My birth doula training with Carriage House Birth in Brooklyn, NY was everything I dreamed it would be. When I set out to learn, I no longer want to feel like the smartest person in the room like I did in my youth. I want everything I thought I knew and every iron-fisted ideology that feeds my ego in any way tipped on its head. I want to be challenged to think outside of my boxes of conditioning and I want to be awakened to my implicit biases. I want to be held accountable when I am not stepping into the shoes of my calling, and I want to be supported when I'm finding that hard to do. Carriage House came through 100-fold on all of it by offering a holistic and radical program that was exactly what I needed to feel equipped with fresh and open perspective and tools to carry into my work and personal life. Week after week, my angel of an instructor, Morgane, had us do deeply introspective and thought-provoking journal assignments. These assignments gave my classmates and I the opportunity to dive into parts of ourselves that may have brought us to this work that we didn't even realize were there. This was the case for me in most of the assignments, and I decided I'd share Week Four: The Elevator Pitch with all interested parties.
Questions to examine:
What brought you to birth work?
My personal quest and calling to mind-body-soul connection in relation to my own fertility journey and the experience of a birth I attended in 2014 is ultimately what led me to doula service/birth work. This coupled with an inner urgency to have a purpose-driven and soul centered career and learn and grow through making a direct impact on the world at an individual level.
What is it that you think might really draw us into hiring you?
I am passionate about people having the human experience of their choosing as long as they are not doing harm. Our human lifetimes are highlighted by these huge pivotal milestone moments, birth being one of the most monumental. I am dedicated to continuously cultivating my foundational knowledge from the polarities to the spectrum in between them. It is important to me that you are empowered for your birth and that I am empowered to support you. However, I don’t think that this is my main draw for hire or the best gift I have to offer. I offer the ability and vow to hold a sacred space for what is happening on an alchemical level. I will assist you in being present mind, body, and soul and will also stay on the journey with you as it will indefinitely lead to intrinsic cultivation for us both and everyone involved. I will protect the energy of your experience on an emotional/spiritual plane, in the midst of the literality of the occasion, in whatever way that you need me to. I respect all personal beliefs and rituals and also respect the journey that led you to them. I am here to make this transition be remembered for all of the beautiful chaotic depth that it symbolizes in yours and your child’s lives. You are not just having a baby. You are transforming as an individual as well. Because this is my most whole and most flexible offering, I am able to provide support for a myriad of different experiences. You deserve deep support no matter what your story is.
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