Mindful Foundations
For Healthcare Professionals and moms
There is no health without mental health
Maternal wellbeing begins long before birth and it begins with you.
This isn’t a slogan.
It’s a clinical reality.
Your emotional wellbeing, your thoughts, sleep, behaviour, relationships, resilience, all influence your physical health. And they profoundly shape the course of a pregnancy.
Mental health is not optional.
It is part of the foundation of maternal health.
If you’re living with a mental illness or have experienced episodes in the past, planning a pregnancy can bring a flood of questions:
- Will my symptoms return?
- Is my medication safe?
- How do I protect my baby while protecting myself?
You may feel torn between two needs that feel equally critical. This pressure is very real and very normal.
And while women with mental illness often feel these concerns most intensely, the truth is that pregnancy is a high-risk period for emotional instability for all women.
Life can change quickly loss, stress, trauma & postpartum depression can affect anyone.
Which is why every woman deserves support for her mental health just as she does for her physical health during pregnancy and postpartum.
COMING 2026Why so many women feel overwhelmed
Today’s mothers-to-be face unprecedented information challenges.
Overload
Endless articles, blogs, social media advice & research, all saying something different.
Conflicting opinions
Psychiatrists, GPs, obstetricians, paediatricians, midwives each sees only part of the picture.
Stigma
Psychiatric treatment still attracts fear, misunderstanding, and judgment.
Fear of getting it wrong
The stakes feel impossibly high. Many women freeze, over-research or enter panic cycles.
In moments like these, emotions take over.
Fear clouds judgment. It becomes hard to take clear, constructive steps.
You may know you need help, but feel unsure where to start, or afraid to make the wrong choice.
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On-Demand Learning
Learn from the comfort of your home.
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5 Modules with expert guidance
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Designed for both healthcare professionals working in maternal mental health & moms
On-Demand Learning
- Dates: Coming January 2026
- Investment: R2 700 (Healthcare professionals) / R2 200 (Mindful moms)
- CPD: 3 Ethical + 5 Clinical CEUs
- Platform: E-Learning Platform
- Recordings: Available for 6 months
Who is this for?
What this program will give you
This foundational phase has been created to restore clarity, confidence & calm, so you can move forward with intention rather than fear.
Clarity
A simple, structured framework to organise your thinking.
Confidence
A decision-making process rooted in evidence and perspective, not panic.
Stability
A mental anchor you can return to throughout pregnancy.
Perspective
A clear understanding that mental illness itself carries risks and must be part of every healthcare decision.
This is for experienced clinicians who are ready to move beyond what to know, into how to apply it in the messy, complex reality of clinical practice.
- How to navigate team dynamics when you're excluded or blamed.
- How to counsel without increasing guilt or fear.
- How to manage it when something goes wrong.
- How to hold ethical dilemmas that don't have clean answers.
What my clients have to say!
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The workshop was extremely beneficial and has improved my prescribing knowledge and inspired me to do more reading on maternal mental health topics and women's mental health in general.
-Pharmacology Attendee
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This has been a topic I’ve been longing for in a workshop as it’s a special interest area of mine, and providing evidence-based treatment in this part of a woman’s life is so important and so poorly understood by most doctors.
-Pharmacology Attendee
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I found the content was expertly curated, highly informative & addressed the complexities of medication management during pregnancy and the postpartum. I especially appreciated the balance between evidence-based guidance and practical case examples which made the material both accessible and clinically relevant. I feel more confident in supporting my patients and families during this critical time.
-Pharmacology Attendee
What you will learn?
Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4
Ready to Move from
Uncertainty to Clarity?
Join an exclusive group of senior practitioners who refuse to hide behind "we need more data" and are ready to master the art of confident, compassionate decision-making in perinatal mental health.
Limited to 25 members
COMING SOONLed by Dr. Elsa du Toit
25 years in medicine
15 years focused on perinatal psychiatry
Dr. du Toit brings a unique combination of deep clinical expertise and holistic thinking about maternal and family health.
But what really sets this masterclass apart is the focus on how decisions get made in complex clinical systems, not just what the guidelines say, but how to navigate the human, organisational and ethical realities that make perinatal care so challenging.
This is high-level clinical mastery for practitioners who are ready to lead, consult, and make confident decisions in the most complex situations.
