“It’s all about supporting women through their journeys, whatever those journeys may be,” says Miriam Maslin, doula and grief therapist. In her work as a doula and workshop facilitator, Miriam has helped hundreds of women face the devastation of perinatal and other forms of loss, offering succor and support to help them cross the threshold into healing.
Miriam was already a young grandmother when she trained as a doula. “I was working through a physical illness which directed me to leave what I was doing. I’d been an interior designer for years.” The recognition was cemented one evening as she sat learning with a friend. “I can see you as a doula” her learning partner commented. Miriam realized that the time was ripe for a change of direction.
Learning to support women through their births was more than a career change for Miriam. With it came the deep satisfaction that she was offering a supportive hand in a tumultuous life event. “There’s something about birth work that touches a very deep place within women” Miriam says. She tapped into this deep place as she met with new mothers and guided them. Miriam’s approach is holistic and spiritual. It invites the mother to become a wholehearted participant in the birthing process.
When Miriam met Yocheved before her second birth Miriam asked her “In painful situations how do you seek comfort?”
Yocheved answered “I always run away from pain.” Yocheved confessed to Miriam that she couldn’t see how there could be any joy or benefit from pain. Miriam spent time working through her emotional issues which were the barriers that were keeping her from seeing the birth as a spiritual experience.
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