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HOW TO BUILD A POWERFUL BIRTHPLAN
Is your birth plan helping you connect to your power and confidently advocate for yourself and your goals? Birth plans can be a strangely divisive topic in the birth world. Some people believe they are rigid lists of what you do or don’t want done during your birth. But a birth plan done right can help you obtain the education you need from your provider to be able to say yes or no to a procedure that is most likely a routine practice or policy. So how do you create a powerful birth plan? When you stop the information overload and uncover
DOULA: WHERE ARE YOU IN THE CYCLE OF NARCISSISTIC ABUSE?
*Disclaimer: My position on certification is that it is not inherently bad, toxic, or harmful. The purpose and role of certification is to continue your education and growth as you serve your families and communities as a doula. Certification is NOT the gatekeeper of your worthiness and professionalism as a doula.* Douladom is waking up to the toxicity in the Doula Training Industrial Complex (TIC). Maybe you are realizing some of your training was problematic, incomplete, or even oppressive. I believe douladom as a whole is caught in a cycle of abuse with training organizations that mirrors the Narcissistic Abuse
IMPLICIT BIAS AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE AS A DOULA
What would you do if you found out that your own biases and beliefs about birth were disempowering the clients you are serving? Chances are you started your important work as a doula after your own birthing experiences. And maybe that experience was a powerful, amazing birth that you believe all pregnant people deserve. More likely though, it was a birth that didn’t go as planned and you might even feel you need to protect your clients from their providers and the birthing system as a whole. What if I told you that – positive or negative – your birth
HOW TO BUILD A POWERFUL BIRTHPLAN
Is your birth plan helping you connect to your power and confidently advocate for yourself and your goals? Birth plans can be a strangely divisive topic in the birth world. Some people believe they are rigid lists of what you do or don’t want done during your birth. But a birth plan done right can help you obtain the education you need from your provider to be able to say yes or no to a procedure that is most likely a routine practice or policy. So how do you create a powerful birth plan? When you stop the information overload and uncover
DOULA: WHERE ARE YOU IN THE CYCLE OF NARCISSISTIC ABUSE?
*Disclaimer: My position on certification is that it is not inherently bad, toxic, or harmful. The purpose and role of certification is to continue your education and growth as you serve your families and communities as a doula. Certification is NOT the gatekeeper of your worthiness and professionalism as a doula.* Douladom is waking up to the toxicity in the Doula Training Industrial Complex (TIC). Maybe you are realizing some of your training was problematic, incomplete, or even oppressive. I believe douladom as a whole is caught in a cycle of abuse with training organizations that mirrors the Narcissistic Abuse
IMPLICIT BIAS AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE AS A DOULA
What would you do if you found out that your own biases and beliefs about birth were disempowering the clients you are serving? Chances are you started your important work as a doula after your own birthing experiences. And maybe that experience was a powerful, amazing birth that you believe all pregnant people deserve. More likely though, it was a birth that didn’t go as planned and you might even feel you need to protect your clients from their providers and the birthing system as a whole. What if I told you that – positive or negative – your birth
Traci Weafer
Childbirth Educator, Mentor, Advocate, Parent
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