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Los Angeles Doula, Venice, CA (2025)

12/05/2025

📅 December 9, 10 and 11 ( Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday)⁠
1pm – 3:15pm PST / 4pm – 6:15pm EST (each day, same hours)⁠
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📍 LIVE, ONLINE Class for Professionals about Prenatal, Birth and Postpartum (day and night) Support.⁠
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⏳ You will need to attend all three days in a row. Please make arrangements accordingly. Thank you!⁠
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➡️ Who This Is For: For birth and postpartum doulas, midwives, NCS, and other perinatal professionals with foundational training or work experience who want to expand their skills.⁠
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While this training focuses on cis-gendered fathers in heterosexual relationships, the core principles and practices are applicable to non-gestational parents of all genders and sexualities.⁠
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➡️ Why This Training Matters: Fathers and non-gestational parents are vital to the family unit, yet they’re often overlooked by traditional support systems. This training helps you shift that dynamic. You’ll learn to confidently support and empower all parents—not just the birthing one—to build stronger, more resilient families. This approach benefits your clients and elevates your professional practice.⁠
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➡️ What You’ll Learn:⁠
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✨️ Move beyond the “Dad Box”: Learn how to challenge outdated stereotypes and help fathers shift from feeling isolated and “second fiddle” to co-leading with presence and confidence.⁠
✨️ Communicate with Impact: Master communication strategies that foster trust and openness, helping you effectively engage with men during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.⁠
✨️ Identify Paternal Mood Disorders: Recognize the signs of perinatal mood disorders in men (which often present differently than in women) and use the NEAR model (Nurture, Educate, Assess, Refer) to provide critical mental health support.⁠
✨️ Build Confidence & Connection: Receive practical tools—including downloadable handouts, interview guides, and checklists—to help parents bond and navigate challenges like overnight parenting with cultural sensitivity and equity.⁠

✨️➡️ LINK IN BIO ⬅️✨️

12/03/2025

I am thrilled to announce that tomorrow marks the beginning of our transformative Postpartum Doula Training! This is a momentous occasion where we will embark on a journey to empower and equip the next generation of postpartum doulas. 🎉👶💫

Over the coming days, we’ll dive deep into the heart of postpartum care, exploring essential skills, compassionate support techniques, and the incredible impact you will have on new families. Get ready for an engaging and enriching experience that will prepare you to make a real difference in the postpartum period.

🌸 What to Look Forward To:
Hands-On Learning: Interactive sessions designed to build your confidence and expertise in providing postpartum care.
Inspiring Connections: Meet and collaborate with fellow doulas who share your passion for supporting families.
Expert Guidance: Gain insights from experienced instructors and mentors who are committed to your success.

🌟 Why It Matters:
You’re not just learning a profession; you’re becoming a beacon of support and empowerment for new parents.
This training will equip you with the tools to help families thrive during the postpartum period, offering them the comfort and reassurance they need.

I can't wait to start this journey with all of you. Together, we will embark on an exciting adventure that will not only enhance your skills but also deepen your passion for postpartum doula work. Let’s get started and make a lasting impact! 🌿💕

12/02/2025

Have I offered encouragement, praise, and validation for the non-birthing parent’s contributions?

Parenting, especially in the early postpartum period, is a massive emotional and physical undertaking. Non-gestational parents often contribute in ways that go unnoticed or undervalued. This can include everything from soothing the baby, handling household tasks, providing emotional support to the birthing parent, learning new skills, or simply showing up consistently.

➡️ Why validation matters:
✨️ Builds confidence: Being recognized for their efforts helps non-birthing parents feel competent and motivated to keep engaging.
✨️ Counters invisibility: Without acknowledgment, many feel sidelined or unsure if they’re “doing it right.”
✨️ Supports mental health: Feeling valued reduces anxiety, frustration, and isolation.

➡️ Ways doulas can offer meaningful encouragement:
✨️ Be specific. Instead of generic praise (“Good job”), say things like “I noticed how gently you soothed the baby — that was beautiful.”
✨️ Acknowledge emotional labor. Recognize the emotional support they provide to their partner and family.
✨️ Celebrate learning curves. Validate that they’re learning, growing, and it’s okay not to be perfect.
✨️ Normalize struggles. Share that many parents feel unsure or overwhelmed—it’s part of the journey.

➡️ Examples of phrases to try:
✨️ “You’re doing such important work.”
✨️ “Your support makes a huge difference.”
✨️ “I see how much love and care you’re bringing.”
✨️ “It’s okay to feel unsure — that’s totally normal.”

➡️ Reflection for doulas:
✨️ How often do you consciously recognize the non-birthing parent’s efforts?
✨️ What language do you use to build them up?
✨️ How can you create a culture in your care that honors all types of contribution?

Validation is one of the simplest yet most powerful gifts you can offer in your doula role.

11/28/2025

🌟👶🏽 Thinking About Becoming a Postpartum Doula? 👶🏼🌟⁠
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Have you been dreaming of making a real impact in the lives of new families? Our Postpartum Doula Training is the perfect opportunity to start this fulfilling journey. Join us and become a cornerstone of support during one of the most critical times for new parents! ❤️✨⁠
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✨✨✨ DECEMBER 4-7 ✨✨✨⁠
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This will be held IN PERSON over four days.⁠
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What You’ll Learn:⁠
✨ Your Essential Role: Understand the significant impact you’ll make in supporting new families through their early days.🧑🏽‍🍼👩🏾‍🍼⁠
✨ Facilitating Bonding: Learn how to help parents and their newborns bond effectively and navigate this transition smoothly.⁠
✨ Addressing Disparities: Gain insights into racial disparities and inequities in childbirth and how to approach them with care and sensitivity. 🌍🤝🏾⁠
✨ Holistic Support: Provide comprehensive physical, emotional, and spiritual support to both the newborn and the parents.⁠
✨ Newborn Essentials: Dive into understanding newborn characteristics and best practices for infant care.⁠
✨ Managing Family Dynamics: Learn strategies for handling the complexities of family and friends’ roles after birth.⁠
✨ Mental Health Awareness: Differentiate between “Baby Blues” and Perinatal Mental Health disorders to better support families.🧠💙⁠
✨ Supporting Grief and Loss: Equip yourself with skills to compassionately support families dealing with loss and grief.🌹🕊️⁠
✨ Practical Skills: From household management to infant feeding, gain practical tips for effective postpartum care.⁠
✨ Certification Process: Get a detailed overview of the DONA International certification and the business aspects of being a postpartum doula.📜💼⁠
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Why It Matters:⁠
Becoming a postpartum doula is not just a job; it's a calling. By providing essential support, you play a crucial role in a family’s transition and well-being.⁠
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Join us and be part of a dedicated community committed to making a positive impact. Link in my bio. Let’s embark on this transformative journey together! 🌟👶🏿❤️

11/26/2025

Tomorrow is one of my favorite Holidays when we get together with friends and family. I am so thankfull for them as well as all of you who follow and support me. Thank you!❤️⁠
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Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow!

11/24/2025

Have I made intentional time for 1:1 check-ins with the non-birthing parent?⁠
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In postpartum doula work, our focus often centers on the birthing parent. Understandably, since they’re physically recovering and typically the primary caregiver early on. But the non-birthing parent carries their own emotional, mental, and practical challenges in these early days.⁠
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Intentional 1:1 check-ins are essential. These aren’t casual side conversations, but dedicated moments to invite honest sharing and connection. Without them, non-birthing parents can feel invisible, sidelined, or unsure of their role while everything around them shifts.⁠
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➡️ Why it matters:⁠
⁠✨️ Emotional processing: They may feel helpless, frustrated, or excluded while managing their own fears, anxieties, and identity changes.⁠
⁠✨️ Building trust: When you show that you value their experience, it deepens trust and fosters collaboration in caregiving.⁠
⁠✨️ Modeling inclusive care: It reinforces that every parent’s wellbeing matters.⁠
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➡️ How to make it happen:⁠
⁠✨️ Schedule it intentionally: prioritize it like any other part of your work.⁠
⁠✨️ Create a private space: free from distractions, where they can speak openly.⁠
⁠✨️ Use open-ended questions: “How have you been feeling since the baby arrived?” “What’s been the hardest part for you?”⁠
⁠✨️ Normalize all feelings: excitement, overwhelm, jealousy, sadness -> all are valid.⁠
⁠✨️ Offer resources and referrals: connect them with culturally relevant, accessible support.⁠
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➡️ Reflection for doulas:⁠
⁠✨️ How comfortable are you initiating these check-ins?⁠
⁠✨️ What fears or assumptions hold you back?⁠
⁠✨️ How do you balance attention between both parents?⁠
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Intentional 1:1 check-ins aren’t just good practice — they’re a radical act of inclusion and support that can transform the postpartum experience for the whole family.

11/21/2025

📅 December 9, 10 and 11 ( Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday)
1pm – 3:15pm PST / 4pm – 6:15pm EST (each day, same hours)

📍 LIVE, ONLINE Class for Professionals about Prenatal, Birth and Postpartum (day and night) Support.

⏳ You will need to attend all three days in a row. Please make arrangements accordingly. Thank you!

➡️ Who This Is For: For birth and postpartum doulas, midwives, NCS, and other perinatal professionals with foundational training or work experience who want to expand their skills.

While this training focuses on cis-gendered fathers in heterosexual relationships, the core principles and practices are applicable to non-gestational parents of all genders and sexualities.

➡️ Why This Training Matters: Fathers and non-gestational parents are vital to the family unit, yet they’re often overlooked by traditional support systems. This training helps you shift that dynamic. You’ll learn to confidently support and empower all parents—not just the birthing one—to build stronger, more resilient families. This approach benefits your clients and elevates your professional practice.

➡️ What You’ll Learn:

✨️ Move beyond the “Dad Box”: Learn how to challenge outdated stereotypes and help fathers shift from feeling isolated and “second fiddle” to co-leading with presence and confidence.
✨️ Communicate with Impact: Master communication strategies that foster trust and openness, helping you effectively engage with men during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
✨️ Identify Paternal Mood Disorders: Recognize the signs of perinatal mood disorders in men (which often present differently than in women) and use the NEAR model (Nurture, Educate, Assess, Refer) to provide critical mental health support.
✨️ Build Confidence & Connection: Receive practical tools—including downloadable handouts, interview guides, and checklists—to help parents bond and navigate challenges like overnight parenting with cultural sensitivity and equity.

✨️➡️ LINK IN BIO ⬅️✨️

11/19/2025

👉️ Have I included non-birthing parents in all communication—emails, texts, education?

In postpartum care, communication is key. It builds connection, clarifies expectations, and invites participation. Yet too often, non-gestational parents are unintentionally left out of emails, texts, educational invitations, and updates — leaving them feeling like observers rather than active participants in the care of their baby and partner.

Why inclusive communication matters:
✨️ Empowerment: When non-birthing parents receive the same information and educational resources, they feel more confident and capable in their caregiving roles.
✨️ Cohesion: Keeping everyone on the same page reduces confusion and conflict. Shared understanding fosters teamwork in parenting.
✨️ Respect: Inclusion in communication sends a clear message that their role matters and their voice is valued.

➡️ Common barriers:
✨️ Assumptions about roles (“She’s the main parent to update”)
✨️ Not having contact info for the non-birthing parent
✨️ Systems or forms that only ask for one “primary” parent or caregiver
✨️ Lack of awareness or intentionality

➡️ How doulas can ensure inclusion:
✨️ Ask early for contact details and preferred communication methods for all caregivers involved.
✨️ Use group texts or emails when appropriate to keep both parents updated simultaneously.
✨️ Send educational materials directly to both parents. This might be about infant feeding, sleep, postpartum mood, or caregiving tasks.
✨️ Encourage questions and feedback from all caregivers to ensure understanding.
✨️ Check in periodically to confirm that communication is working for everyone.

➡️ Tips for creating accessible, inclusive materials:
✨️ Use clear, jargon-free language.
✨️ Provide options for different learning styles—written guides, videos, or live demos.
✨️ Be mindful of cultural differences and language barriers—offer translation or culturally specific resources if possible.

➡️ Reflection for doulas:
✨️ How can you audit your current communication habits to identify gaps?
✨️ What systems or habits can you put in place to make inclusion automatic, not optional?
✨️ How can you gently advocate for non-birthing parents who might hesitate to speak up or ask questions?

Inclusive communication is foundational to building trust, collaboration, and effective support — it helps non-gestational parents feel truly part of the team.

11/17/2025

THIS is me!😀 Kathrin Auger. And next to me is my wonderful husband, Karma, who so lovingly accepted to help me demonstrate "Infant Feeding" techniques during one of my virtual workshop!🙌⁠
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My next Postpartum Doula Workshop starts tomorrow so I thought I'd pop on here and introduce myself for some of the new faces I see around here!😉⁠
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And what better way to introduce myself then to share a few fun facts about me:⁠
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-> My maternal grandparents had 4 children; first 3 sons and then 1 daughter. They all had children; first 8 boys and then (finally!) 1 girl at then end...that was me!⁠
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-> Family get togethers was my favorite and most fun growing up. I had my older cousins watching out for me and picking my side against my older brother. My aunties loved braiding my hair and spoiling me as they didn’t have a girl to spoil.⁠
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-> My grandma was my favorite. She loved me to the moon and back. Her name was Elizabeth and I miss her dearly.⁠
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What is a family member that had a big impact on your life? And why? ⬇️

11/14/2025

One of the most important lessons in postpartum doula care is releasing the idea that there’s a “right” or “perfect” way to support families. Each family’s needs, culture, values, and circumstances are unique, and our job is to meet them where they are, with humility and flexibility.

Some doulas provide hands-on care—helping with feeding, soothing the baby, or doing household tasks. Others create space through quiet presence, listening, and emotional support. Both approaches—and everything in between—are valid and essential.

As a doula-in-training, developing cultural humility and emotional intelligence is key to adapting your approach. This means recognizing your own biases, being willing to learn, and prioritizing the family’s values over personal preferences. It also means setting clear boundaries while remaining responsive.

How do you stay flexible and centered in your role? How do you navigate situations when your way and the family’s way don’t align?

11/12/2025

Veterans Day is a tribute to military veterans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Not to be confused with Memorial Day, which honors those who died while in service, Veterans Day honors all military veterans, including those still with us.

👉️ There are around 19 million veterans in the US today.

👉️ There are around 9 million veterans over the age of 65.

👉️ Around 1.6 million veterans are women.

👉️ The observance originated in 1919 on the first anniversary of the 1918 armistice that ended World War I and was known as Armistice Day.

👉️ Note that the World War I armistice was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. And so we still celebrate Veterans Day on the 11th day of the 11th month today.

Did you know that there are support groups specifically for military parents? ⬇️👇️

Military families face unique stressors that make them more susceptible to experiencing perinatal mood disorders. Postpartum Support International has Volunteer Support ⁠
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Coordinators that are available to offer peer support, information, and resources for military families of any branch, i.e. air force, army, coast guard, marine corps, national guard, and navy. Please contact one of their dedicated volunteers.⁠
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PSI, Postpartum Support International, also hosts a weekly support group via zoom to military families. The meeting happens every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 3:30 PM PT/ 6:30 PM ET. Check out their website for more info.

11/10/2025

🌟👶🏽 Thinking About Becoming a Postpartum Doula? 👶🏼🌟

Have you been dreaming of making a real impact in the lives of new families? Our Postpartum Doula Training is the perfect opportunity to start this fulfilling journey. Join us and become a cornerstone of support during one of the most critical times for new parents! ❤️✨

✨✨✨ DECEMBER 4-7 ✨✨✨

This will be held IN PERSON over four days.⁠

What You’ll Learn:
✨ Your Essential Role: Understand the significant impact you’ll make in supporting new families through their early days.🧑🏽‍🍼👩🏾‍🍼
✨ Facilitating Bonding: Learn how to help parents and their newborns bond effectively and navigate this transition smoothly.
✨ Addressing Disparities: Gain insights into racial disparities and inequities in childbirth and how to approach them with care and sensitivity. 🌍🤝🏾
✨ Holistic Support: Provide comprehensive physical, emotional, and spiritual support to both the newborn and the parents.
✨ Newborn Essentials: Dive into understanding newborn characteristics and best practices for infant care.
✨ Managing Family Dynamics: Learn strategies for handling the complexities of family and friends’ roles after birth.
✨ Mental Health Awareness: Differentiate between “Baby Blues” and Perinatal Mental Health disorders to better support families.🧠💙
✨ Supporting Grief and Loss: Equip yourself with skills to compassionately support families dealing with loss and grief.🌹🕊️
✨ Practical Skills: From household management to infant feeding, gain practical tips for effective postpartum care.
✨ Certification Process: Get a detailed overview of the DONA International certification and the business aspects of being a postpartum doula.📜💼

Why It Matters:
Becoming a postpartum doula is not just a job; it's a calling. By providing essential support, you play a crucial role in a family’s transition and well-being.

Join us and be part of a dedicated community committed to making a positive impact. Link in my bio. Let’s embark on this transformative journey together! 🌟👶🏿❤️

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