S1/Ep3 Intuitive Doula & Midwifery Care, Cultivating Deeper Self Trust, Motherhood Initiation, And Starting A Business As A New Parent with Clare Parks
with Clare Parks
Doula, Herbalist and Founder of Nature & Nurture
Life can bring us down so many different paths. For Clare Parks, life has brought her down many. As a birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator, community herbalist, midwife assistant, toddler mom and business owner, Clare brings a true breadth of backgrounds and experiences into her heartfelt business, Nature & Nature. In this episode, Clare joins Ewelina to discuss her multi-faceted journey and how it brought her to starting her own business as a new parent.
Topics Covered:
9:59 Who is Clare and what is Nature and Nurture
13:48 How Clare’s multifaceted background brought her to the work she is doing through her current business
29:00 How Clare got into herbalism
32:11 What does a full body knowing look and feel like?
37:02 How Clare’s pregnancy journey helped her connect with her intuition
42:10 The moment Clare knew she was going to start her business Nature and Nurture and how she took the leap
47:45 The fears and doubts Clare had around starting her business
50:50 How Clare navigates fear in her business
53:45 How becoming a parent changed Clare and shifted how she leads her business from a place of overdoing to a place of more presence
1:00:27 What purpose means to Clare
1:07:04 What do we do if we’re stuck? How to take baby steps for deeper fulfillment
1:12:58 Clare’s favorite memory of home
