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A little of my origin story…

a little of my origin storyWhen I started doula work, I thought it was a stepping stone to midwifery. As I attended more births in the hospital as well as at home I realized I was desperately needed to support women in their hospital births. While homebirths are beautiful and often very intervention free, my work as an advocate and empowering source of trust in the process was needed in the hospital.

As I continued my work I learned that watching women step into their power in birth, motherhood, AND life would always be a part of my life.

Being a Doula has taught me so much about all the cracks and gaping holes in our care for women and babies. It is both infuriating and saddening to watch women get bad information, care that is not based in any evidence and disregarded or criticized when they have questions or concerns. While there are definitely care providers who are working hard to try to fill these gaps it is not enough.

The love I have and the joy I feel watching women step into their power in labor and birth is the reason I decided to grow to be able to provide more than the physical emotional & logistical support a Doula provides. My hope is to provide women a safe space to tap into their intuition, their other ways of knowing, their vulnerability and bravery to discover the pieces of them that are not quite being fulfilled. Whether this looks like nutrition, sleep, relationships, community, movement, trauma, fear. There are so many facets to our humanity. There is so much to delve into and discover. You are complex, unique, wild, miraculous.

I hope to continue to support, guide & grow in this impossible culture we live in.

If you have ever found it difficult to find your voice, to speak up for yourself, especially in any medical situation, if you have ever felt like you weren’t being listened to, if you have been harmed by misinformation or lack of information in our medical industrial complex, you are not alone. You can take back your power.

You can heal your wounds, spiritually, physically, emotionally – I’m here to help if you need it!

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Some things I’ve learned about me!

So it’s been over three years since I decided to start on my “health coach” journey. Since then I have learned many ways that I don’t want to work in this field (more on that at a later date) and so many ways that I DO!!

Here are a few. 

I DO want to be a touch stone for women who are trying to find balance, and themselves in the childbearing years.

I DO want to support women from pre-conception through the first 3-5 postpartum years.

I DO want to use my intuitive gifts to help guide women to find their answers. 

I DO want to offer space to explore choices in all areas of life. Choices in medical, relational, internal, and environmental arenas. 

I DO want to use my 15 years of education and experience to provide evidence-based support.

I DO want to keep learning to provide better and better service to my people. 

I DO want hold space in a year long container for radical change to happen. 

I DO want to offer a safer space for exploration and curiosity. 

I’m sure I’ll think of more to add here, but for today- these are my musings