Breastfeeding Essentials

Breastfeeding is natural. All you need are your breasts and your baby! This is true. But breastfeeding is also hard work! In my practice – I see mothers brave incredible odds to breastfeed their babies. Apart from waking every two hours around the clock for a month or two, to adding in pumping, dealing with

Notes from practice: Getting real about Doula Burn Out

Here I share my experience and learnings after over a decade of practicing as a doula – and offer a radical practice to prevent burn out The doula profession is one that is highly prone to burnout. Numbers show that 60% of doulas drop out of practice in their first year. Many more quit by