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Last Updated on November 3, 2025 by TeamBebo An Open Letter to Organizations Offering Weekend Doula Trainings To the leaders, founders, and educators in doula education and certification, This letter is written with respect for the history of the field of birth work, and urgency for its future.  The goal is not confrontation for the…

Last Updated on October 30, 2025 by TeamBebo The moment that shakes your confidence You’ve completed your training, perhaps even graduated from the bebo mia Maternal Support Practitioner or our Birth Doula Certification. Good for you if you chose to train with us, we are a good time!  You feel ready.  You have your website…

Last Updated on October 28, 2025 by TeamBebo You can be the most incredible doula in the world, grounded, trained, heart-centered, and deeply committed to your clients, but if people don’t know you exist, they can’t hire you. That’s what we call The Invisible Doula Problem. It happens to almost every new doula. You finish…

Last Updated on October 24, 2025 by TeamBebo For many doulas, the journey to birthwork begins with a personal story. For some, it’s the beauty of a birth that changed them forever. For others, it’s the heartbreak of loss, a complicated postpartum experience, or the struggle of trying to conceive. If you’ve faced infertility yourself,…

Last Updated on October 20, 2025 by TeamBebo Becoming a Doula Becoming a doula feels deeply meaningful. The idea of holding someone in one of their most vulnerable, powerful moments can be irresistible. Many prospective doulas invest in a doula course to learn the tools, techniques, and certifications they believe will prepare them for this…

Last Updated on October 14, 2025 by TeamBebo There’s a moment in every doula’s journey when you realize you didn’t just choose this work, it chose you. Maybe it was a birth that left you feeling deep grief or that your voice did not matter. Maybe it was your own postpartum experience that had untreated…

Last Updated on October 9, 2025 by access ally As doulas, we’re trained to be caregivers… to anticipate needs, to hold space, to stay available for the people we serve. But here’s the thing no one warns you about: you cannot hold space if you’re being crushed by it. In this episode of Hot +…

Last Updated on October 3, 2025 by TeamBebo Choosing the right doula certification is a big decision. Whether you are drawn to this work because of your own birth story, your desire to support families in your community, or your dream of building a sustainable and meaningful business, the program you choose will shape your…

Last Updated on October 1, 2025 by TeamBebo Welcoming a baby is often depicted as pure joy, and in many ways it is… but behind the scenes, the reality is that new parents are plunged into a whirlwind of exhaustion, shifting identities, sleep deprivation, medical check-ups, feeding challenges, and emotional upheaval. Many speak of navigating…