'The her-story of women’s work ~ a handmaid’s tale' |
Saturday, 12pm |
About Julie BellJulie Bell has been, at various times, a Registered Nurse, birth passionista, herbalist and now founder/owner of Blissful Herbs and author of the Melbourne Doula blog.
As a doula and volunteer humanitarian worker, Julie attended births in Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Nagaland, Ireland, New Zealand and the United States before returning to Australia to live. She is the mother of four babies, all born at home, in 3 different countries. It is the passion of Julie’s life to support women in realising their personal power and learning to wield it unapologetically. It is the joy of Julie’s life to be allied with a remarkable cohort of creative and inspiring women who are a force of love and change in the world. Birthing rights, women’s rights, human rights and the environment are causes never far from Julie’s heart. A friend recently described Julie as “one of the most staggering and formidable people I have ever met”. Julie however, regards herself as a plodder, who “tried hard”. On her Instagram account @blissful.herbs which has a following of 36K, she writes “Expect radical. Do not expect tame.” Into her 50s and beyond, Julie intends to continue to live radically, wage peace and make revolution. |