Meet Kali
I am a certified birth doula through Childbirth International (www.cbi.org). I have also received more hands-on training through completing a DONA workshop in February 2009.
I have grown up believing that childbirth is a normal beautiful process. My mother taught me from when I was small that the natural process of labor and birth is a sacred and joyful event. Experiencing the homebirth of my firstborn in 2007 really led me to pursue being a doula; I desired to help other women discover how wonderful and life-changing childbirth can be.
My husband Joel and I have a sweet two-year-old son named Tor and a beautiful daughter Zion, born November of 2009. Both kids were born at home with midwives and I loved their labors and births! Although we recently moved from the Dallas area, my husband and I met while working at Teen Mania Ministries in Garden Valley, TX in 1999. Ten years later, we finally made our way back to the beautiful East Texas area, and we plan to stay!
The first priority in my Life is my relationship with my Master and Savior, Jesus Christ. I love to be able to pray with my clients, before and during the labor, if they choose. I truly see this work as a ministry to others, a way for me to be the hands of Christ to bring comfort and peace.
In my spare time (but who has that with a toddler and a newborn?), I enjoy reading, writing, taking nature walks, and playing with pictures in Photoshop.
I have grown up believing that childbirth is a normal beautiful process. My mother taught me from when I was small that the natural process of labor and birth is a sacred and joyful event. Experiencing the homebirth of my firstborn in 2007 really led me to pursue being a doula; I desired to help other women discover how wonderful and life-changing childbirth can be.
My husband Joel and I have a sweet two-year-old son named Tor and a beautiful daughter Zion, born November of 2009. Both kids were born at home with midwives and I loved their labors and births! Although we recently moved from the Dallas area, my husband and I met while working at Teen Mania Ministries in Garden Valley, TX in 1999. Ten years later, we finally made our way back to the beautiful East Texas area, and we plan to stay!
The first priority in my Life is my relationship with my Master and Savior, Jesus Christ. I love to be able to pray with my clients, before and during the labor, if they choose. I truly see this work as a ministry to others, a way for me to be the hands of Christ to bring comfort and peace.
In my spare time (but who has that with a toddler and a newborn?), I enjoy reading, writing, taking nature walks, and playing with pictures in Photoshop.
My Birth Philosophy
I firmly believe that birth is a natural, normal event that has the potential to be very life-changing. My desire as a doula is to help that event to be impacting to the mother in a positive, beautiful way! As a doula, I serve the mother (and her partner), not tell them what to do or to interfere, but come along side of them in all ways, physically and emotionally. I believe from experience that a lovely fulfilling birth can be acheived at hospitals, birthing centers and homes. I find it a privelege and a blessing to be able to serve women in this intimate way.