DoulaRina

06/30/2022

After a hiatus, I’m planning to lead another Birth Doula Training Workshop on November 11-13!

06/05/2022

Doulas and Central Park—perfect combination.

08/07/2021

Doulas practicing in the park. Love it when they need to practice on me!

07/19/2021

Today’s mail made me cry big, fat, ugly tears! Thank YOU Thank you for doing this important work and for being fabulous you, Maggie!

04/12/2021

Thirty-three doulas were asked what word comes to mind when they think about birth.

02/13/2021

The Birth Partner is now available as an audiobook! When I was the Intercultural Director of DONA International, I looked at ways to remove some barriers to certification and wanted to make the required reading list more accessible. That is a long journey on which I hardly took a step. This audiobook is a step, though! I am super grateful to Penny Simkin and Katie Rohs for the opportunity. .simkin

10/13/2020

DOULAS! Ready to get to it!

09/02/2020

Amazing gift from my last class! Thank you!

08/16/2020

Comfort measures in the park is nice when students bring there own pregnant person, and it’s amazing when they practice relaxation techniques on me! @ New York, New York

08/10/2020

Your DONA leadership team – representing more than 5,000 member doulas from 54 countries – is committed to identifying and eliminating processes, practices and perspectives that perpetuate racism and discrimination within our organization and the broader birthing community. While we have made progress toward that end, we still have a long way to go.

Beginning this month, we will undergo an internal audit with the help of a consultant who specializes in diversity, equity and inclusion. Part of this effort will involve surveying our members to help us understand DONA’s racial-ethnic climate from your perspective. We hope this exercise will expose our blind spots and show us how to create a more inclusive culture that values the humanity of every individual.

Our anti-racism work will also include examining and rebuilding our approach to social media. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are powerful platforms, and we apologize for instances where our posts have been careless, imperceptive or hurtful to Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). To help remedy this going forward, we are expanding an oversight committee and empowering them to develop and implement clear policies surrounding social media content and engagement – including how we respond to any post that unintentionally inflicts harm upon our doula community.

https://www.dona.org/the-dona-advantage/leadership-staff/

08/10/2020

I’m so happy to still be able to train and meet new doulas!!!

07/12/2020

It’s a new era of teaching comfort measures! @ Central Park, Manhatan, New York

06/26/2020

Have you heard of The Doula Book Project? If you’re a Black doula who’d like help acquiring books for certification or if you’d like to contribute that help, go check it out!

http://doulabookproject.com/wp/

06/19/2020

In December I made this sign out of a Happy Thanksgiving banner and hung it over my bed. It was after my accident and before my surgery and I was not yet thriving. Six months later, I am preparing to teach again and I am thrilled to be THRIVING!
I’m excited to spend the weekend with a group of new doulas!!!

06/01/2020

03/27/2020

Encouragement during COVID-19 from over 30 DONA International Trainers and Leaders! Take a moment and watch this video to feel uplifted and guided.

12/21/2019

Woohoo! Looking forward to this with
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Save the date! We hope you’ll join us for the 2020 DONA Summit in Calgary!

11/18/2019

Check out the new doulas!!!