What was the most important information you learned and how will you implement it in your doula work?
My whole understanding of what a doulas role has completely shifted! This little tiny seed, the seed that doulas should not speak for their clients, was planted when I took my initial doula training.  It's been watered for years by the messages I've heard from others and the oppression I've experienced in the birth room that I am of lower status than all others.  This tiny seed has grown into a field of weeds.  I'm ready to clear the field and start anew--I feel empowered to speak up, to teach my clients to speak up, to fight for clients rights if their words are dismissed, and help them welcome an experience of empowerment and strength.~ Teresa L. Cupertino, CA  
Doula, do you shy away from the word "advocacy" because it has an negative meaning? Are you feeling oppressed and bullied in your own profession? Read about internalized oppression in the doula profession here. What if you could learn how to be an advocate for your clients without confrontation and feel like the team comes together and the focus is on the birthing family. I've created a workshop that does just that! This workshop with build your confidence, lower your anxiety,and create a safe birthing space for your families free of negativity and stress. ​Evidence based care includes the preferences of the birthing family, those preference include doula support! If you do not know your power in doula work, you CAN NOT serve your clients 100%.  That might be a bold statement, but TRUE. 

Read the Caroline Malatesta  story here

"When a woman is not warned and they do have a doula, they assume you're telling them everything. It's almost like a false sense of security and not warning your client is more dangerous than them going in ready for the unknown."~ Caroline
Go here and watch a short interview with Caroline about why she believes doulas should advocate and more importantly, know how to advocate. 

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​Join me for an all-day workshop covering:
  • Understanding the advocate doula role
  • The oppression myth
  • Identifying explicit/implicit bias
  • Team building
  • Learning communication skill and tools
  • Levels of advocacy prenatally and during birth
  • Intro to Keeping your power®
 You will walk away from this workshop with the confidence in your doula role, the skills and tools to teach your clients strong self-advocacy in pregnancy and birth, as well as tools to advocate for your clients effectively when they are not able.
The hierarchy of power in the maternity system is a myth. We have collapsed under the illusion that we are “only” doulas and we have no place on a birth team. We are hired by our clients for specific reasons such as understanding they need more support, education, and advocacy where needed.
My collaborative workshops will help you, your agency, collective, or group understand deeper advanced doula topics in an encouraging, safe, and nourishing setting so you can reflect, grow, and solidify why you began this work.

My goal in creating The Advanced Doula Workshop is to help doulas become unwavering in their understanding of the Doula profession and the work and growth that needs to happen before implementing advocacy skills in prenatal conversations and in the birth setting.
"We're valuable!! Why are we martyrs?" I highly recommend listen to Sabia Wade (theblackdoula)  on Birth Monoply's Birth Allowed Radio Ep. 37 "Advocacy is putting the birthing person first" 

Keeping Your Power for Doulas and CBEs: A masterclass to solidify a consumer's self advocacy skills~~~

The Advanced Doula Workshop only includes the intro to Keeping Your Power®. The entire concept is presented in the KYP course. These two opportunities compliment each other on many levels. If you do NOT want to bundle these opportunities and only take one or the other, Please purchase them separately. The Advanced Doula workshop is available online for a limited time, The KYP course can be found here.

my name is Brittany, and I just took the advanced doula workshop by Traci weafer. I believe Doulas should take this workshop because...

Advocacy is an essential part of a doula's role and it is often ignored or discouraged by doula training organizations. This training has the power to save lives and protect birthing people from trauma. It is time we embraced our power and authority as one of the most valuable and key influences in the birth space and use it for good. We can no longer look away or remain silent! 

Are you ready to race ahead in your doula work and growth?

Don't spend years learning the lessons we can cover in this one-day workshop. I understand the frustration of wanting to serve harder, and are lacking the tools.  My passion is to empower doulas to step into their own power and hold space for their clients. I woke up one day REFUSING to manipulate one more birth plan. Our families deserve better. Our families have the right to have the outcomes they need and want without tons of scheming and compromising.
Leaving this workshop, you  will be light years ahead of your peers, even experienced doulas. 
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my name is Amanda, and I just took the advanced doula workshop by Traci weafer. I believe Doulas should take this workshop because...

 It is TRANSFORMATIONAL! There is so much relevant information that doula trainings leave out. If we are truly to serve our clients, and serve them well, we need to learn and implement the skills and strategies taught for KeepingYourPower℠  I have so much more confidence in my ability to be there for my clients and support them in their autonomy. The communication with clients prenatally was super helpful. Having examples of how to talk through things and focusing on what's important was eyeopening. I knew there was a better way than throwing information at them, but I didn't know what that was. Now I have the skills and tools to help my clients recognize their autonomy and how to keep their power. 

In Person Workshops coming 2021

All IN PERSON EVENTS include: Early Bird Pricing at $275 will end 6 weeks before Event date. Late registration is $300.
Workshop Lunch included
Special VIP Doula Appreciation Semi-formal Dinner night
Tee Shirt
Fun Swag bag
Permission to use the KeepingyourPower℠ concept with clients and use of KYP logo on your website and resume
Full description of the workshop click here 
Due to the Covid-19 virus and transition the country makes to flatten the curve, I am offering The Advanced Doula Workshop Online for a limited time only! DO NOT MISS THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY, IT WILL NOT BE HERE WHEN THE CRISIS IS OVER!!
Payment plans available for the workshop and KYP course bundle HERE. Email for guidance: Traciweafer@gmail.com
The workshop will be split into 2-3 hour sessions on zoom. This will be a discussion NOT a webinar. This workshop is interactive and not instruction only.
July 24 & 25 1-4

Yes, i'M READY TO RACE AHEAD IN MY GROWTH! 

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MEET THE COORDINATOR

Bekah Hawkins of Joyful Embrace Doula Services has been serving as a childbirth professional for many years in Montgomery, AL and now in her hometown of Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Her heart to service is unmatched, along with her organizational skills, this is the main reason she is a part of the Advanced Doula Workshop team.

As the workshop coordinator, Bekah will be doula-ing the hosts through the planning process of bringing a workshop to their community.

I’m so excited to have Bekah on my team, together we will be strengthening doulas and their communities. If you would like more information on how to bring this workshop to your area, please click below to email Bekah.