Laura Gauslaa

I am a busy mum of 4 children, 2 boys (13 & 10) and 2 girls (9 & 7). I have over 17 years experience as a midwife.  It's mostly the experiences I've gained as a mum and a midwife that have led me down the path I am currently on. I have suffered my own health issues for the past 20 years, living with a chronic autoimmune disease, psoriatic arthritis.  I was told from day dot that arthritis is an incurable disease and my body was attacking itself, however, I refuse to believe my body is 'attacking' itself but rather it's crying out for help, trying to tell me something is completely out of balance in my body.  I truly believe my body can heal itself with the right nourishment and mindset. Now, I'm not saying stop your meds or don't  listen to your Doctor but what I am saying is there must be more than one way. So, I delved deep into nutrition and how it can impact our bodies throughout our lives.  I then furthered my education by becoming a Functional Nutrition Consultant through The Functional Nutrition Academy, ran and founded by one of my favourite health advocates, Cyndi O'Meara. The course has given me a deeper knowledge about how to look at a person as a whole rather than individual parts, their vitality and gut health and introduced me to some of the best Doctors in the world! I continue to learn to this day and hopefully one day I will be able to say my arthritis is 'cured'.

My other passion is being a midwife, I love educating women and their families about all things pregnancy, birth and postnatal but over the years I have become disappointed at what I was witnessing in what I felt was a broken system, especially during the postpartum period. I mean the statistics speak volumes for postpartum women! The postpartum period was almost completely overlooked, a new mother was expected to go through one of the biggest transitions in her life and "just continue" like nothing had happened.  I no longer could sit back and watch women and their families suffer so, once again I furthered my knowledge and studied to become a postpartum doula (specifically in Ayurveda). I want women to have a beautiful experience during and after birth so I have created services that hopefully will enable this!! Every woman deserves joy and happiness and respect through this huge transition into motherhood.