I was raised in Australia where I received degrees in physiotherapy, philosophy and anthropology. I moved to the U.S. in 1973 and in 1977, I founded the Obstetrics and Gynecology Section of the American Physical Therapy Association, now called the Section on Women's Health. In 1979 I founded the Maternal and Child Health Center and Cambridge Physical Therapy in Cambridge, MA., a private clinic offering educational and therapeutic services for childbearing families, which I directed until 1990.

I have authored 8 books (*= out of print):

• Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year (3 editions: Houghton Mifflin, 4th ed, revised 2003: New Life Images. Translated into Dutch, Hebrew and Korean.
• Having Twins—and More, (3rd ed. 2003) Houghton Mifflin
• Childbirth with Insight,* Houghton Mifflin
• Marie Osmond's Exercises for Mothers-to-Be* NAL
• Marie Osmond's Exercises for Mothers and Babies*NAL
• Primal Connections,* Simon & Schuster
  (Translated into German and published by Fischer in October, 1996)
• The Joy of Being a Boy*,with Leo Sorger, M.D. New Life Images
• Having Your Baby by Donor Insemination*, Houghton Mifflin

Some of the out of print titles marked * are available from New Life Images or can be found searching on line, or in libraries. Please see Books.

I've written many articles, chapters and forewords and I am a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Pre- and Perinatal Pyschology and Medicine, and Primal Renaissance: The Journal of Primal Psychology. I have been a Director of the Association for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health, and I have served on the advisory boards of many organizations such as the Toronto Birth Center, Center for Loss in Multiple Birth (CLIMB), and Dancing Through Pregnancy®.

I also write articles for travel magazines as I have been privileged to teach and journey in many different countries.

My video tapes and CDs include: Inside Experiences: From Conception through Birth, Channel for a New Life (water birth), and BabyJoy: Exercises and Activities for Parents and Infants. I was the exercise consultant to the film project Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year (Polymorph Films, Boston) and the Marie Osmond pregnancy exercise video Marie Osmond's Exercises for Mothers-to-Be. The new preventive and restorative video program for incontinence, osteoporosis, hip and back pain, Pelvic Power, has been released and the book is in progress.

As the director of Women's Health Resources in Harwich, MA, I offer primarily lecturing and consulting. Treatment of women's health disorders can be arranged on Cape Cod during the summer.

My OB-GYN Courses provide training for physical therapists and other health care professionals. During the past twenty-five years, I have presented lectures, workshops, and media appearances across the U.S. and abroad, on the physical, psychological, and philosophical dimensions of reproduction and birth. I am the mother of a 27 year-old daughter, and an 20 year-old son.

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