Realitycheck 9: Highlighting Black Maternal Health Reclaiming Ancestral roots ft Doula Lo

Hey, welcome back to #TheRealitycheck podcast Where we discuss and discover the real life impacts of Realitycheck, life, and growth because we are all just a rose with a few thorns trying to grow. I stepped into birthwork as a Doula in 2019. Becoming a Doula was important to me because I knew my community needed the representation. If you are black and birthing , get you a Doula. Today we welcome a dear friend and great Doula onto the RC platform. This interview will highlight the power of reclaiming our bodies, birthing spaces, and ancestral roots. Let’s welcome the beautiful Doula Lo. Lauryn aka Doula Lo is holistic full spectrum doula, midwife birth assistant, herbalist, placenta specialist. Now relocated to Washington State from Michigan but frequently traveling the US to do community doula work in black maternal health. Lauryn graduated with her bachelors in Therapeutic Recreation and pursued her career as behavior health therapist for kids diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She currently mentors teens and adults pursing doula and academic mentoring for BIPOC middle school youth. Her multi-faceted creativity intertwines with her activism work centered through yoga, doula support and her traditional practice of Hoodoo. She is a major health and wellness advocate and lives to curate spaces for the BIPOC/LGBTQIA+ community to come together and heal. She specializes in palm reading, rootwork, yoga-asana(kids, teens, perinatal), meditation, and sound bowl therapy, herbal preparations.