Blackbird House

Meet Patrick O'Brien from Sand & Surf Psychology.

Patrick offers in person and telehealth appointments within Blackbird House.

www.sandandsurfpsychology.com.au

Don’t forget to secure your spot for the “How to cope with pain during labour” workshop that Natural Birth Co. is hosting here at Blackbird House 💗
Friday 14th of April at 6pm.

$49 plus a FREE pregnancy/ postnatal Yoga or Pilates class!

Kate Fisher has recently opened up bookings for her Child-Centred Play Therapy here at Blackbird House Caloundra.

Contact Kate on 0472 666 972 for all bookings.

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R U OK DAY - 8th of September. 💛

Today is R U OK DAY. Since 2009, the 8th of September has been a day to remind us to ask ourselves and the people around us - “Are you okay?”.

This may only come around once a year, but here at Blackbird… we are advocates for this to be apart of more conversations on a day to day basis.

It is SO important to ask yourself and the people around you how they are. You never know who may need to hear it. This question can remind someone that they do matter, and it’s okay to not be okay.

We are here to support you, always. 🕊🙏🏼

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Blackbird House 🏡✨

This place right here…
This isn’t just a well-being hub.
It’s not just the home of Blackbird.Co

This place right here, is so many things to so many people in it’s own unique way.

What is Blackbird House to you? 🕊

CHILDREN’S COUNSELLING 🌱🎨🦋

Did you know that Blackbird offers Children’s Counselling?

We have exceptional Mental Health Professionals who can offer support to you or your family.

How can we help?

Blackbird is able to support children and their families with a range of presentations including anxiety, lowered mood, emotional regulation concerns, parenting support and situational stressors.

Our clinicians use evidence-based and age appropriate therapy approaches including Art and Play Therapy.

Please contact us on 0421 521 518 or via email [email protected] if you would like to make a booking or referral enquiry.

Blackbird.Co is situated in the heart of Caloundra at the beautiful Blackbird House 🏡 🕊

Would you like to work at a beautiful location surrounded by amazing people? We have an office available for daily hire Monday's. Would suit Allied Health Consultant or Zoom Room. Ring us for a chat.

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Lisa is very experienced and welcomes both GP referrals and self referrals from Men & Women 16yo +

NEW CLINICIAN ALERT 📣🕊

Blackbird Counselling has welcomed Lisa King to the team this year!

Lisa has immediate availability to see individuals aged 16yrs+.

Lisa specialises in the following areas:

• Anxiety and Depression
• Complex Childhood Trauma
• Transgenerational Trauma
• Domestic & Family Violence
• Grief
• Identity Exploration
• LGBTIQA+ Community

Please contact us on 0421521518 or via email [email protected] to enquire about booking in with Lisa 📆🕊

https://www.realcommercial.com.au/short-term-workspace/blackbird-house/private-office-space14051

Blackbird House has a space for lease. We welcome any businesses that are focused on the well-being of women and families. An amazing place to operate your business from surrounded by like-minded professionals. Blackbird.Co, SKIP Physio, Mama Blooming, Get Mobile Chiropractic, Talk Time Therapy, Ocean Psychology - Enquire Today.

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Time for some self care mama’s

Hi there, I'm Sharon 👋
After a long long break from social media I thought it time to reconnect and reintroduce myself.

Mum of two
Fueled by coffee (my vice and my love)
Carer of Mothers
Because I am a Mother
I know how amazing it is to be a Mother
I also know how hard it can be
How exhausting it can be
How overwhelming it can be
How lonely it can be

I know Motherhood can fill us with light and love and at the time shake us to our core in confidence
It can leave us drowing in the juggle that fills our day with busyness, and still wondering what we did all day....

What we did, by the way, was keep one or more humans alive and well and functioning. Even if only just

Motherhood can leave us filled with pride or feeling a complete failure
Sometimes we become so worried about the smallest things
Sometimes we lose out sh completely
Sometimes sh goes completely wrong
Sometimes it is fixable and sometimes it is life changing and sometimes that is not in a good way
And most times we blame ourselves, whatever the truth may be
Because we are Mothers and we feel responsible for our babies, no matter their age, no matter the situation

So I am here
To support the Mothers
Im not too worried about your babies
I know they will be just fine in your amazing care
All they need is their mum and to feel safe and loved
My job is to help you feel supported and confident and strong and connected so that you can truly embrace all the facets of Motherhood (and understand the crappier bits are normal, and so much more bearable when you are supported by your tribe)
On that note, are you keen to meet up?
With myself and other mums?
If you live here on the Sunshine Coast, let's do it! Comment below if keen
Lets begin growing your tribe today xx

A gift for a special someone? Or the most special someone… yourself! Get in before midnight tonight for a great Black Friday special.

Are you needing a massage for you? Of course you are!
Are you needing a massage for the perfect gift? Probably!
Take advantage of our Black Friday sale. 20% OFF ALL In-clinic massages!
That's in The Glass House Mountains or Blackbird House Blackbird.Co location
Book in a much needed and well deserved treatment for yourself, or cross another gift off your list as done!
Vouchers available.

To take advantage of this sale, message me directly (or email with the code: MB-blkFri, and I will contact you personally to organise your voucher or book in a time.

Massages are not just luxury, although luxurious!
They are ALSO
Rest and repair
Calming to the nervous system
Supportive for pregnancy, labour preparation, postpartum healing, regular body care
For you, your partner, Mother, sister, friend...whoever

Massages are encouraged to be used asap so that your body feels better and more prepared to roll through the Christmas season, although yes, they will still be valid after Christmas.

*Sale runs until midnight, Fri Nov 26
As long as you have messaged me by then, the discount applies. (Likely I won't reply immediately if you message at 11.58pm, but you are still in.)
*Payment to be made on initial contact to book

If the lights are on….

Just recently, we have attended some domestic violence awareness forums which have been very informative and heartbreaking at the same time. At Blackbird, we support many women who have experienced domestic violence.

But we just want to make people aware, that if the lights are on at Blackbird, you are welcome to come in. You can drop in:

* for a coffee
* to breathe
* to enter a safe space
* to be connected to specific DV and/or sexual assault services

We are fighting everyday to increase awareness about coercive control, violence, gender inequality and respectful relationships.

See them.
Hear them.
Believe them.

So if you ever drive past Blackbird House and the lights are on….❤️

Blackbird House
34 Oval Avenue, Caloundra (there are parks out the back)

Jason Hunt MP Shannon Fentiman MP

One for you & one to gift?

Just 5 weeks to go to Christmas.
Are you feeling organised, or have you not even begun? Either way, you deserve a reward, or some stress relief to help you get started.

Taking bookings now leading up to Christmas (and yes, of course vouchers too to gift) so get in quick to reserve your spot for your pre-Christmas massage before there are no spots left.

Message me directly to book, or you can now book online too here: https://www.mamablooming.com.au/massage-services

We have availability every day of the week. Get in touch to discuss options.

Are you in need of a work space? We have a beautiful room available at Blackbird House for hire on an hourly or daily basis. Join a fabulous team to provide your business services. Get in touch to secure the space now.

Labour preparation sessions have been in high demand of late, but do you know what is involved in these treatments?
Firstly, I want to clear up a common misconception.
Labour preparation massages are NOT labour 'induction' massages.
'Induction' is a medical intervention that WILL bring on labour regardless of if your body and mind are completely ready.
Labour preparation is more about PREPARING your body, mind and heart.
Because if either are not feeling ready, there is a good chance your labour will be put on pause until you do feel ready....or medical induction is introduced.
SO, labour prepartion is about helping you to feel ready, body mind and heart, so that we can prepare you for a progressive birth, and hopefully avoid any interventions*.
*nb. this does not mean this treatment is not worth having if you have a cesarian planned. Nope. It is totally beneficial to prepare you for the same reasons. You are preparing to meet your baby and you deserve to feel ready, body mind and heart just the same. Your body has quite the recovery to come, so why not go into this day feeling as relaxed and released as possible so you are in best position to begin recovery.

LET"S TALK ABOUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN A LABOUR PREPARATION SESSION

what is involved in preparing2 stop/go signs for birth
1 - we always talk. It is important for me to not only get to understand your pregnancy journey so far, but how you are feeling in readiness for both birth and beyond...you know....when you bring an entire tiny human home that you never had to care for before. We talk about how you feel, what support you have in place and our chat can lead down all sorts of paths depending on your needs.
Oh and we almost ALWAYS talk about your pelvic floor too....because that's kinda important to me that I know you feel prepared in the care and repair of your your PF if you need it.
2. - Massage full body, deliciously relaxing and focusing on your needs for releasing tensions, aches and preparing you for birth
3. - Chinese Accupressure Points - optional for you and focusing primarily on uterine letdown & oxytocin boosting
4. Optimal Maternal Positioning (OMP) and body balance work - an optional extra to ensure your body is in 'optimal position' so that bub in turn settles into 'optimal position', all hoping to support you toward your progressive birth without intervention
5. Breathwork - yep. Breath awareness is important in birth. In parenthood and in life. Particularly the challenging moments that see us tightening up with physical, emotional or mental tension. And so some basic breath awareness is used as YOU release tension within your body. An awareness of how capable you are is introduced.
6. Affirmations - a massage is closed with some gentle awareness and affirmations, not a cookie cutter process, but unfolds after our chat in relation to your needs and your sacred preparation
7. Meditation - this is optional for you, but certainly if you are willing a short meditation and pelvic bowl sweep can be included to help you again prepare body mind and heart for both birth and beyond

So what is Labour Preparation.....well it is a collection of care and more than JUST a massage. Xx

Are you in need of a work space? We have a beautiful room available at Blackbird House for hire on an hourly or daily basis. Join a fabulous team to provide your business services. Get in touch to secure the space now.

We are very excited to have Women’s Health Physiotherapist, Jaime Singleton from Sports and Spinal join us at our Mother’s Group this Wednesday 13th October at 12:30pm.

Bring yourself and a friend to come and chat, listen and meet some Mums ❤️.

See you there 🤗🙏🏼

What are you doing tomorrow? Come on down to Blackbird House for the Blackbird.Co Mothers Group. Do you have a question or concerns about your baby? We have our wonderful midwife Liz available to answer all your questions. Do you have a question about your health? Come and chat to Jess, Jess is a Mental Health Social Work student who is very experienced in one-on-one counselling. There's no commitment necessary and no cost involved. Let us help you build your tribe!

ARE YOU NEEDING TO HIRE A CLINIC ROOM?

Blackbird House is offering a space to hire on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 🕊🏡

Feel free to contact admin through the spacely link below:

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We are very excited to welcome Nicola from Talk Time Therapy to Blackbird House. Nicola's special interest is childhood mental health which beautifully compliments the work Blackbird.Co offers women. Nicola is offering bulk-billing for children for the first six sessions. Phone 0491 680 244 or email [email protected] to make a booking.

It’s that time again! Our two Mother’s Groups are running tomorrow at 9:30am and 12:30pm.

Liz, our Midwife will be attending the 12:30pm session tomorrow to impart her wisdom. Jessica will be running the group and the hot topic is relationships and parenting - challenges most of us endure.

See you there 🥰🌺