Meet Todays Expert Guest - Renee Adair Renee Adair is the founder and director of the Australian Doula College, the Groundwork Program and the ADC’s charity-arm Doula Heart Network. She first began working with women and babies in 1994 as a massage and Aromatherapist and Reiki Practitioner and in 1998 after the birth of her two children began studying and working as a Doula and Childbirth and Early Parenting Educator. Renee then worked for the Australian Red Cross at a young women’s health program/refuge in Sydney’s East, setting up both the outreach and childbirth and early parenting education programs for that service. Working In collaboration, Renee helped produce the first research on Doulas in Australia which was published in the Journal of Perinatal Education in 2013. In 2019 Renee proudly partnered with Charles Darwin University to co-facilitate Accredited Doula training for Indigenous women in the remote First Nations community of Galiwin’ku. She has sat on the Consumer Advisory Board of the Australian College of  Midwives, trained thousands of Doulas and supported hundreds of women, their partners and families through pregnancy, birth, early parenting and end of life over the course of her career. A fierce advocate for human rights and the rights of all sentient beings, Renee blends her life’s work, spending downtime with her family, friends and fur babies. Find Renee and her offerings below: Websites http://www.reneeadair.com.au www.australiandoulacollege.com.au Instagram: @wombtotombdoula Topics include: The rise in fear around birth The power of vulnerability during birth What a birth doula is and how they can support you from pregnancy, birth and beyond Open discussion around how to stay empowered, grounded and confident through your birth journey MANY words of wisdom from Renee Adair from years of experience SO.MUCH.MORE!

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