One of the most important issues of our lifetime is the health difference that White, Black, and Brown women and babies have. This is true in almost any part of the world where White peoples colonized indigenous peoples...
When the Doula Screws Up One of the things I’ve learned about Whiteness and white culture is our emphasis on doing things. Activity and accomplishment are highly valued in white culture. People may judge themselves harshly on days when they [...]
Doulaing For Friend’s Births It’s so thrilling to imagine being a doula for your friend’s pregnancy and birth! For some doulas this is what draws them to the work from the beginning. They want to make sure family [...]
Doulaing With A Disability Often becoming a professional doula is an achievable goal. But for others becoming or continuing as a doula with its physical demands is extremely difficult. In my thirty years of doing labor support I [...]
Doulaing At Midlife “When my 60 year old mother insisted she was middle aged and I wasn’t, I replied, “Mom, how many 120 year old women do you know?” -paraphrased from Postcards From The Edge by Carrie Fisher I [...]
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