Meet The Team

Director; Creative Journal Circle Facilitator

Athene Greig

Athene is an artist, SEN art tutor and mother of two boys. She studied painting at the Glasgow School of Art then moved to London in her late twenties. Her family relocated to Chalford during the pandemic, returning to her childhood roots. Athene facilitates our creative journalling circle. She loves helping mums to discover (or re-discover!) their creativity through introducing them to the magical power of journaling.

Creative Journal Circle Assistant

Beth Marriott

Beth is a mother of two daughters, and works part time as an art and textiles technician at a secondary school. She is the assistant for the creative journaling group and loves working in a role which enables mums to have some much needed time for themselves. 

Director; Yoga, Wellbeing, Birth Experience & Sleep Circle Facilitator

Catherine Forrester

Catherine is a yoga teacher, gentle sleep consultant and mother of two. She ran a psychotherapeutic counselling practice until 2023, with a special interest in working with trauma somatically and weaving mindfulness principles into the work. She brings years of therapeutic training and practice to her group facilitation, and has distilled this alongside years of reflection on motherhood into our signature New Mothers' Wellbeing Circle and our Birth Experience Circle.

Mothers' Monthly Singing Circle Facilitator

Gilly Ridley-Wells

Gilly is a mother, choir leader, song facilitator and professional singer who loves to unite Mums by
finding their voices together and boosting feelings of wellbeing. After years of training in classical singing, Gilly feels passionate that there should be welcoming spaces to sing free from judgement - following an ethos of freedom, abundance, and most of all- joy.

Stroud Birth Stories Hub Facilitator

Hayley Coburn

Hayley is a full spectrum doula, counsellor & mother of two.

She has been supporting families for 15 years, focusing on the perinatal period for the last eight years through Footsteps Counselling & Care, her own counselling & doula practice. Hayley supports families through perinatal trauma & loss, and with traumatic growth, after her own experiences through the perinatal period. 

Director, Matrescence Guide

Holly Swinbank

Holly is a mother of three with years of experience establishing and supporting parenting communities. She now offers 1:1 support to mothers and leads on our upcoming in-home listening support service (watch this space!)

Birth Experience Circle Facilitator

Oli Silverwood-Cope

Oli is a midwife, yoga teacher, and birth reflection facilitator with a special interest in birth trauma, both prevention and treatment. She has attended hundreds of births across home, birth centre, and hospital settings, giving her a deep understanding of birth physiology and the maternity system. Oli co-developed the Birth Experience Circle and is currently training as a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, bringing a compassionate, nervous system-informed approach to supporting families after difficult birth experiences. 

Circle Assistant and Administrator

Sophia Giles

Sophia is the multitasking mother of one. Having participated in our New Mothers' Wellbeing Circle in her first year of motherhood, she later joined us as a circle assistant and administrator. 

Mothersong Circle Facilitator

Tara Mexis

Tara is a a singer, songwriter, song leader and mama. She studied music and theatre at Goldsmiths, then embarked on a decade of exploring vocal improv and embodied singing, later completing her Singing Mamas training. She leads choirs and intimate singing groups across Stroud and Bristol and she truly believes in the power and beauty of bringing mothers together, singing in service of life. Through Mothersong, I hope to create spaces where women's voices can come together, thrive fully, and flow, just as they are.