Posts Tagged ‘Birth Worker’
feeling discouraged after watching ‘Our Father’ on Netflix
Written by Meg Kant feeling discouraged after watching ‘Our Father’ on Netflix Earlier this week I watched the Netflix Documentary ‘Our Father’. It shares the true story of Dr. Donald Cline, a fertility doctor, who used his own sperm to impregnate 94 of his clients without their consent. Our team had so many thoughts on…
Read Morethe grief of no longer living in a thin body
Written by Meg Kant the grief of no longer living in a thin body For some background information on my experience with an eating disorder, please take a quick review of this blog. Up until the 10th grade I lived in a body that was much bigger than my peers and it brought me an…
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 Moreexpose your cracks and love will fill them
Written by Meg Kant IF YOU WOULD RATHER LISTEN TO ME READ THIS BLOG, CLICK HERE expose your cracks and love will fill them I was teaching recently and a student used a phrase that I hadn’t heard before: “I reacted systemically to the RhoGAM shot”. I have heard the word systemically of course,…
Read MoreI am no longer a “good girl”
Written by Meg Kant I am no longer a “good girl” CONTENT NOTE: DISCLOSURE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT If you have joined bebo mia for classes or book club, then you have probably heard Bianca and I talk about being ‘reformed good girls’. We are both working on identifying the invisible expectations we held for…
Read MorePostpartum Depression isn’t Just About Hormones, and 4 other facts you probably didn’t know about PMADS
Postpartum Depression isn’t Just About Hormones (and 4 other facts you probably didn’t know about PMADS) As professionals working with pregnant folks and parents, it is essential to know about Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs). Therefore, we have put together a list of 5 facts you should know about PMADs. Navigating a PMAD…
Read MoreBefore Becoming A Birth Worker Entrepreneur: 5 Things I Wish I Knew
5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming A Birth Worker Entrepreneur When you’re thinking about starting your business as a birth worker, it’s so common if there are times when you may feel frozen and stuck, or other times when you feel like you don’t know what steps to take to get started and…
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 MoreI am most proud of things that you cannot see
Written by Meg Kant If you would rather listen to me read this blog, click here Content Warning: Discussion of weight loss I am most proud of things that you cannot see Years ago during a job interview, I was asked what my two biggest accomplishments were. At the time, I had recently graduated…
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 MoreManipulative Kindness: one of the reasons people choose to stay in domestic violence
Written by Meg Kant *CONTENT NOTE: Discussion of Domestic Violence* In another chapter of my life, I worked for an organization supporting people experiencing domestic violence (DV). DV is also known as intimate partner violence, relational abuse and/or domestic abuse. Through that work I learned a lot about the complexities of DV and the importance…
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.…
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