Staying prepared as a birthworker/doula is incredibly helpful in ensuring smooth transitions and optimal support for our clients as well as ourselves. In this blog post, let’s talk about the significance of being prepared and put together some practical tips for us to remain in a constant state of readiness as birthworkers.

One beautiful day, Camila and I drove to the Oregon coast and planted ourselves down on the sand overlooking the ocean. After we had settled in with our snacks and picnic blankets, we picked back up our chit chatting, something we do with glee and ease whenever we hang out. At some point in the conversation Camilla told me she was pregnant. She also asked if I would be her Midwife..

I recently had an inspiration in the form of a loud thought, along with a big lightbulb moment. The idea was to write a story about intuition in birth work. The inspiration for this article was a message in and of itself. I never ever get excited about writing, but from the moment this idea hit me, I have not been able to stop thinking about it, taking notes, and actually being super excited to write!

We’ve added some new modules, overhauled our course delivery model, and are so excited to welcome you all back into the classroom. Touchstone is frfr THE childbirth education course that will guarantee to level any birthworker’s practice allll the way up.

Addiction medicine is slowly catching up to the idea that substance use disorder has both genetic and environmental risk factors which include intergenerational and childhood trauma, but stigma and all the isms continue to drive the treatment, marginalization, and criminalization of people who use drugs despite scientific evidence of substance use not being a moral failing being readily available for 20 years.