Welcome to our new newsletter name - we have decided to name it after Our Lady - Stella Maris Gazette. You will receive this once a week in your inbox if you signup for our newsletters.
We hope to put more "newsy" information in the Gazette. We will include a link to our blog here. If I don't have time to make a blog post then I may link to someone else's post or something like that. Surprises - I would love to make some fun connections between music and doulas - so we will see what kind of fun surprises I include in the newsletter. Events - I plan to make an event list or page to put information in our news or link to a page for events. We like to keep you update about events. Events can be free webinars to paid events like our rebozo online zoom classes and more. Freebie items in our newsletters - when we can provide this - we will have them. For May we are participating in a spring bundle and you will obtain access to our mini-rebozo class usually $47 now for free! How to access will be announced next week. Rebozo information - our next live zoom class will be on May 11th, 2024 and it will be our postpartum bone closing class - you can register here - you get $20 automatically off for May! https://www.catholicdoula.com/rebozo.html#/ *********** Mama Tip of the Week. It is OK to cry as a new mother. God is with you in this journey. Do you need some extra help? You may want to read my book "A Catholic Postpartum" - get your copy here. ************ New Mom Class: Are you lonely being a new mother? Would you like to untangle motherhood? This is a mom's group with a twist, Heather and you will be exploring the reasons why isolation, overwhelm, and mom guilt are so common and what we can do about it while developing self-care and community building practices that nourish our souls. This virtual group is designed to be accessible even to moms of newborns but is open to moms of all ages. If this resonates with you and you are willing to help Heather Magill iron out the wrinkles in her first group session starting May 13th, she is offering a special rate of $97 if you sign up by the 12th (Mother's Day)! Future sessions will start at $197 so don't miss out! You can learn more about Heather Magill and the course content here https://infantconcierge.podia.com/untangling-motherhood be sure to use coupon code JULIE at checkout to get the special rate for this session only. (If for some reason that code does not work please use MOTHERDAY instead and tell her Julie sent you.)
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The 8th of April was a big day for two reasons this week, first of all it was the Annunciation of Mary transferred to this particular day as it is not celebrated on Holy Week in the Latin Tridentine Calendar. Second, everyone was watching the total solar eclipse going through America. My thoughts on the eclipse, yes this was a nice event to get outside and enjoy nature and do some science. However, how many are giving God glory during this time? I doubt if you will hear it in the news media. Team sun or team moon or earth is all they talked about. God gave us this wonderful event to enjoy "in the heavens there will be signs and wonders" as the Bible says! I also was thinking - perhaps there was an eclipse the day of Good Friday when Christ died? The way the Bible and movies portray the hour of Christ's death as an earthquake and darkness happening. Could this darkness been from a solar eclipse? I wouldn't know for sure - but it sounds like a true possibility! We should give God thanks for this beautiful day that we were able to observe whether you got to see a total eclipse in Texas, Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio, New York or Maine... or like us where we just got a partial - it was a fun event! Now, let me turn to our Marian theme - Mary is the beautiful Mother of God. The moon is considered HER Lamp and the Sun is sometimes considered to represent Jesus. So, Mary overshadowing the Sun!! This shows to me that we get our graces through Mary and praying to her for help! She is the Mediatrix of all graces! Also, it was the Feast of the Annunciation on April 8th - she is the first doula accepting God's fiat and going straight to visit her cousin Elizabeth immediately after this Annunciation of God to her soul. You can read this article from Koala Mom blog if you want to know more on how a doula can help your Catholic pregnancy: https://thekoalamom.com/2019/10/catholic-doula-support-pregnancy/ In this blog post, I also wanted to announce a new childbirth class training program - we are offering a new course titled "Gratia Plena Childbirth classes". We have decided to redo our name of the course and will be featuring more information soon on this class. We are in tester mode and we are offering partial scholarships or one full scholarship (to a lucky mom) for testing the class. Deadline for applications is April 15th and then I'll decide on a few tester students for this course. The partial scholarship students can choose a give from your heart amount to test the course. Start will probably be mid-May-June for the first class around 4-6 zoom meetings - I will decide on amount later. Let me know if you have any questions. If you want to apply go to the childbirth class page or email catholicdoulaprogram@gmail.com - I will not accept applications after April 15th. Thanks. Dear Friends of Catholic Doula Program, We are hosting our 10th Anniversary sale from March 17-23 and mini conference! I'll be doing probably at least 2 of Facebook lives in our www.facebook.com/groups/FreeDoulaCourse(Become a Catholic Doula group). I am also going to pre-record some fun things for doulas and mamas to watch as part of the mini-conference! The conference is "give from your heart" towards our scholarship fund - so you will be able to signup with one of our 3 -tiers for this mini-conference. $15, $35, or $55 donation. If you are not on Facebook for Lent, then we will also have at least one live webinar during that Anniversary week, that you can come to as well! We will also be hosting a sale on our classes - that week only will have special DAILY event sale- if you miss that day - it goes away!! Bookmark this week - ANY class maybe on special on a particular day. So, if you have been wanting to grab up a fertility class or breastfeeding class for less - this is your chance!! Be on our mailing list to get best dibs. We are now using mailerlite as it seems we get more opens that way. We will still use reachmail and our new email info@catholicdoula.com for some newsy emails too. Remember to "whitelist" above or check your spam or other folders for past newsletters from us and whitelist them. Thank you. I will announce more soon on the upcoming Anniversary sale week and what we will be doing for the conference week. I hope you can attend. The conference will be mostly pre-recorded content - so, you enroll and you get private access to a special place to access the mini-conference content. We may set it up at Thinkific or something like that - the link will be given to "pay with your heart" conference members only. We appreciate you supporting our scholarship fund. If you want to give more than the highest level - please let us know! The conference will have content pertains to both mamas and doulas! Thank you. God Bless!!! Go to our contact page to be added to our mailing list! Reason #1: If you have wanted to work with women and herbs, then this class gives you knowledge of herbs, we study 2 herbal books and our manual for this class. Reason #2: If you have wanted to work with women and aromatherapy, then this class gives you knowledge also of aromatherapy and how to use it for fertility to postpartum. We have one aroma book we use for this class plus our manual. Read more about our class here! Reason #3: If you have wanted to work with women from fertility to postpartum (includes pregnancy), then this is the class for you! Note: We also offer a $100 discount for co-enrollment in this course and our fertility doula course. Our class mostly focuses on herbs and aroma for fertility -if you want the charting and all that other jazz - you need to co-enroll in our fertility doula class too! What do I study? You study 5 books and 2 more books for reviews. Your studies include: 2 Herbal Books (one woman herbal), one postpartum book, one aroma book, one business book, one nutrition and one pregnancy book - the last 2 you can have choices of what to read. We know this seems like a lot - but your studies are over a few months with a break for summertime!! Join our FREE webinar about this class on Tuesday Evening next week on the 13th of February (this is updated date). If you want to get the free webinar go to the Holistic Woman's Health page to register or our contact page. Thank you. Bonus Reasons: If you enroll in our Magnificat Holistic Woman's Health Course by March 31, 2024, you receive $100 extra off our pilot pricing. Message me for full pricing or come to the free webinar! Get into our free webinar we are hosting on February 13, 2024 - go to our page to register! Thank you! 1. The fields are very similar - no surprise here - becoming a childbirth educator can give you more knowledge as a doula and you can potentially make more money too. Imagine offering a doula and childbirth educator combo package! 2. Flexible hours - As a childbirth educator, you are NOT "on call" and you can choose the days or evenings you want to teach a class or even an online class. I prefer to teach online! I have parent classes listed on our Catholic Doula site. 3. Your "prenatals" as a doula should not be a childbirth class series; so if the couple you are working with has little or no knowledge than they will enjoy the fuller CBE series once you have training. We have the Magnificat childbirth educator training - click here for info! 4. Your clients can overlap - pretty much already mentioned this above - offering a package deal can help clients choose you over a childbirth class at the hospital! Plus, you can show your clients neat and new fun techniques that they may not get at a hospital class. 5. So, do you want to enroll as a Magnificat Childbirth Educator? Go here to signup! We maybe doing a special deal thru February on this class check the page! A bereavement doula helps with death and dying, and our specific program is meant for miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss. A bereavement doula is someone who helps women with miscarriage, stillbirth or infant loss. I recently became a bereavement doula for a special couple. I started out as a childbirth educator teacher for this couple (I'll give them fake names for this article) name Marion and Michael B. They were the sweetest couple it seemed when we met online. We only had one class and Marion went into labor like the very next day and had her baby! I was excited for them. The baby was a preemie, so their baby boy stayed in the hospital for some time - I think it was a good month to 6 weeks. Anyway, he finally got to go home and they baptized him on a Marian feast day. Well, this little baby died of unknown causes within a week of his baptism day. I was broken-hearted. I reached out and offered any thing I could as a bereavement doula. We talked for a bit and answered any questions they had about their loss. Why become a bereavement doula? To help couples have someone to lean on during a trial of their life and know that there is hope. To just be there and hold space for bereavement. We also can be information centers. One question they asked me right away - How to stop the breastmilk flow.... however, some mamas decide to continue pumping milk for a time to donate the milk to a milk bank to help other babies. I think this is the best gift you can give. However, if the couple is not interested in this option - then I give them resources on how to stop breastmilk naturally. Anyway, this is a good example of what a bereavement doula can do and help with. We also can help with funeral arrangements and making sure the couple gets fed - start up a meal train can be helpful during a time of loss. For Valentine's month, I am offering a $100 discount on our bereavement doula course with print book option, please read more about our class here: Bereavement updated to register. This discount is good thru February 29, 2024. Here's our tentative calendar for the coming year! If you are wanting to plan a vacation time - then look at our schedule, so you can take that vacation and still doula train!! Dates For Fast-track classes for 2024 tentative: Magnificat Woman's Health Class - full name is Magnificat Holistic Woman's Perinatology Practitioner Course - Starts in February 2024-Sept/Oct. 2024 (meets monthly) - recordings will be available for all enrollees - so one can join at anytime this spring! We highly recommend early so you can save $$$ - special pricing! Virtual Skills weekend free for first 3 students! Birth Doula Training Class: Early Bird Feb. 15th - class starts March 2nd - April 2024 Postpartum Doula Class - April 2024 - Early Bird by Holy week Birth Doula - May 2024 - Early Bird in April 2024 (see combo below) Teen Explore Classes - June and July Birth and postpartum combo class over the summer starts with May continues with June-July for postpartum doula - one can enroll for just birth doula May-June or postpartum June-July if so desired! If you want both - plan on a late vacation! Or better yet - take our class with you on VACATION - why not sit on the beach and watch our live class sessions? Why not sit on a mountain top and still get our recorded class too! You can do this class ON Vacation if so desired!! August/September Birth Doula class - Back to school can mean back to school for you too - drop your kid off at school and then hit the doula books too! Time to study even if you homeschool!! October/November Postpartum doula: Join our fall postpartum doula training - fit into your schedule time to learn about postpartum! Magnificat Woman's Health Class may start up again another class for fall as well. Nov-December Christmas Specials - for self-paced and Winter 2025 Birth doula fast-track will be hosted! We are creating our new Magnificat Woman's Coaching Program and I finally decided on the perfect name Magnificat Holistic Woman's Perinatology Practitioner Program or MHWPP or HWPP for short! We are very excited about this program. This program will encompass learning about herbs, aromatherapy, alternative therapies (healing arts) and more in our holistic course. Our focus for woman's health will be 3 areas: fertility, pregnancy and postpartum. We will mostly be focusing on herbs for the fertility part and nutrition. If someone wants to have the know how about cycles and such then the student should take our Magnificat Fertility Doula course - we will give a discount to any student who wants to co-enroll in both courses together. We will have some required book reading of 6 books or so - yes, it seems like a lot - but don't worry you have plenty of time to read through the books. You will have a type of quiz over each book too. If you want a free brochure about our program please message us at catholicdoulaprogram@gmail.com or use our contact form! Thank you. We will eventually have the brochure in the birth shop area too.
We found a way to continue doing newsletters - we now have a new domain info@catholicdoula.com. So, look for a new issue later this week about our new program too. Our new Magnificat Woman's Coaching program will launch soon - we hope to launch it in early February and guess what - we are offering PARTIAL scholarships for the first pilot class - so if you are interested in this - please stay tuned. Or contact us! See next post about our Rebozo Workshop on January 25th! Who knows who started this, but I just found out this week that newsletter programs are changing and some kind of new law about spam is making us re-think the way newsletters are sent out. Anyway the point is that newsletters are now requiring new authentication stuff plus "domain name" email accounts to send most of the emails through to your inbox. Unfortunately, I have not been using a "domain name" email - such as catholicdouladomain.com for my emails. I may still get one! However, I am probably going to be sending out less emails starting Feb. 1st till I can figure all this "programing" my email newsletters to you. In fact, I may just say forget about it. I thought, why not just post a blog once a month online instead? So, for now, I am asking you to come here every Monday to get a new update of what we have to offer to you as a mother, parent, or doula! I'll be updating information about our courses and offerings on this blog. I am also going to be creating a special homeschool website as well as I am branching out into making a homeschool curriculum this year! Information will be posted later on that part. For now, we just wanted to inform you of this newsletters are becoming harder to put out and I may just blog instead and IG and FB more as well. If you are not following us on Instagram we are @catholicdoula13 up there! Our Facebook Page is Pro-Life Doula Association and Catholic Doula. If I figure out the tech stuff, then I'll probably put out a newsletter still, I will let you know! I will have another post about our January 25th Rebozo workshop! See you in the next post. Thank you. We got festive and decided to make our own version of the 12 Days of Christmas below! Plus items in our Birth shop are on sale that are related to the song!On the first day of Christmas my doula gave to me…. A baby in a rebozo. (Go to birth shop to get a rebozo!)
On the second day of Christmas my doula gave to me… Two Sidney Christmas Stories and a baby in a rebozo. Get your Sidney Stories on PDF here! On the third day of Christmas my doula gave to me…. Three Doula Courses (for one price), Two Sidney Christmas Stories, and a baby in a rebozo. Want our special doula course deal - go here! On the fourth day of Christmas my doula gave to me…. Four Gift Cards, Three Doula Courses, Two Sidney Christmas Stories, and a baby in a Rebozo. Gift Cards are on sale for 40% off plus you can get our doula journal and other items discounted - go to the birth shop! On the Fifth day of Christmas my doula gave to me… FIVE RING SLINGs, Four Gift Cards, Three Doula Courses, Two Sidney Christmas Stories, and a baby in a Rebozo. (Rebozo link) On Sixth day of Christmas my doula gave to me… Six childbirth classes, FIVE RING SLINGs, Four Gift Cards, Three Doula Courses, Two Sidney Christmas Stories, and a baby in a Rebozo. (Childbirth class link) On the Seventh day of Christmas my doula gave to me… Seven Sleep Consultants, six childbirth classes, FIVE RING SLINGs, Four Gift Cards, Three Doula Courses, Two Sidney Christmas Stories, and a baby in a Rebozo. On the Eighth day of Christmas my doula gave to me… Eight Breastfeeding Classes, Seven Sleep Consultants, six childbirth classes, FIVE RING SLINGs, Four Gift Cards, Three Doula Courses, Two Sidney Christmas Stories, and a baby in a Rebozo. (Breastfeeding course) On the Ninth day of Christmas my doula gave to me… Nine Fruits of Fertility, Eight Breastfeeding Classes, Seven Sleep Consultants, six childbirth classes, FIVE RING SLINGs, Four Gift Cards, Three Doula Courses, Two Sidney Christmas Stories, and a baby in a Rebozo. (Fertility doula class) On the Tenth day of Christmas my doula gave to me… 10 Affirmation Cards, Nine Fruits of Fertility, Eight Breastfeeding Classes, Seven Sleep Consultants, six childbirth classes, FIVE RING SLINGs, Four Gift Cards, Three Doula Courses, Two Sidney Christmas Stories, and a baby in a Rebozo. (Affirmations) On the Eleventh Day of Christmas my doula gave to me… Eleven Dad Boot Camp Classes, 10 Affirmation Cards, Nine Fruits of Fertility, Eight Breastfeeding Classes, Seven Sleep Consultants, six childbirth classes, FIVE RING SLINGs, Four Gift Cards, Three Doula Courses, Two Sidney Christmas Stories, and a baby in a Rebozo. (Childbirth Class) On the Twelfth Day of Christmas my doula gave to me… Twelve Holistic Herbal Classes, Eleven Dad Boot Camp Classes, 10 Affirmation Cards, Nine Fruits of Fertility (classes), Eight Breastfeeding Classes, Seven Sleep Consultants, six childbirth classes, FIVE RING SLINGs, Four Gift Cards, Three Doula Courses (for one price), Two Sidney (Christmas) Stories, and a baby in a Rebozo! Lacta-Herbalist course enrollment! O' Antiphons start this week as a preparation for Christmas. So, I thought I would offer a reflective blog on this with a doula twist :) December 17th O SapientiaLATIN: O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodidisti, attingens a fine usque ad finem, fortiter suaviter disponensque omnia: veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae. English: O Wisdom, who came from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from end to end and ordering all things mightily and sweetly: come, and teach us the way of prudence. Prudence is a virtue. Father Rickaby aptly renders it as “right reason applied to practice”. Its function is to point out which course of action is to be taken in any round of concrete circumstances. As mothers we need prudence in making decisions about everyday life to pregnancy and birth. If you are currently pregnant, you maybe asking - who will be my provider? Where will I give birth? Will I do a natural birth this time? Will I have an epidural? Doulas: We can guide mothers to helping them make right decisions. If they ask us for an opinion - remember to back it up with evidence. Say, "the evidence shows homebirth is safe" and then give an example for instance. This way you are gently giving the mother still the option to take this information or not in an evidence way! OK, on to the next O'Antiphon... December 18th: "O Adonai" LATIN: O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel, qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti, et ei in Sina legem dedisti: veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento. ENGLISH: O Lord and Ruler the house of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the flame of the burning bush and gave him the law on Sinai: come, and redeem us with outstretched arms. Mamas - sometimes you just want to burn something or at least feel angry? Yep, we have had those days where everything seems to fall apart. Turn to God the Ruler and ask him for some extra help! That's all you have to do is turn to Him in prayer! Doulas: Do you ever feel frustrated about birth or postpartum? This is also your turn to turn to God the Ruler and ask for help too! December 19th: O Radix Jesse... LATIN: O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum nos, iam noli tardare. ENGLISH: O Root of Jesse, that stands for an ensign of the people, before whom the kings keep silence and unto whom the Gentiles shall make supplication: come, to deliver us, and tarry not. Mamas: Preparing for Christ's birth can be hectic and are we about to "deliver" a baby soon? (If pregnant mama here) - Prepare for your baby's birth by contemplating Jesus' birth too! Doulas: Feeling prepared for helping mamas can be daunting - do not get burned out. Take time for self-care or take on less clients if you are feeling overwhelmed. December 20th: O Clavis David LATIN: O clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel: qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit: veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentem in tenebris. ENGLISH: O Key of David, and scepter of the house of Israel, who opens and no man shuts, who shuts and no man opens: come, and lead forth the captive who sits in the shadows from his prison. Mamas: Have you asked God for the key to a happy and better birth experience? One of those keys is letting go of fears and even letting go of being in control. Letting HIM take over your upcoming labor and delivery experience - you won't regret giving him whatever outcome to be. You may be surprised at how easy your birth will become! Doulas: We also need to yield to God in labor and birth. We should yield to the experience. Do not try to control things - give it all to God and He will take over the experience the best way and best outcome! December 21st: O Oriens... LATIN: O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol iustitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris et umbra mortis. ENGLISH: O dawn of the east, brightness of light eternal, and sun of justice: come, and enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. Mamas: This passage suggests we look to the East and the Star of Christ coming at Epiphany (Christmas). How have we prepared our hearts for Christmas this year? Are we focusing on the secular or are we preparing for spiritual side of things? If not, let's take time this week to go to confession and confess things. Doulas: Ditto for above! December 22nd: O Rex Gentium LATIN: O Rex gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti. ENGLISH: O King of the gentiles and their desired One, the cornerstone that makes both one: come, and deliver man, whom you formed out of the dust of the earth. O come, Desire of nations, bind. In one the hearts of all mankind; Bid Thou our sad divisions cease; And be Thyself our King of peace. Mamas: Wow, this one really is breaking us down to dust... reminds me - have you swept your house lately? Maybe this passage is reminding us to keep our house and hearts clean for Jesus' birth. Is there something you need to do spiritually or physically this week to prepare for Jesus. Take time to do it! Doulas: This reminds us to be humble as doulas - do not go out and be boastful of your accomplishments too much. It is ok to market your services - but also give free content to your mamas as well. December 23rd: O Emmanuel LATIN: O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos Domine Deus noster. ENGLISH: O Emmanuel, God with us, our King and lawgiver, the expected of the nations and their Savior: come to save us, O Lord our God. Mamas - Jesus is almost here. Are we ready for HIM? Take time today to pray a Rosary or read something spiritual to keep HIS love in our hearts. If you are pregnant and expecting a baby, count all the blessings of this season and ask Jesus to help you deliver your baby safely! Doulas - Jesus is almost here - are you ready for HIM? Also, take time to pray a Rosary or say a prayer for any of your mama clients! December 24th is Christmas Eve! This year it is on a Sunday. So, are you wanting to know what fulfills your obligation for Sunday. *You can go to Evening Mass on Saturday! You can go to Sunday morning Mass or a noon Mass. I don't think there are any late Masses this weekend. Any Evening Masses will probably be anticipation for Christmas or Midnight Mass! So, since Christmas is also a Holy day - you will need to go to a second Mass the next day (if going on Sunday or even going to Midnight Mass). Check your Sunday bulletin for anything about when your Mass schedules will be! By the way, if you want a last minute Gift Card to our Birth shop - we are offering a 40% off on our gift cards - this means you can save money on a future item. Note: Gift cards that are on sale are not good on full doula courses, but will be good for mini classes, books and things like that. Thank you. Please note the Sale for gift cards is good from today through December 24th. Thank you. :) September 28th | Mary Undoer of Knots • German Nobleman Wolfgang Langenmantel and his wife, Sophie, had marital problems and were on the brink of a divorce. Wolfgang was very distraught, and went to Jesuit priest Fr. Jakob Rem for counseling. • The two prayed together to the Blessed Virgin Mary for Wolfgang’s marriage each time they met. • While meeting for the last time on Sept. 28th, 1615, Wolfgang provided Fr. Rem with his wedding ribbon, which was used during his wedding ceremony to tie the couple together as a symbol of unity. • Fr. Rem then took the ribbon, lifted it up next to an image of Our Lady of the Snows, and asked Mary if she would “untie the knots” of Wolfgang’s marriage. The ribbon then loosened, completely untied, and became extremely white. • Even though precise details were not given, Wolfgang and Sophie reconciled after this happened. • (This is the primary story behind the painting, but referring to Mary as an untier of knots goes back to St. Irenaeus, in the second century. • St. Irenaeus said, “The knot of Eve’s disobedience was untied by the obedience of Mary; what the virgin Eve bound by her unbelief, the Virgin Mary loosened by her faith.”) • #OurLady #BlessedMother #MaryUndoerofKnots #ourladyundoerofknots #undoerofknots #catholic #catholicsaints #feastday We are hosting another postpartum doula zoom class training starting in October. We will be meeting evenings on Mondays. We are welcoming both adults and teens to this class! Adult information page is here: https://www.catholicdoula.com/fast-track-postpartum-doula.html#/ Teen information page is here: www.catholicdoula.com/teen-postpartum-doula.html#/ What do postpartum doulas do? Well, we can do a lot to help parents who are new or even "seasoned". A mother after birth is more vulnerable and she needs an extra pair of helping hands. As postpartum doulas, we offer great things such as: *Light housework - dishes/laundry for mom and baby *Helping mom with nutritional needs/cooking/or warming up frozen meals. *Taking care of baby overnights (when mom wants more sleep - you can still bring baby to her if she wants to breastfeed - or she may pump her milk and you can give a bottle). *Helping her learn how to care for baby (if she's a new mother/first time mom). *Helping mother with any other tasks that come up! *Helping keeping the mother warm and baby warm! *Helping with herbs and tinctures too! Our course covers the SMART Mother Model: S- Support and Sleep! Mothers need their sleep - we give tips on how to help them plus support too! M - M for Mothering the Mother - this module focus on how to help the mother the best way possible after birth. A - Activities for baby - teaching baby care and why does the baby look like that after birth? Plus, other things related to baby reflexes, etc.! R - Rest/Rejuvenation - helping mother through any baby blues to depression - we cover it! T - Time for Teas/Tinctures and Time for Dad! Also, we put it all Together what you have learned. Make a postpartum plan for your mother! Are you ready to enroll? Get $100 off if you signup early by October 2nd! (Though we may extend that if you ask). Register link for pay in full is here: St. Anne Fast-track Postpartum Doula Course w/PDF Manual - 5-6 week option Payment plan link $155 down is here: Fast-track Postpartum - Down Payment for the fall course For fast-track payment plans are usually expected every other week, but I can give special circumstance and do a monthly payment - please email me at catholicdoulaprogram@gmail.com for more info! If you have any other questions please also email above. Teens get special pricing deal. Thank you! DO YOU KNOW THE PATRON SAINTS FOR All 50 STATES OF AMERICA?
by George Ryan As Catholics, we pray for the intercession of the saints and angels in Heaven, so that they may pray for us on our behalf. We know that saints and angels are able to intercede for us because John sees in the Book of the Revelation that the saints in Heaven offer up to God the prayers of those on Earth. We pray to saints of a certain patronage to ask for their special intercession. Patron saints can be venerated as the Heavenly advocate and special intercessor for many things, even states. If you want to ask for the special intercession on behalf of your state, do you know who to pray to? “When he took it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of the elders held a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the holy ones.” – Revelation 5:8 The list of each state and their patron saints are below: ▪︎Alabama – Our Lady of the Gulf ▪︎Alaska – Our Lady of the Kodiak and the Islands ▪︎Arizona – Our Lady of the Highways ▪︎Arkansas – Our Lady of the Holy Souls ▪︎California – Our Lady of the Refuge; Our Lady of the Wayside ▪︎Colorado – Saint Francis of Assisi; Immaculate Mary ▪︎Connecticut – Notre Dame of Easton ▪︎Delaware – Our Lady of Mercy ▪︎Florida – Our Lady of La Leche ▪︎Georgia – Immaculate Heart of Mary ▪︎Hawaii – Mary, Star of the Sea; Our Lady, Queen of Peace ▪︎Idaho – Our Lady of Limerick ▪︎Illinois – Our Lady of the Universe ▪︎Indiana – Our Lady of Providence ▪︎Iowa – Mary of Nazareth ▪︎Kansas – Mary, Queen of Angels ▪︎Kentucky – Mother of God ▪︎Louisiana – Our Lady of Prompt Succor ▪︎Maine – Our Lady of Peace ▪︎Maryland – Our Lady of the Assumption ▪︎Massachusetts – Our Lady of the Incarnation ▪︎Michigan – Our Lady, Gate of Heaven ▪︎Minnesota – Our Lady, Mother of the Church ▪︎Mississippi – Our Lady of the Sorrows ▪︎Missouri – Our Lady of Calvary ▪︎Montana – Our Lady of the Pines ▪︎Nebraska – Our Lady of the Presentation ▪︎Nevada – Our Lady of Las Vegas ▪︎New Hampshire – Our Lady of Perpetual Help ▪︎New Jersey – Our Lady of Fatima ▪︎New Mexico – Our Lady of Guadalupe ▪︎New York – Our Lady, Help of Christians ▪︎North Carolina – Our Lady of the Holy Rosary ▪︎North Dakota – Mary, Queen of Peace ▪︎Ohio – Our Lady of Consolation ▪︎Oklahoma – Our Lady, Queen of all Saints ▪︎Oregon – Our Lady of the Woods ▪︎Pennsylvania – Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal ▪︎Rhode Island – Our Lady of Mount Carmel ▪︎South Carolina – Mary the Virgin Mother ▪︎South Dakota – Our Lady of the Prairie ▪︎Tennessee – Our Lady of Lourdes ▪︎Texas – Our Lady of the Annunication ▪︎Utah – Our Lady of the Snows ▪︎Vermont – Our Lady of Grace ▪︎Virginia – Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles ▪︎Washington – Our Lady of Good Help ▪︎West Virginia – Our Lady of Victory ▪︎Wisconsin – Our Lady of the Americas ▪︎Wyoming – Our Lady of the Valley 10 Reasons to become a doula!#1 reason to be a doula: Helping families. Helping mothers with baby is always important. A birth doula helps prepare the parents and mother for motherhood! The postpartum doula helps with after care. #2 reason to be a doula: I get to work with babies! If you really love babies you probably should consider the postpartum doula work over the birth. You will get to care for babies more and help mamas as well with postpartum care. Birth doulas do get to see babies as kind of the "reward" for helping mamas prepare for birth. #3 Spiritual and Emotional support: Mamas need more spiritual and emotional support in this world then ever before. The "c-ovid" scare is one reason and just more mothers suffering from depression. We need to stop this from happening. Birth doulas and postpartum doulas can offer mothers the support they need for anxiety and depression! #4 Dad support too! Dads are sometimes forgotten, but doulas know how to support the father and help them prepare for the "trip of a lifetime" - fatherhood! Dads are kept in the birth room with doulas. Dads are considered a great asset. #5 Help reduce mamas pain! Doulas are great at relieving pain and this is a great way to help by becoming a doula. There are various pain prevention techniques esp. for birth doulas to help their clients! #6 Reason to doula is to build lasting friendships! Every mother I work with becomes a friend! A lifetime friend is great and then you can also watch your "doula baby" grow up! It is so much fun! #7 Meet other professionals in your field of work! As a doula you can meet other doulas, midwives, chiropractors, nurses, etc. You really get to know more people in the health field industry. And if you are thinking about becoming a midwife, many women start out as a doula first! #8 Gain more medical knowledge! Yes, you will be quoting to your spouse (if married) or friends all kinds of medical terms once you start working as a doula! There's a lot of things you get to learn about and you can transfer those skills to other projects in the future (like midwifery or nursing if you choose to go further). #9 Self-knowledge - I love to study and learning about doulas, midwifery and such is always interesting and there's always more books out about doulas and pregnancy and childbirth. It is fun to keep up with continuing education and some doula classes require this too! #10 For the JOY of being a doula! I believe doula work is fun - there's not really a part I don't particularly like (well maybe paperwork!) Doula work you get to know mothers and babies and enjoy your work! So, if you are "ready to committ" to a class check out the Memorial Week Sale link. Teen Doula Explore link -if you are a young adult or teen who wants to take a smaller class first. Birth Doula Page, Postpartum Page - Fast-track postpartum is starting June 6th - our zoom classes! Thanks for reading this blog! Our Marian post will post on the 31st about Queenship of Mary! Prayer to Infant Prague: INFANT OF PRAGUE NOVENA PRAYER O Jesus, Who has said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened," through the intercession of Mary, Your Most Holy Mother, I knock, I seek, I ask that my prayer be granted. (Make your request) O Jesus, Who has said, "All that you ask of the Father in My Name, He will grant you," through the intercession of Mary Your Most Holy Mother, I humbly and urgently ask your Father in your name that my prayer will be granted. (Make your request) O Jesus, Who has said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away but My word shall not pass away," through the intercession of Mary Your Most Holy Mother, I feel confident that my prayer will be granted. (Make your request) PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Divine Infant Jesus, I know You love me and would never leave me. I thank You for Your close Presence in my life. Miraculous Infant, I believe in Your promise of peace, blessings, and freedom from want. I place every need and care in Your hands. Lord Jesus, may I always trust in Your generous mercy and love. I want to honor and praise You, now and forever. Amen Welcome to our Memorial Week Sale. Go here to see that page! Sorry that last post was too confusing - so, for summertime enrollments through August - you can pay $425 for a class for fast-track as part of our MEMORIAL week sale! You can pay down payment AHEAD OF TIME and then take the class later. Your down payment holds your spot in the class as we are filling classes fast! So, for example you can pay $115 down for birth doula fast-track - even though the next one doesn't start till July - we will hold your spot for you! After summer, our prices will go up for some of our classes. Take advantage of our special sale! 20% off self-paced and more off fast-track classes! Postpartum fast-track starts June 6th - we meet on Tuesdays! If you are interested in the Magnificat courses, please contact us and we will send you the price list for the 20% off on those classes and special link to enroll. (Magnificat classes include Childbirth Educator, Holistic Woman's Health -which is not ready, and Fertility doula) Anyway, just wanted to correct that one thing. The classes will be higher soon. Next post will be about Crowning of Mary and May - thank you. God Bless. Welcome to Memorial Week! And our sale! We have decided to put our classes on sale for 20% off this week only. Here's our special deal - this is a great savings on any of our classes, but especially fast-track - so we are going to raise pricing on that class soon - but you can get in for lower amount by putting a down payment on the course - even if you want to enroll for July/August or September (Fall) sessions! You pay a money down to hold your spot (no refunds) and then your payment plan will start in either July/August or September (for rest of class payments). Or you can start your payment plan now and be finished with payments by class start date! We will be charging $500-$600 for our next doula sessions. This deal gets you into the class for $425 (correction) with one book included for either birth or postpartum class (and a book required to read for the class). This also includes one mentoring session with instructor! (Take me to memorial week sale...) (So, pre-order your fast-track course for late summer or fall!) If you prefer a self-paced course, we are discounting those to $360 for this special sale as well (for birth or postpartum doula). Other classes on sale: Fertility doula (see below), Childbirth Educator is $400, Mommy Latch is $400. So, let us know which course you want for our sale pricing! Go to our Memorial Week Sale page to register for any of our classes - only place on our site for the special deal. Fast-track postpartum doula is starting in June - now this session is lower priced at $425 - for new students - this is the last time we will be hosting the class at a lower rate! If you want to join our June Session and get in at the lower rate please go here to get that information. Enrollment postpartum page. Now, what does cars and doulas have to do with each other? You have to get around! Right?! Well, maintaining your car is important - found that out this week! Make sure you get those oil changes every 3,000 miles! Maintaining your doula business is like oil changing a car... are you "oiling" or "doing self-care"? Are you taking time for yourself if you are busy and have clients? Practice one self-care technique today - self-massage or reflexology or smelling the roses! If you are a new doula and don't have clients, perhaps it is time for you to join our doula circle! We are meeting 2nd Saturday of June. Catholic doula students are free - we ask others for $25 donation (if you can) towards our scholarship funds. Thank you so much! Or you can buy our 10 Tips for Doula Bag Mini-Class and we will count that as your donation for coming to the doula circle - plus you get a mini-class too for only $25 - click here to purchase the mini doula bag class! What a win-win for you! Next newsletter I would like to do something in honor of Mary for month of May - so stay tuned! Thank you. Perhaps you are just curious about doula work and want to know more about what doulas have to offer or perhaps you are a doula already... either way this class is going to rock your world! We will offer 10 tips for your doula bag (and by the way includes some postpartum stuff too) and it is a type of introductory mini-class for anyone who's curious about birth doula or postpartum doula work and this might just help you decide about our bigger courses! So, grab a chair, some coffee, and you will be able to listen to this pre-recorded class! We will also send you some samples of our courses with the pre-recorded class too! This class is coming soon - I hope to have it up in about a week! Get on wait list by using our contact form! Thank you! Guest writer: Margaret Wolfe...Have you spent hours middling and re-wording your Google search to put together your doula business plan? Maybe you have a grand vision and just need a little jump-start to get you going. Here are some tips for jump-starting your business with a stellar doula business plan. 1.Do the hard work! Make sure you put in the time to develop a mission for your business. This should be an overview of how you want to make an impact on your clients before and during their births. 2.Develop your brand and logo- This is crucial if you intend to set up a business with some kind of store virtually/brick-n-mortar. Make sure your brand and logo represent exactly who you are and what you believe in. Make sure to have a consistent brand. Make sure to add points of interest in your description that make your business unique to your brand. 3. Come up with a description of how your business will be run. Will you run it yourself (sole proprietorship, LLC, partnership or corporation). With this, unfortunately, comes taxes, so you’ll want to make sure you have this ironed out. 4.Come up with long-term goals for your business this might include extra services you offer with your doula business (cooking for the new couple, knitting a baby hat, cleaning service, nannying, breastfeeding class etc. Make sure when you’re coming up with this to really zero in your market You could charge extra for this. 5. Finally, to the fun part, start your business whether it have a physical location or a site online. It’s important to create a clear description of your business and find ways to attract your specific niche. Developing your business might include finding a location or investing in a site. Fun fact: you can write off several things that pertain to your business as deductions on your taxes! These are proven five steps for jumpstarting your successful doula business. I hope you find them helpful! - Margaret Wolfe... Julie speaking here - If you need a template for this - you can find free stuff inside my book Doing business the Doula Way which has recently been updated. Go to this amazon link (not affiliate marketing): https://www.amazon.com/Doing-Business-Doula-Way-3rd/dp/B0B1HXV8JC/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1683310701&sr=8-1 |
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