Grateful Life Doula Services

01/05/2026

https://youtu.be/mQ7ejAKVSVU

The Doula Documentary is a documentary to raise awareness of the importance and strength of a doula to help save lives.

12/25/2025

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Sharing my favorite birth story of all, because it never gets old. 🫶 ✨FLESH✨ Jesus’ birth was no Insta-perfect manger scene with glowing orbs.😇 The most iconic birth in history took place in lowly, un-sanitized manger among farm animals.

Oh, what a birth story! The King of the universe came to Earth and put on FLESH to live among us.👑

“The Word became FLESH and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” -John 1:14

I wonder, did Mary experience pain? Did she get scared and ask how long it would take? I don’t know, but, like most home births, it was probably messy, bloody, vulnerable and intense.🩸

Our modern society doesn’t like dirty and unfiltered. In fact, we CENSOR birth and death. It’s too uncomfortable for our virgin eyes, perhaps.🙈

We like to clean up birth, numb the intense feelings with drugs and make it pretty, shiny and sterile. 🧼 Even in postpartum, we tell mom to “cover up.”🤱

We censor manger scenes and we censor modern motherhood.

Yet, birth is anything but clean and dignified!
✨Birth is the breaking of waters,
✨The gushing of fluids,
✨Moans too deep for words,
✨Expulsion of a placenta,
✨Blood running down the leg,
✨Skin-to-bloody-vernix-coated-skin.

🐂Among stalls intended for animals, the King of kings was born to a 16 year old girl.

His flesh felt cold air, his belly felt hunger and his body felt pain. He was comforted by the gentle touch of his mother and fed by the nourishment of her breastmilk.

In life and death, He demonstrated what pure love looks like, vulnerable and unashamed.❤️

Jesus left this world the same way he came into it: naked and exposed.

Flesh makes us human. It is not a curse. It is the greatest privilege of our existence and one the angels look down upon with envy.

🎄This Christmas, may you experience the outrageous, unconditional love of Jesus.

🤰May you embrace motherhood, like Mary did, it all its undignified, sacrificial, messy glory.

“We love because he first loved us.” - John 4:19
Words: “Flesh” by (2020)
Image: The Creation of Man (2017) by

12/24/2025

A doula is not someone you call when labor starts and hope for the best.

We are not a last-minute rescue.
We are not a savior rushing in to “fix” birth.

A doula is someone you build a relationship with months before you ever feel a contraction.

When you hire a doula early, the real work begins long before labor. We walk beside you as you learn, question, process, and prepare. We help you understand your body, your options, and your voice, so by the time birth arrives, you’re not looking to someone else to save you. You already know you can do this.

We don’t just attend a birth.
We help shape the experience you walk into it with.

We:
~Educate you on the physiology of labor so fear doesn’t run the show
~Help you understand common interventions, your choices, and your rights
~Talk through what-ifs so nothing feels shocking or overwhelming
~Help you build a birth plan that’s flexible, realistic, and truly yours
~Teach your partner how to support you with confidence — not panic
~Normalize what labor looks and feels like so you don’t doubt yourself
~Help you practice positions, comfort measures, breathing, and coping tools
~Prepare you mentally and emotionally, not just physically
~Hold space for your fears, questions, and past experiences
~Remind you again and again that your body is not broken

By the time labor begins, we aren’t strangers walking into your birth.

We are a familiar, grounding presence.
We already know your preferences, your triggers, your goals, your strength.

And during labor?
We remind you:
~You are informed
~You are capable
~You are allowed to ask questions
~You are allowed to pause
~You are allowed to change your mind
~You are in control of your birth choices

Hiring a doula early isn’t about having backup.
It’s about walking into birth confident instead of afraid.
Prepared instead of unsure.
Supported instead of alone.

If you want to feel calm, grounded, educated, and powerful when labor begins, don’t wait until the last minute.

This work starts long before labor does.
And it changes everything.

12/10/2025

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12/06/2025

12/03/2025

https://youtu.be/l38KczUEhc4

When you’ve gone through something really difficult, the healing process can take a long time — and it almost never looks the way we expect it to. This short...

11/28/2025

11/27/2025

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11/22/2025

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NAMI Minnesota’s Parent Warmline offers support for parents and caregivers who need guidance, encouragement, or help navigating children’s mental health concerns. Connect with our Family Peer Education Coordinator, a compassionate peer with lived experience supporting families and navigating complex mental health systems. They can answer questions, offer support, discuss strategies to help you reach your goals, and connect you with helpful resources. If you or someone you know could use support, email parent.resources@namimn.org