by Sophie Messager
As I write this, I just came back from the annual doula retreat. This year was my 6th year there. I’ve written about the retreat before here. Organised by doula Selina Wallis, the retreat is a unique space for doulas and birthworkers to gather and recharge....
by Sophie Messager
As a doula the biggest lesson since I started supporting women has been to choose love over fear. I remember very early on in my doula life I witnessed a very traumatic birth -it was traumatic for the parents, and it was extremely traumatic for me. I cried for days...
by Sophie Messager
Do you sometimes suffer from impostor syndrome? Do you worry that you do not know enough, that you haven’t got enough to offer? I’ve been reminded this week that we all have different levels of knowledge. That others know more than us and that we know more...
by Sophie Messager
When I support couples antenatally, I always encourage them to write a birth preferences document. I do not like the word “plan” because if a plan goes to pot, then you’ve left with nothing (I love this article on the topic). I liken writing your...
by Sophie Messager
I’ve just realised that I don’t value my “hand knowledge” enough We live in a culture which values and glorifies “head knowledge” over any other of kinds of knowledge. Intellectual knowledge, academic knowledge, whatever you call... 
