theblackdoula

theblackdoula

The Black Doula podcast is hosted by Sabia Wade: a queer black Revolutionary Doula and CEO of The Black Doula Inc, Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings and For The Village. She has undeniably turned the birth industry on its head with her innovation, transparency and unapologetic ambition. In Season one, Sabia and her guests explore the link between the human body and topics such as birth, kink, masculinity, purity culture and much more.

  1. 01/02/2023

    Leadership w/ Neel

    Dr. Neel Shah, MD, MPP, FACOG, is Chief Medical Officer of Maven Clinic, the world's largest virtual clinic and first "unicorn" technology company for women's and family health. He is also a visiting scientist at Harvard Medical School where he previously served as a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology. As a physician-scientist, Dr. Shah has written landmark academic papers on maternal health and health care policy, and contributed to four books, including as senior author of Understanding Value-Based Healthcare (McGraw-Hill), which industry leaders have called "an instant classic" and "a masterful primer for all clinicians." He is listed among the "40 smartest people in health care" by the Becker's Hospital Review. As a public advocate, Dr. Shah's work to build trustworthy health care systems has earned numerous honors, including the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Humanitarian of the Year Award from the March of Dimes. He is featured in the films Aftershock, which won the Special Jury Prize for Impact at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, and The Color of Care from the Smithsonian Channel and Executive Producer Oprah Winfrey. Dr. Shah founded the nonprofits Costs of Care and March for Moms, as well as the Delivery Decisions Initiative at Ariadne Labs, a research and social impact program of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Shah currently serves on the advisory board of the National Institutes of Health, Office of Women's Health Research. Keep up with Dr. Shah on IG at @neel_t_shah

    43 min
  2. 07/12/2022

    Financial Activism w/ Janna

    Janna Meyrowitz Turner, President of Synastry Capital Janna Meyrowitz Turner is an advisor, angel investor, and strategist focused on systems change, leadership development, and communication in all its forms, in every direction. She has been building values-aligned networks for over 20 years across the public, private, and social sectors.  She started her first company, Style House, at the age of 23 in 2006. Style House became an award-winning public relations and brand strategy firm over the next 16 years, advising global brands from Estee Lauder to the WNBA, with a strong focus on the female consumer whose economic and political power is wielded both as primary household purchaser and as the largest voting bloc in the US. Today Janna’s cross-sector impact vehicle, Synastry Capital, houses her investing, advising, and advocacy work. Her signature Personal Brand Alignment offering, conducted 1:1 and through keynotes, workshops, and group facilitation, is a blend of leadership coaching, spiritual centering, and talent management, designed to build personal and professional narratives that maximize happiness, impact and earning potential. Janna is also the co-founder of VCs for Repro, a coalition of venture capital firms united in support of abortion access, and sits on the board of A Call To Men, a national violence prevention organization providing training and education on healthy manhood for communities of men and boys Janna can be found over at JannaMTurner.com or in Instagram at @jannamturner

    47 min

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The Black Doula podcast is hosted by Sabia Wade: a queer black Revolutionary Doula and CEO of The Black Doula Inc, Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings and For The Village. She has undeniably turned the birth industry on its head with her innovation, transparency and unapologetic ambition. In Season one, Sabia and her guests explore the link between the human body and topics such as birth, kink, masculinity, purity culture and much more.