Caring for Personal Wellbeing
5 Talks
Resilience has become a buzz word within healthcare and maternity services as they become ever stretched, and the provision of service is prioritised over staff health. This boxset explores the promotion of wellbeing for midwives and birth workers, and how improvements can be made through culture change, private practice, and managing stress.
Reclaim your midwifery mojo: new opportunities for a better work-life balance
2016 | 24 mins | Caring for Personal Wellbeing
Denise Tiran, Educational Director of Expectancy, brings some final ideas of how to reclaim your ‘mojo’ as a practitioner. She addresses ideas of developing passion, personal control over practice and time. Denise discusses her own midwifery journey and her path into complementary therapies. She explores the trends towards accessing a range of therapies privately both by service users and midwives, concluding with a discussion of the skills and knowledge required to work in private practice.
Denise Tiran, Educational Director, Expectancy
The Poetry of Birth: Inspiration for the Soul!
2019 | 24 mins | Caring for Personal Wellbeing
In this talk, Kati Edwards, Spoken Word Artist and KG Hypnobirthing teacher, discusses the importance of women’s stories in exploring childbirth, particularly around generational storytelling and medical portrayal. Through her poetry, Kati explores birthplace, conventional practice, birth physiology and birth experiences.
Kati Edwards, Spoken Word Artist and KG Hypnobirthing teacher
LOL Laughterworks: How to deal with stress and build resilience within the healthcare profession – through laughter!
2019 | 26 mins | Caring for Personal Wellbeing
Deborah Hodson & Denise Tooley-Okonkwo, psychotherapists with LOL Laughter Works give an interactive presentation demonstrating how laughter can be used to reduce cortisol and increase endorphins to help with stress.
Deborah Hodson & Denise Tooley-Okonkwo, LOL Laughterworks
Love your midwife-self: PSDA cycle model for improvement to enhance engagement and establish a culture of quality in maternity settings
2020 | 27 mins | Caring for Personal Wellbeing
Paulina Sporek de Lacerda, Maternity Improvement Advisor, UCL Partners, discusses the impact of burnout and the journey to emotional wellbeing and growth. Based on recent evidence, Paulina explores the prioritisation of fulfilling service needs over fulfilling the needs of the those providing the service. She highlights culture as key to improving foci, explaining the Plan, Do Study, Act (PDSA) cycle to implement sustainable change. Paulina concludes with some interactive activities to consider you own personal development and goals.
Paulina Sporek de Lacerda, Maternity Improvement Advisor, UCL Partners
Burnt out to brilliant – helping midwives reclaim their sparkle
2021 | 29 mins | Caring for Personal Wellbeing
Radha Wilson Jeffries, midwife and emotional health coach, talking during the pandemic, addresses stress and burn out for students and midwives. She shares her personal story and points to the need for personal responsibility for wellbeing and emotional health. She discusses anxiety and resilience in midwifery and introduces how she provides support.
Radha Wilson Jeffries, Emotional Health and Wellbeing for Midwives and Maternity
