Content note: this episode includes grief, suicide loss, racism, obstetric violence, medical emergencies, family conflict and birth trauma. Please care for your heart while you listen.
In this season finale of Hot and Brave, Bianca takes you behind the glossy Instagram version of birthwork and into the real stories that shaped her as a doula.
She shares ten client stories from her early years, including the time she walked into a termination expecting a joyful gender reveal, the birth she attended too soon after her dad’s death by suicide, navigating clients who repeatedly tested her boundaries, witnessing blatant medical racism and obstetric violence, missing the signs of active substance use in a vulnerable family, and the moment she realized her queerness and politics could never be separated from her work.
This is a tender, unfiltered look at shame, regret, growth and the messy middle of learning on the job. Bianca talks about how inadequate weekend trainings left her under prepared for real life complexity, how those gaps fueled the creation of bebo mia, and why autonomy, anti oppression and boundaries are now at the center of everything she teaches.
If you have ever replayed a birth in your mind and wished you had done it differently, this episode is here so you feel less alone.
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