Tegan Wilde

I am driven by connection: to ourselves, to one another and to the natural world. As an outdoor educator and sailor, nature has taught me to listen deeply, navigate uncertainty and trust that there is often more wisdom available when we slow down and connect. As a psychosomatic therapist, counsellor and outdoor educator, I have been inspired by how people can change, grow and heal when they feel truly seen, understood and no longer alone.

A defining moment in my life was in 2025, when my son Tulley died just minutes after his birth. Becoming his mother and losing him simultaneously brought me into a world I had never imagined. I learned how difficult it is to find language for an experience that changes every part of you, and how easily shame and isolation can grow when the people around you don't know how to accompany you. Experiencing the cultural gaps surrounding perinatal loss inspired me to help close them. My lived experience is not the answer, but the compass that guides where and how I listen.

Since Tulley's death, I have been increasingly connecting with women, families and practitioners in the perinatal-loss space, listening to their experiences and exploring the gaps in support. I bring together my experience in counselling, psychosomatic therapy, group facilitation, storytelling and nature to help translate complex experiences into language, images and practical resources.

Through my Churchill Fellowship, I will learn from diverse cultures that hold profound life transitions with reverence and community understanding. I hope to bring this knowledge home to support Australian women and their communities to honour motherhood, maintain connection with their child, and walk together through the grief and transformation that follows perinatal loss.