ABOUT DIANA

Hi, I’m Diana.

I was born into a Russian family in Latvia and moved to the UK when I was 12. These days, we’ve sold and given away nearly everything we owned and moved to Portugal — following a dream to live closer to the earth, raise our children wild and free, and create something beautiful from the soil up.

My path into motherhood radically reshaped my life.

When we got engaged in 2019, I imagined giving birth in hospital, hooked up to every machine. That’s all I knew. But the more I learned, the more I listened to my body and questioned what I’d been taught, the more everything changed. Since then, I’ve homebirthed my daughter, freebirthed my son, and devoted myself to deep study — not just of birth, but of the wider systems we live in.

Over the years, I trained in doula work, psycho-neuro-endocrine birth physiology, Bach flower therapy, hypnobirthing, and more. But my real education came from walking alongside women, witnessing the power of undisturbed birth, and learning to honour intuition over institution.

After leaving the NHS maternity system during my second pregnancy, I stepped fully into birthwork on my own terms — not as a doula-for-hire, but as a woman supporting other women in unlearning fear and reclaiming their sovereignty.

I don’t see myself as a guide who holds all the answers — just someone who holds space with honesty, asks uncomfortable questions, and believes deeply in our capacity to remember our wild, wise roots.

These same values shape my podcast, Rewild the Village — a space where I share the books and ideas that cracked me open, the stories that keep me going, and the meditations that help us all soften back into our bodies. It’s for anyone seeking gentler, braver, more truthful ways to live, raise children, and reconnect with the earth.

Because for me, this has never just been about birth.

It’s about remembering how to live.