About Jo

Motherhood changes you in ways no one can fully prepare you for. It’s a becoming, a stretching, a softening, a reckoning. It can be beautiful and life-giving—and also lonely, exhausting, and full of questions you never thought you’d ask.

If you’ve found your way here, you might be in the thick of it. You might be holding both love and overwhelm. You might be feeling not-quite-yourself, wondering how to care for your own needs in the middle of so much giving.

This space is for you.

My work is grounded in the belief that mothers deserve care, not just responsibility. That you can support your baby without abandoning yourself. That nourishment is more than food—it’s rest, regulation, reassurance, and being truly seen.

I bring to this work my lived experience as a mother of over 25 years, my training as a qualified nutritionist, and my ongoing studies in psychology. I’m not yet a registered psychologist, but I am on the path—deepening my understanding of the emotional terrain mothers walk, especially during the perinatal period.

Alongside my clinical work, I volunteer with PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia), where I speak with women who feel like they’ve lost themselves in motherhood. I know those conversations well—because I’ve lived them too.

I’ve walked through perinatal depression and anxiety, postpartum depletion, hormonal imbalance, and the quiet unraveling that can happen when we’re told to "just get on with it." And I know how powerful it is to feel supported by someone who listens, without judgment or quick fixes.

When we work together, I don’t offer perfection or pressure. I offer presence, curiosity, and care. Practical strategies rooted in evidence. Gentle guidance that meets you where you are—not where you think you should be.

Because motherhood isn’t something to bounce back from. It’s something to move through, with kindness and support.

And you don’t have to do it alone.