En-ERGY IN Motion (™) Suzy Rowland chats to Lorna Phillip, a UK-based Doula & Founder of The Black Birth Champion.

Lorna is the sort of person you want to be with you when you're expecting your first child...or second...  calm, knowledgeable and assertive. Lorna's experience working with perinatal and postnatal mothers is extensive and she readily shares her experience with mothers young and older, which is for many people is potentially life-saving work.  Research shows that Black women are more than four times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than white women in the UK, a review of 2017-2019 deaths shows. Women from Asian backgrounds are almost twice as likely to die as white women. (Source: MBRRACE-UK). Lorna is passionate about creating safe spaces for Black and mixed racial heritage mothers. In this podcast, Lorna illuminates these discrepancies and shares powerful insights for everyone who cares about black women and black and mixed-heritage mothers-to-be. Lorna is a UK-based doula and founder of Black Mamas Birth Village, an organisation dedicated to providing support, education, and a safe community for Black and mixed-heritage mothers. With over 13 years of experience in maternal care, Lorna addresses the disparities in Black maternal health, offering a space for culturally sensitive guidance. Her work has impacted nearly 400 families, fostering a sisterhood that empowers Black mothers through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.Support the showIt comes to us all, the desire to do something that gives our lives purpose: I was running on empty in bare feet, so I quit my corporate career to do many hundreds of hours of psychology research which had two outcomes:1. I set up #happyinschoolproject CIC to provide advocacy and information to parents and educators about how autism and ADHD can be missed in younger children, especially those from black Caribbean heritage. 2. I finished capturing the epic tale of my son's diagnosis which was published in my first non-fiction book:S.E.N.D. in the Clowns, Essential Autism and ADHD Family Guide.I discovered I am the owner of a Brilliant ADHD brain in my fifties and I continue to use this brain to spark conversations, challenge ignorance, write books, articles, poetry give keynotes, training and workshops.Suzy Rowland is an Author, Keynote Speaker & thought-leader, passionate about the arts, culture, neuro-uniqueness, education, philosophy and endless discussions of how we 'human'. Find Suzy on Instagram:@suzysongsofmysoul@energyinmotion_podcast_ Buy Suzy's books:S.E.N.D. in the ClownsI Can't Go to School!Songs of My Soul suzyrowland.com