I woke up to some nice news. A nice lady from nursepractitionerschools.org informed me that I was listed in the top 50 blogs for midwives. It's organized so that midwives are first, organizations are next, nurses are next, then doulas are at the end. I am proud to be...

I'm super excited, because tomorrow I will be meeting with Holly Dressel, who has co-authored books with David Suzuki, as well as done some of The Nature of Things shows. She is an amazingly engaged, involved lady, and an important voice on the subjects of...

Hello All,As I've mentioned, I will, providing all is politically stable and enough resources can be gathered, be going to Madagascar in September.I am now a member of Taratra Reny Sy Zaza, which means "Shining Light, Mothers and Children". This group was founded by...

I just sent off my registration to the trainer of the CAPPA Lactation Education course coming up here in Montreal in April. I am quite excited about this. I am a former La Leche League Leader, have been a doula for quite a while, and personally spent 17 years...

I want to announce an amazing fundraising event that will be taking place on April 11th, 2010, from 9am to 5pm in Montreal. Dr. Lewish Mehl-Madrona, author of Coyote Medicine and several other wonderful books on the subject of healing ourselves and our culture through...

I just had a nice email conversation with a lady whom I am very exited about having in my doula training this summer, and she said, "thank you for sharing your doulawit," which I think is a really sweet, but powerful phrase. MotherWit means "intuitive knowledge" and...

I am very very excited, because the possibility of finally going to Madagascar is upon me. As many of those who know me know, I have been wanting to do this trip for a couple of years. We are planning to go most likely in the month of September.The lady behind this...

I used to turn down clients I didn't feel I was a good fit with. I justified it by saying "well, they'll probably get better care elsewhere." But I've stopped doing that lately. I am trying to have the attitude of gratefully accepting those who really want to embark...