The rose garden: a mentorship for slo county doulas
No matter where you are in your birth work journey, collaboration is key for a fruitful, well-tended business. The Rose Garden offers a seasonal meeting of like-minded doulas, with 1:1 mentorship meetings every few weeks, and regular consultations & check-ins with Caroline.
Learn & refine your ways of crafting a sustainable business, set a foundation that nourishes your work in a holistic manner as you do the same for families, and grow a doula practice that is embodied & rhythmic in nature.
What you’ll find in the rose garden
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Offered every 4-8 weeks depending on your plan & preference. Meet at a cafe, in Caroline’s home, or outdoors along the Central Coast.
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For touching base, ‘peer review’ style processing, getting things off our chests, and weaving a true network of care within our wider Doula community. Held seasonally.
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Deepen your relationship to this calling. Learn its edges, boundaries, and needs. It all comes back to being in right relationship, and we’ll lean into that every step of the way on this path of growing your birth work practice.
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If you’re at a birth, reach out via text or call to consult with me throughout the duration of our mentor-mentee relationship. There can be a significant learning curve (we’re all still on it!) & I’m here for you through it all.
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When families in my care open the door, you’re welcome to join us for 1-2 Prenatal/Postpartum Visits. You can observe, and are welcome to share your ‘two cents’ & doula wisdom.
With some families who are willing, you may be welcome to shadow me at a birth. You will be compensated for being on-call during this time period with a small stipend to cover gas & your time.
A web of support, nourishment as you establish your roots, & a sense of relationship with every aspect of this work. Nurtured & held by someone who has sat by hundreds of women’s sides, in the thick of it, and seen the work through.
the Rose garden blooms
Ground where you are
We begin wherever you are, complete a holistic assessment of your needs & present services, education, & so on. A path is drawn from here.
We will review where you want to grow, what your priorities are, who you want to work with & care for, what you want to make financially, how often you want to be on-call, how to find supportive back-up support, & the list goes on. Really, it’s everything I wish someone had told me — how to talk to/with doctors & nurses & midwives, how to manage perinatal complications, supporting loss, &, again, the list goes on.
Tend within & come to be in relationship
Deepen your relationship to self & all things. Nourish well the present blooms, however they appear, and affirm what you hold dear.
In a world that asks so much of us and that we monetize our callings, how can we exist in right relationship with this work, and treat a business like the being that it is? That may sound woo-woo, but hear me out, and I swear, it changes everything. It keeps the blessings & the beauty alive amidst the logistics, accounting, digital marketing, & capitalistic rhythms (not my jam, but I always appreciate prosperity & bounty).
Dream your days alive
Breathe into and physically, spiritually, & practically work towards all your wildest dreams for your daily life & the chapter you’re in, as well as the chapters yet to come.
This work came to me from a dream and a fateful path. I imagine the same for so many of you. Remaining attuned with those realms & rhythms is not just key, but a must. It also takes great work to tend to those layers and show up for a family. It’s a dance I’m in every day when I’m on-call (which is, most days). I don’t have the answers for you, but I do have that ‘space holding’ capacity to guide you through the thick of it.
Create rhythms that suit you
With all this in mind, we get to work — refining, tending to the soil of what you have, sowing the seeds of what’s to come.
Birth work takes about as much as it gives. Learn how to create flexible, sustainable daily rhythms & place boundaries within your work as you learn your needs & ‘musts’ with on-call life realities.
We explore what birth integration looks like for you, how to debrief effectively with families in your care, how to leave your stuff at the door at the next labor/birth, where to find additional support for your processing, how to nourish & reset your nervous system post-birth-attendance, and so much more.
Inquire with Caroline
If you're interested in working with me, complete the form with a few details about where you’re at. I’ll review your message and get back to you within 48-72 hours.
your mentorship options
Payment plans are available upon request. Invoices & receipts will be sent for your records.