The Nourished Soul Doula

03/24/2025

"Loving someone means working on yourself so that your wounds don't become their trauma." ~Sara Kuburic

01/30/2024

9 years ago today after a very long 3 day labor I met my Luca earth side.

Luca “bringer of light”. How that name has always suited you. You bring so much to light in this world with your tenacious spirit and your heart of gold.

It’s hard to believe that when this picture was taken I had no idea what a doula was, no concept of HypnoBirthing, I was not a yoga teacher or a childbirth educator, I didn’t do Hypnotherapy, I did not consider myself a healer. I was just a young mother with a deep love for her child, I had no idea what I was doing, but somehow I knew I could do it.

Motherhood pushes you to go beyond your limits - to find the strength of a lioness again and again. How is it that one tiny human can bring out so much courage? The work of motherhood is not for the faint of heart. It’s lots of deep breaths, and parenting books, lots of “I’m sorry, let’s try that again.” Lots of inner child work. Lots of late night feedings, late night bedtime songs and tuck ins, again and again. Sometimes it’s late nights cleaning up vomit 😂. It’s lots of late night dishes and clothes folding. Work that’s almost invisible to the outside world. Its stretch marks and stained clothes, and cry’s in the shower. But it’s also..beautiful, like REALLY beautiful, it’s the deepest love you will ever feel. It’s finding respect and love for your body and the amazing things it can do- like carrying groceries and your baby up the stairs. It’s the sweetest baby smell (trust me your baby’s head is the sweetest smell in the whole wide world). It’s falling asleep with your little one on your heart and not wanting to move. It’s giggling, and rediscovering the wonder in the world as if for the first time. It’s splashing in puddles and catching fireflies. It’s playing in the dirt, it’s answering soulful questions about the world that you didn’t think you knew….and sometimes YOU DON’T KNOW ..so you look it up ..or circle back to it after a long meditation 😂. (More in the comments cause I’m long winded tonight 😂)

01/26/2024

Hello beautiful souls!
I am overjoyed to announce I am now taking on NEW birth clients in San Diego and surrounding areas starting this February! 💗 ✨
 
If you are a mother/birthing individual seeking grounded presence, unbiased evidence-based support, and empowerment through your pregnancy and birth, let’s connect! DM to book a free phone consultation. ✨ You were made for this, you are worthy of soul nourishment, and you are not alone on the journey. Looking forward to connecting! 🤍 Mary

01/02/2024

12/11/2023

The calm after the storm. The raw beauty of this picture takes me back to that palpable moment, the warmth felt through her calm expression seems to say “we did it”. .

From the moment Janie contacted me, I knew she had the spirit of a wild woman. Fierce, loving, resilient, strong. I could feel the deep love she had for her baby. This photo was taken just after this incredible woman cut the cord HERSELF and welcomed her baby girl earth-side like a freaking pro. I get the goosies just thinking about it.

Birth is a journey, it’s work, it’s transformation- but it’s so worth it; because every time a child is born, so is a mother. 💗

If you are curious about HypnoBirthing can help you empower your birth like this mama comment below or DM to book for the upcoming January class!

12/07/2023

I am thrilled to announce that I will be holding my next HypnoBirthing course in Coronado California! 🌊 Thursday’s, January 4th- February 1st 6:30-9 pm.

I Have taught Many HypnoBirthing Classes, but this particular one has special meaning to me as I continue to settle into my practice here in California. I often tell my families that “Birth is Like the Ocean, you cannot control it, but you can learn to sail through her waves”. And here I am about to teach class on Coronado Island with the Ocean all around me. Mother Nature has a way of reflecting back to us the deep beauty of life.

I am excited to dive deep into the rich and meaningful class materials and hands on teaching with you during this 5-week class hosted by Rooted Life Family Chiropractic and Dr. Cassandra Goldberg . Not only is she Webster Certified (yay!), She is also a wonderful human being and one of the most amazing Mama’s out there. I highly recommend checking out her page and booking with her for some extra nervous system regulation this season!

Stay tuned for more information on HypnoBirthing, its benefits, and how this empowering technique can help you create a calm and conscious birth, whatever circumstances arise.

DM to book your spot in class!

05/16/2023

Call if you are due in October and are wanting a homebirth!! 865.235.1703

01/23/2023

This 💗

A 🌿doula🌿 is there to journey along side the laboring woman. To see her, to serve her. ❤️

12/23/2022

💗 •Now Offering Postpartum Services•💗

It brings my heart so much joy to now be offering postpartum doula services that allow families to connect! And what a gift it is to learn these kinds of little cooking tips and feel the warmth and energy of new life in the home.

I have been mostly vegan for YEARS and just recently learned this incredible hack from an amazing woman and postpartum client while making her lovely little family some butternut squash soup. All of those veggie scraps you have, the end of celery stocks, the tops of peppers and the peel on the onion can be turned into tasty vegetable broth! I juice A LOT, and therefore have lots of veggie scraps so this is something that I will now be using often in my own home!

So thankful for the opportunity to support new parents and help around the home during their few weeks after delivery. This might look like baby wearing while the new mama rests, making meals so baby and parents can bond and heal, keeping up with the laundry or doing a grocery run so that the new family can stay cuddled in their nest.

Feel free to ask any questions below or send me a DM to inquire about postpartum services.

Love what I doula! 💗

12/19/2022

I will never get over how much I love being a doula. It fills me up.

This little one has one of the STONGEST mamas I have ever seen. 💪 It was such an honor to be present for her labor and birth.

You would think it would get old but it doesn’t, every birth I go to I fall more and more in love with being present during these sacred moments. Somebody pinch me so I know it’s real. 💗

12/19/2022

Thank you Moonlight Midwife! So thrilled to be an extra hand with such an amazing practice. 💜

Everyone, meet Mary! You may be seeing her at some births from now on when I need an extra hand 😊

Hi, I’m Mary! I could not be more thrilled to be joining Moonlight Midwife as a midwife assistant. Supporting women through birth is in my soul and brings me so much joy. As a mother and birth doula I know how crucial support is during pregnancy birth and postpartum, and I am honored to be joining such a wonderful team!  

A little about me -I discovered my love for birth during my two-year internship with the Wellness Institute in Issaquah Washington studying transpersonal psychology and hypnotherapy. I took a special interest in the way our birth stories affect our lives and fell in love with supporting mothers through labor and birth. In addition to Heart Centered Clinical Hypnosis and Life coaching for mothers and new parents, I went on to become a Certified Birth Doula and HypnoBirthing childbirth educator and have been supporting mothers as a doula since 2020.

My greatest gift in life is being a mom to a big hearted, silly, almost 8-year-old boy who is my world and my biggest source of inspiration. I am also a dog mom to a 2-year-old wildly loving golden retriever. The three of us love to hike, bake, and watch Star Wars together.

12/03/2022

Baby time! 💗