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Parenting · Claire Smith - Doula & Hypnobirthing Teacher

Hypno-WHAT?! Modern Hypnobirthing with Claire.

by Claire Smith - Doula & Hypnobirthing Teacher

Welcome to the Hypno-WHAT podcast! I'm Claire, a doula & hypnobirthing teacher from Edinburgh. I'm here to debunk a lot of the nonsense that surrounds Hypnobirthing for you because, let's be honest, it sounds like crap. But what if I told you it was actually like Sports Psychology for birth... would you think it was a bit less weird? Hypnobirthing simply acknowledges the impact that your brain has on the unfolding of birth. It's less vagina-whispering and more learning how your body works; helping you to really believe in yourself and the amazing capabilities of your pregnant body. The aim of my work is to help you to feel informed & in control; prepared for whatever route your birth may take; confident in your decision-making; setting you up for a really positive post-natal period with your new plus-one.

Latest episodes

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34. Identity struggles + motherhood

In this episode, I’m talking about identity and how it’s shifted for me as I've gone back to work and what it means to find myself beyond motherhood. Lately, I’ve been fe

Apr 28
22 min

33. Allow me to reintroduce myself!

Welcome back to The Hypno-WHAT podcast. This episode is a little reintroduction to your host, Claire, and an overview of what The Hypno-WHAT podcast is. Advertising Inq

Feb 26
22 min

32. Motherhood + Changing Family Dynamics

A little musing on my life as a mother to twin toddlers and a six year old. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com

Jan 15
22 min

31. Musings from a beautiful VBAC

After attending a beautiful, totally hands-off, zero-intervention VBAC on the labour ward at the weekend I felt drawn to share my thoughts. This is a little debrief of my

Oct 15 2025
29 min

30. How to have a Hypnobirth

Today we're exploring the idea of 'having a hypnobirth'; what the stereotypical idea of a hypnobirth is and how useful I think that is! Spoiler - I don't think a hypnobir

Sep 29 2023
19 min

29. Three Distractions for Labour

Welcome to Summer School! Summer holidays can be hectic; kids off school and generally life is just busier with holidays, weddings etc. But you still want to try and sque

Aug 14 2023
11 min

28. How Does Labour Start?

Welcome to Summer School! Summer holidays can be hectic; kids off school and generally life is just busier with holidays, weddings etc. But you still want to try and sque

Aug 11 2023
15 min

27. Why Calm Matters

Welcome to Summer School! Summer holidays can be hectic; kids off school and generally life is just busier with holidays, weddings etc. But you still want to try and sque

Aug 10 2023
11 min

26. The Importance of Environment

Welcome to Summer School! Summer holidays can be hectic; kids off school and generally life is just busier with holidays, weddings etc. But you still want to try and sque

Aug 5 2023
15 min

25. How Birth Works!

Welcome to Summer School! Summer holidays can be hectic; kids off school and generally life is just busier with holidays, weddings etc. But you still want to try and sque

Jul 31 2023
10 min

24. Why Prepare for Birth?

Welcome to Summer School! Summer holidays can be hectic; kids off school and generally life is just busier with holidays, weddings etc. But you still want to try and sque

Jul 26 2023
16 min

23. Guided Breathwork Practice.

This bonus episode is a guided breathwork practice and accompanies episode 4 of The Hypno-WHAT Podcast, where I teach you about the ways in which your breathing affects t

May 23 2023
15 min

22. Breathwork for labour & birth

This week we are talking about breathing and why it’s one of the most well-known hypnobirthing tools. Our breathing can help us to take control of how our body is reactin

Mar 24 2023
20 min

21. Preparing for Chest & Breastfeeding

This episode will be discussing how to prepare for chest or breastfeeding your baby and we are going to be mostly discussing what normal newborn behaviour looks like for

Feb 2 2023
35 min

20. Unpicking preconceptions about hypnobirthing with Jade & Alix from The Birth Uprising

Warning - this episode contains a bit of swearing, so if that's not your vibe maybe give this episode a miss. The very first guests on The Hypno-WHAT Podcast are my bril

Jan 20 2023
41 min

19. Estimated Due Dates

The Estimated Due Date... that magical day your hit 40 weeks and fully expect your baby to arrive then or shortly after. As does everyone you shared the date with. The te

Jan 13 2023
18 min

18. Guided Relaxation - Pregnancy Body Scan

This 10 minute body scan is designed to help you find softness and stillness whenever you need to. Keep up to date with all the goings on by following me on instagram.

Jan 13 2023
11 min

17. Water Birth - what does the evidence say?

In this episode I’ll be discussing using water during your labour - and that doesn’t necessarily mean you plan to birth your baby in the pool. Birth pools & showers can b

Dec 6 2022
21 min

16. Guided Relaxation - Connecting with your pregnant body

Never tried a guided relaxation before? The short tracks on this podcast are a great place to start. This track is just over 6 minutes long and designed to be used wherev

Dec 6 2022
7 min

15. Your Amazing Uterus & It's Powerful Contractions

Today's episode is going to be focusing on contractions - what are they? And how does our uterus actually work? Most people in the beginning know very little about what

Nov 3 2022
17 min

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