About Steph
“Hello
I’m Stephanie Jane Pollock, known as Steph,
sometimes called SJ & sign off on emails and texts as SJP”.
Welcome to Birthing Artemis’s online space.
Thank you for delving in, I appreciate your time and energy in being here.
My being is deeply curious about all aspects of life & is wholeheartedly motivated for the health & vitality of women & people with wombs or spiritual wombs, along each of our unique & diverse pathways.
I am an eternal student, continually learning alongside incredible, full hearted & well-practised midwifery mentors of my community, IPRW colleagues, family, friends, your treasured selves, strangers, & my own personal experiences our revered Mother Earth.
Throughout all my accrued learning & sharing with each of you, I pay expansive homage to all my Midwifery & IPRW mentors, the women & families I have been generously gifted the opportunity to work alongside of, & the strongly woven red braids which connect us all.
I’m Stephanie Jane Pollock, known as Steph,
sometimes called SJ & sign off on emails and texts as SJP”.
Welcome to Birthing Artemis’s online space.
Thank you for delving in, I appreciate your time and energy in being here.
My being is deeply curious about all aspects of life & is wholeheartedly motivated for the health & vitality of women & people with wombs or spiritual wombs, along each of our unique & diverse pathways.
I am an eternal student, continually learning alongside incredible, full hearted & well-practised midwifery mentors of my community, IPRW colleagues, family, friends, your treasured selves, strangers, & my own personal experiences our revered Mother Earth.
Throughout all my accrued learning & sharing with each of you, I pay expansive homage to all my Midwifery & IPRW mentors, the women & families I have been generously gifted the opportunity to work alongside of, & the strongly woven red braids which connect us all.
I am
a Woman,
a Daughter,
a Niece, a Cousin,
a Soul Partner, a Lover,
a Mother of 4 people whom I love full hearted & recognise as my greatest teachers.
A Soul Sister, an Auntie, a Friend, a Community Member, an Animal Lover, a Gardener.
A deeply passionate & committed Midwife for my community,
a Pelvic Tissue & Hormonal Balancing Herbal Tea Creatrix,
an Internal Pelvic Release Practitioner,
& a Scar Release Practitioner,
a dedicated woman to the dynamic wellbeing of Womb Health.
a Woman,
a Daughter,
a Niece, a Cousin,
a Soul Partner, a Lover,
a Mother of 4 people whom I love full hearted & recognise as my greatest teachers.
A Soul Sister, an Auntie, a Friend, a Community Member, an Animal Lover, a Gardener.
A deeply passionate & committed Midwife for my community,
a Pelvic Tissue & Hormonal Balancing Herbal Tea Creatrix,
an Internal Pelvic Release Practitioner,
& a Scar Release Practitioner,
a dedicated woman to the dynamic wellbeing of Womb Health.
I deeply believe that conscious, individual & exceptional care of Pregnant Women/People, Birthing Women/People, New Mothers/Parents & Families is the foundation & the essential primary ingredient, for the great wellbeing of our families, of our communities & of our wider societies.
As a young child, in my personal life I was awakened to the disparity of Women’s Health & Wellbeing in our medical system. As a young adult this awareness and knowing became a further rational understanding & a fire which has been burning in exploration & curiosity for years.
Body language has always been my first language.
To work with our bodies as our soul vessels, our story holders, our valued tissues, full of our vitality, our nervous system, our blood, our organs, our pelvic tissues, our diaphragmatic breath and spaces, our generational cellular wisdoms, is an innate & comfortable place & a deeply heartfelt privilege to work within.
Every person’s unique instinct & acquired individual body wisdoms & deep knowing’s are attributes I value greatly in both my personal & professional life.
My intention & interaction throughout all my work is to provide a safe space where women & people with wombs are listened to attentively, where their stories shared are believed, respected & heard & for women to be in control of all touch work they receive, always.
I have an unwavering trust in women & greatly acknowledge how deeply blessed & privileged I am to work in Pregnancy, Birth, the expansion of families, young Women/People, Woman/People in their Menopausal years & beyond.
Being generously invited into family’s lives, to sit & witness on the cusp of Ether, with Women, with all their magnificence, their fierceness, their vulnerabilities, their determination, their power as they opening their beings, physically, mentally & spiritually, to offer Earthside entry to a new wee fully formed human.
And at the same time birth themselves as Mothers & as Parents.
Complete AWE every single time.
Wefting & Warping these gathered & practiced skills of Herbalism, Midwifery & Internal Pelvic Release/Scar Work throughout my lifetime, is the Triskelion. Gifting me the heartfelt opportunity to weave the red threads together forming a living growing braid of unity, connection & presence woven throughout Women’s wellbeing.
As a young child, in my personal life I was awakened to the disparity of Women’s Health & Wellbeing in our medical system. As a young adult this awareness and knowing became a further rational understanding & a fire which has been burning in exploration & curiosity for years.
Body language has always been my first language.
To work with our bodies as our soul vessels, our story holders, our valued tissues, full of our vitality, our nervous system, our blood, our organs, our pelvic tissues, our diaphragmatic breath and spaces, our generational cellular wisdoms, is an innate & comfortable place & a deeply heartfelt privilege to work within.
Every person’s unique instinct & acquired individual body wisdoms & deep knowing’s are attributes I value greatly in both my personal & professional life.
My intention & interaction throughout all my work is to provide a safe space where women & people with wombs are listened to attentively, where their stories shared are believed, respected & heard & for women to be in control of all touch work they receive, always.
I have an unwavering trust in women & greatly acknowledge how deeply blessed & privileged I am to work in Pregnancy, Birth, the expansion of families, young Women/People, Woman/People in their Menopausal years & beyond.
Being generously invited into family’s lives, to sit & witness on the cusp of Ether, with Women, with all their magnificence, their fierceness, their vulnerabilities, their determination, their power as they opening their beings, physically, mentally & spiritually, to offer Earthside entry to a new wee fully formed human.
And at the same time birth themselves as Mothers & as Parents.
Complete AWE every single time.
Wefting & Warping these gathered & practiced skills of Herbalism, Midwifery & Internal Pelvic Release/Scar Work throughout my lifetime, is the Triskelion. Gifting me the heartfelt opportunity to weave the red threads together forming a living growing braid of unity, connection & presence woven throughout Women’s wellbeing.
Education & Qualifications
2024 - Reteach Breech – Birthing Instincts with Stu Fishbein
2024 - Internal Pelvic & Scare Release Work Mentorship
2024 - Fiona Hallinan – The Pelvic Space – founder of IPRW.
2022 - Bachelor of Midwifery Australian Catholic University
2021 - Breech Without Borders training – Dr. David Hayes
2021 - Spinning Babies, Physiology before Force
2021 - Fiona Hallinan – founder of IPRW
2018 - Birthwork meets Spinning Babies, Fiona Hallinan, Jenny Blyth (founders of IPRW) & Gail Tully
2015 - Creative Ways for Making Space Baby Part II - Jenny Blyth – Birthwork founder of IPRW
2014 - Deathwalker Training - Zenith Virago - Natural Death Care Centre
2013 - Hypnobirthing Breathwork Practitioner Training - Anna Papadakis - Opening to Life
2012 - Shiatsu for Midwives - Suzanne Yates - Well Woman
2012 - Creative Ways for Making Space for Baby Part I - Fiona Hallinan & Jenny Blyth – Birthwork founders of IPRW
2011 - Rising to the Challenge, Shoulder Dystocia & Breech Birth - Maggie Banks - Birth International
2008 - Birth Attendant Training - Rhea Dempsey, Birthing Wisdom
2007 - Birth Hypnosis Training - Denise Love
2007 - Embodiment Bodywork Training - listening to the body’s intelligence & stored stories – body to body - Somatic Bodywork - Gyanamala
2006 - Dial-A-Doula Training - Sunderai Felich, Shivam Rachana & Anna Papadakis – Int. College of Spiritual Midwifery
2004 - Certificate in Herbalism - Dennis Stewart - Southern Cross Herbal School
1998 - Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Anthropology, Sociology of Science & Australian First Nations - Deakin & Murdoch Universities
2024 - Internal Pelvic & Scare Release Work Mentorship
2024 - Fiona Hallinan – The Pelvic Space – founder of IPRW.
2022 - Bachelor of Midwifery Australian Catholic University
2021 - Breech Without Borders training – Dr. David Hayes
2021 - Spinning Babies, Physiology before Force
2021 - Fiona Hallinan – founder of IPRW
2018 - Birthwork meets Spinning Babies, Fiona Hallinan, Jenny Blyth (founders of IPRW) & Gail Tully
2015 - Creative Ways for Making Space Baby Part II - Jenny Blyth – Birthwork founder of IPRW
2014 - Deathwalker Training - Zenith Virago - Natural Death Care Centre
2013 - Hypnobirthing Breathwork Practitioner Training - Anna Papadakis - Opening to Life
2012 - Shiatsu for Midwives - Suzanne Yates - Well Woman
2012 - Creative Ways for Making Space for Baby Part I - Fiona Hallinan & Jenny Blyth – Birthwork founders of IPRW
2011 - Rising to the Challenge, Shoulder Dystocia & Breech Birth - Maggie Banks - Birth International
2008 - Birth Attendant Training - Rhea Dempsey, Birthing Wisdom
2007 - Birth Hypnosis Training - Denise Love
2007 - Embodiment Bodywork Training - listening to the body’s intelligence & stored stories – body to body - Somatic Bodywork - Gyanamala
2006 - Dial-A-Doula Training - Sunderai Felich, Shivam Rachana & Anna Papadakis – Int. College of Spiritual Midwifery
2004 - Certificate in Herbalism - Dennis Stewart - Southern Cross Herbal School
1998 - Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Anthropology, Sociology of Science & Australian First Nations - Deakin & Murdoch Universities
