Birth doula
Respect and Support are more important than BBQ’s + Flowers
Written by Michelle Cruz Respect and Support are more important than BBQ’s + Flowers a blog about Father’s Day After being married for close to 13 years I feel like I have a lock on what makes my relationship strong, powerful, and connected. We focus on so many things and we are going to discuss…
Read MoreHumanity in Business: A feminist organizational chart
Humanity in Business: A feminist organizational chart When I started bebo mia inc. over a decade ago, I knew I wanted to do business differently. I wanted every element of this social enterprise to change the world. bebo mia was built to provide community – a brave community that embraced and supported and cheered for…
Read MoreNot Everyone Knows What You Know
Written by Meg Kant Not everyone knows what you know Everyone knows the things that I know Sometimes when I am talking to people out and about in the world I forget that all the information floating around in my brain isn’t common knowledge. As I am covering certain topics I notice myself not always…
Read MorePerinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD) Myths we need to bust!
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD)! Is well-known to anyone that there are many myths about Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD) that involve not only false beliefs, but can even confuse people who are going through it. We believe that to debunk these myths the most important thing is to talk about…
Read MoreBeing Sensitive Isn’t a Curse
Written by Meg Kant I am a wildly sensitive human I am a wildly sensitive human. What does this mean for me? It means that I feel things bigly (I googled it, it is indeed a real word lol). I’m sensitive to images, sounds, light, and touch. I’m especially sensitive to the content I ingest…
Read MoreWhat I Wish I Knew About Becoming a Birthworker!
Written by Amy Willis What I Wish I Knew About Becoming a Birthworker! So you want to become a birthworker? Amazing! You are absolutely in the right place! Starting your career and/or business as a birthworker is exciting! And because we are committed to your success, we wanted to provide some tips…
Read More7 Ways a Doula Can Support Birthers and Families
7 Ways a Doula Can Support Birthers and Families: World Doula Week It’s World Doula Week and we’re celebrating! Birth Workers aka doulas are changing the landscape of birth worldwide, providing support and safety, encouraging agency and autonomy and changing birth experiences AND outcomes. We love birth work and birth workers, and are deeply…
Read MoreProcessing Trauma: The time I f*cked up and posted a blog I shouldn’t have
Written by Meg Kant Processing Trauma The time I posted a blog I shouldn’t have CONTENT WARNING: PREGNANCY LOSS If you happened to read last week’s blog, then you know that I specialize in working with pregnant people + parents who are at risk of developing and/or have a PMAD (Perinatal Mood + Anxiety Disorder).…
Read MoreHow Having a PMAD Made Me a Better Doula
Written by Meg Kant IF YOU WOULD RATHER LISTEN TO ME READ THIS BLOG, CLICK HERE I want to start off by saying that having a Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder (PMAD) is awful. It is not something I would wish on anyone, ever. AND as I reflect on my experience of having antenatal depression/anxiety,…
Read More3 Tips to GROW in Social Media as a Birth Worker
3 Tips for GROWING in Social Media as a Birth Worker Starting and growing your Birth Worker Business can feel overwhelming at times, and we want to do our best to minimize that overwhelm so you can continue doing what you love! So we’ve put together some of the best time-saving, quick to apply and…
Read MoreLori Stafford: The bebo mia be brave award
My name is Lori Stafford and I am grateful to be the runner up of the Brave Award. I have three sons ages thirty, twenty-six and twenty-two and I am a grandmother fourteen month granddaughter named Riley. My current career as a caregiver taking care of my mother. My previous career experience has been in…
Read MoreDenise A. Ransom and her BIPOC Doula journey bursary
You want to know about me? Sure. Here are a few things that I can say. Once I realized I was a woman who could produce milk, I knew that I was going to breastfeed/chestfeed. My earliest memory was walking down my high school hall with a few friends saying that I was definitely going…
Read MoreDiamond Sadé and her BIPOC Doula journey bursary
, Hi, I’m Diamond Sadé Walker I am a Hard-working, courageous, generous, dedicated, and loving woman. I am continuing my education in early childhood development at Texas State University. I am the middle child, I have an older brother and a younger brother. My younger brother and I are 15 years apart. My mother Misty…
Read MoreThe Queers for Queer Care Award by Nicki
Maternal Support Practitioner MSP Scholarship – Fall 2021 Hello everyone! My name is Nicole, but I also go by Nicki or Nicoletta, and I use the pronouns she/her. As a little girl I was obsessed with babies, and I believe this is when the journey began, on my winding path, to become a birth worker.…
Read MoreJeska Sta.Teresa and The JAYU human rights award
Maternal Support Practitioner Certification Scholarship – Fall 2021 What makes me different is my advantage My name is Jeska Sta.Teresa, from the Philippines. My mother is the head of our household, alongside her twin who is a 2nd mom to us. I have a sister. I’m younger but people call me the “big-sis”. We have…
Read MoreBirth Workers Days Social Media Calendar 2022!
Social Media Calendar 2022 for Birth Workers! We all know that social media is a crucial part of promoting our business as a Birth Worker, and especially because it is the direct way in which we can connect with our potential clients. But, working on your own business can sometimes be a bit overwhelming and…
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