EXPLORING THE IDENTITY SHIFT OF MOTHERHOOD

About Ilena:  After growing up in the glorious hills of Yorkshire (UK), Ilena has enjoyed living in the flat landscape of NL for over 15 years. Following 6 years in the corporate world, she chose to fulfil her heart’s calling and became a life and career coach in 2012, then at the end of 2013 became a full spectrum doula (supporting families with everything from fertility preparation to miscarriage, abortion, infant loss, birth and any steps in between). These skill sets dovetailed in 2014 when Ilena chose to specialise in supporting pregnant people and their families who have experienced trauma throughout conception, pregnancy, birth and postpartum parenting; empowering them to go from simply surviving to thoroughly thriving through this particular life phase. Aside from coaching and birth support, Ilena also consults for a handful of corporates on parenthood trajectories and experiences within their professional lives. She is a proud mummy to a blue-eyed boy, a brown-eyed English bulldog and a green-eyed feline friend.