2025 Breakout Session Speaker Materials & Handouts

Journey to Financial Wellness, Brandi GreenLeaf-Barnes

• Goal Setting Exercise

• Vision Board

• Bucket Spending Plan

Navigating VBAC: A Guide to Support, Awareness & Advocacy, Hannah Gill

• Session Slide Deck

Recognizing & Releasing the Secondary Trauma of Doula Work, Hillary Melchiors

• Session Slide Deck

“I am because we are” Lessons from the Indiana Black Doula Project, Angela N. Castañeda, Julie Johnson Searcy & Nicole Burts

• Session Slide Deck

More than a Maid: Optimizing Your Experience as a Postpartum Doula, Joy Bible

• Session Slide Deck

Lactation After Loss, Indiana Dept. of Health

• Session Slide Deck

The Power of Community-Based Doulas: Advancing Birth Equity & Reducing Adverse Outcomes, Marchelle Pettit

• Session Slide Deck

Perinatal Mental Health Support for Doulas, Molly Mendota

• Handout

• Session Slide Deck

Navigating Sensory Overload: Strategies for Doulas, TaKiesha Smith

• Session Slide Deck

Finding Help for Clients with Perinatal Mood Disorders, Birdie Gunyon Meyer

• Session Slide Deck