For Birth Workers • Traci Doula

Birth work in a broken system is challenging.

HERE you’ll gAIN THE CONFIDENCe, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION TOOLS, HEALING & SUPPORT to be the BIRTH ADVOCATE you’ve always envisioned

The challenges of advocating inside a broken system can feel lonely and frustrating for everyone in the birth team. We all have a responsibility to learn how to be better advocate support where 1 in 3 birthing people say they experience trauma. The hierarchy of power within the system is a myth. The only person with power is the birthing person and it is the birth team’s job to keep this person in the center of the decision-making process.

This community of change is the powerful movement we need to keep trauma from entering the birthing space. Let us come together and make a collaborative commitment to reduce birth trauma!

Doulas, We have a special responsibility by being the most connected to the birthing person. We have a relationship and understanding with our clients that is unique. We are entrusted with information that we hold dear and need to relay this information to other members of the birth team if and when necessary. Doula, if you are leaving births cloudy-headed and asking yourself if you could have done something different the Doula Instincts mentoring membership can help lift those clouds. We first have to start with a deep dive within ourselves to find our advocate support identity. The membership offers two levels that will help you learn and grow into what you feel you need to give that best advocate support to the local community you serve.

Advocacy in birth work starts with YOU! We can not be 100% for our clients if we are not 100% ourselves.

“I believe that the doula profession can single handedly change the way a birthing family enters the birth covenant. A doula must understand professionalism in advocacy, her strength in support, and recognize the deepest level of trust from the birthing family.“

Traci Doula

Are you a birth worker that provides in-person support in your community?

Get connected with an incredible brainstorming community of birth workers who have a commitment of change. Join our welcoming community of Doulas, L&D Nurses, OBs, Midwives, Birth Photographers, and any other person working in the birth space!

Birthworker

Community

Great FOR ALL BIRTH WORKERS!

Who is this for? Anyone who has a commitment to respectful care and reducing trauma in the birth space.

This is a special, safe, & supportive community for all kinds of birth workers. Perfect for Doulas, L&D Nurses, OBs, Midwives, Birth Photographers, and any other person working in the birth space!

+ What’s Included

Access to a private community of advocate birth workers
Peer-to-peer support from other birth workers and Community Leaders
Brainstorming with other professionals on the birth team for perspective
Access to on-demand pay per view workshops
Option to upgrade to either of the other level at any time

AVAILABLE ONLY ONCE A Quarter! Next cohort open registration August 2022.

Investment: $20/Month, Cancel anytime!
30% of proceeds per month will be donated to the National Birth Equity Collaborative (NBEC)

Doula Mentoring

Growth

Perfect for Doulas who are serious about & making real impact

Whether you’re a seasoned doula or just starting out, this option gives you all of the tools and support you need to be a confident advocate doula for yourself and your clients. Get everything from LEVEL 1 plus one-on-one mentoring with me so we can dig into what practical skills you can build on as an advocate. Let’s start our six month relationship and WIN TOGETHER!

+ What’s Included

Everything from The Community Level
Monthly one-on-one mentoring and coaching with Traci
Quarterly VIP deep dives into important advocate doula topics
VIP discount rate for in-person workshops and all products in Traci’s shop
Monthly VIP workbooks and special content with actionable steps to improve your advocacy and conversation skills in prenatals and the birthing space
Real-time access to Traci through text support.

AVAILABLE ONLY ONCE A Quarter! Next Cohort Open Registration August 2022.

Investment: $199/month for 6 months

Birthworker

Community

Great FOR ALL BIRTH WORKERS!

Who is this for? Anyone who has a commitment to respectful care and reducing trauma in the birth space.

This is a special, safe, & supportive community for all kinds of birth workers. Perfect for Doulas, L&D Nurses, OBs, Midwives, Birth Photographers, and any other person working in the birth space!

+ What’s Included

Access to a private community of advocate birth workers
Peer-to-peer support from other birth workers and Community Leaders
Brainstorming with other professionals on the birth team for perspective
Access to on-demand pay per view workshops
Option to upgrade to either of the other level at any time

AVAILABLE ONLY ONCE A Quarter! Next cohort open registration August 2022.

Investment: $20/Month, Cancel anytime!
30% of proceeds per month will be donated to the National Birth Equity Collaborative (NBEC)

LEVEL 2:

Learning

Perfect for Doulas who are looking for a deeper dive into advocacy

If you’ve been doing this work for a while (especially without a supportive doula community) you are likely carrying around some heavy stuff from the births you’ve witnessed, to the confusing and hurtful messages in large doula training organizations, and possibly horizontal violence in online or local doula groups. This option gives you all of the benefits from LEVEL 1 plus the additional support you need to unpack all of this and start healing.

+ What’s Included

Everything from Level 1: Community
Live topic discussions with Traci (recordings will be available)
Doula Instincts Discounts for in-person workshops
Access to Day 1 in-person material (bias, boundaries, brilliance)
Keeping Your Power® educator training
KYP student supplemental workbook
Advocacy does not equal Animosity T-shirt
Monthly workbooks and special content to help you heal and grow

AVAILABLE ONLY ONCE A Quarter! Next Cohort Open Registration August 2022.

Investment: $133/month for 6 months

Doula Mentoring

Growth

Perfect for Doulas who are serious about & making real impact

Let’s start our six month relationship and WIN TOGETHER!

+ What’s Included

Everything from The Community Level
Monthly one-on-one mentoring and coaching with Traci
Quarterly VIP deep dives into important advocate doula topics
VIP discount rate for in-person workshops and all products in Traci’s shop
Monthly VIP workbooks and special content with actionable steps to improve your advocacy and conversation skills in prenatals and the birthing space
Real-time access to Traci through text support.

AVAILABLE ONLY ONCE A Quarter! Next Cohort Open Registration August 2022.

Investment: $199/month for 6 months

Community Leaders

As community leaders and mentors, we recognized that our own individual levels of privileged, limitations, and lived experiences will impact our work AND we are committed to continuous self-appraisal and growth to ensure that the mentorship is a safe space for ALL. We are aware that our experiences of advocating in systems of perinatal care with our own communities of birthing people will be different to those doulas who face barriers and discrimination that we do not. We acknowledge this reality and keep it in our awareness as we hold space for conversation and growth.

What Doula Instincts members have to say

“My client shared that she was anxious while I was talking to her OB in the hallway, but was thankful because when we walked back into the room she (my client) felt a shift in her care. She said it changed the whole vibe of the birth where everyone could put differences aside and come together. She thanked me again for the conversation I had with her knowing that her birth would have gone very different it that conversation wouldn’t have happened.”

“My whole understanding of what a doula’s role has completely shifted! This little tiny seed, the seed that doulas should not speak for their clients, was planted when I took my initial doula training. It’s been watered for years by the messages I’ve heard from others and the oppression I’ve experienced in the birth room that I am of lower status than all others. This tiny seed has grown into a field of weeds. I’m ready to clear the field and start anew—I feel empowered to speak up, to teach my clients to speak up, to fight for clients rights if their words are dismissed, and help them welcome an experience of empowerment and strength.”

“Advocacy is an essential part of a doula’s role and it is often ignored or discouraged by doula training organizations. This training has the power to save lives and protect birthing people from trauma. It is time we embraced our power and authority as one of the most valuable and key influences in the birth space and use it for good. We can no longer look away or remain silent! “

“It is TRANSFORMATIONAL! There is so much relevant information that doula trainings leave out. If we are truly to serve our clients, and serve them well, we need to learn and implement the skills and strategies taught for KeepingYourPower℠ I have so much more confidence in my ability to be there for my clients and support them in their autonomy. The communication with clients prenatally was super helpful. Having examples of how to talk through things and focusing on what’s important was eyeopening. I knew there was a better way than throwing information at them, but I didn’t know what that was. Now I have the skills and tools to help my clients recognize their autonomy and how to keep their power.”

AVAILABLE ONLY ONCE A Quarter! Next cohort open registration August 2022.

Upcoming KeepingYourPower®: Advocacy in Action Workshops 2023

Learn to advocate in the birth space with confidence, skill, empathy, while implementing the Keeping Your Power® concepts developed by Traci. Join the commitment to reduce birth trauma by learning birth room advocacy skills
Contact the host of the workshop for questions/concerns.
Sign up now to save your space!

Interested in hosting? Contact Traci

Wilmington, NC
DATE: June 3-4, 2023
TIME: 9am-5pm Est

Host: Jillian Bretz jillianbretadoula@Gmail.com

Tampa, FL
DATE: Sept 16-17, 2023
Time: 9am-5pm EST

Host: Allison Tate Hello@allisontatebirthcompanion.com

Nashville, TN
DATE: Feb 25, 2023
Time: 9am-5pm CST

Host: Heidi Duncan expectingnewlifeteam@gmail.com

Denver, CO
DATE: June 24-25, 2023
TIME: 9AM-5PM MST

HOST: Carlee Bond
info@lucinarisingbirthwork.com

Eugene, OR
DATE: Oct 7-8, 2023
TIME: 9am-5pm PST

Host: Tiffany Grantom
tiffany@insightdoula.com

Eugene, OR
DATE: Oct 7-8, 2023
TIME: 9am-5pm PST

Host: Tiffany Grantom
tiffany@insightdoula.com

Labor & Delivery Nurses and Midwives

Schedule a workshop that builds teams and commits to trust and respects patients’ right to make the decisions for their bodies, babies and births.

Let’s learn ways to reduce trauma before it happens.

READ THE CAROLINE MALATESTA STORY HERE

“When a woman is not warned and they do have a doula, they assume you’re telling them everything. It’s almost like a false sense of security and not warning your client is more dangerous than them going in ready for the unknown.”~ Caroline

Watch this short interview with Caroline about why she believes doulas should advocate and more importantly, know how to advocate!

Do you shy away from the word “advocacy” because it has a negative meaning?

Are you feeling oppressed and bullied in your own profession? Read about internalized oppression in the birth profession here.

What if you could learn how to be an advocate for your clients without confrontation and feel like the team comes together and the focus is on the birthing family?

If you do not know your power in advocacy birth work, you CAN NOT serve your clients 100%. That might be a bold statement, but TRUE.