toRaise Questions Doula Podcast
Health & Wellness Podcasts
Hosted by Thérèse Hak-Kuhn, toLabor Executive Director and nationally-renowned doula educator and moderated by Sarah Allen-Short, toRaise Questions Doula Podcast gives doulas and birth workers free access to some of the most thoughtful and experienced experts who will share their insights in order to improve knowledge and increase professionalism and the integrity of each doula. Please send in your questions! 1) Email toraisequestions@gmail.com 2) Post on our Facebook page 3) Private message us on Facebook 4) Tweet or DM questions to @tolabordoulas on Twitter. Read more about the toRaise Questions Doula Podcast on toLabor’s website: http://tolabor.memberlodge.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1577947
Location:
United States
Description:
Hosted by Thérèse Hak-Kuhn, toLabor Executive Director and nationally-renowned doula educator and moderated by Sarah Allen-Short, toRaise Questions Doula Podcast gives doulas and birth workers free access to some of the most thoughtful and experienced experts who will share their insights in order to improve knowledge and increase professionalism and the integrity of each doula. Please send in your questions! 1) Email toraisequestions@gmail.com 2) Post on our Facebook page 3) Private message us on Facebook 4) Tweet or DM questions to @tolabordoulas on Twitter. Read more about the toRaise Questions Doula Podcast on toLabor’s website: http://tolabor.memberlodge.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1577947
Language:
English
Episodes
Episode 120 - When Your Client Is Also Your Sister
12/20/2017
Thérèse 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.
Duration:01:12:17
Episode 119 - A Birth Story
12/13/2017
Dana 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.
Duration:01:13:36
Episode 118 - Traumatic Birth: A Deeper Understanding
11/29/2017
Thérèse 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.
Duration:01:16:59
Episode 117 - We're Back!
11/21/2017
It'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.
Duration:00:19:09
Episode 116 - Supporting a Client Desiring a VBAC
9/6/2017
Thérèse 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.
Duration:01:26:41
Episode 115 - The Life of A Doula
8/3/2017
Thérèse 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.
Duration:01:17:37
Episode 114 - Breastfeeding Part 2
7/27/2017
Thérèse 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.
Duration:01:17:32
Episode 113 - Breastfeeding Part 1
7/12/2017
Thérèse 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 birth
Duration:01:12:37
Episode 112 - Reproductive Rights
7/5/2017
Thérèse talks with Cheyenne Varner cheyennevarner.com about an article she recently wrote entitled, "8 Things to Know About Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice".
Duration:01:00:49
Episode 111 - Doula Mentorship
6/8/2017
Thérèse talks with Emily Landry, www.emilylandrydoula.com, from Tulsa Ok about a service she offers to new doulas, doula mentorship.
Duration:01:01:00
Episode 110 - A Conversation with Jocelyn Alt About Hospital Doula Programs
5/24/2017
Thérèse 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.
Duration:01:13:14
Episode 109 - Workshops, Life and Birth
5/18/2017
Thérèse 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.
Duration:01:05:23
Episode 108 - Jen Kamel the Creator of the Organization, VBACFacts
4/27/2017
Thérèse 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.
Duration:01:08:25
Episode 107 - A Conversation with the Organization Everyday Miracles
4/19/2017
Thérèse 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.
Duration:01:06:38
Episode 106 Case Study- How to Handle a Diffcult Client Situation
4/13/2017
Thérèse 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 labor
Duration:01:18:57
Episode 105 (Part 2) - A Conversation with the Creator of a Non-Profit Community Doula Project
3/23/2017
Thérèse 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.
Duration:00:48:55
Episode 104 - A Conversation with the Creator of a Non-Profit Community Doula Project Part 1
3/15/2017
Thérèse 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.
Duration:01:05:28
Episode 103 - A Conversation with a Newborn Intensive Care Nurse
3/2/2017
Thérèse 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.
Duration:01:16:40
Episode 102 - A Conversation with a Federally Funded Community Based Doula
2/22/2017
Thérèse speaks with guest, Alice Wheeler who is a doula in a federally qualified community health center in Lancaster, PA
Duration:00:59:09
Epsiode 101 Part 2 - Case Study with Anne Continues
2/16/2017
Thérèse continues her conversation with Anne about a labor and it's unexpected turn of events.
Duration:00:59:28