Doulas have been around since forever, helping birthing people to deliver and raise their children in a way that feels right to them. But recently, we’ve seen the role of the doula change, and not just because had a global pandemic. People are starting to recognize the gap we fill in the medical care industry and they’re inviting us to step up but with that recognition comes responsibility and regulation. Join me, Sabia Wade, as I lay out what this means to you and your business as a doula.

I share how I got into being a doula and the training I did – and chose not to do. You’re going to hear how becoming a doula split my spirit and what I did to help marginalized people access true reproductive justice. Then I talk about Medicaid reimbursements for doulas and how they’re not everything that they seem to be. Stay tuned to the end to hear what doulas can do to protect their role in healthcare and to be a voice for themselves and the people they work for.

Subscribe to the Found Free podcast to listen to more conversations about being a doula and the intersection of healthcare and social justice. In my next episode, I’ll be answering questions from new doulas – don’t miss it!

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When Tenesha started her internship in a reproductive health center in Texas, she never imagined where it would lead her. But now she’s the founder of Orchid Investing, a fund that works towards justice for marginalized people in all aspects of their health and reproductive care. Join us for a conversation that digs into the capitalist structures that hold us in oppression – and what you can do to change them.

Tenesha explains what it means to invest for impact and how we can use money and resources to heal generational trauma and injustice. She unpacks how to make sure that your money is building sustainable systems that honor the work you’ve put into them, rather than going to a political entity that’s using a charitable tax status as a vehicle to continue racial and gender oppression. Along the way, we discuss how we can achieve equality in healthcare and tackle all the traumas that these difficult topics bring up.

If you want to know more about how you can help out or how to apply Tenesha’s impact investing blueprint in your home state, you need to stick around for the second part of our conversation. Subscribe to the Found Free podcast to have it drop straight into your podcast feed.

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Check out Orchid website: https://www.orchidcapital.fund
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Visit my website: https://www.found-free.com
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Resources:
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If you’ve been a doula for longer than a minute, you know that it’s about so much more than being present at birth. In fact, there’s so much to being a doula that this is the second part of my conversation with Flor, a Latina doula known as Badass Mother Birther, so go check out my last episode with her before diving into this one. You won’t regret it!

In this episode, we talk about Medicaid reimbursements for doulas and whether or not doulas should be regulated and by whom. We also discuss the questions that birthing people should ask a doula before they hire them and what doulas should do to take care of themselves and to prevent secondary trauma and burnout. If you’re a busy doula, you should definitely take some notes!

Stay to the end to hear about Flor’s next big project and don’t forget to subscribe to the Found Free podcast to hear more episodes about social equality, entrepreneurship, justice work and more.

Connect with my Guest:
Check out Flor Cruz's website: https://badassmotherbirther.com
Follow Badass Mother Birthder on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/badassmotherbirther

Connect with Me:
Visit my website: https://www.found-free.com
Follow me on Instagram: / sabiawade
Connect with me on LinkedIn: / sabiawade

Resources:
Buy Birthing Liberation (Sabia’s book!): ...