The Earthly Birth Doula & Holistic Care

For my friends practicing birth work in Iowa / Omaha 🙏🏽 A great resource and continued education!

If you want to learn how to belly bind, come to my training August 29th from 10-2pm in council bluffs!

Just made some baby eczema balm with this to try on my little one!

The biggest and best plantain leaves for our Itch Relief salve come from areas of the garden where they can hide amongst other plants. Some of them are over 6" wide!!

These are Plantago rugelii, a native plantain plant. If you have this plant in your yard or garden, check to see if the base of the leaf has a reddish tint and you'll know you have a plant native to North America, not the European species that is commonly called "white man's foot" because of their ability to travel with Europeans headed west.

Plantago spp. (including P. major, P. lanceolata and P. rugelii) provide an excellent remedy for itching, insect stings and the sting of nettle (caused by the same chemical that make fire ants sting). They can be used as a poultice (crushed and placed directly on the affected area) or infused in oil to make a salve. Being rich in mucilage (a gooey substance) helps them provide relief from digestion issues that need soothing. The seeds of Plantago psyllium are used in Metamucil, an over-the-counter product that eases constipation. The young leaves are also edible and contain high amounts of Vitamins A, C and K. You can add fresh leaves to a salad.

All this from a common "w**d" you can find growing from coast to coast. Plants are amazing!!

📣 Hot take: you can't provide true doula care if you can't support in a non-judgemental way.

We're all human. We have biases we're aware of and unconscious biases we're not always aware of. We can have preferences and beliefs. But they must not influence the care we provide.

Judgemental support can look like:

✨️ Assigning moral superiority or strength to a certain type of birth
✨️ Making it seem like someone just needs to do X and they'll get Y outcome and why won't they just do X?
✨️ Judging how one plans to or actually feeds their baby
✨️ Comments that suggest someone is or has made the "wrong choice" during birth

As a doula, our role is to provide evidence-based information and support clients in having an empowered birth. Our role is not to tell someone how or where they must birth. We should never make someone feel as if they can "fail" at birth either.

To be a doula is to possess empathy. It is to understand that different people make different choices for a variety of reasons. Two people can look at the exact same evidence-based information and apply it differently to their circumstances.

This isn't to say you MUST work with every potential client. This isn't to say we ignore genuine safety concerns. But our overall role must be rooted in non-judgemental support, otherwise, what sets us apart from Aunt Judgy Jessica? People hire us so that we are an impartial third party simply offering information, support, and guidance without judgement.

👇🏽 What do you think?

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Háŋ Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ
The world just made its first trillionaire
and I sat with that for a minute
because I can't understand it.
A trillion dollars held in one set of hands
while babies go without,
while elders choose between heat and medicine,
while whole communities are told there isn't enough.
That mindset runs the world
and it makes me sick.
Me ? I got a payout this week
and the money was barely mine before it was moving again.
Paid another small business for their honey and their wax.
Bought bread and vegetables from the farmers market.
Walked a vendor fair and put money in the hands of other makers.
Sent some to family who needed it.
I'm not rich in money.
I'm rich in family. Rich in teachings.
I've paid for funerals.
Car bills. Rent. Light bills. Groceries.
Tipi raising contests. Wačhípi funds.
Boxes of medicine sent to people I'll never get a thank you from
and I never asked for one.
I don't take it back. I don't accept what's offered in return.
Because that's not the way I was raised.
We don't hoard. We share.
When ours is taken care of, we help others have.
Our people measured wealth by how much you gave away,
not how much you could pile up and sit on top of.
So in that way, I'm trying to be wealthy.
Wealthy enough to keep giving.
It's a hard way to live inside a banking system
that was never built for people like us.
But I'll get through it.
I always do.
They take and take with no regard for another life.
We give and give and somehow we're still standing.
That's the difference.
That's the whole difference.

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In honor of Mother's Day this past weekend. Holistic Healing is hosting a Postpartum Mom's group!

🌸 Now Enrolling: 8-Week Postpartum Support Group 🌸
Motherhood can feel beautiful, overwhelming, isolating, and transformative — sometimes all at once. You do not have to navigate it alone. Join us for an 8-week in-person postpartum support group designed to provide connection, encouragement, and emotional support in a safe and welcoming space.

✨ What to Expect:

Weekly in-person support sessions
A supportive community of fellow mothers
Guided discussions and coping tools
Space to process postpartum emotions and challenges
Dinner provided each week (Special thanks to our sponsor Elevate Advisory Group)
📍 Group Details:
Duration: 8 Weeks
Format: In Person
Limited to ONLY 8 participants for a more intimate and supportive experience
💳 Payment Options:
All insurance accepted
Self-pay accepted
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Spaces are limited and expected to fill quickly. Reserve your spot today. 💛