dahlen & Publisher at Doulas book launch

Study with Birth Right

• Three Certificate Courses – Inside Birth Educator and Birth Doula and Postpartum Doula.  These certificate courses are different – understanding and working with the MIND – the most important organ in birthing.
• Mentoring – support and nurturing throughout your study and beyond

For Pregnant Women & Partners

HEAD FIRST
the first imprint matters

Head First Coaching.  Personalised one on one sessions

throughout your pregnancy to heal ANY past trauma and learn

and embed the right imprint for your unborn baby.