kapitbahay: Mentorship for emerging radical birthworkers
Kapitbahay is Tagalog for “neighbour”. It's a play on Ating Bahay, which translates to “our house”. While Ating Bahay, the workshop, focuses on building our radical practice as if we were building the foundations to our home; Kapitbahay, the mentorship, focuses on becoming a loving and supportive neighbour in our community while our foundations are being built!
Kapitbahay is a four month exploration of practical and heart-centered ways of engaging with your radical practice!
You do not need experience in birthwork to be a part of this mentorship.
may 2 - august 8
Mondays 5 - 7PM EST
zoom
Kapitbahay is a hybrid of weekly community mentorship calls (2hrs) as well as 1:1 personal calls (1hr) two times per month.
Communal learning is key in community building while also incorporating space for 1:1 chats to hone your personal goals and practice. Calls are recorded and live captioned.
What we'll be exploring
May 2:
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Naming Positionalities
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Dreaming of our Space - who are you supporting and what tools do you have in order to support these folks the best that you can?
May 9:
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Scope of Practice
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Certification
May 16:
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Creating Contracts
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Charging for Labour
May 23: OFF - rest and recuperate!
May 30:
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Birthwork in a Pandemic
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Boundaries
June 6:
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Roadmap of your Business - what are your offerings? How can we refine them? How will you make sure you are sustained in this work?
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Scarcity Mindset vs. Abundance Mindset
June 13:
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Social media, Websites, and Branding
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Marketing
June 20: OFF - rest and recuperate!
June 27:
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Canva Tutorial
July 4:
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Resume Building
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Personal or Professional? Exploring the ways we present ourselves in online spaces.
July 11:
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Shame and Impostor Syndrome
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Ego Work
July 18: OFF - rest and recuperate!
July 25:
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First Clients and Consultations
August 1:
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When to Pause - exploring how we can keep the longevity in carework and avoiding burnout
August 8:
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Building Community
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Building Resources
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Re-imagining Futures - manifesting your practice!
perks during mentorship
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2 hour weekly community mentorship calls (3 weeks on, 1 week off)
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1 hour personal 1:1 calls two times per month to hone your personal goals + meeting you where you're at in your practice
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Bio + offerings uplifted on Pocket Doula
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Access to private Facebook group
perks after mentorship
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Become a part of the Pocket Doula directory
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Discount to 1:1 calls
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Discount to future and present Pocket Doula offerings
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Access to living resource list
holding space for 7 folks
To ensure all folks are held and seen in this space as well as protecting my own capacities, there will be a small cohort of only 7 people.
exchange: $900 or $765 (USD)
$900 regular exchange
$765 for QTBIPGM folks (Queer and Trans Black, Indigenous, and People of the Global Majority), Ating Bahay alumni, and Patreon members!
Payment plans are available - 3 months or 6 months!
Across the ocean, the land I call home is called Surigao del Sur. Through migration, my father first settled in Scarborough, the ancestral lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. In 2003, my mother and I joined him and migrated to settle on Turtle Island.
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Today, I am settled and operating in Guelph, Ontario, and acknowledge that this is the ancestral lands of the Attawandaron/Chonnonton, the Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples and the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. I recognize the significance of the Dish with One Spoon Covenant to this land and offer our respect and gratitude to all of the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island who have stewarded, loved & defended this land for centuries.
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