About
Jacqui Blue
I am a Certified Hypnotherapist, documentary filmmaker, writer, photographer, artist and mother. I graduated with Honors and received an Academic Achievement Award from the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in 2018, after clocking just over 1,000 pro-bono practice hours with clients during my training.
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Beautiful Births started as a documentary project for a class when I was in film school. From the success of the 5-minute portfolio version which gained 4.9 million views on YouTube in a matter of 6 months, the feature version of the documentary was born. I continued to add to my work in this area, helping to educate and empower new parents-to-be, by adding a hypnotherapy program, a series of MP3s, a book, and support groups...and then one day I realized I had built a brand.
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I have six children and had five very different pregnancy and birth experiences. I had a cesarean section with my twins in 2003, followed by two very different back to back VBAC experiences in hospitals in 2005 and 2006. I had my last son with a licensed Midwife and in water, by candle light at a birth center in 2008. In January 2022, I had a precipitous labor (very intense, very fast) which resulted in an unplanned, unassisted home birth with my daughter - my 15 year old son was my only birth support, and what a story that one is!
I have been featured in Parents.com, Authority Magazine, US News, Baby Gaga, Healthy Way, Life Zette, Good Enough Mother, Inspire Me Today, Shout Out LA, many more, and several podcasts.
​I have personally experienced Hypnosis in Childbirth myself and during my time studying hypnotherapy, I knew this was an area I wanted to specialize in because the subject of childbirth is one I’ve become an expert in.
In 2014 I released my first film; an internationally acclaimed documentary, Beautiful Births. I was asked to be a contributing author to the Fear Free Childbirth book. In 2023 I published my first book, a companion to the Beautiful Births film combined with an interactive version of my Beautiful Hypnosis-Births hypnotherapy program. I'm really excited about this first-of-its-kind book. I am an ideal person to work with women wishing to experience a beautiful birth using hypnosis in childbirth because of my experiences, knowledge, skills, and passion.
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I have always been fascinated with the human condition, human behaviors, and how the mind works. I'm also an artist who loves painting, photography, resin crafting, poetry, writing, and filmmaking. I often find that my fascination with and interest in psychology finds its way into my art and my art finds its way into my clinical work and professional studies. In my world, mental wellness and the arts go hand-in-hand, as I see various forms and mediums of artistic and creative expression to be the most effective forms of therapy.
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See my media & press credentials here: Beautiful Births & Jacqui Blue in the Media
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