Alexia Leachman is considered the world’s foremost expert on tokophobia, the extreme fear of pregnancy and childbirth. She's the author of Fearless Birthing, Clear Your Head Trash, and Betrayed By Your Biology, and the creator of Head Trash Clearance, a powerful healing modality that helps people clear fears, phobias, trauma, and anxiety. Fast.

She’s helped thousands of women around the world, including therapists, doulas, midwives, and birth professionals, to overcome tokophobia and related reproductive fears.

Alexia is also the voice behind two popular podcasts:

🎙️ The Fear Free Childbirth Podcast — with over 1.8 million downloads, it’s become a trusted resource for women and birth professionals around the world.

🎙️ Tik-Tokophobia — the only podcast dedicated to exploring the hidden fear of pregnancy and birth.

But she didn’t start out that way…

Alexia was once a hot mess of tokophobia, anxiety, and depression. Her own pregnancy left her spiralling with fear and panic. When therapy and traditional methods failed, she developed a way to heal herself - and it worked.

Today, her mission goes beyond individual healing.

Alexia is a fierce advocate for raising awareness about tokophobia and reproductive anxiety, pushing for better understanding within the medical and mental health fields. 

Through her published white papers - Fear Sells and The Case for RAD (Reproductive Anxiety Disorder) - she is actively reframing tokophobia as a legitimate and treatable mental health condition.