I talk to Emily Mills who has been out of the classroom for 10 years now building her hypnobirthing business and private hypnotherapy practice. After her own positive birth experience, Emily trained as a practitioner herself and has niched to support mothers. 

In the last few years Emily has successfully franchised her classes and expanded to offer mindset support for mums in her membership and 1:1 coaching.

This is a really helpful interview for anyone interested in supporting new parents, mental health and building a community. 

In this episode we also explore:

Finding the "performance" of teaching incompatible with having children (2:00)
Retraining as a clinical hypnotherapist (5:00)
Discovering hypnobirthing and growing her business (8:00)
Niching to support parents and new mums (9:30)
Emily's decision to franchise and what to consider (10:00)
The business structure of Babies in Waiting (14:30)
Building an online community during the pandemic (17:30)
The challenges of being an entrepreneur (23:00)
Enjoying the flexibility to be there for her own children (25:00)

Links and Resources
Babies in Waiting

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