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Jo Marie brings a warm, grounded & heartfelt approach to supporting parents through the profound transition to family life.
Her work invites families to move beyond survival mode and into relationships shaped by attunement, mutual respect and whole hearted presence. She honours parenthood beyond the role, appreciating the depth and breadth of change that parenting brings.
Jo supports people cultivate clear communication, deep connection and embodied boundaries to create sustainable ways of caring for themselves and their children (she works individually, with couples and groups).
Weaving body-based wisdom, relational care and practical tools that draw on the principles and practices of the Wheel of Consent®, Somatic Sex Education and Midwifery - Jo Marie creates spaces where parents can exhale, feel nourished and empowered to parent with confidence, where pleasure is acknowledged and cultivated as a resourceful foundation of healthy family relating.
Jo Marie is a parent, Midwife, Group Facilitator, Relationship & Intimacy Coach with extensive experience in birth and parenting who has been applying the Wheel of Consent® as a parent since 2009. A midwife of 26 years, single parent of a teenage son, she runs Thrive groups for mothers, closed groups in the early weeks and months of parenthood (online, in person in Naarm / Melbourne VIC and Northern Rivers NSW).
Find out more at Red Thread Education and Thrive for Mothers on Instagram.
She offers co-facilitates 2 day Wheel of Consent® workshops with Alexandra Heynatz, find our more at Consent Embodied https://www.consentembodied.com