Love Island’s Malin Andersson has revealed she is training as a midwife.
The influencer, 32, explained that after having previously lost a child and after giving birth to her daughter, she wants to use her voice from a ‘more rooted place’.
Malin lost her first child, Consy, at four weeks old in 2019 after she was born seven weeks premature. She then gave birth to her daughter Xaya, in 2022.
Now the star has explained that after everything she has experienced, she ‘feels called to walk alongside women at one of the most sacred thresholds of life’.
Posting a series of statements to Instagram Stories, she penned: ‘I’ve decided to start training as a midwife. After everything I’ve experienced in life and motherhood, I feel called to walk alongside women at one of the most sacred thresholds of life.
‘This isn’t me “giving up” on my voice or speaking it’s me grounding it in something deeply real. I’ll always continue sharing, writing and creating, but this time it will come from an even more rooted place.
Love Island’s Malin Andersson, 32, has revealed she is training as a midwife in an Instagram announcement on Saturday after she announced she was moving to Barcelona
The influencer explained that, after having previously lost a child and after giving birth to her daughter, she wants to use her voice from a ‘more rooted place’
‘As I begin my studies, I’m open to working with brands and projects that align with this new path. family, wellness, lifestyle, education, motherhood. Anything that helps support me and my daughter while I take this leap means so much.
‘This is a big transition and I know I won’t walk it alone. If you feel called to connect, collaborate, or co-create in this season. my inbox is open.’
She later added: ‘I have the experience of losing a baby, having a baby, pre natal and post natal depression and raising a child without parents.’
‘I want to put that to good use.. maybe I can use my voice and platform to help improve things. Who knows. A spiritual midwife eh.
‘Oh and the resilience I have within me when it comes to bullying/work place toxicity – my co operation with no. 10 & the home office I could do something really good here to help.’
Malin, who has spoken openly about her mental health struggles since appearing on Love Island in 2016, also recently revealed that she is relocating to Barcelona.
Last month, she checked in with her followers with a video, calling it an ‘update of the truth.’
She said: ‘Quick update. Me and Xaya are in Madeira. My best friend lives here and we’re going to be here for a week before we go on to our next adventure in Barcelona.’
Malin lost her first child, Consy, at four weeks old in 2019 after being born seven weeks premature and then gave birth to her daughter Xaya, in 2022
And now she has explained that everything she has experienced, she ‘feels called to walk alongside women at one of the most sacred thresholds of life’
Malin continued: ‘Imagine you leave a life that you’ve known for your entire life. My mum moved us all [her family] from Sweden to the UK when I was three years old, so Bedfordshire has been where I’ve been for basically my entire life.
‘Take away work and things like that, and your safety net becomes the town that you’re in, the people, the same faces, those same things.
‘But when I thought about it, there’s nothing here for me. I came with a family, and I’m leaving without anyone. I don’t speak to any of my siblings, my parents are dead, I have no family. It’s just me and Zaya.’
The mum-of-one explained how she’s ‘had enough’ of living here as it feels empty to her, and how she wishes to become happier being elsewhere.
She concluded: ‘I decided I’d had enough. I felt like my soul had been taken out of me, like I was functioning like a zombie just doing the same things.
‘When you’ve known stress, suffering and trauma your whole entire life you go through the healing phase, go inwards, and then you need change. So that’s what I’ve done.
‘I have no ties in England left anymore at all – no house, car, anything – that’s it. I need adventure, travel, fun and joy. Even though I’ve just got here it’s like my nervous system has creeped up on me since it’s only known how to be the other way.’
Sadly, in 2017 after her stint on the ITV2 dating show, Malin’s mum passed away after battling stomach cancer.
Then two years later, her baby girl Consy passed away from complications of being born prematurely.
Malin’s last boyfriend Jared broke up with her just four weeks after she gave birth to their daughter, Xaya, in January 2022.
Malin, who has spoken openly about her mental health struggles since appearing on Love Island in 2016, also recently revealed that she is relocating to Barcelona z
The star had also shared that her former partner Tom Kemp was abusive during their relationship, and was jailed in 2020 for assaulting her.
In March, she admitted she used to ‘question her sexuality’ because she’s ‘never felt safe around men’ in a candid post.
She told how she never had a father figure growing up to show her what love is and so has struggled with finding her ‘feminine’ in adulthood.
Speaking to the camera in a video titled: ‘BALANCING MASCULINE & FEMININE’, she said: ‘I can truly say I’ve never been made to feel safe around men.
‘At one point I was even questioning my own sexuality because I’ve never been able to step into my feminine.
‘I’ve never had the opportunity to because every man I have been with has been so ego driven and wounded in their masculine so I’ve never felt safe.
‘I’ve never felt soft and flowy or tapped into that feminine part. I do strength training and have the single mum life. No one has been able to make me feel safe.
‘It goes back to childhood and I never felt safe enough to step into that feminine – I never had that father figure growing up to show me how love was.’
