How the Postpartum Snapback is a Recipe for Suffering

    This week Bianca and Meg are talking about one of the most harmful, almost comical lies we tell new parents: the idea that they will be able to “bounce” or “snap” back into their pre-pregnancy life. This devastating myth has us focusing on all the wrong things: shrink your body, hide any signs…

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The power of Embracing Every Emotion on Infant Sleep with Greer Kirshenbaum

  This week Bianca talks to Dr Greer Kirshenbaum from Nurture Neuroscience, the first neuroscientist doula, about the importance of sleep and the challenges that families faced when trying to fit into unrealistic societal standards around infant sleep guidelines and the pressure to sleep train babies. Greer and Bianca discuss how science now backs up…

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Advocating for your Body with Priyanka Saju: Hot + Brave Podcast

    This week Bianca is joined by Toronto-based writer and speaker Priyanka Saju to talk about advocating for your body and humanity while navigating the healthcare system in a racialized, fat body. Priyanka offers her thoughtful scripts to interact with healthcare providers while challenging the racist history of the BMI and discussing the many…

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what I wish people understood about pregnancy loss

Written by Meg Kant what I wish more people understood about pregnancy loss **Content warning** discussion of pregnancy loss  My first pregnancy ended in a second-trimester miscarriage; I delivered my baby, Zennon at 4.5 months pregnant. After losing Zennon many people in my life tried to help make me feel better but fell short. Their…

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a heartwarming story from an infertility support group

Written by Meg Kant a heartwarming story from an infertility support group When I first launched my doula business my community didn’t have many, if any, resources to support those who were going through infertility. I knew there was a large gap in care and I wanted to help fill it. I often heard from…

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Let’s Ditch the Resolutions and Focus on Feelings

Let’s Ditch the Resolutions and Focus on Feelings in 2023 Written by Amy C. Willis Let’s Ditch the Resolutions and Focus on Feelings   We are just a little over a week into 2023. First off, if you’re reading this, you survived 2022 – congrats!   By now, you’ve likely been exposed to a plethora…

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Stop Wishing Your Body Was Different: A New Years Resolution

Written by Meg Kant Stop Wishing Your Body Was Different: A New Years Resolution Right now you are most likely being inundated with all the ways you should try to improve yourself this year. With advertising about gym memberships, and diets (even Noom, which says it’s not a diet but it is) flooding your news…

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Diversifying Your Income as a Doula

Written by Meg Kant and the #bebobabes Diversifying Your Income as a Doula During our Choose You, For You week (Nov 14-18, 2022), we created a free session, facilitated by #bebobabes Bianca, Meg, Marissa, Amy and Michelle, that was all about diversifying your income and coming up with creative ways to generate income. This is…

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The Ultimate Doula Gift Guide 2023

ii  tifggift gfor The Ultimate Doula Gift Guide 2023 Written by Meg Kant If you are a doula, or you love someone who is a doula then this guide for gift is going to make your life a whole lot easier. We have put together a list of tried and tested things that doulas love…

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Grocery shopping without kids isn’t the same as ‘alone time’

Written by Meg Kant Grocery shopping without kids isn’t the same as ‘alone time’ There’s no doubt, for some people the act of going to the grocery store brings them joy, therefore it might hit the bucket of feeling like alone time.  However, for the majority of people, especially mothers, grocery shopping is just one…

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