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Sweet Peace Doula

Certified Birth Doula. Unbiased, compassionate care during the wildest ride of your life. Serving expecting familings in the Fraser Valley.

After binge-watching Call the Midwife at 19 years old, I stumbled upon my first doula training opportunity. Within less than a year I had my first birth and was hooked. Since then I has travelled all over, from studying Midwifery in Hawaii to helping deliver babies in the Philippines! Finally landing back in Canada to pursue doula work in British Colombia and now, here in KW after moving to Ontari

o. My passion for birth work was once again lit by the difficult birth of my son. I am most alive when helping others feel educated, cared for and empowered during their birth. When not attending a birth you can find me watercolour painting, canoeing, swimming with my son, or exploring a new coffee shop with my hubby!

07/07/2025

Why do we often feel like rest is a reward?

Something to be earned. There’s pride in the feeling of exhaustion, but what if our bodies are communicating something other than “we did it”. What if that ache that comes with rest is actually your body saying “I’m at the end of my rope, could we not have slowed down sooner?”.

I often hear women lament about their limited capacities pregnant. Their words unknowingly laced with shame statements. “I should” be able to, “why can’t my body”. As if somehow during such a wildly transformative time your body should be held to the same standards.

Perhaps if we were more comfortable with change, would we be willing to greet our new bodies (while pregnant) with grace. Like meeting a new friend, for you wouldn’t hold a friend to unrealistic expectations or shame them for what they “should” be able to do.

What would offering your current body (pregnant, postpartum, weaning, healing) compassion look like? What would they be asking of you right now? Could you offer it freely, for your body is working so hard. They don’t need to earn anything!

I’m not sure what that looks like for you, but it sure is a mind game for me. If you want to continue to explore this kind of thinking, I encourage you to join me in reading The Wisdom of Your Body by Hilary McBride 💚

06/23/2025

Hey friends,

I hope you take the time to read my letter. It’s going to seem like a total 180 to the journey we’ve been on the last few births, website updates, months of work. Years and years of clinging, hoping for the abundant season of consults I’m currently experiencing. I hope my heart is heard and seen though!

I’m looking forward to supporting the rest of my remaining clients in 2025 💜

One more note…my therapist has been asking me, “Can you go back, be the doula, the friend, that YOU needed during your birth trauma? What would you say to that version of Elisa? How would that conversation go?”.

And you know what came to mind? I’d tell her, don’t be afraid to let go. Gently hold her and say, why did you go back so soon? You need time to heal, to trust your body and birth again.

I was so so afraid that my medical/birth trauma would steal one last thing from me that I loved, doula work. So I threw myself back in. Had panic attacks walking the hallway of the hospital I gave birth in. Dealt with uncontrollable fight or flight responses in my body during my work. You can’t run from PTSD, the body remembers.

So this is more than just motherhood. It’s also mothering myself too.

I’m feeling pretty emotional to say the least. Feel free to reach out! I’ll be taking a pause from socials until I figure out how to come back. Please let me know how you would want me to show up in this space.

I’m having to tell myself minute by minute. This isn’t failure, this is love.

Ugh enough big feelings.
Love you guys so much,
💜💜💜💜

06/17/2025

Lemme get right on that…..after I wash the dishes, change a bum, make a snack, take a shower. Wait what were we talking about?

06/11/2025

Hey!!

It’s me, your Tia (I’m an old soul, so I can claim that title!). Birth bestie, someone who doesn’t believe in TMI. You’re biggest fan and cheerleader. Someone who genuinely wants for you to cry on my shoulder.

I think you get the gist! I’ve been pursuing birth work for 11 years. No matter what, always coming back to this calling. Since my first birth I’ve added two of my own small humans. I began dating my now husband when I was attending my first few births. I knew he was a keeper the way he cared for me during an incredibly long birth where I was in and out of the hospital for 52 hours.

I’ve seen all sorts of ways babies can be born. I’ve also seen my fair share of emergencies. Babies come out calm, quiet, red and screaming. Others content and some starving. It’ll never cease to amaze me the way they are already so opinionated and their personality on display even in the minutes after being born!

It’s hard to call this work when it fills my soul. But I’m excited to get to know you! Yet even now before we’ve met I know…You can do hard things, I believe in you 💕

06/10/2025

Hooorayyyy!! 🎉

If you haven’t heard of this incredible program, let me introduce you! The Doula’s for Aboriginal Families Grant Program (or DAFGP) is an opportunity for those who identify as Indigenous to receive financial support that cover the cost of a doula.

Whether you or your partner are Indigenous, you can apply!

Being a grant approved doula comes with specific requirements. Including a cultural sensitivity training, which I thoroughly enjoyed working through.

Offering individuals the opportunity to express and or involve cultural elements in their birth plan is part of what your doula can help you achieve. How exciting!!

As of right now the grant allows up to $1,200 of coverage. Which is incredible, and covers my full package price.

This has been on my to do list for awhile and I’m so happy it’s complete! In fact, both of my July babies are doula grant clients!

Check out for more info 🫶🏼

06/09/2025

If this post resonates with you personally, whether pregnant or a birth worker, I highly recommend reading When Survivors Give Birth by Penny Simkin!

06/02/2025

Oh hey bestie, been a hot minute…is this still trending? Here’s 5 facts about me that don’t match my appearance ⤵️ (and not about birth or doula-ing)

1️⃣ I can’t eat/don’t like spicy food! 🌶️ Though I think assuming all hispanics like spicy food is just a silly stereotype. But like, I LITERALLY can’t eat it. Google geographical tongue 🫣

2️⃣ I didn’t have homebirths. I think it’s assumed doulas are often associated with a certain version of birth. I had two homebirths planned and ended with two highly medicalized hospitals births 🤷🏻‍♀️

3️⃣ I’m a bubbly, loud, smiling extrovert who struggles with a lot of glass half-empty thinking. Which turned to PP depression after babies. I can get really stuck in my head about things. Therapy and working out are necessary for my mental health 💕

4️⃣ My daddy has blue eyes. Being mixed I often feel my Mennonite heritage gets forgetton or dismissed because of my physical appearance. My Grandma grew up Amish and I had a fort up in the loft where the buggies she’d ride in as a little girl, pulled by horses, were kept.

5️⃣ I’m a girly girl but I have only brothers. Which means I grew up watching Star Wars and Lord of The Rings. Playing WWE on our parents bed and running around getting absolutly covered in mud, bare feet, on my grandparents farm. All while probably wearing pink 🎀

Did any of these surprise you?

04/29/2025

See ya later gator’s ✌🏼

Each season comes with an ebb and flow. There has been a time where my little doula insta page was my only form of marketing. This isn’t so much the case right now. I argue it’s bc I’m passionate about educating and conversation. But tbh? I find myself tired, weary, overwhelmed. Besides that I find myself not engaging or really posting but rather doooom scrolling. It’s not been ideal for my lil brain, okay?

There are many triggering conversations online as a birth trauma survivor who’s algorithm on her doula page only shows birthy things. But also just hard and heavy stories and I already carry so much on behalf of my clients. As a deep feeler…life online begins to pull me along until I suddenly realize I’m way out to sea.

PREGNANT PEOPLE LISTEN TO ME 👏🏼 what you feed yourself and where is SO IMPORTANT. Encouraging, accurate, evidence based information needs to be your priority. Please be careful on here, the biggest baddest stories sell…the gain traction, everyone loves gossip. But my first time mamas, so squishy hormonally, gosh I worry for you!! And I hear these worries over and over, debunking things seen online. It’s hard work but protect your heart and your mind 💕

I’ll be back, but for right now, I’ll be unplugging so I can be fully present in my *real life*

I’m not an influencer, this isn’t my job, I have value elsewhere 🫶🏼 if you really wanna get the social media ick, join me in watching the documentary The Social Dilemma on Netflix 😳 shout out to my awesome friend (you know who you are) who’s doing this with me and being my accountability partner!!

Love you guys 💜

Protect your peace, guard your heart and please…on a bad day, call a real friend instead of picking up your phone for a quick fix dopamine hit.

As always, cheering you on,
💜 Elisa

04/25/2025

So much fuss, such hard work, for something so small…and yet absolutly life changing 🫶🏼

Words I never knew I needed to hear came from your mama little one, “but how lucky am I to have a friend who knows what I’ve been through”.

Perhaps there is healing here amidst my work too 💜

04/23/2025

Candles, a warm blanket, essential oils, worship music, dim lighting.

There can be calm even in the midst of what *feels* like a storm 💕

There are many opinions on whether or not you should get an epidural. But I firmly believe they have a time and place. Sometimes we enter a space in birth that we can’t be rescued from. This is where effective pain management can bring our bodies and nervous system back on board. Calm and surrendered suddenly there’s progression, dilation occurs.

Curious on whether or not you’d want one? Comment EPIDURAL and I’ll send you a free worksheet on working through the potential pros and cons. This worksheet is designed to help you discover YOUR opinion on the matter.

You can do hard things, keep going, I’m cheering you on 💜

Elisa

04/22/2025

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This took me a lot longer than I want to admit! Language is important. Therefore this message also matters on how I educate you in making personal decisions. This is simply a tool and in no means trumps true medical advice and expertise of your care provider.

But! I do hope this analogy helps you ponder your emotions vs reality. Gives you permission to take a breath and think with clarity.

You got this!!

04/20/2025

Happy Easter! 💜🐰🌸🐣

A personal reflection on what Easter means to me…

I have walked through seasons of feeling alive and in love with my Creator. I’ve also walked seasons of hurt and doubt. Yet because he laid his life down for mine, I have access to endless peace and deep love.

Story Time…

It was early in the morning, with no one awake. Alone in the ER, without my baby, my body aching, my milk arriving having given birth just 3 days ago. I couldn’t help but wonder “how could you abandon me like this?”. What kind of Creator would allow such hurtful things to happen to me?

My birth trauma was over and I was now being consumed by another wave. Will it end? The thought of slipping into darkness. Accepting the wave and letting it take me…daydreaming of going to sleep and never waking up. Someone else can care for my baby. Because I don’t want to feel this way. That friends, that’s the depth of pain and abandonment I felt.

Yet I could NOT get this song out of my head. It was almost annoying, but over and over I kept hearing the Spirit say “it may look like I’m surrounded, but I’m surrounded by you”.

I don’t have all the answers. I am desperately human and found myself doubting. But my heart cannot run from my Creator. I just know he knows me and is with me, even in my hurt.

The image of the cross, the suffering and pain that he endured to bring me life kept playing in my head. You know suffering. You understand my pain. You too cried out while bringing new life.

You understand my pain.

As someone who struggles to feel hope (I’m rather glass half empty), and someone who struggled to feel like waking up the next day. I hope you read this poem I wrote at 3AM and if anything feel the depth of what my faith means to me.

I am who I am, because of Him.
I show up to birth, because it’s my ministry.
I choose to turn my pain into victory, because even though I experienced suffering…the empty tomb shows me how my Creator uses our pain to bring Him Glory.

Thank you for reading 🫶🏼 whatever faith means to you, know that you are welcome here 💜

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