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Dr Sharon Stoliar, PhD

PhD, Southern Cross University · Maternity Consumer Network · Literary Titan Gold Book Award

As featured in ABC · Sky News · Channel 9 · The Australian · Australian Jewish News

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Speak

Keynotes, briefings and media on birth trauma, culturally safe maternity care, and antisemitism in healthcare.

Research

A national mixed-methods study of 447 Australian midwives and the concept of informed vulnerability.

Books

Scars of Gold, a memoir of birth trauma and the cost of not being heard.

Selected media

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Channel 9, The Today Show

10 October 2023

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ABC News

7 December 2023

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Sky News Australia

13 February 2025

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The Australian

24 February 2025

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Channel 9

30 November 2022

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Channel 12 News Israel

Interviewed by Amalia Duek and Ofer Hadad
13 July 2026

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Channel 12 News Israel

7 April 2025

Rising antisemitism in Australia

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ABC News

9 October 2023
Article by Housnia Shams on the NSW Birth Trauma Inquiry.

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Australian Jewish News

20 February 2025
Carly Adno reports on Sharon's warnings regarding healthcare hostility.

“This book should be required reading for all healthcare practitioners and students.”

— Professor Vlado Perkovic, Dean of Medicine, UNSW

“Sharon’s story is shocking, but one that is all too common.”

— Dr Justin Coulson

“Sharon describes the real source of trauma: not being heard, seen, or believed.”

— Dr Joan Combellick, Yale School of Nursing

“Sharon’s powerful story highlights how important it is for a woman to be heard during her birth and recovery and how we as medical professionals can be both the answer and the problem.”

Dr Jana Pittman
Olympian, world champion and doctor

“This is a wonderful book tackling birth and trauma in a compassionate and thoughtful way. Sharon gives voice to many of the themes women and partners feel after a traumatic perinatal period.”

Dr Rebecca Moore
Perinatal psychiatrist and Make Birth Better co-founder

“Sharon’s story is a moving personal account of the damage birth trauma can inflict on new, vulnerable mums. She is truly brave for laying it all bare.”

Chezzi Denyer
Senior TV producer and presenter, Mummy Time TV

Book Sharon for speaking, media or collaboration.

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