Before there was a name for a doula, there was just the village- the friends who held you while you cried and cared for your children so you could rest. A doula doesn’t replace the village; a doula provides whole-person support to help rebuild your sense of community.

“Each time you take a few minutes to jog in the sunlight, or spend some extra time in the warm bath, you are reaffirming to yourself that you are worthy. You are telling yourself good stories- you are forming a narrative that counts you in.”

Doulas hold so much- what does it look like to release? In the words of a wise doula instructor, tears are libation- so let’s talk about the wonderful stuff of crying.

“I’ve been meditating my whole life. I hadn’t always thought of walking without music as meditation, or sitting by an open window on a pretty day. And maybe they’re not, depending on who you ask…”

“You’ve heard it before: ‘you can’t pour from an empty jug.’ And it’s true, you can’t.”