Romina Gardella’s passion is to support and empower women through pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period. She believes in the power and strength that every woman holds within. At SoulBirth, as well as offering her services as a doula, she curates quality local products into Moon Boxes. Each Moon Box is thoughtfully designed to support women through their pregnancy, birth and postpartum journeys.
The passion: What inspired you to set up your business?
My inspiration for my business comes from my love and passion about all things relating to women: their sacred rite of passage of birth and becoming mothers, and for the inspiring and wonderful community I live in here in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales.
Alongside all this, I found so many wonderful women who are on the mothering journey and have strongly created their own small businesses, so I wanted to support them the best I can, so as a collective we could support more mummas and make them feel seen, acknowledged and cared for during pregnancy, birth and postpartum time.
The launch: How did you start out in the beginning?
I guess like everything, it started like a dream.
Like a vision of wanting to do more with a passion that grew during my own sacred mothering time.
It was a moment of reflecting on a sense of purpose, of belonging, so I knew that if I followed my intuition and believed in my power, I was creating a path for myself that was right.
So I contacted people that shared the vision and the response was overwhelmingly positive.. and off it went!
The innovation: What was the biggest breakthrough for you with your business?
Feeling that deep sense of knowing that doing this was bigger than just a dream for myself, but a mission of caring for every woman.
Also, knowing the impact of what supporting small local businesses means, because you support more than just a business. You support someone else’s dreams and the future they wish to create for themselves and their families.
Yin and Yang: How do you balance work and family?
I’m not sure I have the perfect answer for this haha. Life has balance for everything.
I guess I acknowledge and respect my limitations, and know that for me, family comes first. So I juggle my times the best I can and honour the opportunities when they have to mix with each other.
Because I am on my mothering journey at the moment, as I have a 3-year-old and I’m 6 months pregnant, life and work are very much intertwined, and that’s the beauty of SoulBirth. It’s about honouring how women are capable of so much and that life is a constant balancing act.
