COST: FREE

After you register, you will receive a link to join the event via Zoom.

Two sessions: November 14th and 28th, 2023.

EVENT:

According to research, 20% of people are considered “highly sensitive people,” or HSPs. (Within the respectful parenting community associated with NUR Space, this number may be higher!) This is an adaptive, non-pathological way to be – researchers suspect it has served our species well for millenia, to have community members that are more attuned to nuance, change and sensation than others. Yet it can feel especially uncomfortable to be an HSP during the holiday season. 

Why? 

• While spring, summer, and fall can be more tolerable for highly sensitive people, during the wintertime and holiday seasons, the tensions between the world’s expectations of parents and the capacities of highly sensitive people are at an all-time high. 

• In wintertime, we’re stuck inside all the time, in an environment that is more likely to be overstimulating and loud in comparison with our backyards or local parks. There are less opportunities to rest and re-set while children play at the playground; kids seem to “need” us more. 

• The holiday season (encompassing Halloween, Native American Heritage Month, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s) comes with additional demands on our energy and executive functioning as HSPs, leaving us prone to loudly melting down or quietly burning out. 

• We’re invited to socialize more often, at events that take place in the evening, when many of us are used to having time to re-charge. These events are often disruptive to our children’s routines as well, involving shifted mealtimes, more sugary treats, and delayed bedtimes, during a time of year when we’re all naturally more tired. If we have highly sensitive children ourselves, they may be impacted more by this and be more prone to tantrums, which are more draining for HSPs.  

• We’re expected to have a beautifully clean and decorated home, which is a gendered expectation that disproportionately impacts parents who identify and are socialized as women. Meeting this expectation — shopping online or offline in overstimulating spaces, scrubbing bathrooms to prepare for visitors when we’d rather be resting – carves away even more of our precious down time. 

• This added sense of pressure and compulsory gender performance of the season drains the joy from the things that would otherwise fill our bucket. For example, a highly sensitive parent may love spending a quiet afternoon at home carving a pumpkin or decorating a tray of cookies, but dread having to provide said cookies for half a dozen different school-related events on a deadline. 

Clearly, no one consulted the research, nor did they consult highly sensitive parents, when they decided that this is the way the majority of us would be expected to spend these months. Yet to push back against these expectations is all too often to feel like the family Grinch. 

The solution? We band together. We look at what the research says about how highly sensitive parents can show up as their best selves, and how this differs from cultural expectations. We discuss things like: 

• How can we come up with strategies to accomplish the things that actually matter to us? (For example, I really love wrapping presents and making them beautiful. My highly sensitive friend Shannon loves making Christmas cards. We’re also busy people who can’t do it all. How can we protect our time for the holiday activities that play to our strengths as HSPs?) 

• How can we come up with strategies to help us push back against the expectations that really aren't realistic for us, or that don't align with our values? (For example, if we have a more extroverted spouse, could we deputize them to attend the events, while we send the cookies? Could we use tools like Eve Rodsky’s Fair Play to re-allocate some of our regular ongoing responsibilities as parents to our other family members, in order to clear our plates to make the holiday magic happen?)

• How can we make these best practices work for us all year round? 

If you’re interested, please sign up! This will be a two-part workshop.

FACILITATOR:

Ryan Cherecwich

I’m a parent, educator, writer and consultant based in the NYC metro area. I am also a highly sensitive person who is married to a fellow HSP and a mother to a highly sensitive child! I began my career as a journalist, then became passionate about education following a stint teaching abroad in Asia. After I earned my M.Ed, I then went on to design community-building and educational materials for a wide variety of organizations, from foreign and U.S. state governments, to influential startups like Yelp, Readworks, Tinkergarten and Breathe 4 Change. I have also taught hundreds of children and adults across NYC, across a wide variety of public, private and charter schools, with a particular focus on learners with high sensitivity and neurodivergent learning styles. I continue to love creating community and learning spaces that increase our sense of compassion for ourselves and others, whenever I can.

For more information: https://ryanroseweaver.substack.com/about & instagram.com/ryanroseweaver

COST: FREE

After you register, you will receive a link to join the event via Zoom.

Two sessions: November 14th and 28th, 2023.

EVENT:

According to research, 20% of people are considered “highly sensitive people,” or HSPs. (Within the respectful parenting community associated with NUR Space, this number may be higher!) This is an adaptive, non-pathological way to be – researchers suspect it has served our species well for millenia, to have community members that are more attuned to nuance, change and sensation than others. Yet it can feel especially uncomfortable to be an HSP during the holiday season. 

Why? 

• While spring, summer, and fall can be more tolerable for highly sensitive people, during the wintertime and holiday seasons, the tensions between the world’s expectations of parents and the capacities of highly sensitive people are at an all-time high. 

• In wintertime, we’re stuck inside all the time, in an environment that is more likely to be overstimulating and loud in comparison with our backyards or local parks. There are less opportunities to rest and re-set while children play at the playground; kids seem to “need” us more. 

• The holiday season (encompassing Halloween, Native American Heritage Month, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s) comes with additional demands on our energy and executive functioning as HSPs, leaving us prone to loudly melting down or quietly burning out. 

• We’re invited to socialize more often, at events that take place in the evening, when many of us are used to having time to re-charge. These events are often disruptive to our children’s routines as well, involving shifted mealtimes, more sugary treats, and delayed bedtimes, during a time of year when we’re all naturally more tired. If we have highly sensitive children ourselves, they may be impacted more by this and be more prone to tantrums, which are more draining for HSPs.  

• We’re expected to have a beautifully clean and decorated home, which is a gendered expectation that disproportionately impacts parents who identify and are socialized as women. Meeting this expectation — shopping online or offline in overstimulating spaces, scrubbing bathrooms to prepare for visitors when we’d rather be resting – carves away even more of our precious down time. 

• This added sense of pressure and compulsory gender performance of the season drains the joy from the things that would otherwise fill our bucket. For example, a highly sensitive parent may love spending a quiet afternoon at home carving a pumpkin or decorating a tray of cookies, but dread having to provide said cookies for half a dozen different school-related events on a deadline. 

Clearly, no one consulted the research, nor did they consult highly sensitive parents, when they decided that this is the way the majority of us would be expected to spend these months. Yet to push back against these expectations is all too often to feel like the family Grinch. 

The solution? We band together. We look at what the research says about how highly sensitive parents can show up as their best selves, and how this differs from cultural expectations. We discuss things like: 

• How can we come up with strategies to accomplish the things that actually matter to us? (For example, I really love wrapping presents and making them beautiful. My highly sensitive friend Shannon loves making Christmas cards. We’re also busy people who can’t do it all. How can we protect our time for the holiday activities that play to our strengths as HSPs?) 

• How can we come up with strategies to help us push back against the expectations that really aren't realistic for us, or that don't align with our values? (For example, if we have a more extroverted spouse, could we deputize them to attend the events, while we send the cookies? Could we use tools like Eve Rodsky’s Fair Play to re-allocate some of our regular ongoing responsibilities as parents to our other family members, in order to clear our plates to make the holiday magic happen?)

• How can we make these best practices work for us all year round? 

If you’re interested, please sign up! This will be a two-part workshop.

FACILITATOR:

Ryan Cherecwich

I’m a parent, educator, writer and consultant based in the NYC metro area. I am also a highly sensitive person who is married to a fellow HSP and a mother to a highly sensitive child! I began my career as a journalist, then became passionate about education following a stint teaching abroad in Asia. After I earned my M.Ed, I then went on to design community-building and educational materials for a wide variety of organizations, from foreign and U.S. state governments, to influential startups like Yelp, Readworks, Tinkergarten and Breathe 4 Change. I have also taught hundreds of children and adults across NYC, across a wide variety of public, private and charter schools, with a particular focus on learners with high sensitivity and neurodivergent learning styles. I continue to love creating community and learning spaces that increase our sense of compassion for ourselves and others, whenever I can.

For more information: https://ryanroseweaver.substack.com/about & instagram.com/ryanroseweaver

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

The student midwifery circle is a brave and free space for people on all paths to midwifery. This is a time to relax, connect, and hold space for each other amidst difficult dialogues, and the terrain of birth work. This is a place to use mindfulness practices to find solace, support, conversation and guidance; A space to connect with other student midwives to form solid relationships so that we can best serve our communities. Additionally, this group values and utilizes the foundations of reproductive justice as part of our birth work and encourages re-imagining the scope of reproductive healthcare.

FACILITATORS BIOS:

Kayla Bert & Pam Rutherford are college best friends who met in their feminist health class. Together, they ran the National Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Honor Society, conducted and presented research on women’s health, and have fueled each others passion for reproductive justice. Today, Pam is completing her midwifery education at Vanderbilt University, and Kayla at Columbia University.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

This event takes place at NUR Space.

The NUR Space Doula support circle is a safe and free space for local doulas to relax, connect, chat, and learn. While many doula meetups are for professional networking, the focus of this group is to find support within our doula community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to find solace, support, hugs, conversation, guidance, etc; A space to connect with other doulas to form solid relationships and friendships so that we can better serve our clients and their families. Join us the first Monday of each month from 10:30am-12pm! 

FACILITATOR BIO:

JOYCE HAVINGA-DROOP is a Certified Holistic Doula, certified birth doula (DONA) and home birth assistant. She’s also a CPR instructor and a Spinning Babies® Provisional Parent Educator. She speaks English, Dutch, French and German and facilitates a Positive Birth Movement meet up in her home in Larchmont, Westchester NY.

Her passion for pregnancy, labor and birth began as a young girl growing up in Africa. Thanks to her exposure to many different cultures, she’s able to pick up on your personal culture and beliefs easily.

Apart from being certified and trained, Joyce is also your advocate and ambassador, your official representative, to join you on your journey in the land of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. She will support you during and beyond this life changing event.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

This event takes place at NUR Space.

The NUR Space Doula support circle is a safe and free space for local doulas to relax, connect, chat, and learn. While many doula meetups are for professional networking, the focus of this group is to find support within our doula community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to find solace, support, hugs, conversation, guidance, etc; A space to connect with other doulas to form solid relationships and friendships so that we can better serve our clients and their families. Join us the first Monday of each month from 10:30am-12pm! 

FACILITATOR BIO:

JOYCE HAVINGA-DROOP is a Certified Holistic Doula, certified birth doula (DONA) and home birth assistant. She’s also a CPR instructor and a Spinning Babies® Provisional Parent Educator. She speaks English, Dutch, French and German and facilitates a Positive Birth Movement meet up in her home in Larchmont, Westchester NY.

Her passion for pregnancy, labor and birth began as a young girl growing up in Africa. Thanks to her exposure to many different cultures, she’s able to pick up on your personal culture and beliefs easily.

Apart from being certified and trained, Joyce is also your advocate and ambassador, your official representative, to join you on your journey in the land of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. She will support you during and beyond this life changing event.

COST: FREE

After you register, you will receive a link to join the event via Zoom.

EVENT:

Having a baby and going back to work can throw life and expectations of kilter. But the book, Back to Work After Baby: How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave, by Lori Mihalich-Levin, JD, can help. If you are a new parent, grab a copy of Lori's book, and then join her to learn practical and effective strategies for planning your return to work after parental leave, and for surviving those first few years as a working parent. During this session, Lori will lead a conversation around mindset, logistics, leadership, and community-building in new parenthood.

FACILITATOR:

Lori Mihalich-Levin, JD, believes in empowering working parents. She is the founder and CEO of Mindful Return, author of Back to Work After Baby: How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave, and co-host of the Parents at Work Podcast. She is mama to two wonderful red-headed boys (ages 9 and 11) and is a health care lawyer in private practice. Her thought leadership has been featured in publications including Forbes, The Washington Post, New York Times Parenting, Thrive Global, and The Huffington Post.

Website: http://www.mindfulreturn.com

IG: @mindfulreturn

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

This event takes place at NUR Space.

The NUR Space Doula support circle is a safe and free space for local doulas to relax, connect, chat, and learn. While many doula meetups are for professional networking, the focus of this group is to find support within our doula community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to find solace, support, hugs, conversation, guidance, etc; A space to connect with other doulas to form solid relationships and friendships so that we can better serve our clients and their families. Join us the first Monday of each month from 10:30am-12pm! 

FACILITATOR BIO:

JOYCE HAVINGA-DROOP is a Certified Holistic Doula, certified birth doula (DONA) and home birth assistant. She’s also a CPR instructor and a Spinning Babies® Provisional Parent Educator. She speaks English, Dutch, French and German and facilitates a Positive Birth Movement meet up in her home in Larchmont, Westchester NY.

Her passion for pregnancy, labor and birth began as a young girl growing up in Africa. Thanks to her exposure to many different cultures, she’s able to pick up on your personal culture and beliefs easily.

Apart from being certified and trained, Joyce is also your advocate and ambassador, your official representative, to join you on your journey in the land of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. She will support you during and beyond this life changing event.

COST: $499

EVENT INFO: This event takes place at NUR Space.

Get ready for your BIRTH with our comprehensive Lamaze childbirth 4-week series.

In this course you will:
• Identify your birth options, how to manifest the birth you desire
• Understand the physiology of birth, stages of labor
• Learn various relaxation + coping strategies
• Discuss the early days of lactation and newborn care
• Optional Add-on sessions - Postpartum Planning + Comfort Measures

Pricing is for birthing person and a partner!

FACILITATOR BIO:

My name is Estefany Angeles, a native Spanish speaker, educator, facilitator, and experienced program manager. After two empowering homebirths and in-depth training with world-renowned birth leaders, Debra Pascali-Bonaro (the founder of Orgasmic Birth) and Wendy Shiffer (the founder of Family Tree Lamaze Trainings), I founded Birth A Mi Manera, a childbirth education and doula service in 2022. At Birth A Mi Manera, I believe each pregnancy is unique and demands a tailor-made plan. I offer a wide range of services throughout your pregnancy and after. 

Every parent deserves the opportunity to make an informed decision at their birth. My goal is to create a safe, welcoming, educational space for parents-to-be and new parents, where they can ask their questions as well as receive personalized support to make their dream birth a reality!

http://birthamimanera.wixsite.com/birth-a-mi-manera

https://www.instagram.com/birthamimanera/

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

This event takes place at NUR Space.

The NUR Space Doula support circle is a safe and free space for local doulas to relax, connect, chat, and learn. While many doula meetups are for professional networking, the focus of this group is to find support within our doula community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to find solace, support, hugs, conversation, guidance, etc; A space to connect with other doulas to form solid relationships and friendships so that we can better serve our clients and their families. Join us the first Monday of each month from 10:30am-12pm! 

FACILITATOR BIO:

JOYCE HAVINGA-DROOP is a Certified Holistic Doula, certified birth doula (DONA) and home birth assistant. She’s also a CPR instructor and a Spinning Babies® Provisional Parent Educator. She speaks English, Dutch, French and German and facilitates a Positive Birth Movement meet up in her home in Larchmont, Westchester NY.

Her passion for pregnancy, labor and birth began as a young girl growing up in Africa. Thanks to her exposure to many different cultures, she’s able to pick up on your personal culture and beliefs easily.

Apart from being certified and trained, Joyce is also your advocate and ambassador, your official representative, to join you on your journey in the land of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. She will support you during and beyond this life changing event.

COST: $600

EVENT INFO:

Virtual 3-class series: Sunday (April 2, 16, 23) mornings 9am-12pm.

Why Choose a HypnoBirthing Course?
HypnoBirthing teaches us how to have the safe, gentle birth that all women deserve. This amazing program guides you, along with your birth companion, to learn the art and joy of experiencing birth in a more comfortable manner. You will learn how to allow your body to birth your child as it knows how to... without the need for medical intervention.
When you are properly prepared for childbirth and when the mind and body are in harmony, nature is free to function in the same well-designed manner that it does with all other mothers in nature. Through self-hypnosis, breathing and visualization techniques, HypnoBirthing teaches you to release fear and to trust your body’s ability to birth instinctively.


What You Will Learn in our HypnoBirthing Classes:

Unit 1 – Building a Positive Expectancy
Introduction to the remarkable HypnoBirthing philosophy
The history of women and birthing
Why and how you can have a safer, more comfortable birth
How nature perfectly designed women’s bodies to birth
How to assist--rather than resist--your natural birthing instincts
The vocabulary for calm and gentle birthing
Visualizing gentle births by viewing beautiful, birthing videos

Unit 2 – Falling in Love with Your Baby... Preparing Your Mind and Body
The remarkable mind of your newborn baby: prenatal bonding techniques
Rapid and instant self-relaxation and deepening techniques
Breathing techniques for labor and birthing
Hypnotic relaxation and visualization
Selecting the right care provider
The birth companion’s role in birthing
Preparing your body for birthing with massage and toning

Unit 3 – Getting Ready to Welcome Your Baby
Preparing a birth preference sheet
Preparing the body for birthing
Light touch massage
Your body working for and with you
Avoiding artificial induction and achieving a natural start to labor
Releasing negative emotions, fears and limiting thoughts

Unit 4 – An Overview of Birthing
Onset of labor – the thinning and opening phase
Birth explained simply
Settling in at the hospital or birthing center
Preparing for home birth
Passing time through labor
Hallmarks of labor
If labor rests or slows – birth companion’s prompts and activities
As labor advances – birthing with your baby
Protecting the natural birthing experience
Birth rehearsal imagery

Unit 5 – Birth... Breathing Love... Bringing Life
Moving into birthing
Positions for descent and
birthing Breathing baby down to birth
Baby moves to the breast
Family bonding with your baby

HypnoBirthing Advantages
★  Learn to relax and eliminate the fear that causes tension and pain
★  Guide your birthing companion to perform this integral role
★  Work alongside your birthing team to achieve the birth you desire
★  Feel alert, fresh, and awake with energy during your labor
★  Be empowered to embrace whatever direction your birth takes
★  Understand and practice the concept of pre-birth parenting
★  Educate yourself on breathing techniques that allow you to breathe your baby into the world

$600 class tuition (for both Mom-to-be and Birth Companion) and all supplies (mailed home ahead of class time)

Please call/text (917.363.4968) or email (hypnobirthingmommy@gmail.com) to learn more about the course!

FACILITATOR BIO:

Liz Alleva is a passionate Certified HypnoBirthing® Childbirth Educator who loves to teach Moms-to-be and their Birth Companions how to have a safe, gentle birth. Liz spent fifteen years teaching modern dance and choreography to middle and high school students in Brooklyn and Manhattan. When she became pregnant with her son Mason in 2015, she took HypnoBirthing to prepare for his birth. That journey took her to Portland, Oregon at seven months pregnant to become certified to teach the course. Liz has her B.A. in Dance and B.A. in Sociology from Wesleyan University.  Her M.A. is in Dance Education from New York University.

Liz currently lives in Wilton, CT with her husband Neill, son Mason, and 3.5 lb. dog Kylie!

http://www.hypnobirthingmommy.com

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

This event takes place at NUR Space.

The NUR Space Doula support circle is a safe and free space for local doulas to relax, connect, chat, and learn. While many doula meetups are for professional networking, the focus of this group is to find support within our doula community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to find solace, support, hugs, conversation, guidance, etc; A space to connect with other doulas to form solid relationships and friendships so that we can better serve our clients and their families. Join us the first Monday of each month from 10:30am-12pm! 

FACILITATOR BIO:

JOYCE HAVINGA-DROOP is a Certified Holistic Doula, certified birth doula (DONA) and home birth assistant. She’s also a CPR instructor and a Spinning Babies® Provisional Parent Educator. She speaks English, Dutch, French and German and facilitates a Positive Birth Movement meet up in her home in Larchmont, Westchester NY.

Her passion for pregnancy, labor and birth began as a young girl growing up in Africa. Thanks to her exposure to many different cultures, she’s able to pick up on your personal culture and beliefs easily.

Apart from being certified and trained, Joyce is also your advocate and ambassador, your official representative, to join you on your journey in the land of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. She will support you during and beyond this life changing event.

COST: FREE

After you register, you will receive a link to join the event via Zoom.

EVENT:

Having a baby and going back to work can throw life and expectations of kilter. But the book, Back to Work After Baby: How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave, by Lori Mihalich-Levin, JD, can help. If you are a new parent, grab a copy of Lori's book, and then join her to learn practical and effective strategies for planning your return to work after parental leave, and for surviving those first few years as a working parent. During this session, Lori will lead a conversation around mindset, logistics, leadership, and community-building in new parenthood.

FACILITATOR:

Lori Mihalich-Levin, JD, believes in empowering working parents. She is the founder and CEO of Mindful Return, author of Back to Work After Baby: How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave, and co-host of the Parents at Work Podcast. She is mama to two wonderful red-headed boys (ages 9 and 11) and is a health care lawyer in private practice. Her thought leadership has been featured in publications including Forbes, The Washington Post, New York Times Parenting, Thrive Global, and The Huffington Post.

Website: http://www.mindfulreturn.com

IG: @mindfulreturn

COST: FREE

After you register, you will receive a link to join the event via Zoom.

EVENT:

Having a baby and going back to work can throw life and expectations of kilter. But the book, Back to Work After Baby: How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave, by Lori Mihalich-Levin, JD, can help. If you are a new parent, grab a copy of Lori's book, and then join her to learn practical and effective strategies for planning your return to work after parental leave, and for surviving those first few years as a working parent. During this session, Lori will lead a conversation around mindset, logistics, leadership, and community-building in new parenthood.

FACILITATOR:

Lori Mihalich-Levin, JD, believes in empowering working parents. She is the founder and CEO of Mindful Return, author of Back to Work After Baby: How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave, and co-host of the Parents at Work Podcast. She is mama to two wonderful red-headed boys (ages 9 and 11) and is a health care lawyer in private practice. Her thought leadership has been featured in publications including Forbes, The Washington Post, New York Times Parenting, Thrive Global, and The Huffington Post.

Website: http://www.mindfulreturn.com

IG: @mindfulreturn

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

This event takes place at NUR Space and is available to those fully vaccinated and mask are required indoors.

The NUR Space Doula support circle is a safe and free space for local doulas to relax, connect, chat, and learn. While many doula meetups are for professional networking, the focus of this group is to find support within our doula community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to find solace, support, hugs, conversation, guidance, etc; A space to connect with other doulas to form solid relationships and friendships so that we can better serve our clients and their families. Join us the first Monday of each month from 11am-1pm! 

FACILITATOR BIO:

JOYCE HAVINGA-DROOP is a Certified Holistic Doula, certified birth doula (DONA) and home birth assistant. She’s also a CPR instructor and a Spinning Babies® Provisional Parent Educator. She speaks English, Dutch, French and German and facilitates a Positive Birth Movement meet up in her home in Larchmont, Westchester NY.

Her passion for pregnancy, labor and birth began as a young girl growing up in Africa. Thanks to her exposure to many different cultures, she’s able to pick up on your personal culture and beliefs easily.

Apart from being certified and trained, Joyce is also your advocate and ambassador, your official representative, to join you on your journey in the land of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. She will support you during and beyond this life changing event.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

This event takes place at NUR Space and is available to those fully vaccinated and mask are required indoors.

The NUR Space Doula support circle is a safe and free space for local doulas to relax, connect, chat, and learn. While many doula meetups are for professional networking, the focus of this group is to find support within our doula community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to find solace, support, hugs, conversation, guidance, etc; A space to connect with other doulas to form solid relationships and friendships so that we can better serve our clients and their families. Join us the first Monday of each month from 11am-1pm! 

FACILITATOR BIO:

JOYCE HAVINGA-DROOP is a Certified Holistic Doula, certified birth doula (DONA) and home birth assistant. She’s also a CPR instructor and a Spinning Babies® Provisional Parent Educator. She speaks English, Dutch, French and German and facilitates a Positive Birth Movement meet up in her home in Larchmont, Westchester NY.

Her passion for pregnancy, labor and birth began as a young girl growing up in Africa. Thanks to her exposure to many different cultures, she’s able to pick up on your personal culture and beliefs easily.

Apart from being certified and trained, Joyce is also your advocate and ambassador, your official representative, to join you on your journey in the land of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. She will support you during and beyond this life changing event.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

The NUR Space Student Midwifery support circle is a brave and free space for people on all paths to midwifery. This is a space to relax, connect, and hold space for each other amidst difficult dialogues, and the terrain of birth work. The focus of this group is to find support within our community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to use mindfulness practices to find solace, support, conversation and guidance; A space to connect with other student midwives to form solid relationships so that we can best serve our communities. Additionally, this group values and utilizes the foundations of reproductive justice as part of our birth work and encourages re-imagining the scope of reproductive healthcare. Join us bi-weekly on Thursday evenings at 8 pm!

FACILITATOR BIOS:

Kayla Bert & Pam Rutherford are college best friends who met in their feminist health class. Together, they ran the National Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Honor Society, conducted and presented research on women’s health, and have fueled each others passion for reproductive justice. Today, Pam practices catching babies at Vanderbilt University (Tennessee), in their nurse-midwifery program, and Kayla helps folks deliver their babies as a full-spectrum doula in Westchester, New York. Kayla also will be attending nurse-midwifery school in 2022.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

This event takes place at NUR Space and is available to those fully vaccinated and mask are required indoors.

The NUR Space Doula support circle is a safe and free space for local doulas to relax, connect, chat, and learn. While many doula meetups are for professional networking, the focus of this group is to find support within our doula community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to find solace, support, hugs, conversation, guidance, etc; A space to connect with other doulas to form solid relationships and friendships so that we can better serve our clients and their families. Join us the first Monday of each month from 11am-1pm! 

FACILITATOR BIO:

JOYCE HAVINGA-DROOP is a Certified Holistic Doula, certified birth doula (DONA) and home birth assistant. She’s also a CPR instructor and a Spinning Babies® Provisional Parent Educator. She speaks English, Dutch, French and German and facilitates a Positive Birth Movement meet up in her home in Larchmont, Westchester NY.

Her passion for pregnancy, labor and birth began as a young girl growing up in Africa. Thanks to her exposure to many different cultures, she’s able to pick up on your personal culture and beliefs easily.

Apart from being certified and trained, Joyce is also your advocate and ambassador, your official representative, to join you on your journey in the land of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. She will support you during and beyond this life changing event.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

The NUR Space Student Midwifery support circle is a brave and free space for people on all paths to midwifery. This is a space to relax, connect, and hold space for each other amidst difficult dialogues, and the terrain of birth work. The focus of this group is to find support within our community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to use mindfulness practices to find solace, support, conversation and guidance; A space to connect with other student midwives to form solid relationships so that we can best serve our communities. Additionally, this group values and utilizes the foundations of reproductive justice as part of our birth work and encourages re-imagining the scope of reproductive healthcare. Join us bi-weekly on Thursday evenings at 8 pm!

FACILITATOR BIOS:

Kayla Bert & Pam Rutherford are college best friends who met in their feminist health class. Together, they ran the National Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Honor Society, conducted and presented research on women’s health, and have fueled each others passion for reproductive justice. Today, Pam practices catching babies at Vanderbilt University (Tennessee), in their nurse-midwifery program, and Kayla helps folks deliver their babies as a full-spectrum doula in Westchester, New York. Kayla also will be attending nurse-midwifery school in 2022.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

The NUR Space Student Midwifery support circle is a brave and free space for people on all paths to midwifery. This is a space to relax, connect, and hold space for each other amidst difficult dialogues, and the terrain of birth work. The focus of this group is to find support within our community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to use mindfulness practices to find solace, support, conversation and guidance; A space to connect with other student midwives to form solid relationships so that we can best serve our communities. Additionally, this group values and utilizes the foundations of reproductive justice as part of our birth work and encourages re-imagining the scope of reproductive healthcare. Join us bi-weekly on Thursday evenings at 8 pm!

FACILITATOR BIOS:

Kayla Bert & Pam Rutherford are college best friends who met in their feminist health class. Together, they ran the National Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Honor Society, conducted and presented research on women’s health, and have fueled each others passion for reproductive justice. Today, Pam practices catching babies at Vanderbilt University (Tennessee), in their nurse-midwifery program, and Kayla helps folks deliver their babies as a full-spectrum doula in Westchester, New York. Kayla also will be attending nurse-midwifery school in 2022.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

This event takes place at NUR Space and is available to those fully vaccinated and mask are required indoors.

The NUR Space Doula support circle is a safe and free space for local doulas to relax, connect, chat, and learn. While many doula meetups are for professional networking, the focus of this group is to find support within our doula community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to find solace, support, hugs, conversation, guidance, etc; A space to connect with other doulas to form solid relationships and friendships so that we can better serve our clients and their families. Join us the first Monday of each month from 11am-1pm! 

FACILITATOR BIO:

JOYCE HAVINGA-DROOP is a Certified Holistic Doula, certified birth doula (DONA) and home birth assistant. She’s also a CPR instructor and a Spinning Babies® Provisional Parent Educator. She speaks English, Dutch, French and German and facilitates a Positive Birth Movement meet up in her home in Larchmont, Westchester NY.

Her passion for pregnancy, labor and birth began as a young girl growing up in Africa. Thanks to her exposure to many different cultures, she’s able to pick up on your personal culture and beliefs easily.

Apart from being certified and trained, Joyce is also your advocate and ambassador, your official representative, to join you on your journey in the land of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. She will support you during and beyond this life changing event.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

The NUR Space Student Midwifery support circle is a brave and free space for people on all paths to midwifery. This is a space to relax, connect, and hold space for each other amidst difficult dialogues, and the terrain of birth work. The focus of this group is to find support within our community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to use mindfulness practices to find solace, support, conversation and guidance; A space to connect with other student midwives to form solid relationships so that we can best serve our communities. Additionally, this group values and utilizes the foundations of reproductive justice as part of our birth work and encourages re-imagining the scope of reproductive healthcare. Join us bi-weekly on Thursday evenings at 8 pm!

FACILITATOR BIOS:

Kayla Bert & Pam Rutherford are college best friends who met in their feminist health class. Together, they ran the National Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Honor Society, conducted and presented research on women’s health, and have fueled each others passion for reproductive justice. Today, Pam practices catching babies at Vanderbilt University (Tennessee), in their nurse-midwifery program, and Kayla helps folks deliver their babies as a full-spectrum doula in Westchester, New York. Kayla also will be attending nurse-midwifery school in 2022.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

The NUR Space Student Midwifery support circle is a brave and free space for people on all paths to midwifery. This is a space to relax, connect, and hold space for each other amidst difficult dialogues, and the terrain of birth work. The focus of this group is to find support within our community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to use mindfulness practices to find solace, support, conversation and guidance; A space to connect with other student midwives to form solid relationships so that we can best serve our communities. Additionally, this group values and utilizes the foundations of reproductive justice as part of our birth work and encourages re-imagining the scope of reproductive healthcare. Join us bi-weekly on Thursday evenings at 8 pm!

FACILITATOR BIOS:

Kayla Bert & Pam Rutherford are college best friends who met in their feminist health class. Together, they ran the National Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Honor Society, conducted and presented research on women’s health, and have fueled each others passion for reproductive justice. Today, Pam practices catching babies at Vanderbilt University (Tennessee), in their nurse-midwifery program, and Kayla helps folks deliver their babies as a full-spectrum doula in Westchester, New York. Kayla also will be attending nurse-midwifery school in 2022.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

This event takes place at NUR Space and is available to those fully vaccinated and mask are required indoors.

The NUR Space Doula support circle is a safe and free space for local doulas to relax, connect, chat, and learn. While many doula meetups are for professional networking, the focus of this group is to find support within our doula community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to find solace, support, hugs, conversation, guidance, etc; A space to connect with other doulas to form solid relationships and friendships so that we can better serve our clients and their families. Join us the first Monday of each month from 11am-1pm! 

FACILITATOR BIO:

JOYCE HAVINGA-DROOP is a Certified Holistic Doula, certified birth doula (DONA) and home birth assistant. She’s also a CPR instructor and a Spinning Babies® Provisional Parent Educator. She speaks English, Dutch, French and German and facilitates a Positive Birth Movement meet up in her home in Larchmont, Westchester NY.

Her passion for pregnancy, labor and birth began as a young girl growing up in Africa. Thanks to her exposure to many different cultures, she’s able to pick up on your personal culture and beliefs easily.

Apart from being certified and trained, Joyce is also your advocate and ambassador, your official representative, to join you on your journey in the land of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. She will support you during and beyond this life changing event.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

The NUR Space Student Midwifery support circle is a brave and free space for people on all paths to midwifery. This is a space to relax, connect, and hold space for each other amidst difficult dialogues, and the terrain of birth work. The focus of this group is to find support within our community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to use mindfulness practices to find solace, support, conversation and guidance; A space to connect with other student midwives to form solid relationships so that we can best serve our communities. Additionally, this group values and utilizes the foundations of reproductive justice as part of our birth work and encourages re-imagining the scope of reproductive healthcare. Join us bi-weekly on Thursday evenings at 8 pm!

FACILITATOR BIOS:

Kayla Bert & Pam Rutherford are college best friends who met in their feminist health class. Together, they ran the National Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Honor Society, conducted and presented research on women’s health, and have fueled each others passion for reproductive justice. Today, Pam practices catching babies at Vanderbilt University (Tennessee), in their nurse-midwifery program, and Kayla helps folks deliver their babies as a full-spectrum doula in Westchester, New York. Kayla also will be attending nurse-midwifery school in 2022.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

The NUR Space Student Midwifery support circle is a brave and free space for people on all paths to midwifery. This is a space to relax, connect, and hold space for each other amidst difficult dialogues, and the terrain of birth work. The focus of this group is to find support within our community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to use mindfulness practices to find solace, support, conversation and guidance; A space to connect with other student midwives to form solid relationships so that we can best serve our communities. Additionally, this group values and utilizes the foundations of reproductive justice as part of our birth work and encourages re-imagining the scope of reproductive healthcare. Join us bi-weekly on Thursday evenings at 8 pm!

FACILITATOR BIOS:

Kayla Bert & Pam Rutherford are college best friends who met in their feminist health class. Together, they ran the National Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Honor Society, conducted and presented research on women’s health, and have fueled each others passion for reproductive justice. Today, Pam practices catching babies at Vanderbilt University (Tennessee), in their nurse-midwifery program, and Kayla helps folks deliver their babies as a full-spectrum doula in Westchester, New York. Kayla also will be attending nurse-midwifery school in 2022.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

This event takes place at NUR Space and is available to those fully vaccinated and mask are required indoors.

The NUR Space Doula support circle is a safe and free space for local doulas to relax, connect, chat, and learn. While many doula meetups are for professional networking, the focus of this group is to find support within our doula community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to find solace, support, hugs, conversation, guidance, etc; A space to connect with other doulas to form solid relationships and friendships so that we can better serve our clients and their families. Join us the first Monday of each month from 11am-1pm! 

FACILITATOR BIO:

JOYCE HAVINGA-DROOP is a Certified Holistic Doula, certified birth doula (DONA) and home birth assistant. She’s also a CPR instructor and a Spinning Babies® Provisional Parent Educator. She speaks English, Dutch, French and German and facilitates a Positive Birth Movement meet up in her home in Larchmont, Westchester NY.

Her passion for pregnancy, labor and birth began as a young girl growing up in Africa. Thanks to her exposure to many different cultures, she’s able to pick up on your personal culture and beliefs easily.

Apart from being certified and trained, Joyce is also your advocate and ambassador, your official representative, to join you on your journey in the land of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. She will support you during and beyond this life changing event.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

The NUR Space Student Midwifery support circle is a brave and free space for people on all paths to midwifery. This is a space to relax, connect, and hold space for each other amidst difficult dialogues, and the terrain of birth work. The focus of this group is to find support within our community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to use mindfulness practices to find solace, support, conversation and guidance; A space to connect with other student midwives to form solid relationships so that we can best serve our communities. Additionally, this group values and utilizes the foundations of reproductive justice as part of our birth work and encourages re-imagining the scope of reproductive healthcare. Join us bi-weekly on Thursday evenings at 8 pm!

FACILITATOR BIOS:

Kayla Bert & Pam Rutherford are college best friends who met in their feminist health class. Together, they ran the National Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Honor Society, conducted and presented research on women’s health, and have fueled each others passion for reproductive justice. Today, Pam practices catching babies at Vanderbilt University (Tennessee), in their nurse-midwifery program, and Kayla helps folks deliver their babies as a full-spectrum doula in Westchester, New York. Kayla also will be attending nurse-midwifery school in 2022.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

The NUR Space Student Midwifery support circle is a brave and free space for people on all paths to midwifery. This is a space to relax, connect, and hold space for each other amidst difficult dialogues, and the terrain of birth work. The focus of this group is to find support within our community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to use mindfulness practices to find solace, support, conversation and guidance; A space to connect with other student midwives to form solid relationships so that we can best serve our communities. Additionally, this group values and utilizes the foundations of reproductive justice as part of our birth work and encourages re-imagining the scope of reproductive healthcare. Join us bi-weekly on Thursday evenings at 8 pm!

FACILITATOR BIOS:

Kayla Bert & Pam Rutherford are college best friends who met in their feminist health class. Together, they ran the National Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Honor Society, conducted and presented research on women’s health, and have fueled each others passion for reproductive justice. Today, Pam practices catching babies at Vanderbilt University (Tennessee), in their nurse-midwifery program, and Kayla helps folks deliver their babies as a full-spectrum doula in Westchester, New York. Kayla also will be attending nurse-midwifery school in 2022.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

This event takes place at NUR Space and is available to those fully vaccinated and mask are required indoors.

The NUR Space Doula support circle is a safe and free space for local doulas to relax, connect, chat, and learn. While many doula meetups are for professional networking, the focus of this group is to find support within our doula community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to find solace, support, hugs, conversation, guidance, etc; A space to connect with other doulas to form solid relationships and friendships so that we can better serve our clients and their families. Join us the first Monday of each month from 11am-1pm! 

FACILITATOR BIO:

JOYCE HAVINGA-DROOP is a Certified Holistic Doula, certified birth doula (DONA) and home birth assistant. She’s also a CPR instructor and a Spinning Babies® Provisional Parent Educator. She speaks English, Dutch, French and German and facilitates a Positive Birth Movement meet up in her home in Larchmont, Westchester NY.

Her passion for pregnancy, labor and birth began as a young girl growing up in Africa. Thanks to her exposure to many different cultures, she’s able to pick up on your personal culture and beliefs easily.

Apart from being certified and trained, Joyce is also your advocate and ambassador, your official representative, to join you on your journey in the land of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. She will support you during and beyond this life changing event.

COST: FREE

EVENT INFO:

The NUR Space Student Midwifery support circle is a brave and free space for people on all paths to midwifery. This is a space to relax, connect, and hold space for each other amidst difficult dialogues, and the terrain of birth work. The focus of this group is to find support within our community, for our own emotional and mental health. This is a place to use mindfulness practices to find solace, support, conversation and guidance; A space to connect with other student midwives to form solid relationships so that we can best serve our communities. Additionally, this group values and utilizes the foundations of reproductive justice as part of our birth work and encourages re-imagining the scope of reproductive healthcare. Join us bi-weekly on Thursday evenings at 8 pm!

FACILITATOR BIOS:

Kayla Bert & Pam Rutherford are college best friends who met in their feminist health class. Together, they ran the National Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Honor Society, conducted and presented research on women’s health, and have fueled each others passion for reproductive justice. Today, Pam studies midwifery at Vanderbilt University (Tennessee), and Kayla supports her community as a full-spectrum doula in Westchester, New York. Kayla also will be attending nurse-midwifery school in 2022.