Welcome to the blog!
Here you’ll find reflections shaped by my own Bible study, prayer, and time with God. Some are from Guided Prayer sessions or sermons I’ve shared, and many relate to birth, motherhood, and parenting.
If you’d like to guest blog—with a birth story, testimony, or something that fits this space—I’d love to hear from you.
Enjoy reading,
Helena x
Having a Baby in Bristol this Winter? Try a Hypnobirthing Course
What to expect on a Hypnobirthing Course…
5 Reasons a Birth Debrief is a Good Idea
5 Reasons why I wholeheartedly believe that Birth Debriefs are a very good idea!
Mums Nourished: Re-building the Village… online!
New and expectant Mums! Mums Nourished is a new online free drop-in held by Christian mums and birthworkers, so that you can have a safe space to feel socially, emotionally and spiritually nourished.
How a Relaxed Body Leads to a Smoother, Quicker, and Intervention-Free Birth
How a Relaxed Body Leads to a Smoother, Quicker, and Intervention-Free Birth
Breakfast with Jesus: The Beauty of Being Beside Him
This scene comes from the final chapter of John’s Gospel (John 21:1–14), where the risen Jesus appears to his disciples on the shore after a long, fruitless night of fishing. But this reflection begins before they arrive—when it’s just you and him, quietly waiting.
A Restorative VBAC Birth Story, and First Doula-Deacon Birth
This wasn’t just a birth. It was resurrection, redemption, and fierce, beautiful grace.
Healing Birth Trauma with God
Guest blog post from Leadership Coach Beth O’Neill on her experience with Birth Debrief Prayer with Helena
Christmas Birth Poem: Beneath The Star
A poem depicting the BIRTH in a stable in Bethlehem which broke the chains of humanity, forever
Image by Isabel Lindsay
38 years by the pool
Adapted from a sermon I gave in church, in August 2024. The Healing at the Pool of Bethesda is John 5. I relate it to my 38 years of life, and the nudge/kick up the backside I had from God.
New Life Vocation Connections
newlife ordination birth doula vocation deacon servant serve ministry
Significance of the Scallop Shell
Scallop shells! I love them. They are so significant to me and symbolise a lot. Pilgrimage, journey, birth, new life, sacred moments and new beginnings.
‘What can stand in the way of me being baptised?!’
Thoughts from a sermon, linking John chapter 15 and the story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch. What does a good branch look like?
Christmas and Easter Parallels
Parallels from the Christmas to the Easter story- related to birth, new life and the relationships that Jesus had with his mother Mary and Mary Magdalene.