How do I build my ‘village’ when I don’t have one? With Alice AKA The Modern Doula

Ideally, we’d be raising our children in community – with others from different generations, backgrounds and skill-sets. Somebody to entertain the older kids, somebody to focus on feeding, to plan the day, to tend to the mothers in early postpartum, to hold sleeping babies, to help with laundry. In reality, most of us are doing all of this tending by ourselves, and mostly in isolation. 

In this episode, Alice (@themodern.doula) joins the podcast to chat about all things modern day village. Alice is a doula and mother to two, so perfectly positioned to share how we can create (and contribute to) meaningful support systems in motherhood when they may not be available or close by. 

This episode is part of our How Do I series, a segment of the pod where we unpack questions that have been on our minds. This series has been designed to answer your targeted questions, and leave you with practical takeaways. 

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