In this episode I am in conversation with Illiyin Morrison of Mixing Up Motherhood about her book the Birth Debrief. In it, she offers practical solutions to navigating pregnancy and transitioning into postpartum life, well beyond those first six weeks. With reflection stops, guided exercises, affirmations, advice on communicating with health professionals, and practical tips, it aims to equip women with the tools to reframe past birth experiences and advocate for themselves in future pregnancies and births.

Illiyin Morrison runs hypnobirthing classes, birth debriefs for new mothers and advocacy workshops for birth workers. She qualified as a Midwife in 2017 and as a Hypnobirthing teacher in 2018. Illiyin has always had a passion for empowering women during pregnancy and childbirth and believes good antenatal education can make an enormous difference to the birth experience.

Her experience of trauma during her daughter’s birth led her to appreciate the need for greater understanding of what took place and why, so she began to offer birth debriefs and has extended this work into her first book.

You can connect with her on Instagram at @mixing.up.motherhood and get copies of her book on Amazon and all major and independent bookshops.