Currently building our waitlist for the in-person Rainbow Doula Training in Berlin, 2025. If you are interested in this training, book a short connection call with me below.

 

If this is our first time connecting, I'm Gem, a certified full spectrum doula (DTI), practicing since 2015 in Berlin. I'm originally from the US but moved here on a Fulbright Scholarship shortly after graduating from Brown University in 2014. Since then, I have accompanied hundreds of international families in their  birth, postpartum, fertility and loss journeys, and served as Lead Educator and Head of Curriculum Development at Doula Trainings International. Nothing is more satisfying and full circle to me than passing the wisdom I've gained to a new generation of doulas, maximizing the impact of this wave of change in reproductive healthcare. I'm a queer non binary practitioner, which informs everything I do. My pride and joy has been accompanying trans & non binary clients as a gender transition doula.  

 

Who are you? You are someone who believes people have a right to INFORMED CONSENT and emotional care in the reproductive space.

 

You care about the severe health disparities and increased maternal and infant mortality rates for people of color giving birth. You want to make a difference with your work, and be a part of the change you wish to see in the world.  

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Friends may often seek you out for advice or space holding when they're in times of great change. 

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Maybe you're already a professional caregiver—a chiropractor, masseuse, teacher, nanny/ babysitter, or social worker.

 

Maybe you've always had a fascination with birth and the postpartum time, or maybe you only realized it was a passion for you by going through it yourself. 

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What matters is, you have something to contribute, and you're curious to learn more. 

 

I highly recommend this in-person training because it will connect you to a group of local doulas who you will lean on, learn from, and work with as backup throughout your doula practice. It's a chance to cultivate community, which is your single greatest resource as a doula. No matter where in the world you plan to practice, this training will give you the foundations and relationships needed to thrive in your global work.

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This training stands out.

• Learn from a queer non binary educator

• Learn nervous system literacy and become a trauma-informed practitioner

• Taking care to not appropriate cultural traditions which are not our own!

• Deepen spiritual awareness

• Understand structural oppression in the reproductive space 

• Detailed instruction in patient advocacy to address disparities

• Focus on boundaries, reciprocity, and radical self care

• Financial, business and sustainability coaching​

• High level branding, marketing and sales instruction

• Learn from my nine years of experience working full time as a doula in Berlin—mistakes as well as wins

• Referrals for care providers & Berlin specific resources & info

• Hands-on instruction in sacral rubs, hip squeezes and other comfort measures

• Strong emphasis on building a financially secure, sustainable business

• Learn how to fill your cup as a caregiver to avoid and heal from burnout/ compassion fatigue

• Inclusive, reproductive justice oriented lens in which the wisdom and presence of people of color, disabled folks, and queer families are honored & celebrated

• Your core curriculum in person, followed by self guided study and field work with ongoing mentorship 

• The opportunity to certify for your lifetime, with no need to re-certify or pay dues

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The investment for this professional training is 2,965€ 

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Instalment plans carry zero interest because I want this training to be accessible to as many folks as possible. 

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​Your options include

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12 instalments of 247€   /   6 instalments of 494€   /   3 instalments of 988€

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Note I have a limited number of reduced cost spots available to financially strapped folks. Priority will be given to doulas of color, disabled and queer doulas.

 

I remember how scared I was investing in my own doula training back in 2015. I put my whole savings into it at the time while I was working as a nanny in New York straight out of college. Since then, I've earned hundreds of thousands of euros in my doula practice. Earning and supporting myself doing work which is deeply integral to my being, 100% values aligned, and makes demonstrable positive change in my community. 

 

I get questions all the time from doulas who are hesitant to make an investment when they're new to doula work: how will I find clients? How can I justify the cost of training? Let me tell you firsthand, investing in my education as a doula was the best investment I have ever made in my career, my mental health, and my spiritual path, hands down. ​​

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Becoming a doula is so much more than learning a trade. Although you will learn, magnanimously. Becoming a doula is an unfurling of self. It is the weaving together of a group of humans oriented towards change like flowers orient to the sun. It is the building of a lifelong chosen family and community. And it is where you will learn the skills to build a business that financially nurtures you for years, even decades to come. 

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In my nine year tenure as a doula, I was fully booked with more inquiries than I could possibly take on, referring a massive overflow out to colleagues. I will teach you the skills to make yourself seen and build an intimate, profitable connection with your audience in the digital age. Doulas who walk into my training insecure about sales and marketing walk out confident and ready. 

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What I'm saying is, you will earn back your investment in this professional Ausbildung and more. Investing in yourself, your boundaries, your self care, and your dream will never be the wrong choice.

 

If something is sparking in you as you read this and you warm a dream of becoming a doula like a baby bird in your heart nest, book this free connection call with me below. Even if you're not sure how you'll afford it, or if you're not sure how it fits in your life...if you have questions, concerns, hesitations, unknowns—bring them to our call together. Let's talk it through. The call is absolutely no obligation, just a space for us to hold space for your dream and hear how it peeps. What sacred song is knitted in that baby bird's wings? How can we get it safely into the sky?