MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR PREGNANCY , POSTPARTUM & PARENTS WHO FEEL LIKE THE WHEELS ARE FALLING OFF!

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Nikki Steele Osborne, aka The Scottish Soul Sister, is an award-winning coach, speaker and author specialising in practical mental-health support for pregnancy, postpartum and parents who feel like the wheels are falling off.

Following her own experience of postpartum depression and anxiety when her son Archie was born in 2017, Nikki founded The Scottish Soul Sister and created the award-winning digital guide Stepping Into Parenthood.

Known for her honest, straight-talking and humorous approach, Nikki brings a refreshingly real voice to conversations about the mental load, simple sustainable self-care and why parents need to look after their own headspace.

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NIKKI CAN TALK ABOUT

The Six Human Needs
The Three Accounts for Self Care
Expectations and Communication as Parents
Pregnancy, postpartum and the transition into parenthood
Postpartum depression and anxiety — without the scaremongering

Simple, Sustainable Selfcare
The importance of understanding your own needs as a parent
Feeling like the wheels are falling off
Better preparation in pregnancy / crisis intervention
Expat life and homesickness

WHY NIKKI?

Lived experience. Professional expertise. An unapologetically Scottish voice.

Nikki combines lived experience of postpartum depression and anxiety with professional coaching expertise and nearly two decades of life overseas. As a mum, expat, author and speaker, she brings honesty, humour and practical insight to conversations about parenthood, mental health and the realities of family life.

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Nikki Steele Osborne is an award-winning coach, speaker and author supporting mental health for pregnancy, postpartum and parents who feel like the wheels are falling off.

Her own experience of Postpartum Depression and Anxiety following the birth of her son in 2017 became the catalyst for her mission to support other parents. Her approach is honest, practical and often laced with humour — with no sugarcoating, no scaremongering and a pretty strong Scottish accent!

Originally from Scotland, Nikki has spent almost two decades living overseas in four different countries, navigating expat life, international relocations, motherhood, business ownership and the realities of raising a family away from home.

Nikki is the creator of Stepping Into Parenthood, an award-winning digital guide designed to help parents identify and meet their own unique Six Human Needs. She is also the author of Homebird, a memoir about expat life, motherhood, mental health, business and the ever-present and complicated pull of home.

Known as The Scottish Soul Sister, Nikki brings a raw, relatable and refreshingly unfiltered voice to conversations about parenthood and mental health.