* Availability Update - I am currently on postpartum leave following the birth of my first baby! I'll slowly be taking on clients with EDD's starting in August 2025. If you are due before then and would like referrals for other local doulas, please reach out!*

My name is Rachel (she/they) and I am a full spectrum doula. This means that I support people experiencing a range of transitions along the life spectrum like pregnancy, birth and postpartum. I also support people who are experiencing pregnancy loss, and those who desire a deeper connection with their fertility and hormones.

My journey with this work has been a long cycle of engaging with my own fertility and narrative in a complex way. My interests in performance art and trauma-informed psychotherapy eventually led me to this calling, where I can witness my clients navigate intense transitions with curiosity and compassion for the unknown.

I approach each relationship with my clients as a creative collaboration, finding unique ways to support them through ritual, food and meaningful conversations. Sometimes, this might look like asking hard questions as a way to engage with themes surrounding reproduction on a deeper level, embracing a full spectrum of feelings.

After attending births for nearly 10 years, I'm exploring the intersection between my role as an artists and as a skilled doula. Incorporating documentary photography into my practice has been a fluid way to continue this process of learning how the doula role can evolve beyond just care work and be seen as an art form in itself.
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I am committed to confronting my racial and implicit biases by engaging regularly with anti-racist work and by paying reparations. I believe language is very important and will use phrases like birthing person, menstruating people, bodyfeeding, and so on. I hold myself and others in my field accountable to using inclusive language.

I deeply value and practice a standard of care that respects an individual's choices, and will advocate for body autonomy and consent. I meet regularly with other doulas in my community to receive care and offer support, and maintain accountability from my local doula community to a standard of practice that is peer reviewed.
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I look forward to supporting you in all your moods as you navigate the experience of being a hormonal being.