Send us a text As doulas we watch, honor and protect the rituals of birth... but what about in our business. Bianca shares some of her ritual secrets in this episode. ⭐️ We have some links for you!! ⭐️ www.bebomia.com/freewebinar Free doula workshop and discount code 👍🏽 www.Instagram.com/bebomiainc Follow for more goodies! bebomia.com/bizshop/ 😎 Grow your business fast! www.bebomia.com/shop New Doula swag!! 7 Simple Steps to Double your Client Base 👈🏽 new course alert this week 💥 Use code ...
Mar 11, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Send us a text This episode gets really vulnerable y’all! I wanted to share with you my up and down journey of growing a doula business right after my daughter, Gray was born. Like weeks after. ♥️ I learned so much about being a better parent through becoming a great doula. Tune in to this episode where I discuss banishing the bad mom fears and feelings through doula work. ⭐️ We have some links for you!! ⭐️ www.bebomia.com/freewebinar Free doula workshop and discount code 👍🏽 www.Instagram.com/...
Mar 05, 2024•24 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Send us a text Branding is the total identity and personality of your business . Branding sets you apart from others in your field and gives potential clients a glimpse of you and what you are about. As you develop your brand you are one step closer to solidifying your business and giving yourself the mojo to go out there and support folks! In this episode we go over the basic steps to get your brand created and out changing the world ♥️ We have some links for you!! The study about emotions and ...
Feb 27, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Send us a text Do you know what the most visited page on your website is? Well, you will know by the end of this episode. You will also know how to make sure it wows your potential clients and has them emailing you are booking right away. Getting this page tweaked will be SO good for your business! We have some links for you!! www.Instagram.com/bebomiainc Follow for more goodies! bebomia.com/bizshop/ 😎 Grow your business fast! 7 Simple Steps to Double your Client Base 👈🏽 new course alert this...
Feb 20, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Send us a text Talking about money can be hard and uncomfortable so we will go slow! We want you to know what to charge and some financial basics so that you can have a business that takes care of you, your family and your community. We have some links for you!! www.Instagram.com/bebomiainc Follow for more goodies! 7 Simple Steps to Double your Client Base 👈🏽 new course alert this week 💥 Use code SEVEN for 75% off Our links page with lots of goodies bebomia.com/links ❤️ Grab your doula traini...
Feb 13, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Send us a text When picking a partner for a project, big or small, there are a few steps that are key. We do not want you to miss any of them. Sometimes the excitement of a new project or someone that seems to be on board with you can allow you to get carried away and you end up missing the boring and sometimes uncomfortable nitty gritty. Think of a partnership, whether in your business or for a project, like a romantic relationship. You would not typically marry someone without at least going o...
Feb 06, 2024•32 min
Send us a text Testimonials are key for your business! it allows your customers and community members to rant and rave about you. Folks who are researching your services will go read the reviews to decide if they want to hire you. It can feel scary asking for them, we know. And the return on your investment for asking, it is huge! This episode will give you tips on how to collect them, best practices for testimonials and what to do with them to get more clients. We have some links for you!! www....
Jan 30, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Send us a text We promise the more specific you get, the more your business will grow. This episode will help you get really clear with what you do and for who. Tweaks here will open the floodgates for your business! Instagram - www.instagram.com/hot_brave_podcast Free Doula workshop - www.bebomia.com/freewebinar Scholarship Program - www.bebomia.com/scholarship Get More Clients Challenge - find out more info here and get on the waitlist to get the first alerts when registration opens. Black Mom...
Jan 23, 2024•17 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Send us a text In this episode, Bianca catches you up on what is happening with her and bebo mia over the last 10 months. This whole season will be about growing your doula business. This episode kicks off the step by step for doubling your business size. Send us your business questions and business wins so we can feature them on the podcast. Thinking about becoming a doula? Click here for a free workshop. Want to transfer your certification? Email info@bebomia.com www.bebomia.com www.bebomia.co...
Jan 16, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send us a text In this last episode of the season Amy and Bianca bring you a super fun quiz to talk about the impact of alcohol in human health and body so that you can make an informed choice when it comes to this huge cultural influence that most of us are constantly exposed to. Learn more about Amy's business HOL+WELL Amy's Interview with Dr. Priscilla Martinez about Alcohol and Breast Cancer Updated Canada Low-Risk Drinking Guidelines www.bebomia.com Follow us on Instagram , Facebook , TikTo...
Mar 28, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Send us a text This week Bianca and Marissa chat about societal expectations around motherhood all the way from getting pregnant to the parenting experience. They discuss the harmful idea that there is some sort of magical list of steps to follow in order to achieve the dream of a happy, peaceful, nuclear family. They also talk about the ways in which we can reclaim joy, play, connection and love in our identities as mothers and how that experience can be deeply healing and transformational. Sig...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Send us a text This week Bianca is joined by two of our incredible alumni: Vicky Cadot and DeZarayé Manning. Both Vicky and DeZarayé share their passion for birth, healing and body autonomy. Vicky struggled with CPTSD (Complex Postraumatic Stress Disorder) after suffering religious and sexual abuse. After suffering a panic attack while caring for her children, she realized she needed to do some deep healing work and she found a community that helped her name and understand what she was going thr...
Mar 14, 2023•48 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Send us a text This week Bianca and Meg are talking about one of the most harmful, almost comical lies we tell new parents: the idea that they will be able to "bounce" or "snap" back into their pre-pregnancy life. This devastating myth has us focusing on all the wrong things: shrink your body, hide any signs of discomfort, ignore your mental health, prioritize your child while also taking care of everyone else and yourself, and do it all alone. This unattainable, cruel picture is the reason why ...
Mar 07, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Send us a text This week Bianca interviews Linda Eileen Fearless Birther , amazing doula, homeschooling mom, peer mentor and Bebo Mia community member. Linda's family's healing journey started with pain. After Linda got injured her household had to be re-structured and her husband found himself in a new role that had him questioning a lot of things about his life. Linda and her husband took enneagram test that helped guide them into a path of introspection where they realized they had lost thems...
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Send us a text This week Bianca talks to Dr Greer Kirshenbaum from Nurture Neuroscience , the first neuroscientist doula, about the importance of sleep and the challenges that families faced when trying to fit into unrealistic societal standards around infant sleep guidelines and the pressure to sleep train babies. Greer and Bianca discuss how science now backs up what we have known in our hearts: humans need other humans for co-regulation and children develop optimally when all of their emotion...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 7
Send us a text This week Bianca is joined by Toronto-based writer and speaker Priyanka Saju to talk about advocating for our humanity while navigating the healthcare system in a racialized, fat body. Priyanka offers her thoughtful scripts to interact with healthcare providers while challenging the racist history of the BMI and discussing the many ways in which implicit bias affects the care we receive. www.bebomia.com Follow us on Instagram , Facebook , TikTok , YouTube , Pinterest , LinkedIn or...
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Send us a text This week Bianca chats with Saran James-Vaughan from Wellness by Saran about menstrual wellness, reclaiming our place as experts in our own health and the importance of simple traditional practices as part of a mission to decolonize the cycling body. Register for the Book Club The Body Keeps the Score Wellness by Saran www.bebomia.com Follow us on Instagram , Facebook , TikTok , YouTube , Pinterest , LinkedIn or Twitter ....
Feb 07, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Send us a text Today Bianca chats with Regina Townsend from The Broken Brown Egg about the many underrepresented facets of in/fertility and the profound impact that this journey of self discovery has in so many aspects on a persons' life. Regina also discusses etiquette and the power of words for promoting a kinder humanity. Regina's book: Make IF Make Sense: Putting words to the feels of infertility www.bebomia.com Follow us on Instagram , Facebook , TikTok , YouTube , Pinterest , LinkedIn or T...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Send us a text This week Bianca and Meg dissect the myths around weight and health, taking a close look at how fatphobia affects health care for all bodies, but with emphasis on the pregnant body. Is Plus Size Birth Really High Risk? www.bebomia.com Follow us on Instagram , Facebook , TikTok , YouTube , Pinterest , LinkedIn or Twitter ....
Jan 24, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Send us a text This week Bianca and Amy interview Jennifer Block , author of the books Pushed and Everything Below the Waist , to discuss her work researching women's health care and the insidious ways in which many harmful interventions are branded as feminism and sold to us without any discussion of the cost they can have to our bodies and health. Check out our upcoming workshop: Stop Wishing your Body was Different Explore sobriety with Amy at HOL+WELL Everything Below the Waist: Why Health C...
Jan 17, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Send us a text Join us in celebrating a new year and a new podcast season! Season two is all about the body and in this first episode we are joined by author and activist Virgie Tovar . During this interview we take a deep dive into understanding the many overt and covert ways in which diet culture shows up into our lives and steals our pleasure and enjoyment of food, sexuality, relationships, and more. We will give you tools to reclaim your joy and join the political conversation around fat bod...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Send us a text Join Bianca and Meg in this bonus episode to learn about the Ember Blueprint. The Ember Blueprint is raising funds for tuition for women in trades as well as stipends for students to provide care to under-resourced families, care that can be literally life-saving. - Learn about the Ember Blueprint - Read the testimonies of scholarship recipients - Support our campaign www.bebomia.com Follow us on Instagram , Facebook , TikTok , YouTube , Pinterest , LinkedIn or Twitter ....
Dec 14, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Send us a text We're closing this first season with a conversation between Bianca Sprague and Marissa Bolaños about the lessons learned while navigating financial abuse, divorce and life as single parents who ran birthwork businesses while being sole providers for their children. We hope this episode gives you tools to have the hard conversations with your partner, make decisions that make sense for you or inspire you to start a business as a solo parent. Register for our Maternal Support Practi...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us a text This week Bianca and Meg chat about toxic hierarchal work culture and how it leads to burnout. In response, most workplaces turn to cheap solutions and motivational phrases to blame the employees for their own suffering. Listen to this episode to see how neoliberalism ties into this conversation and how Bebo Mia is making a difference with feminist values and new ways of organizing work so that we call all thrive. In the Ruins of Neoliberalism , by Wendy Brown Burnout: The Secret ...
Nov 15, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us a text This week Bianca interviews MSP student Andrea Rall to chat about purity culture and how it relates to informed consent and body autonomy. Andrea talks about her experience growing up in the catholic church and how she now reconciles her Christian faith with her passionate feminism, birth work and her pursuit of sexual liberation. Also, in this student edition of the podcast we have the honor to feature the incredibly poetry of another one of our MSP students, Kiriaki Aletheia Ana...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text This week Bianca is joined by sex educator, medical advocate and MSP student Daniella Noël (sexedwithdaniella@gmail.com) to talk about medical abuse, fighting for our humanity, healing through gentleness and finding joy in this deeply unjust society. Follow Daniella on Instagram www.bebomia.com Follow us on Instagram , Facebook , TikTok , YouTube , Pinterest , LinkedIn or Twitter ....
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us a text This week Bianca and Meg are joined by Mara Glatzel to talk about setting boundaries and asking for what you need in your relationships and your life. Join us for Book Club! Listen to Mara's Podcast: Needy www.bebomia.com Follow us on Instagram , Facebook , TikTok , YouTube , Pinterest , LinkedIn or Twitter ....
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text Bianca and Michelle talk about Michelle's experience growing up mixed in Texas US and the struggle to find a sense of belonging while navigating the edge between identities. - Bad Bitches Have Bad Days Too - Decolonizing Neurodivergence with Dr. Kimberly Douglass - Come as You Are - Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle - You Have the Right to Remain Fat - Everything Below the Waist - Birth Worker Business School www.bebomia.com Follow us on Instagram , Facebook , TikT...
Oct 18, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us a text This week, Bianca is joined by two incredible guests: Dr. Hailey Murphy, professor at Brock University in Women and Gender Studies and Political Science departments. And Judy Rebick, a writer, journalist, political activist, and feminist who has dedicated her life to the pro-choice and women's rights movement and who led the National Action Committee on the Status of Women from 1990 to 1993. Bianca, Judy and Hailey talk in depth about the protection of abortion rights as well as t...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us a text This week join Bianca and Meg as they discuss the importance of informed consent in all aspects of health care, including reproductive care. They talk about how fear can be a huge obstacle on collaborating with your health care provider, as well as the systemic barriers that keep us oppressed, quiet and compliant. You will learn valuable tools and scripts to communicate with providers about the decisions and interventions that affect your body, your health and your whole life. Eve...
Oct 04, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 7
