Curating and delivering quality information and coaching in a way that creates deep change and more confidence in the families she works with inspires Tracey Anderson Askew to keep ‘transform parenting’ – one family at a time.

Tell us about your career path. What led you to where you are now?

“I was a primary school teacher for 10 years. Then I decided to have children. I realised what an important time this is. How women birth matters; not the type of birth she has, but what gets activated in her as she becomes the mother. I then started to run new mothers’ groups, became a doula and then did a graduate diploma in childbirth education. I brought Calmbirth to Canberra in 2006 and ran these classes for 14 years, and kept evolving the program as more and more evidence became available about the mind-body sciences. I renamed my course, Transform Your Birth, because I really believe that is what Mother Nature is helping us to do – transform from the woman into the mother, and the man into the father. Early parenting is intense and requires a lot from the new parents. That led me to building a system of education, support and community – and Transform Parenting was born.”

Tell us about your organisation and your role within it.

“Transform Parenting runs courses in childbirth and parenting education, face to face, via zoom, or online. We also set up a system of support for families from pregnancy all the way through to the first seven years of a child’s life.

“Once they have experienced our ‘Transform Your Birth’ course, families realise what they are going to need. When they join our Village membership, families can get whatever support they need, when they need it. We have live weekly group coaching sessions answering all questions, with the support of our coaches, and the other parents. Parents need community and to feel like they are not alone. This service keeps them out of the google rabbit hole and able to access practical and relevant information for where they are at with their young children. We also have an extensive online library for pregnancy and parenting, where these sessions are recorded.

“It truly is a wonderful transformation for our parents, from feeling overwhelmed and confused to calm and confident.”

To find out how Transform Parenting can support you and your family, email Tracey at [email protected]

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