Our Birth Journey Professionals

11/11/2025

As the baby is considered full term at 39 weeks by medical standards, induction at that point of a low risk pregnancy may be suggested in order to lower the risk of complications, such as stillbirth or a large baby.

While the position in the UK is more conservative on elective induction at 39 weeks, it is becoming a growing practice in European countries such as France, Germany or Spain.

In this class, US based birth options expert, author and educator, Henci Goer will explain the greater ramifications of 39 week elective induction and the possible biases of the ARRIVE trial in terms of the philosophy and practices of those conducting the trial and managing the pregnancies and labours of its participants.

Join us on Thursday, 13 November at 19h UK time.

Register here: https://www.ourbirthjourney.com/course/39-week-elective-induction

09/11/2025

Join us for this free live talk with Emily McCrea and Christianna Deichmann and learn how journeying backwards through the developmental timeline can help identify early emotional ruptures embedded in family dynamics, opens up the path for healing.

In this talk, Emily and Christianna will provide an overview of their method. Through a real-world case study, they will demonstrate how this methodology helped a family shift from recurring behavioural challenges to aligned, heart-centered parenting strategies and emotional repair.

Journey Backwards: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Healing Developmental Wounds in Families
Monday, 10 November 2025 at 19h UK time

Join here: https://www.ourbirthjourney.com/course/inner-child-journeys

05/11/2025

Waiting for a Child – The Challenging Path of Assisted Reproductive Technology
Three Part Live course with Klaus Käppeli
Mondays, 17/24 November and 1 December 2025 at 19h UK time

Roughly every 35 seconds a baby is born who was conceived through assisted reproductive technology (ART). The use of ART is considered significant in helping to offset demographic decline in many countries and the industry is steadily growing.

While this sector of medicine is making progress in leaps and bounds, the experience of the individual is rarely considered.

In this course, we will look at the impact that the various – sometimes harsh – aspects inherent to ART have on both the parents as well as egg and s***m and consequently the child. We will learn about the innate knowledge the child’s body has regarding its origins, how parents can be supported when they enter this uncharted territory, and challenges a therapist may come up against when working with these families.

Klaus Käppeli will cover this topic also from the perspective of the mystery as to why a soul chooses this arduous and challenging path into the world and touch upon psychological, philosophical, and theological questions.

Find out more (free course introduction):

In this course, we will look at the impact that the various aspects inherent to ART have on both the parents as well as egg and s***m and consequently the child. We will learn about the innate knowledge the child’s body has regarding its origins, how parents can be supported, and challenges a ther...

05/11/2025

This is a clip from Klaus Käppeli’s introduction to his upcoming course ‘The Challenging Path of Assisted Reproductive Technology’. An important topic as the perspective of the child – or even that of the parents – often remains in the shadows of the focus on the medical side of assisted reproduction.

You can watch the full recording here: https://www.ourbirthjourney.com/course/assisted-reproductive-technologies

04/11/2025

39-Week Elective Induction: Where Have We Arrived?
Live class with Henci Goer
Thursday, 13 November 2025 at 19h UK time

Since its publication, the ARRIVE trial* has influenced labour management with its finding that compared with expectant management, elective induction at 39 weeks in healthy women having first babies reduced Caesareans without affecting neonatal outcomes.

While the position in the UK is more conservative on elective induction at 39 weeks, it is becoming a growing practice in European countries such as France, Germany or Spain.

In this class, US based birth options expert, author and educator, Henci Goer will explain the greater ramifications of 39 week elective induction and the possible biases of the ARRIVE trial in terms of the philosophy and practices of those conducting the trial and managing the pregnancies and labours of its participants.

Register here: https://www.ourbirthjourney.com/course/39-week-elective-induction

03/11/2025

Journey Backwards: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Healing Developmental Wounds in Families
Free Talk with Emily McCrea and Christianna Deichmann
Monday, 10 November 2025 at 19h UK time

Enduring emotional patterns often originate from unmet needs at specific stages of an individual’s early development. The possibility of journeying backwards through the developmental timeline to identify early emotional ruptures embedded in family dynamics, opens up the path for healing.

Emily McCrea (Rebel Shift Childhood) and Christianna Deichmann (Flower of Life Foundation) have developed a multidisciplinary framework which draws from birth psychology, developmental neuropsychology, somatic inquiry, relational field tracking, and a five-step Inner Child Integration model. Their approach helps uncover unmet needs rooted as early as preconception and birth. By decoding children’s behaviours and guiding parents to heal their own inner child wounds, they foster co-regulation, secure attachment, and generational harmony.

In this talk, Emily and Christianna will provide an overview of their method. Through a real-world case study, they will demonstrate how this methodology helped a family shift from recurring behavioural challenges to aligned, heart-centered parenting strategies and emotional repair.

Join here: https://www.ourbirthjourney.com/course/inner-child-journeys

01/11/2025

A lovely perspective on working with babies by Matthew Appleton from his course module ‘Feeling Felt as Medicine’. It’s important to also see the light and joyful side of things.

31/10/2025

You can still join!
Incarnation Free Fall – Birth Journey Constellation Workshop
with Nir Esterman
Sunday 2 November 2025 at 15h – 18h30 UK time

In this workshop, we will use constellation work to explore possible imprints from the first transition on our journey into the physical body - the ‘existential free fall journey of embodiment’ (Annie Brook).

We want to get a feel for what our pre-body origin means to us, how are we affected by what happened during the existential fall and how we can heal ourselves and reconnect to to our pre-body wholeness.

During the constellation, we hold space for ourselves and the other participants. Together, we connect and bring to life what was in a way that supports what can be. Constellations offer a deep, often transformative healing movement of reconciliation that takes us closer to our potential for a vital and present life.

Find out more: https://www.ourbirthjourney.com/course/incarnation-free-fall

30/10/2025

Waiting for a Child – The Challenging Path of Assisted Reproductive
Technology
Free Course Introduction with Klaus Käppeli
Monday 3 November 2025 at 19h UK time

Since the birth of Louise Brown, the first ‘test tube’ baby, in 1978 research and development in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) have made such progress that a pre- and perinatal perspective has become imperative. ART represents a significant economic sector in our world. The more technology is used to create human life, the more we are called upon to focus on the individual and his or her experience.

Swiss psychologist Klaus Käppeli approaches this topic from the perspective of pre- and perinatal psychology, with great sensitivity to the innate knowledge the child’s body has regarding its origins He also includes the angle of the mystery as to why a soul chooses this arduous and challenging path into the world.

In this talk, Klaus will introduce his upcoming three part course which covers the experiences of the child, those of the parents and some of the challenges therapists encounter when working with ART families.

Join here: https://www.ourbirthjourney.com/course/assisted-reproductive-technologies

29/10/2025

The pre- and perinatal insights of Frank Lake are an integral part of any teachings in this field. But when he was working as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in the 1950's to 70's, his thoughts around prenatal life and consciousness were not taken seriously.

Listening now to Ian Rees's brief overview of Frank Lake's work, his approach seems obvious to those familiar with pre- and perinatal psychology. But in a way, it's still not mainstream as our culture generally assumes that any kind of consciousness requires a fully functional brain.

A fascinating talk which also conveyed Frank Lake's deeply spiritual inspiration.

You can watch a trailer here: https://www.ourbirthjourney.com/course/frank-lake