About Sylvie

Hi, I’m Sylvie.

I help postpartum women reconnect with their bodies, regulate their nervous systems, and reclaim the parts of themselves that motherhood tried to flatten. This includes pleasure, identity, energy, and confidence. Not so you can “bounce back,” but so you can feel at home in your own skin again—maybe for the first time.

I’m a certified Holistic Pelvic Health Specialist, STREAM practitioner, sexological bodyworker, lactation educator, performance hypnosis guide, and somatic coach. I have also done Dona’s doula training course, though I don’t work as a doula.

I’ve spent over a decade studying pelvic wellness, scar tissue remediation, biomechanics, emotional health, and functional recovery. My work combines evidence-based approaches with body-based healing and practical support for the reality of life after birth.

This work is also very personal for me. I got into it BECAUSE of what I went through postpartum with my first and second births (and through 2 miscarriages too).

My first birth resulted in Diastasis Recti and an abdominal hernia, painful intercourse and moderate urinary incontinence.

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I nearly died after my second birth—and no one knew how to put me back together.

After my second birth, I nearly died. I lost litres of blood, and was anemic for several months. My baby had a tongue tie and feeding was absolute agony. My body felt completely shut down. I was exhausted, raw, and disconnected from everything…my partner, my pleasure, my sense of who I was. Sometimes even my baby.

Everyone I turned to had some of what I needed: the doula, the lactation consultant, the pelvic floor physio (ironically, not my OB!). But no one had the whole picture. No one understood how everything was connected or how to treat me as a whole person.

As a former investigative journalist, I went on a research quest to track down every missing piece of my healing for myself. And in the process I built the map I so desperately needed.

Now I share that map with other women, because I know how isolating postpartum can be, and how much courage it takes to ask for help when you’re barely keeping your head above water.

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Why This Isn’t Just Another Postpartum Program

My approach is different. Rather than “fixing you”, I create a collaborative space where you can explore your boundaries, desires, and possibilities. My work is client-led, trauma-informed, and grounded in the belief that pleasure and empowerment go hand in hand.

Every session is tailored to your needs, whether that’s healing from trauma, rediscovering pleasure, or deepening your connection with yourself, your baby or a partner.

As a mother, I also understand the complexities of navigating intimacy and connection after childbirth while balancing the demands of parenting. This perspective allows me to bring compassion and practical insight to my work with clients facing similar challenges.

I believe that our bodies hold the keys to healing and transformation. If you’re ready to explore what’s possible for you, let’s connect.

My Approach: The Four Domains of Health

As a STREAM practitioner, I work across four interconnected areas of healing and recovery:

Biochemistry:

Hormones, nutrition, nervous system regulation. This is the internal chemistry that affects everything from energy to mood to healing capacity. In practical terms, it means optimizing what you eat, when, and what supplements or herbs can help. It also means tracking things like your glucose spikes, and figuring out what to do to bring your hormones into homeostasis.

Biomechanics:

Movement patterns, posture, pelvic alignment. This is how your body moves and holds itself in space, and how birth may have changed that. Practically, this means learning exercises and movements that support and heal your postpartum pelvis, bringing your core muscles back online, learning to activate and relax, breathe in a way that delivers more oxygen and freedom. It means dealing with any lingering pain, whether that’s in your pelvis, your back or your neck/shoulders. We also examine your breastfeeding posture and optimal exercises for your particular needs.

Scar Tissue:

Physical tension, adhesions and recovery from birth injuries are the body’s way of healing that sometimes needs a bit of guidance. Whether you have a tear from vaginal birth, or a C-Section scar, internal scarring from D&Cs or vacuum/forceps, or even previous scarring, these take a toll and need to be addressed before they impact the rest of your biomechanics. Some women live with pain for years that could be alleviated from some simple scar tissue work.

Emotions:

Identity shifts, body image, intimacy… the invisible load of motherhood. Your mind and your body aren’t separate entities, they are intricately connected, and your emotions deeply matter to your healing.
Whether you’re dealing with exhaustion, pain, lost libido, resentment, feeling completely touched out, or just have that vague sense of “I don’t recognise myself anymore,” we start where you are. And we get you to where you want to be.
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No to “Bouncing Back”, Yes to Feeling Good Again.

I don’t care for programs that try to sell you on squeezing back into pre-pregnancy jeans or pushing through pain to feel “normal” again. I don’t think postpartum is a one-size-fits-all journey. But I do know, from experience, that it’s about slowing down, listening to what your body is telling you, and finding your way back to connection, to yourself, to your partner or your friends and your own life. On your own terms. In your own time.

I deliver care to you holistically, head to toe. You deserve to be supported completely, not piecemeal. In my space, you will never be dismissed or gaslit. Your concerns and feelings are real and will be treated with compassion and care. You deserve to feel bloody good in your body again. Functional, yes, but way more than that…. alive!

If you’re ready to get your life back to a place that feels great, I’d be honoured to support you.

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Testimonials

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Meenal Mujumdar Pt, Prpc, Clt

“As a pelvic floor physiotherapist, I know that many issues can’t be solved physically alone. I refer clients to Sylvie because her work as a sex and intimacy coach complements the physical work I do with clients to help them achieve the best results for their sexual and mental health. Sexual health is not openly discussed in our society or much of the medical profession, which can make dealing with these issues even more frustrating, painful and confusing for my patients. Having someone like Sylvie to refer patients to is so important because it means I can focus on the physical side of their healing with the added confidence of knowing they are getting the emotional support they need from a trusted Sex, intimacy and relationship professional.”
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Dr. Steve L. MD Board Certified Internal Medicine Specialist

“As a primary care physician, I recommend Sylvie because the work she does with clients on their relationships, core wounds, core desires, individuation and connection is critical to their overall health and happiness. I believe health is holistic and depends just as strongly on human-to-human emotional bonds as on nutrition, physical fitness and regular medical checkups. When clients work with Sylvie, I know they are getting to experience secure attachment and full self-expression, allowing them to learn more embodied connections to emotions and sexuality. They are also learning invaluable skills around advocating for themselves in a healthy way, to get their needs and desires met out in the world, and reducing tension in their lives and bodies. Embodied living is healthy living. Sylvie gets this, and that’s why I don’t hesitate to send clients her way.”

Sarah M., London - Online Course Graduate

"I honestly wasn't expecting the depth of change I've experienced. Sylvie gave me practical tools to actually feel what's happening in my body instead of just intellectualising everything. My boundaries are clearer now - with my kids, my partner, even with myself. I can navigate tricky situations without that familiar overwhelm taking over. Sylvie's approach is refreshingly honest and logical, cutting through all the fluffy wellness bullshit to give you real, applicable skills. The way she teaches complex nervous system stuff makes it actually make sense. I'm still discovering new layers months later."

Emma K., Palo Alto - 1:1 Healing Sessions

"After years of traditional therapy, medication, and every healing modality under the sun, I was honestly sceptical. But this work - bloody hell - this is what actually shifted things for me. I've lived with chronic activation since childhood trauma and a series of medical procedures that left me feeling completely disconnected from my body. Sylvie's work helped me find my way back to myself. I can move through difficult experiences now without getting completely stuck. The resilience I've built feels sustainable, not forced. I'm living fully again, which I didn't think was possible."

Rachel T., Vancouver - Postpartum Healing Course

"The timing couldn't have been more perfect. I was drowning in that postpartum fog, feeling completely disconnected from who I used to be. At first, I didn't notice massive changes happening, but Sylvie was handing out these incredible tools like they were nothing special. Looking back now, I can see how each piece of wisdom was quietly reshaping how I relate to my body, my emotions, my whole bloody experience of being a mum. The revelations are still coming - almost daily, actually. It's hard to put into words, but something fundamental has shifted in how I exist in the world."

Lisa H., San Francisco - Online Course & 1:1 Sessions

"Sylvie has this gift for making you feel completely seen while teaching you to see yourself more clearly. She gave me a language for experiences I'd never been able to articulate before. Understanding how my nervous system works - not just intellectually but actually feeling it in my body - has been revolutionary. I'm not rushing to 'fix' myself anymore, which is massive for someone who used to attack every problem like a bloody battering ram. The embodiment piece is real. I actually inhabit my body now instead of just dragging it around behind me."

Anna S., Dublin - Postpartum Course Graduate

"I'm still integrating everything from this course, having these 'ah-ha' moments that feel both gentle and earth-shattering. Sylvie's wisdom landed in my system so naturally I hardly noticed the transformation happening until I looked back and realised I'm completely different now. More grounded, more aware, more myself. The tools she teaches aren't just techniques - they become part of how you move through the world. From the depth of my being, thank you doesn't feel like enough, but it's what I've got."

Jennifer M., San Jose - 1:1 Healing Work

"After birth trauma that left me feeling completely hijacked by my own nervous system, I found Sylvie's work. Her understanding of both the science and the deeply human aspects of healing is remarkable. She doesn't shy away from the messy, complicated parts of recovery. Instead, she meets you exactly where you are with this incredible combination of expertise and genuine warmth. I have tools now to identify what's happening in my body before I'm completely overwhelmed. My relationship with myself has fundamentally changed, and that's changed everything else too."

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