Media & Conversations
About Rosie
Rosie van der Heiden is the founder of Snowy Mountain.
She supports mothers and birth workers in making sense of their lived experiences, reconnecting with embodied knowing, and cultivating deeper self-trust.
Her work draws on traditional postpartum care, birth story listening and integration, somatic practices, and a deep appreciation for the wisdom held within our stories and bodies.
She brings a perspective that bridges the practical and the poetic, the embodied and the symbolic, inviting conversations that move beyond conventional narratives of birth, motherhood, and personal transformation.
Conversation Topics
Birth & the stories we carry
Birth doesn't end at birth: the ongoing integration of our birth experiences.
Why making space for the birth story matters, even years later.
When birth unfolds differently than expected, and the stories we make of it.
The relationship between birth experiences, identity, and the parent-child relationship.
Motherhood & transformation
Matrescence: becoming a mother as an ongoing, multi-year process of transformation.
Mothering the mother: why postpartum care matters beyond the newborn period.
The identities we shed, discover, and integrate through motherhood.
Embodiment & self-trust
Learning to listen to the body without needing to fix or interpret everything.
The relationship between our lived experiences and our embodied knowing.
Moving beyond the idea that every difficult experience is something to recover from.
Making meaning of our experiences rather than simply moving on from them.
For birth workers
The importance of tending to the stories birth workers carry.
Holding space without taking ownership of someone else's experience.
The difference between witnessing, fixing, and facilitating integration.
These are invitations rather than prescribed topics. I'm equally interested in where a thoughtful conversation might lead, and open to other topics as well.
“There is a difference between understanding what happened and discovering what the experience holds for us.”
~ Rosie
Interview availability: Available for online/remote interviews and in-person engagements.
Location: Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.
Languages: English, Dutch
Previous media appearances: Squamish Chief newspaper, Birth:Through the Veil podcast, Sea to Sky Community Services, PearlSpace Whistler
Social links: www.snowy-mountain.com, www.instagram.com/_snowy_mountain/, www.facebook.com/SnowyMountainPostpartumCare,
Short bio: Rosie van der Heiden is the founder of Snowy Mountain, supporting mothers and birth workers in making sense of their lived experiences and reconnecting with embodied knowing. Drawing on traditional postpartum care, birth story integration, and somatic practices, she explores the intersections of birth, motherhood, identity, and the wisdom held within our stories and bodies.
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I'd love to hear from you. Whether you're developing a podcast episode, planning an interview, writing an article, or exploring a speaking opportunity, you're welcome to get in touch.
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