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ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastBack to Back and Overlapping Births: How to Navigate a "Birth Bender"... Episode 124😅 What happens when you’re called to two births at the same time—or you’ve just walked out of one birth and another client needs you? It’s one of the most stressful and tender realities of doula life… and one we don’t talk about enough.In this episode, Melanie sits down with experienced Doula and mentor Sarah Cole to explore how to navigate overlapping labors, backup doula support, emotional boundaries, and the unexpected timing that birth loves to bring.We discuss:Signs clients may need support earlier than expectedHo...
2025-10-301h 03ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastFinding Your Path: A New Doula’s Journey from Retreat to Real Life with Rae Thweat... Episode 123🕊️ Connection, creativity, and community — plus the best food ever. Rae’s story will leave you inspired to slow down, fill your cup, and do the work you love.Watch the full video version here: https://youtu.be/kC_J5nNxzDMIn this uplifting episode, Melanie Russell sits down with brand new Doula Rae Thweat to talk about their transformative experience at ToLABOR’s latest Combo Doula Training + Retreat in Wintergreen, VA. Rae shares what it was like to learn in an immersive, retreat-style setting—surrounded by both new and seasoned Doul...
2025-10-1133 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA New Kind of Doula Training... Episode 122🌿 Melanie Russell is back with big news: ToLABOR’s brand-new Combo Doula Training + Retreat has arrived!Watch the full video version here: https://youtu.be/kdZoxtDIT9QThis unique approach to doula education goes beyond classroom-style learning—it’s a thoughtfully designed experience that combines evidence-based training with restorative practices like yoga, meditation, sound baths, and shared meals. The goal? To equip doulas not only with the skills and knowledge they need, but also with the space and practices that replenish their energy and nurture their own wellbeing. Because when doul...
2025-09-2537 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastWe're Back!!... Episode 121🎙️ Melanie Russell is back in the studio — and it feels so good!Watch the full video version here: https://youtu.be/8l6T131Q4tIAfter an 8 year hiatus, the ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast returns with fresh energy and a whole lot of heart. In this episode, Melanie reintroduces the pod and reflects on the many transitions that have unfolded — both within ToLABOR and in her own life — since the last recording.She also catches listeners up on all things ToLABOR 2025, including exciting updates to the Birth Doula Training curriculum...
2025-09-2549 min
Pod Have MercyEpisode 54: A CONVERSATION WITH MELANIE RUSSELL (domestic abuse survivor)Melanie Russell was a victim of domestic abuse for many years before she encountered an organization called Care Net in Waco, Texas. Our paths crossed with Melanie's recently and she immediately began to tell us about Care Net and how God has radically transformed her life. In this conversation she explains how God spoke to her through an unexpected source and how she escaped her abusive relationship.
Care Net seeks to assist new or expectant mothers that are motivated to attain independence who are homeless or facing homelessness.
www.pregnancycare.org
2021-06-1825 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastWhen Your Client is Also Your Sister... Episode 120Thérèse spends time talking to Valerie Drews who is a birth doula in the Chicago area (http://www.sacred-pregnancy.com/ ),about her experience being a doula for her sister's births. Is it hard to stay in the role as doula when you are also a family member? Her sister/client, Nichole Oakapal joins the conversation to give her perspective.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced pr...
2017-12-201h 12ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA Birth Story... Episode 119Dana Jarmon shares her birth story with Thérèse. Dana a birth doula herself, discusses the impact of having a doula present at her birth and also how it may have informed her own doula practice. www.kindredspiritsdoula.com.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a...
2017-12-141h 13ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastTraumatic Birth: A Deeper Understanding... Episode 118Thérèse has a conversation with Heather Self, a birth doula who had an extremely traumatic birth and the impact it has had on her practice as a doula.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!
2017-11-291h 16ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA Summer Recap from Thérèse... Episode 117It's been a long time since our last podcast and Thérèse takes a few moments to say hello again and talk about some of the lessons learned on her journey this past summer.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to he...
2017-11-2119 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastSupporting a Client Desiring a VBAC... Episode 116Thérèse has a conversation with Emily Bruno, a Certified Birth Doula and one of the owners of My Birth in Richmond VA about how to best support a client who is planning to have a VBAC.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We...
2017-09-061h 26ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastThe Life of A Doula... Episode 115Thérèse has a conversation with Karry Wolf Anderson, a doula in the Chicago area. They discuss Karry's life as a mother, wife, doula and massage therapist and how she balances it all throughout these years of being active in birth work.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, wa...
2017-08-031h 17ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastBreastfeeding Part 2... Episode 114Thérèse continues her conversation with Cary York, a lactation consultant about how we can support a person who is having latch issues as well as, the different postions that can be used while breastfeeding.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to...
2017-07-271h 17ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastBreastfeeding Part 1... Episode 113Thérèse talks with Cary York, a lactation consultant about undisturbed breastfeeding, what it looks like and how it can be protected in that first hour and the days after birthThe ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!
2017-07-121h 12ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastReproductive Rights... Episode 112Thérèse talks with Cheyenne Varner cheyennevarner.com about an article she recently wrote entitled, "8 Things to Know About Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice".The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com...
2017-07-051h 00ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastDoula Mentorship... Episode 111Thérèse talks with Emily Landry, www.emilylandrydoula.com, from Tulsa Ok about a service she offers to new doulas, doula mentorship.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instag...
2017-06-081h 01ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA Conversation with Jocelyn Alt About Hospital Doula Programs... Episode 110Thérèse talks with Jocelyn Alt, a certified professional birth doula in Seattle how has helped to start a successful hospital doula program where the doulas get paid a living wage and and the clients and staff reap the benefits as well.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, wa...
2017-05-251h 13ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastWorkshops, Life and Birth... Episode 109Thérèse and Melanie spend time together talking about the toLabor doula workshops, how they help to emulate the spirit, the intention necessary in birth work and how they may help to transform our own personal lives.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We...
2017-05-181h 05ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastJen Kamel the Creator of the Organization, VBACFacts... Episode 108Thérèse talks with Jen Kamel the creator and director of VBACFacts.com about the true risks of a VBAC, what does the evidence show, what are the practices in place, why are these practices in place and so much more.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to...
2017-04-271h 08ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA Conversation with the Organization Everyday Miracles... Episode 107Thérèse talks with the Debby Prudhomme & Melissa Gutierrez Nelson from the non-profit organization Everyday Miracles. This Minneapolis MN based organization provide free birth doula services and classes to any pregnant woman on medicad.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to he...
2017-04-191h 06ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastCase Study- How to Handle a Difficult Client Situation... Episode 106Thérèse and Melanie have a conversation wth Kate, a doula from Pennsylvania who faced an unexpected and difficult situation with their clients in the midst of their laborThe ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!
2017-04-131h 18ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA Conversation with the Creator of a Non-Profit Community Doula Project Part 2... Episode 105Thérèse continue her dialogue with guest, Stephanie Spencer the Director of Urban Baby Beginning, a non-profit organization that provides doula and childbirth services to low-income women.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: mela...
2017-03-2348 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA Conversation with the Creator of a Non-Profit Community Doula Project Part 1... Episode 104Thérèse speaks with guest, Stephanie Spencer the Director of Urban Baby Beginngs, a non-profit organization that provides doula and childbirth services to low-income women.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com
2017-03-161h 05ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA Conversation with a Newborn Intensive Care Nurse... Episode 103Thérèse and Melanie speak with Sarah Howell a NICU nurse at a large city hopstal and gives insights on how a doula can help negoitate that time with and for their clients.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear fr...
2017-03-021h 16ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA Conversation with a Federally Funded Community Based Doula... Episode 102Thérèse speaks with guest, Alice Wheeler who is a doula in a federally qualified community health center in Lancaster, PAThe ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/to...
2017-02-2259 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastCase Study with Anne Continues Part 2... Episode 101Thérèse continues her conversation with Anne about a labor and it's unexpected turn of events.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/tolabor→ Facebook: facebook.com/toLa...
2017-02-1659 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA Conversation with an Active Birth Doula Part 1... Episode 100Thérèse talks with Anne about her life as a doula while balancing other jobs at the same time. Anne shares an experience she had in a labor and it's unexpected turn.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from yo...
2017-02-0949 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastFrom Birth Doula to Obstetrician Part 2... Episode 99Thérèse continues her conversation with Dr Jodi Brown an obstetrician in Vermont who began her birth work as a birth doula.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instag...
2017-02-0242 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastFrom Birth Doula to Obstetrician Part 1... Episode 98Thérèse has a conversation with Dr Jodi Brown an obstetrician in Vermont who began her birth work as a birth doula.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instag...
2017-01-2558 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastREPLAY- ToRAISE Classic: Doula Self-CareThis week we bring you a repeat of Episode #10 Being a doula is rewarding but can be incredibly draining. Too many of us fail to take care of ourselves as we work so hard to take care of others. Thérèse and Sarah discuss setting appropriate boundaries and standards of self-care for doulas to protect both the birth experience and their own work-life harmony.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode fe...
2016-12-221h 11ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA Conversation with a L&D Nurse... Episode 97 -Thérèse has a conversation with Stacie Scott, a labor and delivery nurse in Richmond VA. Stacie speaks to what it is like to be a nurse, insghts about the system and how doulas and nurses can best work togetherThe ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be...
2016-12-141h 14ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastBirth Doula Contracts... Episode 96Thérèse and Melanie discuss the importance of every doula having a contract beginnng with the first birth they attend and some important clauses that they want to make sure are included and communicated wth their clients. Contractions are for everyone's protection and a necessary aspect of professionalism.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.
2016-12-0841 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA Gift of Loving Kindness: A Doula Meditation... Episode 95On the eve of Thanksgiving, Thérèse offers listeners a moment of reflection through a loving-kindness meditation, we all need compassion.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/to...
2016-11-2315 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA Conversation with a Herbalist & Nutritionist Part 2... Episode 94Thérèse continues her conversation with Carol Wade from Earth Island Herbs. Carol is a registered herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild and a nutritional counselor with over 20 years of experience.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!
2016-11-171h 22ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastHerbalism and Nutrition Part 1... Episode 93Thérèse has a conversation with Carol Wade from Earth Island Herbs. Carol is a registered herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild and a nutritional counselor with over 20 years of experience.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!
2016-11-101h 05ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastListeners Questions and an Update... Episode 92Thérèse and Melanie have an update from a listener's question and they answer a few more questions.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/tolabor→ Facebook...
2016-10-2736 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastThe Fourth Trimester... Episode 91Thérèse and Melanie speak with guest, Lisa Chin about the fourth trimester, why she is so passionate about it, what she learned through her own expeirences and what she has created to help others who have options and choices for their time after birth.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, fe...
2016-10-211h 07ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastREPLAY- ToRAISE Classic: How Does a Doula Prepare Their Client for the Realities of Their Birth Setting and Their Care ProviderThis week we bring you a repeat of Episode 52. Thérèse and Melanie discuss the important topic of how a doula negotiates the conversation with their client about their care provider's reputation both statistically and anecdotally as well as the facility that they plan to birth in. Is it your role? What is your responsibility?The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping yo...
2016-10-0742 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastBirth Shame and Birth Shaming... Episode 90Thérèse and Melanie discuss the topic of birth shame. Many who give birth differently then what they have envisioned, feel a sense of shame after their expereince. What causes this feeling? What as a doula, can you do to support clients better to avoid this feeling if possible? What as a culture can we do to reduce this risk of shaming continuance?The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features in...
2016-09-2946 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastListeners Questions: Foley Bulbs, When To Go + Post Cesarean Support... Episode 89Thérèse and Melanie answer a listener's question about the use of the foley bulb as a method of induction. They also address when is the "right" time to enter a client's labor that has begun with an induction and how long do you stay after a cesarean birth.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.
2016-09-221h 01ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastLow Milk Supply... Episode 88Thérèse and Melanie talk with Elizabeth Theriault, a woman who envisioned a beautiful breastfeeding experience with her new baby that became an emotional and physical roller coaster ride due to low milk supply. Elizabeth talks openly about her journey to understanding that sometimes a woman is not able to solely breastfeed and the whys may not be entirely known. A very important listen.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode fe...
2016-09-161h 12ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastPerinatal Loss... Episode 87Thérèse and Melanie to talk with Karla Helbert, LPC about perinatal loss and how best to support clients who have a pregnancy year loss.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com
2016-09-071h 24ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastCase Study- Home Birth to Hospital Transfer... Episode 86Thérèse and Melanie to talk with Sue Ellen about a home birth to hospital birth transfer she recently attended.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/tolabo...
2016-08-3158 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastBirth Story... Episode 85Thérèse and Melanie to talk with Rachel who shares her birth story and her experience having a doula for support.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/to...
2016-08-241h 34ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastPlacenta Encapsulation... Episode 84Thérèse and Melanie to talk with Nicole Link-Troen a Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist about the history of the ingestion of placentas, the whys, the hows and how to approach this topic with your clients.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to...
2016-08-1754 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastHow to Support the LGBTQ Client... Episode 83Thérèse and Melanie to talk with Emma O'Brien, a toLabor trained doula and herbalist about how doulas can best serve and support the LGBTQ client.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tola...
2016-08-031h 16ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastPerinatal Mood Disorders Part 2... Episode 82Joy Outland Brock, LCSW, a toLabor trained doula join Thérèse and Melanie once again to talk about how to support clients with perinatal mood disorders.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tola...
2016-07-2848 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastPerinatal Mood Disorders Part 1... Episode 81Thérèse and Melanie to talk with Joy Outland Brock, LCSW, a toLabor trained doula about perinatal mood disorders, the different categories and how to identify them.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: mela...
2016-07-201h 14ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastCase Study: Rachel from Arizona... Episode 80Thérèse and Melanie talk with Rachel a doula from Arizona about a recent birth she attended.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/tolabor→ Facebook: facebook...
2016-07-141h 07ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA Conversation with Cristin Pascucci from Birth Monopoly & Exposing the Silence Project About The 39 Week Induction... Episode 79Thérèse and Melanie talk with Cristin Pascucci about ACOG's debate at their annual meeting in regard to induction for all women at 39 weeks.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com...
2016-07-0645 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastDesigning a Doula Business- What Are Your Options?... Episode 78Thérèse interviews 3 doulas who began in solo practice but who have now expanded their business to include other doulas and other services.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instag...
2016-06-291h 01ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastHow To Support a Client with Interventions... Episode 77Thérèse and Melanie answer a listener's question on how to support a client who has intervetions.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/tolabor→ Facebook: facebook...
2016-06-2241 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastOne Doula's Journey With the Topic of Circumcision... Episode 76Thérèse and Melanie to talk with Melissa Yeager, a toLabor Certified Professional Birth Doula about circumcision and boundary lines.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/tolabo...
2016-06-151h 05ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastThe Spirit of Being a Doula Follow-Up... Episode 75Former podcast moderator Sarah Allen-Short join Therese and Melanie to discuss input from listeners in regard to Episode 71, The Spirit of Being a DoulaThe ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Inst...
2016-06-0832 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastThérèse... Episode 74Sarah Allen-Short joins Melanie to have a talk about Thérèse and what she is facing currently.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/tolabor→ Facebook: facebook...
2016-06-0111 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastMelanie's Story of Becoming a Doula... Episode 73Thérèse turns the interview table on Melanie. They discusses how Melanie came itno birth work and how it has evolved into a full time career.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tola...
2016-05-2540 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastCase Study: Marie Shares Her Doula Boundaries... Episode 72Case Study:Marie from Florida talk with Thérèse and Melanie about a situation she had with a client that raised a lot of questions for her in regard to defining her role and her boundary lines.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We...
2016-05-1856 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastThe Spirit of Being A Doula... Episode 71 Thérèse and Melanie have a conversation about the spirit of being a doula and maintaining your integrity.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/tolabor→ Facebook...
2016-05-1147 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastThe Unforeseen Gifts of Birth Work... Episode 70Thérèse and Melanie share stories while discussing birth work and what it has unexpectedly brought into their lives.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/tolabor→...
2016-02-2348 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastThérèse and Melanie Interview Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein- the Creators of The Business of Being Born... Episode 69Thérèse and Melanie record live at the RVA Birth Event 2016. Listen to their conversation with Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein and numerous guests who stop by to chat.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!
2016-02-1056 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastCase Study: Marcia Struggles with Processing a Challenging Birth... Episode 68Sarah and Therese discuss with Marcia a labor and birth that she attended 2 years ago that emotionally took its toll on her related to her client's reaction to her in the postpartum period.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from...
2016-01-2039 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastWhat to Cover in a Prenatal Visit with your Client... Episode 67Thérèse and Melanie discuss a listener's dilemma who cannot figure out how to cover all of the important topics during her prenatal visits with her clients. The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melan...
2016-01-1425 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastREPLAY- ToRAISE Flashback: Life on CallHappy New Year! The ladies are on a much-deserved break but didn't want you all to go without. Here's a ToRaise Flashback in which Sarah and Thérèse talk about the challenges and joys of a doula's on-call existence. Enjoy! The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be...
2015-12-301h 03ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastHow Do You Know When It's Time To Go?!... Episode 66Thérèse and Melanie discuss one of the most common challenges of a doula, when do you go be with your client in labor? Is it ok to come and then go? How do you know? Is there a formula for this ongoing circumstance? By discussing 2 births that Melaine recently attended, examples are shown as to how you can perhaps have more clarity on this somewhat mysterious predicament. The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of bir...
2015-12-111h 12ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastEpisiotomy vs Tear... Episode 65Thérèse and Melanie answer a listener's question in regard to episiotomies vs tears, is it better to be cut by a PCP or to allow the body to tear on its own? Which heals better?The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We wa...
2015-12-0255 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastA Conversation with Midwife Jennie Joesph on Racial Disparity in Maternal Care... Episode 64Thérèse and Melanie welcome Jennie Jospeh, LM, CPM of Commonsense Childbirth based in Orlando FL to discuss racial dispartities in maternal healthcare. Jennie has been working tirelessly to provide access to care to pregnant women, with a focus on the African American population, in hopes of reducing the infant mortality rate by reducing premature births and the number of low birth wieight babies being born. She shares with the listeners her understanding of the situation and her ideas and solutions to help change this life and death situation of so many babies and mothers. www.commonsensechildbirth.org...
2015-11-111h 28ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastHow to Talk to Your Clients Prenatally About Their Construct of Birth Based on Familial & Cultural Stories... Episode 63Thérèse and Melanie talk about the importance of speaking with your client, both the pregnant person and their partner about what they have been told about their birth, what their perspectives and beliefs are.and how the culture at large can impact these constructs.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, fe...
2015-11-0339 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastCase Study: A Client with 3 Previous Cesareans Attempts a Vaginal Delivery... Episode 62Thérèse and Melanie welcome Sarah from Texas to discuss a client who has had 2 cesareans after two labors, a planned cesarean and now is attempting a VBAC.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Emai...
2015-10-2350 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastHow to Talk to Your Clients About Who Do They Include in Their Birth Space... Episode 61Thérèse and Melanie talk about how to discuss and help sort out who, if anyone their client wants to invite to their birth. If someone is invited, what conversations can take place to help make this is a good experience for all. What if someone assumes they are invited, how is this negotiated.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you gr...
2015-10-1435 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastTalking to Your Clients About Their Plans for Older Children Attending the Birth... Episode 60Thérèse and Melanie discuss the logistics of older children attending the births of their younger siblings. If a parent wants a child to participate, how do they best prepare that child so the birth will be the best experience for all.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, wa...
2015-10-0940 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastWhat is it Like, What Does it Take to be the Partner/Husband/Wife of a Doula?... Episode 59Thérèse and Melanie invite two partners/husbands into the studio to discuss the role of supporting an active doula. What does it take? What are the downsides of this role? What have they learned along the way? What have they found works and doesn't work. An excelelnt and honest look of the impact of this work on personal relationshipsThe ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced pr...
2015-09-301h 14ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastHow to Balance Your Personal Life with Your Professional Life as a Doula... Episode 58Thérèse and Melanie discuss a whether having a child is a prequisite to being a doula? What if you become pregnant , should you continue offering services while pregnant and if so, when do you take a pause? When do you return? Can you take your baby with you to a birth?The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with in...
2015-09-231h 05ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastPelvic Floor Health, A Conversation with Lynn Shulte-Leech, Physical Therapist and Energetic Bodyworker... Episode 57Thérèse and Melanie talk to physical therapist Lynn Shulte-Leech about how to help birthers understand the importance of knowing the state of their pelvic floor muscles in order for them to have the possibility of a smoother labor, birth and postpartum. Visit www.intuitivehandpt.com to learn more.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.
2015-09-1645 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastHow To Work With A Single Parent... Episode 56Thérèse and Melanie discuss a listener's question who is working with a client where there is no partner involved. Her mother will be there for the delivery and in the interview the client shared that they have a pretty tense relationship. The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, wan...
2015-09-0952 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastBirth Affirmations, A Conversation with Susan Singer... Episode 55Thérèse and Sarah talk to artist and author Susan Singer about her book, Birth Affirmations and what a powerful and useful tool affirmations and visualizations can have on a person's pregnancy, birth and into the postpartum. Susan's book is available at www.BirthAffirmationsBook.com, receive a 10% discount by entering toLabor when checking out.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you gr...
2015-09-0249 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastHow to Design Your Website Home Page... Episode 54Sarah Juliusson from www.thewebsitedoula.com joins Thérèse and Sarah in discussing how important the homepage of your website is for your birth businesses and the e-book she has created to help you know all that you need to know. The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to...
2015-08-2633 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastMeeting Your Client for the First Time While They are in Labor... Episode 53Thérèse and Melanie discuss what a doula would do if they are meeting a client for the first time in labor (volunteer program, on call doula or L&D nurse/doula). What are the best questions/discussions to have if you meet them early on in labor or in an induction? What about if they are in transition? The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in...
2015-08-1934 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastPreparing Your Client for the Realities of Birth Setting and Healthcare Provider... Episode 52Thérèse and Melanie discuss the important topic of how a doula negotiates the conversation with their client about their care provider's reputation both statistically and anecdotally as well as, the facility that they plan to birth in. Is it your role? What is your responsibility? The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Que...
2015-08-1350 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastCase Study: How to Have a "Take Charge" Approach with a Client... Episode 51Thérèse and Melanie talk with a listener from Idaho, Heather, who is looking for examples of how to help a client when she is floundering in the intensity of transition. How do you have a "take charge" attitude in order to calm her, give her support, and help her move forward?The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with int...
2015-08-0550 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastBoundary Lines, Back-up Doulas and Receiving Emotional Support as a Doula... Episode 50Thérèse and Melanie talk with two ToLABOR Certified Professional Doulas about boundary lines with clients, how they support one another for births as well as being one another's doula for emotional support.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear fr...
2015-07-081h 01ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastWhat Components Are Vital To Being A Doula?... Episode 49Thérèse and Melanie answer a question from a listener in Isarel who wonders about the importance of having a mulititude of skils to offer your client or is emotional support the most important? What percent of doula work is emotional and psychological support? What percent is based onknowledge of the ins and outs of pregnancy and labor, and implementation of physical supports?The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each ep...
2015-07-0150 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastHow to Support Breastfeeding in the Immediate Recovery Stage Part 2... Episode 48Thérèse and Melanie discuss what the role of a doula is from the time from the birth of the baby until the baby's first latch.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tola...
2015-06-241h 01ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastHow to Support and Prepare Your Clients Prenatally for Breastfeeding Part 1... Episode 47Thérèse and Melanie focus on the important role a doula plays in helping to create a more realsitic and smoother pathway for their client's breastfeeding experience in the prenatal period.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!
2015-06-1759 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastHow to Find Clients and Conduct a Potential Client Interview... Episode 46Thérèse and Melanie talk about what to do when you are excited to begin the work of being a doula but you aren't sure where to find clients or how. They also discuss their thoughts on how to conduct your interview appointment---where, who, what to bring, how long, etc. Good listen for experienced doulas as well!The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the fi...
2015-06-101h 03ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastAmerican Childbirth: Exposing the Silence, a Study in Documenting Birth Stories Across the Country... Episode 45Thérèse and Melanie talk to women's childbirth advocate Cristen Pascucci (Improving Birth and Birth Monopoly) and professional photographer/doula Lindsay Askins (Spot of Serendipity) are driving from San Francisco to Philadelphia, stopping along the way to meet and photograph the women of America who have experienced and witnessed traumatic birth and obstetric violence. http://www.exposingthesilenceproject.com/The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced pro...
2015-06-0345 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastDoula Burnout... Episode 44 Thérèse and Sarah welcome Melanie Russell, the new co-host of the podcast, and the three women talk about doula burnout, how to re-energize, and how to know when it's time to walk away. The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear...
2015-05-2850 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastCase Study: Violet Shares a Challenging Birth... Episode 43Violet, an experienced birth attendant calls to talk to Therese and Sarah about a client who has trouble relaxing into labor and how best to support her.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@to...
2015-05-2059 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastBirth as Social Justice... Episode 42Thérèse talks to Sarah about her view of birth as a human right and a civil right, and the role of birth workers in supporting those rights. The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email...
2015-05-1348 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastSEO with the Website Doula... Episode 41Learn about the SEO and how it can impact your website traffic as a birth worker. The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/tolabor→ Facebook: facebook.com/toLabor...
2015-04-2844 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastVirtual Doulas & Working with Hospitalists... Episode 40Therese takes a question about setting up a virtual doula practice, and Sarah and Therese talk about working with hospitalists as Providers. The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/t...
2015-04-1436 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastCase Study: Long Second Stage... Episode 39Thérèse and Sarah talk to Anne from Baltimore, who is still working to process a difficult birth from several months ago that involved a number of interventions and a very long pushing stage. Anne talks about her role in what ended up being a traumatic experience for her client. The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and pur...
2015-03-261h 14ToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastHydrotherapy- an Important Tool for Pain Relief in Birth... Episode 38Sarah and Thérèse talk about how water can be used effectively in a labor for pain relief and even labor augmentation. The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagr...
2015-03-2047 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastWhat's in Your Doula Bag?... Episode 37Thérèse and Sarah go over some of the items and tools that might be useful to take to a birth at a home or a birthing center and prioritize those items that are most useful.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We wa...
2015-03-1156 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastBirth and Loss... Episode 36Sarah and Thérèse talk about helping clients face the potential for loss in birth. The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com→ Instagram: instagram.com/tolabor→ Facebook: facebook.com/toLabordo...
2015-02-1453 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastBack Up Doula Arrangements... Episode 35Thérèse and Sarah talk about working with a backup, financial arrangements with other doulas, and situations you may face that would necessitate a backup.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tolabor.com
2015-01-3024 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastWorking With "Type A" Clients... Episode 34Jenny from Michigan joins Thérèse and Sarah to talk about supporting Type A clients who have a hard time letting go and surrendering to labor.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest? We want to hear from you!→ Email: melanie@tola...
2015-01-0747 minToRAISE Questions Doula PodcastLife on Call... Episode 33Being on call is one of the hardest aspects of Doula life. As we head into the busiest holiday season in the US, Thérèse and Sarah talk about how to deal with being on call, practically, spiritually, and emotionally, an issue that affects us all year round but that can feel especially present during the winter.The ToRAISE Questions Doula podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work. Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the fi...
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