Doulas of the Roundtable

I started listening at season 2 and really appreciate the dichotomy of Angela and Eva. Angela brings her desire for data, great experience, and refined curiosity while Eva brings a lighter note to the discussions. That's not to say Eva is without experience or great valuable perspective but is distinctly different from Angela. I really appreciate your time put into this, and thank you Pro Doula for the sponsor.

I wanted to love this podcast. As a new doula, the topic titles were both exciting and spoke directly to my curiosities, and I couldn’t wait to delve into the expertise and experience of well practiced pros. Instead, I got lengthy, belabored advertisements, self promotion, lots of personal off topic tangents and a strong sense of superiority over other birth workers. I tried to hang in for multiple episodes, but the latest involved all of this shorthand lingo about ‘DISC’ personality types that feels TOTALLY irrelevant for most of their audience. I’m out, still seeking a good doula pod.

I was very saddened by this podcast. As a doula myself, it was painful to hear the judgemental tones in the hosts voices, the negativity, and all of the commentary about ProDoula being superior to other doula training organizations. This podcast would make me weary to have a ProDoula doula at my birth. Rather that speaking about doula work being a work of compassion for women, they make it about money only. There is a way to do both successfully and still build up women, and unfortunately they do not do this. I do believe I have learned small nuggets of wisdom, but it comes with me cringing the other 95% of the episodes. If I found out this is how my doula spoke about her work I wouldn’t want to hire her. We can do better, doulas. Our clients deserve it.

I’m two episodes in and I cannot listen to another… the negative energy and talking down was unbearable. I would not trust either of these women at a birth, seem to be in it only for the money and pride, no compassion or empathy. They spend so much time putting down other people and organizations. It seems like these ladies have some healing to do themselves before helping others. I will definitely be sticking with my other podcasts, many better options out there that are more positive while also being informative.