🌀 Talk Description

In this practical, down-to-earth workshop, Sophie Paulding Kopecky will walk participants through her Birth Herbs Kit — a simple yet powerful collection of herbal remedies and blends designed to support the childbirth process safely and effectively.

Together, we’ll explore each item in the kit, including its uses, contraindications, cautions, and dosages, to build confidence in how and when each remedy can be used. The kit has been carefully developed for ease of reference during labour and to empower mothers and birthworkers with accessible herbal support throughout birth.

We’ll also look at herbal medicine for partus preparation — key applications, timing, and considerations — offering a deeper understanding of how herbs can gently support the body in the final weeks before birth.

The session will include space for questions and shared experiences, creating a supportive and empowering learning environment for anyone preparing for birth, supporting others, or deepening their practice as a birthkeeper or practitioner.

👤 Speaker Bio

Sophie Paulding Kopecky is an integrative health practitioner combining holistic herbal medicine, postural breathwork, and trauma integration therapy to help women come to peace with their past and thrive in optimal health.

Raised by a home birth midwife, Sophie developed an early trust in a woman’s body to birth and a lifelong passion for women’s health and midwifery. During her first pregnancy, she used herbs extensively and wrote her university dissertation on the effects of oxytocic herbs in labour. In an era of “googled information,” Sophie is passionate about sharing safe, professionally grounded, and practical knowledge on using herbs from conception through postpartum.

She lives with her husband and three home-born children in the Alpujarras, Spain, where she continues to teach, consult, and facilitate healing through her practice Return to Radiance. When she’s not working, Sophie loves to sing, dance, and practise aerial silks.

Website: www.return2radiance.com

Birth Herbs Page: return2radiance.com/birthherbs (currently being updated)

Instagram: @return.to.radiance (currently focused on business mentorship)