“Our role is really to ensure that that client is heard,” says SeQuoia Kemp, “and that their human rights are protected” ...

Advocates in Louisiana are addressing maternal health challenges through doula support, house visit and wellness checks.

In most western societies, death has always been the church’s job. Nearly everyone wanted last rites, deathbed prayers and a ...

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Typically called a birth doula, a doula is a non-medical specialist who provides physical and emotional support during labor and childbirth. Although most women do not have a birth doula — only 6% of ...

Death doulas help people reflect on their lives, accompany them to appointments, and educate them on planning options. They ...

A Lorain County native is returning home this weekend to help train the next generation of birth doulas in the community where she grew up. Olivia N. Atley, a nationally certified birth doula, ...

The second cohort of doula trainees started the program in April.

“Doulas do not do anything medical. We are the emotional support and we give lots of information,” said Ravae S.M. Sinclair, certified doula and president of DONA International, a doula certifying ...

Recently, actor Riley Keough shared she had completed training to become a death doula. "I just felt like writing such a deep thank you to this community who are teaching and training people in ...