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SUMMARY:Mama Glow Advanced Doula Mentorship Intensive Program
DESCRIPTION:MAMA GLOW ADVANCED DOULA MENTORSHIP INTENSIVE PROGRAM- ONLINE\nBecome the doula families trust — and the professional your community needs. \nStep into your next chapter as a birthworker with the Mama Glow Advanced Doula Mentorship Intensive Program\, an immersive and empowering training experience designed to help you move from learning to launching your practice. \nAcross eight sessions\, you’ll be mentored by two experienced Mama Glow doulas who know what it takes to build a thriving business and make a lasting impact in your community. Through interactive workshops\, real-world role-play\, and guided self-reflection\, you’ll gain the confidence\, tools\, and support you need to serve families — and yourself — with professionalism and heart. \nThis is a launchpad. You’ll leave the program with tangible tools: your client outreach plan\, website or flyer\, contracts and templates\, and your first connections in the field. \nWHAT YOU’LL LEARN\n\nBuild strong client relationships and communicate with confidence\nNavigate hospitals\, birth centers\, and home births while advocating for clients\nApply hands-on comfort measures and perinatal techniques\nSupport postpartum recovery and breastfeeding\nManage on-call schedules\, boundaries\, and self-care\nComplete certification and grow your professional practice\nHands-on learning\, mentorship\, and real-world practice prepare you to thrive as a skilled\, independent doula.\n\nCURRICULUM OUTLINE 🌱 SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE\n\nMeeting 1 – Foundations & First Steps:Build community\, define your “why\,” and learn exactly how to find and connect with your first clients.You’ll practice professional introductions\, explore what makes a great first impression\, and map your first steps toward certification.\nMeeting 2 – Professional Development & Business Skills:Set up your doula business for sustainability — from contracts and client communication to ethical marketing and financial confidence.You’ll create a 6-month business growth plan and learn to set boundaries with professionalism.\nMeeting 3 – Organizing & Preparing for Care:Learn how to manage your calendar\, organize visits\, and prepare for your first birth experience.You’ll practice going “on call\,” packing your doula bag\, and handling that first “I think I’m in labor” phone call.\nMeeting 4 – Birth Environments & Procedures:Explore birth across different settings — hospital\, birth center\, and home — and learn how to adapt your role to each.You’ll role-play scenarios like inductions\, C-sections\, and VBACs\, building confidence for every situation.\n\n🌼 MID-PROGRAM DELIVERABLES: BRINGING YOUR LEARNING TO LIFE\n\nConnect with Three Potential Clients: Begin building your professional network.\nCreate a Website or Flyer: Establish your public-facing professional presence.\nShadow or Conduct a Practice Visit: Gain hands-on experience and reflect on what you learn.\n\nYou’ll get feedback from mentors every step of the way\, ensuring your work is polished and purposeful. \n🌺 SECTION 2: ADVANCED SKILLS & SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE\n\nMeeting 5 – Advocacy & Hospital Etiquette:Learn to navigate hospital systems\, communicate with staff\, and advocate respectfully for your clients.\nMeeting 6 – Postpartum Support & Lactation:Strengthen your ability to support families through the postpartum period — including emotional recovery\, feeding\, and family adjustment.\nMeeting 7 – Self-Care\, Boundaries\, & Mentorship:Explore ways to sustain your energy\, set healthy boundaries\, and build a supportive doula network.\nMeeting 8 – Certification\, Practice & Professional Growth:Get step-by-step guidance on completing your certification\, Medicaid enrollment\, and building a long-term vision for your doula career.\n\n🌼 END-OF-PROGRAM DELIVERABLES\n\nComplete a Full Client Case Study: Demonstrate your ability to guide a client through the prenatal\, birth\, and postpartum journey.\nPortfolio of Doula Skills and Resources: Showcase your proficiency in core doula skills and create a professional toolkit for future clients.\nProfessional Development & Certification Plan: Prepare for ongoing growth and ensure readiness for independent doula practice.\n\nWHY THIS PROGRAM STANDS OUT\n✅ Hands-On Learning: Practice real scenarios through mentorship\, role-play\, and shadowing. \n✅ Community Support: Build meaningful connections with mentors and peers who get it. \n✅ Tangible Deliverables: Leave with tools that set your business in motion — not just theory. \n✅ Professional Growth: Learn to navigate business\, birth spaces\, and self-care with equal confidence. \nWHO IT’S FOR\n\nNewly trained doulas ready to start taking clients\nWorking doulas seeking to build a sustainable business\nBirthworkers passionate about advocacy\, professionalism\, and growth\n\nMEET YOUR MENTORS\nMeet Sherri Doucette. Mom\, Yeye\, E-RYT 500 yoga teacher\, Reiki master\, light maker\, and your favorite doula’s doula. A proud Los Angeleno turned Dallas resident\, Sherri blends West Coast flow with Southern soul to create spaces where healing\, learning\, and ease feel like home. \nMeet Na’sha Laqash\, a Birth Witness\, Assistant Midwife\, Certified Breastfeeding Specialist\, and Mentor devoted to guiding families and fellow birth workers through the sacred journey of birth. She carries a deep reverence for the body’s design and the ancestral wisdom that has long sustained women through generations. \nINVESTMENT\n$595.00 + processing fees\, payment plans available.  \nDATES \n\nTuesdays 1/13\, 1/27\, 2/10\, 2/24\, 3/10\, 3/24\, 4/7\, 4/21\n\nJOIN US\nYour calling brought you to birthwork. This program will help you build the confidence\, professionalism\, and community you need to sustain it. \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mamaglow.com/event/mama-glow-advanced-doula-mentorship-intensive-program/2026-01-13/
CATEGORIES:Business Development,Training
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SUMMARY:Mama Glow Doula Homeschool – Level 1 – Weekly Online Professional Training
DESCRIPTION:MAMA GLOW DOULA HOMESCHOOL ONLINE WEEKLY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM \n\nLEVEL 1 – WEEKLY ONLINE PROGRAM – WINTER 2026\nPREGNANCY – BIRTH – EARLY POSTPARTUM \nWITH MAMA GLOW FOUNDER\, LATHAM THOMAS \n  \nSince March of 2020 we at Mama Glow have been offering the Mama Glow Doula Homeschool Professional Training Program online to serve our global community of birth workers. \nThe WINTER 2026 weekly program covers pregnancy through the early postpartum period and will take place once per week on Sundays over a 6-week period. \nStarting Sunday\, January 18 – February 22\, 2026. Sundays from 12pm-3:30pm ET. \nThe course tuition is offered at $825.00 + processing fees. \nPlease continue to read to see the Full WINTER 2026 Level 1 online training schedule. \nThe MAMA GLOW DOULA HOMESCHOOL virtual training program includes LIVE digital training via Zoom with Latham Thomas and modules with guest teachers\, assignments to complete at home and with your fellow doula trainees. \nWe care about community.\nMama Glow Doula trainees have time to connect digitally for face-to-face chat online with your doula siblings. Level 1 Doula Trainees will have a designated TA (a Teacher Assistant) to help support you during the program in our private online community. Trainees have an orientation the week prior to class starting and a private group within our online membership platform. \nThis program is open to all regardless of previous experience.\nOur work at Mama Glow is to improve the experience of birth for people everywhere. We are changing the face of maternal health by empowering birthing people at the threshold of change in their lives. We see birth as a unique opportunity to support and empower all people as well as educate society about the innate strength of the body and the sacred process of pregnancy and birth. We offer full spectrum doula support. Our doulas support clients during fertility\, birth clients and new parents\, holding their hands as they transition into this new phase of their lives. We seek to dismantle the stigmas and fears around the birth process for birthing folks. We also work to democratize birth support and have birth doulas available for every person or family that desires one. \nAs birth activism is central to the pulse of our mission and training\, we weave the thread of advocacy with our distinguished\, world-renown and award-winning guest teachers. The course includes preparation and education for birth doula support. This is a CERTIFICATE PROGRAM desgined to advance birthworkers professionally. \nReceive a supreme education with Mama Glow\nThe Mama Glow Professional Doula Training Program has been offered as a course in Gender and Sexuality Studies at Brown University where Mama Glow founder Latham Thomas was appointed Visiting Professor of the Practice of Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Learning on Women. \nWhat makes Mama Glow unique? \nAside from our world class and one-of-a-kind program content and teaching methodology\, the Mama Glow Doula Professional Training Program includes ongoing Professional and Work-force Development\, which means we hold your hand as you take your certification journey and launch your business or advance your career. We even have an accelerated support program to help you complete your doula certification. \nMama Glow Doula Homeschool Level 1 is a Path To Doula Certification with Mama Glow.\nUpon completion of the 6-week live class and program modules\, doula trainees receive a Mama Glow Doula Trainee Certificate that indicates that they are ready to start their work in the field\, are adequately prepared to support birthing clients\, and are on the path towards doula certification. We offer monthly certification support to ensure you complete the course requirments for doula certification. It is our belief that every doula who emerges from the homeschool program should be equipped to serve birthing people during pregnancy\, birth and the early postpartum period. \nLEVEL 1 is the first step towards full MAMA GLOW DOULA certification. Beyond the homeschool weekly program\, doulas-in-training will need to complete mandatory coursework\, reading\, essays\, attend mandatory LEVEL 1 Modules (virtually) that support continuing education for doulas on the path to LEVEL 1 certification. All this work will begin after your in-class training period. After completion of LEVEL 1 you will be eligible to take the LEVEL 2 program which focuses on Complicated Birth and Postpartum Doula Support. \nLEVEL 1 will prepare newly minted doulas to begin working in all settings\, including in traditionally underserved and under-estimated communities. Many of our doulas have successfully transitioned into full time doula work. Our program is a pathway to securing work as a practicing doula and we provide opportunities for our Mama Glow Doula Trainees (DT) and Mama Glow Certified Doulas (CD) to secure birth clients around the USA and the world through our bespoke Doula Matching service\, private partnerships and community-based doula programs through the Mama Glow Foundation. \nMAMA GLOW DOULA HOMESCHOOL: LEVEL 1 program for prospective birth doulas and practicing doulas who want to deepen their skill sets. \nThe weekly intensive program will be jam packed with content\, but convenient for you to easily integrate into your busy schedule. The course meets once per week on Sundays and you have weekly homework assignments to be completed. All LIVE classes are recorded for on-demand viewing\, so this course is ideal for folks in various time zones around the world and for a variety of work and family schedules. \nLIVE DIGITAL TRAINING SCHEDULE – TIMES (EST):\n\nSunday\, January 18\, 12:00pm-3:30pm\nSunday\, January\, 25 12:00pm-3:30pm\nSunday\, February 1\, 12:00pm-3:30pm\nSunday\, February 8\, 12:00pm-3:30pm\nSunday\, February 15\, 12:00pm-3:30pm\nSunday\, February 22\, 12:00pm-3:30pm\n\nClass meets weekly on Sundays and sessions are recorded.  \nOur homeschool training program is grounded in:\n\nActivism + Advocacy\nAncestral Tradition + Ancient wisdom\nBirth + Breastfeeding\nEvidence-Based Research + the Ethereal\nMindfulness + Movement\nRhythm + Ritual\nSacred Anatomy + Sex\nSelf-Care + Spirituality\n\nThis program will include:\n\n6 LIVE Zoom classes over a 6-Week period with Latham Thomas\nAccess to our Private Global Doula Community\nOnline student class portal access\nVirtual Orientation support\nMentorship support (virtual)\n\nThis certification program is open to all regardless of experience. Our doula trainees come from all walks of life and everyone is welcome here. Everyone has something unique to contribute to this work. \nPast Mama Glow Doula Trainees have included:\n\nNovice birth workers\nExperienced doulas looking for robust holistic training\nBodyworkers\nSocial workers\nTeachers and Educators\nEnergy workers + Healers\nPhysicians\nNurses\nNurse care managers\nActivists\nActors\nSupermodels\nPolicy Makers\nMPH Candidates\nMoms-to-be\nNew parents\n\nCurriculum including continuing education modules will be reviewed at the beginning of the course. A digital entrance interview will be conducted a week prior to your training start date and all trainees will have an optional online group orientation a week before class starts to meet your classmates and mentors who support you through the training. \nINVESTMENT:\n$825.00 + Processing fees for 6-week LIVE Virtual Training Program  \nPayment Plans Are Available – Please email us at: info@mamaglow.com \nPayment plan window closes two weeks prior to course start date. \nScholarship Support Available for eligible students. \nWe look forward to welcoming you to the Mama Glow family.
URL:https://mamaglow.com/event/mama-glow-doula-homeschool-level-1-weekly-online-professional-training-2/2026-01-18/
CATEGORIES:Doula Homeschool,Training
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SUMMARY:Mama Glow Doula Homeschool – Level 1 – Weekly Online Professional Training
DESCRIPTION:MAMA GLOW DOULA HOMESCHOOL ONLINE WEEKLY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM \n\nLEVEL 1 – WEEKLY ONLINE PROGRAM – WINTER 2026\nPREGNANCY – BIRTH – EARLY POSTPARTUM \nWITH MAMA GLOW FOUNDER\, LATHAM THOMAS \n  \nSince March of 2020 we at Mama Glow have been offering the Mama Glow Doula Homeschool Professional Training Program online to serve our global community of birth workers. \nThe WINTER 2026 weekly program covers pregnancy through the early postpartum period and will take place once per week on Sundays over a 6-week period. \nStarting Sunday\, January 18 – February 22\, 2026. Sundays from 12pm-3:30pm ET. \nThe course tuition is offered at $825.00 + processing fees. \nPlease continue to read to see the Full WINTER 2026 Level 1 online training schedule. \nThe MAMA GLOW DOULA HOMESCHOOL virtual training program includes LIVE digital training via Zoom with Latham Thomas and modules with guest teachers\, assignments to complete at home and with your fellow doula trainees. \nWe care about community.\nMama Glow Doula trainees have time to connect digitally for face-to-face chat online with your doula siblings. Level 1 Doula Trainees will have a designated TA (a Teacher Assistant) to help support you during the program in our private online community. Trainees have an orientation the week prior to class starting and a private group within our online membership platform. \nThis program is open to all regardless of previous experience.\nOur work at Mama Glow is to improve the experience of birth for people everywhere. We are changing the face of maternal health by empowering birthing people at the threshold of change in their lives. We see birth as a unique opportunity to support and empower all people as well as educate society about the innate strength of the body and the sacred process of pregnancy and birth. We offer full spectrum doula support. Our doulas support clients during fertility\, birth clients and new parents\, holding their hands as they transition into this new phase of their lives. We seek to dismantle the stigmas and fears around the birth process for birthing folks. We also work to democratize birth support and have birth doulas available for every person or family that desires one. \nAs birth activism is central to the pulse of our mission and training\, we weave the thread of advocacy with our distinguished\, world-renown and award-winning guest teachers. The course includes preparation and education for birth doula support. This is a CERTIFICATE PROGRAM desgined to advance birthworkers professionally. \nReceive a supreme education with Mama Glow\nThe Mama Glow Professional Doula Training Program has been offered as a course in Gender and Sexuality Studies at Brown University where Mama Glow founder Latham Thomas was appointed Visiting Professor of the Practice of Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Learning on Women. \nWhat makes Mama Glow unique? \nAside from our world class and one-of-a-kind program content and teaching methodology\, the Mama Glow Doula Professional Training Program includes ongoing Professional and Work-force Development\, which means we hold your hand as you take your certification journey and launch your business or advance your career. We even have an accelerated support program to help you complete your doula certification. \nMama Glow Doula Homeschool Level 1 is a Path To Doula Certification with Mama Glow.\nUpon completion of the 6-week live class and program modules\, doula trainees receive a Mama Glow Doula Trainee Certificate that indicates that they are ready to start their work in the field\, are adequately prepared to support birthing clients\, and are on the path towards doula certification. We offer monthly certification support to ensure you complete the course requirments for doula certification. It is our belief that every doula who emerges from the homeschool program should be equipped to serve birthing people during pregnancy\, birth and the early postpartum period. \nLEVEL 1 is the first step towards full MAMA GLOW DOULA certification. Beyond the homeschool weekly program\, doulas-in-training will need to complete mandatory coursework\, reading\, essays\, attend mandatory LEVEL 1 Modules (virtually) that support continuing education for doulas on the path to LEVEL 1 certification. All this work will begin after your in-class training period. After completion of LEVEL 1 you will be eligible to take the LEVEL 2 program which focuses on Complicated Birth and Postpartum Doula Support. \nLEVEL 1 will prepare newly minted doulas to begin working in all settings\, including in traditionally underserved and under-estimated communities. Many of our doulas have successfully transitioned into full time doula work. Our program is a pathway to securing work as a practicing doula and we provide opportunities for our Mama Glow Doula Trainees (DT) and Mama Glow Certified Doulas (CD) to secure birth clients around the USA and the world through our bespoke Doula Matching service\, private partnerships and community-based doula programs through the Mama Glow Foundation. \nMAMA GLOW DOULA HOMESCHOOL: LEVEL 1 program for prospective birth doulas and practicing doulas who want to deepen their skill sets. \nThe weekly intensive program will be jam packed with content\, but convenient for you to easily integrate into your busy schedule. The course meets once per week on Sundays and you have weekly homework assignments to be completed. All LIVE classes are recorded for on-demand viewing\, so this course is ideal for folks in various time zones around the world and for a variety of work and family schedules. \nLIVE DIGITAL TRAINING SCHEDULE – TIMES (EST):\n\nSunday\, January 18\, 12:00pm-3:30pm\nSunday\, January\, 25 12:00pm-3:30pm\nSunday\, February 1\, 12:00pm-3:30pm\nSunday\, February 8\, 12:00pm-3:30pm\nSunday\, February 15\, 12:00pm-3:30pm\nSunday\, February 22\, 12:00pm-3:30pm\n\nClass meets weekly on Sundays and sessions are recorded.  \nOur homeschool training program is grounded in:\n\nActivism + Advocacy\nAncestral Tradition + Ancient wisdom\nBirth + Breastfeeding\nEvidence-Based Research + the Ethereal\nMindfulness + Movement\nRhythm + Ritual\nSacred Anatomy + Sex\nSelf-Care + Spirituality\n\nThis program will include:\n\n6 LIVE Zoom classes over a 6-Week period with Latham Thomas\nAccess to our Private Global Doula Community\nOnline student class portal access\nVirtual Orientation support\nMentorship support (virtual)\n\nThis certification program is open to all regardless of experience. Our doula trainees come from all walks of life and everyone is welcome here. Everyone has something unique to contribute to this work. \nPast Mama Glow Doula Trainees have included:\n\nNovice birth workers\nExperienced doulas looking for robust holistic training\nBodyworkers\nSocial workers\nTeachers and Educators\nEnergy workers + Healers\nPhysicians\nNurses\nNurse care managers\nActivists\nActors\nSupermodels\nPolicy Makers\nMPH Candidates\nMoms-to-be\nNew parents\n\nCurriculum including continuing education modules will be reviewed at the beginning of the course. A digital entrance interview will be conducted a week prior to your training start date and all trainees will have an optional online group orientation a week before class starts to meet your classmates and mentors who support you through the training. \nINVESTMENT:\n$825.00 + Processing fees for 6-week LIVE Virtual Training Program  \nPayment Plans Are Available – Please email us at: info@mamaglow.com \nPayment plan window closes two weeks prior to course start date. \nScholarship Support Available for eligible students. \nWe look forward to welcoming you to the Mama Glow family.
URL:https://mamaglow.com/event/mama-glow-doula-homeschool-level-1-weekly-online-professional-training-2/2026-01-25/
CATEGORIES:Doula Homeschool,Training
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SUMMARY:Mama Glow Advanced Doula Mentorship Intensive Program
DESCRIPTION:MAMA GLOW ADVANCED DOULA MENTORSHIP INTENSIVE PROGRAM- ONLINE\nBecome the doula families trust — and the professional your community needs. \nStep into your next chapter as a birthworker with the Mama Glow Advanced Doula Mentorship Intensive Program\, an immersive and empowering training experience designed to help you move from learning to launching your practice. \nAcross eight sessions\, you’ll be mentored by two experienced Mama Glow doulas who know what it takes to build a thriving business and make a lasting impact in your community. Through interactive workshops\, real-world role-play\, and guided self-reflection\, you’ll gain the confidence\, tools\, and support you need to serve families — and yourself — with professionalism and heart. \nThis is a launchpad. You’ll leave the program with tangible tools: your client outreach plan\, website or flyer\, contracts and templates\, and your first connections in the field. \nWHAT YOU’LL LEARN\n\nBuild strong client relationships and communicate with confidence\nNavigate hospitals\, birth centers\, and home births while advocating for clients\nApply hands-on comfort measures and perinatal techniques\nSupport postpartum recovery and breastfeeding\nManage on-call schedules\, boundaries\, and self-care\nComplete certification and grow your professional practice\nHands-on learning\, mentorship\, and real-world practice prepare you to thrive as a skilled\, independent doula.\n\nCURRICULUM OUTLINE 🌱 SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE\n\nMeeting 1 – Foundations & First Steps:Build community\, define your “why\,” and learn exactly how to find and connect with your first clients.You’ll practice professional introductions\, explore what makes a great first impression\, and map your first steps toward certification.\nMeeting 2 – Professional Development & Business Skills:Set up your doula business for sustainability — from contracts and client communication to ethical marketing and financial confidence.You’ll create a 6-month business growth plan and learn to set boundaries with professionalism.\nMeeting 3 – Organizing & Preparing for Care:Learn how to manage your calendar\, organize visits\, and prepare for your first birth experience.You’ll practice going “on call\,” packing your doula bag\, and handling that first “I think I’m in labor” phone call.\nMeeting 4 – Birth Environments & Procedures:Explore birth across different settings — hospital\, birth center\, and home — and learn how to adapt your role to each.You’ll role-play scenarios like inductions\, C-sections\, and VBACs\, building confidence for every situation.\n\n🌼 MID-PROGRAM DELIVERABLES: BRINGING YOUR LEARNING TO LIFE\n\nConnect with Three Potential Clients: Begin building your professional network.\nCreate a Website or Flyer: Establish your public-facing professional presence.\nShadow or Conduct a Practice Visit: Gain hands-on experience and reflect on what you learn.\n\nYou’ll get feedback from mentors every step of the way\, ensuring your work is polished and purposeful. \n🌺 SECTION 2: ADVANCED SKILLS & SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE\n\nMeeting 5 – Advocacy & Hospital Etiquette:Learn to navigate hospital systems\, communicate with staff\, and advocate respectfully for your clients.\nMeeting 6 – Postpartum Support & Lactation:Strengthen your ability to support families through the postpartum period — including emotional recovery\, feeding\, and family adjustment.\nMeeting 7 – Self-Care\, Boundaries\, & Mentorship:Explore ways to sustain your energy\, set healthy boundaries\, and build a supportive doula network.\nMeeting 8 – Certification\, Practice & Professional Growth:Get step-by-step guidance on completing your certification\, Medicaid enrollment\, and building a long-term vision for your doula career.\n\n🌼 END-OF-PROGRAM DELIVERABLES\n\nComplete a Full Client Case Study: Demonstrate your ability to guide a client through the prenatal\, birth\, and postpartum journey.\nPortfolio of Doula Skills and Resources: Showcase your proficiency in core doula skills and create a professional toolkit for future clients.\nProfessional Development & Certification Plan: Prepare for ongoing growth and ensure readiness for independent doula practice.\n\nWHY THIS PROGRAM STANDS OUT\n✅ Hands-On Learning: Practice real scenarios through mentorship\, role-play\, and shadowing. \n✅ Community Support: Build meaningful connections with mentors and peers who get it. \n✅ Tangible Deliverables: Leave with tools that set your business in motion — not just theory. \n✅ Professional Growth: Learn to navigate business\, birth spaces\, and self-care with equal confidence. \nWHO IT’S FOR\n\nNewly trained doulas ready to start taking clients\nWorking doulas seeking to build a sustainable business\nBirthworkers passionate about advocacy\, professionalism\, and growth\n\nMEET YOUR MENTORS\nMeet Sherri Doucette. Mom\, Yeye\, E-RYT 500 yoga teacher\, Reiki master\, light maker\, and your favorite doula’s doula. A proud Los Angeleno turned Dallas resident\, Sherri blends West Coast flow with Southern soul to create spaces where healing\, learning\, and ease feel like home. \nMeet Na’sha Laqash\, a Birth Witness\, Assistant Midwife\, Certified Breastfeeding Specialist\, and Mentor devoted to guiding families and fellow birth workers through the sacred journey of birth. She carries a deep reverence for the body’s design and the ancestral wisdom that has long sustained women through generations. \nINVESTMENT\n$595.00 + processing fees\, payment plans available.  \nDATES \n\nTuesdays 1/13\, 1/27\, 2/10\, 2/24\, 3/10\, 3/24\, 4/7\, 4/21\n\nJOIN US\nYour calling brought you to birthwork. This program will help you build the confidence\, professionalism\, and community you need to sustain it. \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mamaglow.com/event/mama-glow-advanced-doula-mentorship-intensive-program/2026-01-27/
CATEGORIES:Business Development,Training
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