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Second Generation Doula

here comes a time in life where a woman makes a decision to change her birth experience. She may not know how, but she knows a change has to come and...

Checking In: OneDoula Retreat

My mind is swirling after returning home from the recent One Doula: Thriving Together Retreat  in Tulum, MX.  It was a powerful retreat on many levels and I just woke with this...

Grieving A Dream: by Kisha Mungkornpanich

Did you know October is Miscarriage and baby loss awareness month? I didn’t until I saw a post from a fellow doula in my Facebook feed saying: A miscarriage is...

Reimagining Certification: Changes for 2016

DTI is committed to making our program more accessible to all doulas. Over these past five years, we’ve taught dozens of trainings across 13 cities and learned innumerable lessons along...

Birth of Liberty Jane

By Kim Borchert, DTI Doula Libby’s birth starts about a week before she was born.  On Tuesday, September 2, I had a bit of spotting, I was 37 weeks 2...

Shifting the Culture of Postpartum Support: If ...

My oldest child just turned 5.  It wasn’t until around his third birthday (which was also around the time that I completed my training with DTI and attended my first...