…Because that’s how I was raised. I was raised to run out of the house in the cold to see a brilliant full moon or watch for a shooting star. I was raised to love and find satisfaction in tending a beautiful garden or find peace in a stream running through the woods behind our house. And I realized as I listened that that’s how I nanny as well…

Being a doula on Cape Cod isn't for everyone. The work can be temperamental. People come and go as quickly as the tourist seasons do. But more and more people are staying on Cape year round. More businesses are open all year instead of just summers. More people are raising families here, especially as remote work becomes more available…

Today is World Doula Day and that got me thinking about why I got into this field in the first place. When I first realized years ago that I wanted to start to focus my nannying career on newborns I thought being a Newborn Care Specialist was the only path. It’s a word I knew. I’d heard the term a hundred times before. So that’s what I wanted to become…