Rhea Dempsey: Birth Educator, Doula, Counsellor, Trainer, Author. 
Rhea’s understanding of birth has been gained over four decades of attending births, counselling and educating on birth issues.
She is recognized as an insightful commentator on the difficulties women, who have a yearning for normal physiological birth, face in navigating contemporary birth culture.

Her book Birth with Confidence: savvy choices for normal birth, explores the issue of embracing the physiological pain of birth and the importance of experienced support.
While Beyond the Birth Plan: getting real about pain and power explores the deeper emotional and psychological dynamics impacting birthing potential.
Rhea is the mother of three adult daughters, and five home born grandchildren.