About Imogen Love

Some of my earliest memories are of being completely absorbed by the world around me. I remember falling in love with nature, with music, with ‘beautiful’ things, and especially with photographs. I could spend hours looking through our family albums, studying the faces of people I knew and the people I didn't, wondering about the lives they had lived and the moments that had been captured forever. I think I was fascinated by the feeling held inside an image as much as the image itself. Even then, I was interested in memory, in story, in the fleetingness of things.

Photography eventually became a huge part of my life. I spent more than fifteen years working in fashion advertising as a creative producer and art director, travelling, making images and building worlds around them. It was an extraordinary education in beauty and detail, but also in people. In learning how to look closely. In understanding atmosphere and feeling. In knowing that sometimes the smallest detail can completely change an experience.

And then I became a mother, and everything shifted.

I have two daughters, both born at home, and their births were very different. Both were powerful lessons that reminded me that there is no perfect way to give birth ~ only your way. This is one of the reasons I hold birth with so much openness.

I think becoming a mother, and experiencing birth for myself, changed the way I understood women. It made me much more interested in what happens beneath the surface of things. In the body, instinct, fear, trust, surrender, love. In the enormous transformation that happens when a woman becomes a mother, and in how little space we sometimes give that transformation.

It was through motherhood that I found my way to doula work. What began as a deep fascination became something much more profound. For more than five years now, I have had the privilege of walking alongside women and families through some of the most intimate and significant days of their lives.

I don't think I will ever stop being moved by it.

There is something about witnessing a baby enter the world, and watching a woman meet a completely new part of herself at the same time, that still feels almost impossible to comprehend.

Outside of my work, I am happiest in simple things. Long walks. The sea. Music playing around the house. Cooking for people I love. A table full of friends. Deep conversations that go on for hours. Books. Photography. Yoga. Making things. Learning something new. Being outside. Gathering people together.

I have always loved creating spaces where people feel welcome. Our home has often been full of friends, family, food, children, laughter and conversations that stretch late into the evening. I think this instinct to gather and care for people is something I have carried for as long as I can remember.

I think all of these things are connected somehow. The little girl looking through family photographs. The teenager falling in love with making music. The years spent making images. Becoming a mother. Learning to listen to the body. Gathering people around a table. Creating a room where someone can really feel safe.

They all belong to the same thread.

A fascination with people.

With beauty.

With connection.

With the moments that change us.

And with the extraordinary, ordinary mystery of being alive.

Long walks. The sea.

A house full of people I love.

Cooking without a recipe.

Deep conversations (no small talk necessary)

Women supporting women. Raising two strong girls.

Creating music/magic.
A side table stacked with books .

Kundalini yoga.

Helping a person find peace/power/healing.

Making something with my hands.

Photography ~ The eye of the heart.

The wonder of pregnancy and childbirth (it never gets old).

Rising before the sun. Late nights around the kitchen table.

Learning something I know absolutely nothing about.

Being somewhere unfamiliar. Coming home.

Nature, in all forms.

Gathering, Hosting, Holding Space. There is something about making space for people that feels very natural to me.

Perhaps that is why this work feels so much like home..

Over five years experience providing gold standard, trauma informed expert care to women and families through pregnancy, childbirth and parenthood.
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Alongside two pregnancies and births of my own, I have lived experience of Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Postnatal Depression. Whilst I would never wish either upon anyone, these experiences allow me to meet women facing similar challenges with genuine understanding, compassion, and without judgement.

I have had the honour of supporting countless women, partners, and families over the past five+ years. Each journey has added another layer to the knowledge, experience, and wisdom I now bring to my work. Whilst no two journeys are ever the same, there are patterns, nuances, and lessons that can only be learned by walking alongside families time and time again.

some of my professional trainings include:

Fully Certified and Accredited Birth Doula with BirthBliss Academy (2021)

Fully Certified and Accredited Birth Doula with Doula UK - please note I am no longer listed on Doula UK due to the widespread concern of their ethics and practice

Biomechanics For Birth with Optimal Birth Molly O’Brian (2021)

The Maternity Chakras with Nadia Raafat (2022)

Physiologic Baby Care with INNATE TRADITIONS (2024)

Forever a student of life, each year I reinvest back into my work ~ through training, study, and continued learning ~ expanding my understanding of birth, the body, and human experience. I believe this path asks us to stay open, curious, and willing to evolve, and I carry that commitment into everything I offer.

I believe deeply in the power of Community.

I would love to welcome you to one of my monthly circles & soundbath events, in my studio beautiful studio in Stoke Newington ~ please sign up to my newsletter or find me on instagram @imogenlove for updates about the next gathering.

In need of a village? I created Matra Collective, a beautiful constellation of experienced and intuitive women’s health practitioners. devotional support, all under one roof, ready to support you.

When you choose to work with me you are invited into a wider circle of women that I am supporting, a gentle community space for connection, reassurance, and shared experience as you move through this chapter of your life.