The Mother Well Collective Doula Training

Coming Fall 2025 - November 7-9 and Dec 6th

This is not your average doula training.
It’s an invitation to go deeper.

Most trainings focus on comfort measures, interventions, and textbook anatomy. At The Mother Well Collective Doula Training, we explore the heart of what it means to be with women. This program is for those who want more than rote information—who want to embody intuition, presence, and skill in ways that leave women feeling supported, not managed.

We are reclaiming birth as a physiological, instinctual, and sacred experience, and teaching doulas to hold space for women in a way that honors both tradition and the modern realities of parenting.

Program Structure

The training takes place over a weekend, with a one-day integration and graduation a month later. This structure gives you time to absorb, practice, and reflect before completion.

Certification requirements include full attendance, attendance at one birth within a year, a written account with testimonial from parents, and a recommendation from a birth attendant. Makeup work or attendance at a future training is available if unforeseen circumstances arise.

This training meets the requirements for Medi-Cal doula coverage.

Topics Covered

Birth & Physiology

  • Anatomy and physiology of normal labor and birth

  • Common complications of labor, birth, and postpartum

  • Physiologically intelligent techniques for supporting undisturbed, instinctual birth

  • Importance of intention and birth place in shaping the birth experience

  • Understanding hospital interventions, transfers, and the realities of shifting birth locations

The Role of the Doula

  • Scope of practice: when to support, when to refer out, and who to call

  • Protecting yourself legally and energetically in birth work

  • Unexpected births: car births, calling 911, staying grounded in emergencies

  • Collaboration with other doulas and professionals: networking, referrals, and backup

  • Longevity in birth work: sustaining your energy, debriefing, and peer review

Postpartum & Breastfeeding

  • Honoring traditional postpartum healing practices in a modern context

  • Building the village: resourcing families with creativity and delegation

  • Natural breastfeeding: supporting women without unnecessary gadgets or schedules

  • Understanding common interventions and their effects on the breastfeeding relationship

  • Weaning, hormonal changes, and when to refer to functional or holistic practitioners

  • Placenta medicine and the physiology of the third stage

Holistic Foundations

  • Nutrition for pregnancy and postpartum

  • Mindset and intention as tools for birth support

  • Informed consent: understanding protocols in home, hospital, and transfer settings

Business & Practice

  • Attracting and choosing aligned clients

  • Contracts, policies, and navigating the on-call lifestyle

  • Payment and pricing: Medi-Cal, private pay, and energetic exchange

  • Money, commitment, and protecting your time and energy

What’s Included

  • Training manual

  • Access to a visual presentation for ongoing review

  • Examples of contracts and policies to use in your practice

  • One-on-one mentorship session with the instructor to clarify goals, answer questions, and design your unique path as a doula

Investment

  • $750 full training price

  • $650 early bird (register by October 1st, 2025)

  • 2 scholarships available for those with financial need

Who This Training Is For

Women who feel called to birth work but want more than the basics. Those who believe in the wisdom of undisturbed birth and in the importance of postpartum care. Future doulas who long to know not only what to do, but how to be.

If you want to learn how to serve families in a way that is grounded, intuitive, and physiologically informed—this training is for you.

✨ Coming Fall 2025. Step into your calling as a doula. Learn to walk with women—never above them.


We require an application to ensure our students are a good fit for the program, to encourage your success as a doula both with effectively supporting mothers in your community and financially. We have 2 scholarships available and there is an option to note on the application if you are in need of that option.