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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 Ontario. 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!

02/02/2026

Perhaps it’s time I get Substack or blog instead 🤪 Writing has and will always be an escape for me.

If I could summarize this post I’d say…

An empowered birth is one where we are embodied. Embodiment comes with listening and making choices that are in alignment with our inner voice. Sometimes these decisions bring relief but also grief. Sometimes feeling at peace is simply the sensation of being grounded even while unexpected emotions swirl around you.

If you read through all 10 slides comment your fav emoji below 🫣 here’s mine 🦋

01/27/2026

A few days ago I asked for some submissions on how your baby showed themselves during your birth. It created some fun conversations in my DM’s!

Finding language to describe the significance of listening to our bodies during birth (and pregnancy, postpartum, parenting ect) is my new mission. When there are so many other voices buzzing around us, it can be hard to find our own in the midst of it all.

Our bodies don’t tell us in words, wouldn’t that be nice if it did! The answer may not even reflect your birth plan. But taking in the sensations you feel, is this creating a sense of peace in my body? Is my confusion, discouragement actually a warning bell within my system? + What your baby may be telling you with what they are or are not participating in. Are all arrows pointing you along the way, helping guide your decision making.

What are your thoughts? I always love creating discussion and hearing stories!

01/12/2026

“No one told me…”

This statement felt like someone holding my head under water after my first born. I was so angry that I was so oblivious to the “other side” of birth/medical trauma. It’s such a hard topic to navigate. Yet even those of us with “easier” experiences are not left completely unscathed. Birth leaves no one as it found them.

This swirling line around my body is a perfect imagine to how I am feeling these days. This post feels personal and yet I know I’m not alone. Perhaps it may seem odd hearing that these are the inner thoughts of a birth worker. It feels vulnerable for me as I’m not someone who entered or stayed doing doula work because of a personally empowering birth experience. But the reality is, healing is messy. This whole process is messy. And even though we feel confident to continue growing our family…

It’s. So. Messy.

So here I am, holding your hand and telling you my story so that you might feel less alone. So you won’t have to say “no one told me”.

What then is the answer here? What’s the solution. Where can we find hope? I’ve been in therapy for the past few years since my first born. Yet this is still my reality? (Yes. I’m only human!)

My most powerful tools are these = empathy & practising being present. It goes something like this…

To my body = “Yes. That is such a real fear. That was so scary. I’m so proud of you for enduring what you did to bring our baby here.”
To my mind = “Right now we need to focus on today. What’s for dinner? Should we colour with the kids or go for a walk? Let’s stop running ahead just yet. I know you want to process to keep us safe. But we are safe. And we are also not in control. And that is okay.”

Finding ways to connect with my body positively is healing my fractured sense of trust. Like a long hug with someone safe or working out, or the reward of nature on a walk. There are many ways we can offer ourselves respite besides counselling after birth/medical trauma.

I see you & I’m cheering you on,
💜 Elisa

11/30/2025

Just wanted to share a snap shot into my prenatal class Friday. Teaching has always brought me immense joy (my inner theatre kid on display maybe?).

Students got access to some awesome worksheets I’ve made such as my birth planning kit, epidural pros and cons and a hospital packing list.

Having this opportunity with has been so fun!!

11/01/2025

Dressed up as what I wanna be when I grow up!

Call the Midwife! (Sadly with the downpour I couldn’t take a pic with my bike 😭)

The show that started this while thing, that led me to research doing birth work. Happy Halloween everyone! 🎃

10/25/2025

Decided my stories needed a spot on the feed. This was while brain storming and editing some slides on maternal mental health as I had the honour to teach a prenatal class for 💜

Mental health will continue to be a big conversation on my socials because 1 in 5 will receive an official diagnosis of some form of postpartum mental illness. During COVID it was 1 in 3 and honestly since then & knowing how hard it is to get support or screen it could easily be more than 1 in 5.

You deserve to enjoy your postpartum & your baby. You deserve to bond with them and feel present in your body ✨

I’ve created a worksheet that provides you with the following:
• A personal reflection to do prior to baby’s arrival. To help you have a baseline to refer back to in the midst of the postpartum fog.
• Overview of the how and why the transition to motherhood brings about baby blues, big feelings and or overwhelm.
• A postpartum mental health check-in.
• Self care solutions that target your basic needs and can help you rise above a bad day or a hard few weeks.

Not all mental illness is avoidable. If you end up struggling with postpartum depression or anxiety, it’s not your fault. But I hope this worksheet offers you that lifeline to help you back to shore before you get dragged out into the deep (because some times we don’t realize we’re drowning).

Comment below and I’ll send you the document! Doulas, feel free to also receive this as a tool for your clients! (Soon I’ll figure out how to link it in my bio…)

As always, I’m cheering you on.
💜 Elisa

10/23/2025

Just like that, I’ve wrapped up my last birth of 2025.

A very special number, my 5️⃣0️⃣th birth! 🎉🥳

It’s taken me 11 years to reach such an accomplishment. For inbetween births I got married, moved across the country, survived COVID-lock downs, had two babies, endured postpartum after a rough first birth and a C-section for my second. I’ve always found my way back to birth, and I’m proud of that.

These last few deliveries I’ve felt my confidence increase. I’ve also begun to notice a positive impact from the hard work I’m doing in therapy on my own birth trauma. The healing I’m enduring is paying off and revealing to me that yes, if I work hard, birth work can still be sustainable for me.

I’m looking forward to being off call for the holidays. I can’t say when I’ll be opening my books to take on more clients, but I know this season is just pressing pause.

Feeling an incredible amount of gratitude for the 12 births I supported, 12 babies I witnessed say hello to the world, this year. I learned SO MUCH about the juggle of running my little business + family. I did the damn thing, I set out to take on 1-2 births a month while still being home with my kiddos. I learned what was possible and what was too much. It’s been messy but I’m proud of the lessons I pushed through. Anywho, I’m excited for whatever is next, but mostly excited for some rest.

Thanks for being here,
Elisa ✨
💜💜💜

10/09/2025

How lucky am I to have found my calling ✨

10/08/2025

A long one, but a fascinating concept ✨

A note on helping nurture our nervous system, the final point being “taking action”. This direction could be done in the following ways:

✨ Asking for a different nurse, finding a new care provider better aligned with your beliefs, hiring a doula.

✨ Creating an intentional trauma informed care plan, inviting your care team to review this plan before labour, making your boundaries clear once you arrive to your birthing location.

✨ Having your partner be your voice, upholding boundaries and reiterating your needs or desires.

✨ Following through with a report or complaint of care if you feel it necessary (hopefully not). Although heavy and or yet another thing to worry over postpartum, using your voice can be an important puzzle piece in healing.

The body, brain, nervous system, and the human experience of deep emotions, will never cease to amaze me!

10/06/2025

It’s our anniversary 💜💍👰🏻‍♀️

I’m often asked, how do you manage on-call life? And my answer is always the same, “I couldn’t do this without Matt”. When I get called to a birth, my honey gets a call too. He comes home and takes over parenting so I can support you!

I knew he was more than just a good boyfriend but husband material when while I was attending a birth, when we were dating, he showed up for me. I’d been in and out of the hospital with this client for a few days, utterly exhausted, his place was closer than mine from hospital. He told me to come over to rest for bit and I walked in to a candle lit, the bed made nicely for a nap. He tucked me in for a rest only to feed me when I woke up before having to head back. I knew then he’d be an incredible life partner of someone who holds space for birth and requires their own “doula-ing” during the process.

Birth work isn’t possible unless your loved ones are on board. We’re a team, my hubby and I, even if only I show up at your birth. He’s worked hard these past few years and achieved a promise he made me years ago to work a remote job so I could continue to be on call and his work be more flexible for the unique needs of having a doula as a wife. He doesn’t just come home and take over as primary parent, impatiently waiting till he can get back to work. But is fully present and relieves me of any of the mental load of the kids while I’m away, no texts, questions or calls.

So cheers to 8 years married honey, you make my world turn round ✨💜

09/22/2025

The tiniest peanut you ever did see 💜✨

Two of the fastest babies I’ve ever seen come earthside, born days apart, both named my top two girl names?! Oh correction, I only witnessed one as this little one arrived before I’d even gotten my car started 😅

09/08/2025

Let’s get this party startedddd! 🎉

This has been a work in progress people, we’re talking 2 years I’ve been working towards a diagnosis. Or at least had my suspicions. I’m excited to let you in as now we can well, move on! But I get to be upfront and honest about things moving forward.

Where my other fellow neurospicies at? Also, any other late-term-diagnosis peeps? Let’s throw a party for me…like a gender reveal…expect it’s just me, combination type ADHD 😆🥳🎂

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