here i am. writing more and more as my mind has all of this STUFF in it. welcome to the world of birth work, where we are constantly evolving, learning, being humbled, being surprised, feeling confident, feeling confused, and a multitude of things in between. birth work, just like birth itself, can be tough. don't get me wrong, i love my work. i love my work and my couples SO dearly and know it is my calling. i am good at it. i enjoyit. i love it. but i also find it to be tou

welcome to the second installment of diaries of a doula. things i'm learning on my journey. things i find poignant and want to share with you. things i think are worthy of discussion. or just things that you might now know about doula life. you know, every birth is different. it teaches you things. and just when you think you KNOW something, anything really, about birth, you realize that you know nothing about this particular birth, this particular dance, this particular stor

this post was originally a part of my beautiful and encouraging friend Marie Osborne's crazy amazing blog, for her middle of the night mothering series back in october 2014. it was an honor to write alongside women whose hearts are to encourage others along in the journey, whatever that journey may be. it was humbling to be asked to be a part of it, and it also awoke a piece of me that hadn't been shaken up in far too long. i love to write. it was cathartic and vulnerable and