toRaise Questions Doula Podcast
The toRaise Questions podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work.
Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.
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- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 99
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2017
Episode 82 - Perinatal Mood Disorders Part 2
Joy Outland Brock, LCSW, a toLabor trained doula join Thérèse and Melanie once again to talk about how to support clients with perinatal mood disorders.
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Episode 81 - Perinatal Mood Disorders Part 1
Thérèse and Melanie to talk with Joy Outland Brock, LCSW, a toLabor trained doula about perinatal mood disorders, the different categories and how to identify them.
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Epsiode 80 Case Study: Rachel from Arizona
Thérèse and Melanie talk with Rachel a doula from Arizona about a recent birth she attended.
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Epsiode 79 - A Conversation with Cristin Pascucci from Birth Monolopy & Expsoing the Silence Project
Thérèse and Melanie talk with Cristin Pascucci about ACOG's debate at their annual meeting in regard to induction for all women at 39 weeks.
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Epsidoe 78 - Designing a Doula Business
Thérèse interviews 3 doulas who began in solo practice but who have now expanded their business to include other doulas and other services.
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Episode 77 - How do You Support a Client with Interventions
Thérèse and Melanie answer a listener's question on how to support a client who has intervetions.
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Episode 76 - One Doula's Jouney With the Topic of Circumcision
Thérèse and Melanie to talk with Melissa Yeager, a toLabor Certified Professional Birth Doula about circumcision and boundary lines.
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Episode 75 - The Spirit of Doula Follow-Up
Former podcast moderator Sarah Allen-Short join Therese and Melanie to discuss input from listeners in regard to Episode 71, The Spirit of Beig a Doula
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Episode 74 - Thérèse
Sarah Allen-Short joins Melanie to have a talk about Thérèse and what she is facing currently.
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Episode 73: Melanie
Thérèse turns the interview table on Melanie. They discusses how Melanie came itno birth work and how it has evolved into a full time career.
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Episode 72 Case Study: Marie
Case Study:Marie from Florida talk with Thérèse and Melanie about a situation she had with a client that raised a lot of questions for her in regard to defining her role and her boundar…
Episode 71: The Spirit of Being A Doula
Thérèse and Melanie have a conversation about the spirit of being a doula and maintaining your integrity.
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Episode 70
Thérèse and Melanie share stories while discussing birth work and what it has unexpectedly brought into their lives.
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Episode 69 - RVA Birth Event w/ Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein
Thérèse and Melanie record live at the RVA Birth Event 2016. Listen to their conversation with Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein and numerous guests who stop by to chat.
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Episode 68 - CASE STUDY: Marcia Struggles With A Birth
Sarah and Therese discuss with Marcia a labor and birth that she attended 2 years ago that emotionally took its toll on her related to her client's reaction to her in the postpartum per…
Episode 67 - How Do You Cover Everything in Your Doula Prenatal?
Thérèse and Melanie discuss a listener's dilemma who cannot figure out how to cover all of the important topics during her prenatal visits with her clients.
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ToRaise FLASHBACK: Life on Call
Happy New Year! The ladies are on a much-deserved break but didn't want you all to go without. Here's a ToRaise Flashback in which Sarah and Thérèse talk about the challenges and joys o…
Episode 66 - How Do You Know When It's Time
Thérèse and Melanie discuss one of the most common challenges of a doula, when do you go be with your client in labor? Is it ok to come and then go? How do you know? Is there a formula …
Episode 65 - Episotomy vs Tear
Thérèse and Melanie answer a listener's question in regard to episiotomies vs tears, is it better to be cut by a PCP or to allow the body to tear on its own? Which heals better?
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Episode 64 - A Conversation with Midwife Jennie Joesph on Racial Disparity in Maternal Care
Thérèse and Melanie welcome Jennie Jospeh, LM, CPM of Commonsense Childbirth based in Orlando FL to discuss racial dispartities in maternal healthcare. Jennie has been working tirelessl…