SUPPORTING WOMEN THROUGH
PERINATAL LOSS
A Workshop for Childbirth Professionals
with Miriam Maslin
The entire birthing process can be seen as a paradigm. Painful contractions represent the challenges in our lives; and each challenge presents an opportunity for growth and healing. The greater the challenge – the greater the potential for transformation. Only from the deepest, darkest places can we reach the loftiest heights.
Stillbirths and neonatal deaths are “contractions” that no one ever wishes to encounter. Yet, working in this field, each of us will ultimately be called upon to provide support through such an experience. How can we, as childbirth professionals, learn to be truly present with our clients? Do we know that while pain and loss are inevitable, trauma is not? What can we do to support in a way that will promote healing and growth?
Finally, how can we support and elevate ourselves throughout this difficult process?
We will explore this challenge through stories, meditations, writing, counseling exercises, and teachings.
Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm
Place: Hospice & Palliative CareCenter
Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home
101 Hospice Lane
Fee: $115/includes materials and lunch, DONA CEUs (5)
Workshop will be limited to 15 participants
For information, registration and directions:
Wenda Clinard, Tel : 336-945-6410, E-Mail: wenda@triad.rr.com
Sponsored by the Piedmont Area Doula Association (PADA)
Wife, mother, grandmother, and retired interior designer, Miriam Maslin has been a source of inspiration to many: young and old, secular and religious, long-time searchers and those who are just beginning their own “Interior Design”. Her inner journey has taken her across the spectrum from the beginning to the end of the life cycle -- she is a doula and has served as both hospice volunteer and member of the Jewish Burial Society. She incorporates both Polarity Therapy (a system of energy/holistic healing) and spiritual teachings into her work. Miriam leads workshops for women’s groups, childbirth professionals, and all those women interested in spiritual care . You can read more about her work at www.miriammaslin.com
*The content of this presentation may not necessarily reflect the views of the Piedmont Area Doula Association.