Previous Engagements
Workshops, Conferences and Seminars.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2025 – Keynote Speaker
Outcomes of the Pilot Prenatal Mindfulness Relationship-Based (PMRB) Program Based on Prenatal Consciousness and Relationship
Conference: The First 280 Days of the First 1000 Days: The Influential Role of the Prenatal Period on Personality Formation
05 December 2025, Treviso, Italy
2025 – Keynote Speaker
The Mother of Medicine: The Science and Wisdom of the Prenatal Origins of Health
Summit: Prenatal Origins of Health Summit
07–09 November 2025 (sponsored by the University of Edinburgh and Ubiquity University)
Topic: Integrating Indigenous Wisdom and Science
2025 – Keynote Speaker
A Blueprint Perspective of Emotional Regulation: The Path Towards a Cohesive, Peaceful World
Event: Prenatal Wellness Summit – New Perspectives on Mother and Baby’s Physical, Emotional, Spiritual and Social Health
21–23 March 2025
2024 – Keynote Speaker
The Art and Science of Mindful Parenting Beginning Before Birth
Event: Parenting Brain Summit
12–15 March 2024
2023 – Keynote Speaker
Why Human and Earth Connection from Before Birth Matters: Outcomes of Two PhD Pilot Studies
Event: International Society of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine Online International Conference – My First Universe: New Knowledge About the First Thousand Days
28 October 2023
2022 – First Prenatal Sciences Global Congress (6–9 October)
Prenatal Sciences, the Human–Earth Connection and Life Sustainability
Masterclasses:
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Prenatal Psychology and Indigenous Wisdom as a Global Strategy for Human–Earth Connection and Life Sustainability: A Journey with a Remote African Tribe
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Gems of Ancient Wisdom: From Before Conception Through Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond – From Indigenous Knowledge to Modern Application
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The Protective Function of Nurturing Communication, Music and Emotions During Prenatal Life
Oral Presentation:
The Value of a Mindfulness Relationship-Based Program to Support Maternal Mental Health, Mother–Baby Relationship and Baby Wellbeing During Pregnancy and Beyond: Implications for Life Sustainability
Additional contribution:
The congress theme was inspired by the book Cultivating Mindfulness to Raise Children Who Thrive: Why Human Connection from Before Birth Matters, integrating prenatal sciences, human–earth connection and life sustainability into a new health paradigm.
2022 (Aug) – Oral Presentation
Event: The 4th International Childhood Trauma Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Supporting Maternal Mental Health, Mother–Foetus Relationship and Mother–Infant Emotional Availability Through Mindfulness: Can This Avert the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma and Deprivation?
2021 (Nov) – Oral Presentation
Event: Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health Online Congress – The Science and Mystery of Pregnancy and Birth (USA)
Cultivating a Mindfulness-Based Parenting Culture at Times of Adversity: Why Human Connection from Before Birth Matters
2021 (Sept) – Oral Presentation
Event: Australasian Association of Family Therapy Conference
2021 (Sept) – Oral Presentation
Event: Australasian Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health Online Conference, Sydney
Cultivating a Mindfulness Relationship-Based Parenting Culture at Times of Adversity
2021 (Jun) – Two Oral Presentations
Event: World Association of Infant Mental Health Congress, Brisbane, Australia
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Integrating Primal Wisdom with Modern Science and Practice as a Global Strategy for Mothers, Infants, Families and Communities
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A Mindfulness Relationship-Based Model to Support Maternal Mental Health, Maternal–Foetal and Mother–Infant Relationships
2020 (Nov) – Keynote Speaker
Event: International Online Conference – Birthing the New Humanity: The Power to Create
2020 (Sept) – Key Speaker
Event: International Conference – Perinatal Health: Psychological, Social and Medical Approach
Organised by Romanian Maternology Association, International Society for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine, University of Bucharest and Romanian Society of Paediatrics
Mindfulness Relationship-Based Model to Support Maternal Mental Health and Early Relationships
2019 (Oct) – Oral Presentation
Event: Australasian Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health Conference, Perth, Australia
Integrating Primal Wisdom with Modern Science and Practice as a Global Strategy
2018 – Oral Presentation
Event: Forging Families – Parental Perinatal Mental Health Conference, UK
The Prenatal Roots of the Mother–Infant Relationship and Its Impact on Maternal Mental Health and Infant Development
2018 (Feb) – Oral Presentation
Event: All India Congress of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (AICOG), India
The Prenatal Roots of the Mother–Infant Relationship and Its Impact on Outcomes
2015 – Oral Presentation & Workshop
Event: International Congress of the Association for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health, Berkeley, USA
Birth and Society: How Birth Impacts Society and How Society Impacts Birth
2015 (Sept) – Oral Presentation
Event: Birthlight Conference – Womb to World, Cambridge, UK
2014 – Poster Presentation
Event: World Association of Infant Mental Health Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Missing Link: A Mindfulness-Based Program of Prenatal and Perinatal Education
2014 – Poster Presentation
Event: Optimising Childbirth Across Europe Conference, Brussels
From Mindless to Mindful Childbirth
2013 – Oral Presentation
Event: International Society of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine Conference, Germany
Caesarean Birth: Disrupting the Human Adaptive System – Insights for Prevention
2006 – Oral Presentation
Event: Joint Conference – McCarrison Society, Institute of Brain Chemistry & Human Nutrition, International Society for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine, Mother and Child Foundation, London
Working with Parents and Infants: A Mind–Body Integration Approach
2000 – Oral Presentation
Event: International Society of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine Congress, Sardinia
The Mother’s Body Image: Attitude to Her Bodily Self and Its Relationship with the Foetus’ Life
COURSES, WORKSHOPS, LECTURES
Spring 2026 – Course Organiser
Organising a course in Italy with ANPEP
2025 (Nov) – Discussion Series
Series of Discussions Leading to The Mother of Medicine: The Science and Wisdom of the Prenatal Origins of Health Summit
07–09 November 2025
2025 (12–16 May) – Discussion Series
The Mother of Medicine Trailblazer: Free Series
Series of discussions leading to the Mother of Medicine Summit
2025 (19 Apr) – Panel / Dialogue
Event: Earth Day
Participation in women-led dialogue on motherhood, parenting and the meta-crisis
2023–Present – Training Program
Prenatal Mindfulness Relationship-Based (PMRB) Training for Pregnant Mothers
2023–Present – Training Program
Prenatal Mindfulness Relationship-Based (PMRB) Training for Prenatal and Perinatal Healthcare Practitioners and Trainees
2024 – Lecture
Event: Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health Monday Lecture Series
Rethinking Attachment Through the Prenatal Mindfulness Relationship-Based (PMRB) Program and Model
2022 (6–9 Oct) – Masterclasses
Event: Prenatal Sciences Global Congress – Prenatal Sciences, the Human–Earth Connection and Life Sustainability
Delivered two masterclasses
2021 – Lecture
Event: Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health Monday Lecture Series
Prenatal Psychology and Indigenous Wisdom as a Global Strategy for Human–Earth Connection and Life Sustainability
2021 – Workshop
Event: Academy of Family Therapy, Rome
The Prenatal Mindfulness Relationship-Based (PMRB) Model / Program
2017 – Workshop
Berlin, Germany
How to Integrate Primal Wisdom with Science and Practice
2016 – Workshop
London, UK
Nurtured Mothers
2016 – Seminar
Study Day on Perinatal Mental Health for Obstetrics Trainees
2014–2018 – Training Program
Mental Health Awareness Training
2015 – Workshop
Event: Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health Conference, Berkeley, USA
A Mindfulness Integrative Approach to Birth and Parenting
2001 – Lecture Series
Event: University College London
Series of Presentations on Mothers’ and Babies’ Body Language
1998 – Workshop
St John and St Elisabeth Hospital, London
Workshop for prenatal and perinatal healthcare professionals (delivered during research project)
1997–2017 – Training Program
Infant Developmental Massage Course
