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Selah Vie Doula Care

Brantford-based holistic support and care for your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journeys.

Selah (pronounced say-luh) is a Hebrew word that occurs frequently at the end of verses in biblical poetry and psalms meaning to pause, rest and reflect on what was just said. To me, it is a term of peace – something that is needed in pregnancy, labour, delivery and beyond, into parenthood, and is something I carry well. As your doula, my goal is to make space for each birthing person and family to have those moments of rest and reflection, while empowering you in your journeys.

06/12/2026

Reminded of a few moments that came up in my most recent birth.

When the two women who I wanted to come witness and support me through this birthing experience walked in the door, I remember hugging both of them and weeping tears of gratitude.

Grateful that the long-awaited day had finally come.
Grateful that my body was doing what it knew to do so wisely and beautifully.
Grateful that I wasn't alone.
Grateful for these two beautiful women (and my husband, of course) who surrounded me with so much love and strength in my most vulnerable time.
Grateful for everything unfolding just as it was meant to, in its perfect time.
Grateful for each wave that came - literally speaking out, "thank You God, thank You God" after each one.
As his head was crowning and I knew we were so close now - "thank You God."
When his body came shooting out into the water and pulling him up right onto my chest - "thank You God".

I've always known gratitude to be a powerful tool and it possessing the ability to shift and change things on a cellular level, but this most recent experience really drove it all home for me.

Being grateful for the intensity and each wave that would come somehow transformed it into something beautiful that I could embrace as opposed to something I was fighting and running from.

Birth being a microcosm of the macrocosm - so in birth, also in life.

Grateful for the hardships, the pressing, the challenging moments that somehow reveal even mor
And grateful for the ease, the peace, and the beautiful moments in between.

06/05/2026

Postpartum prayers, but really, motherhood prayers.

The beauty

05/10/2026

Yes, surprise!!

I've been a lot more absent around here as I've been quietly growing and birthing a tiny human - our fourth BOY!

This time around pregnancy felt too sacred and precious to share publicly - it's been sweet to carry so much of it close to my heart.

And what a journey it's been.

So much stretching, growing and expanding (in all the ways!).

I am more aware than ever before how each pregnancy and birth journey has the ability to transform and unravel a new version of you - I will never be the same.

I have much to share about it all, in time...

Celebrating you incredible mothers - life-bringers and life-bearers - today and every day. And holding close those for whom this day is mingled with grief 🤍

02/04/2026

We knew it was coming, but the finality of it still hits hard — 92 years of a FULL life lived, 67 of those faithfully shared with my grandpa.

What does it feel like to take your last breath? Do you know? Do you know it’s your last?

And once again, I find myself holding the duality, holding opposing forces and emotions within me — life and death, joy and sorrow, peace and grief.

We’re no strangers to this, us mothers.
Saying goodbye while stewarding new life and birth.
The closing of one chapter and the beginning of another.
In both, the promise of new life — but one's on earth, and one's not.

Birth and death, and moving through the “labour” and “transition” stages of both, are not that dissimilar.
Straddling the ethers of both worlds — the physical and the spiritual. The veil is thin here.
God is so near.

Both transitions have been compartmentalized, hidden away, a passage most probably think should be traversed alone and out of sight… when actually, I think the commonness of this human experience should be traversed together, in community, deeply supported, held, and honoured.
I don’t think we were meant to walk these alone.

The timing of both is out of our control (when left to unfold physiologically and without interference).
Both require surrender, open-handedness, and patience upon patience.
You don’t ever quite know the day or the hour in those final days of in-between.

To hold space for it is to recognize and honour the reverence of it all — a time filled with holy, deeply sacred moments.
To witness, to behold, to partake in, to be fully engaged.

My kids stood silent as we sent her body off yesterday and said our final goodbyes — it was as if they recognized the reverence needed in that moment, even my almost two-year-old.

Four generations of a family lineage present.

(Cont. in comments)

01/09/2026

We carry midwife-designed Passages birth pools, available for purchase for your upcoming home/water birth or to use in labour at home before going to the hospital!

They are...

✨ Affordable: each pool is about a third of the cost you would pay for a rental

✨ Durable: each pool is made with ultra-durable eco-vinyl

✨ Comfortable: wide, inflated sides can support the weight of an adult, and the inflated floor is soft to kneel on (far more comfortable and deep than a porcelain tub)

✨ Single-use/single family-use: there is no need to worry about purchasing a separate liner for protection against bacteria, as these pools are used by a single family, and not intended to be used again by anyone else (bonus: clean and use as a ball pit/kiddie pool or for subsequent births!)

✨ Clear bottom rings allow for midwives and caregivers to illuminate the water unobtrusively, for easier viewing. (and AMAZING photos!)

✨ Perfectly sized for use in small spaces: approx. 60 inches x 24 inches

White and blue pools are now in stock!

$125 or $99 for existing birth clients

Free delivery/pickup if you're in the Brantford/Brant area or a current birth client

Note: These are JUST the pools. You still need to purchase a clean garden hose, tap fittings, and a tarp, and have access to a pump to inflate - these extras can be purchased for an additional cost.

01/07/2026

A snapshot of life, lately: lots of quality family time, a couple births, braving the snow and ice, a birthday, podcast recording, NORA tea making, and reading lots of good books.

I’m more aware (and protective!) than ever of how valuable my energy is in this season of motherhood.
By energy, I mean my presence, my focus, what I give myself to…

There are so many things vying for my attention - for my energy.

And one thing I know for sure right now, in this particular season, is this: my family and my home deserve my best, my first fruits, my whole, undivided attention.

I’m still intending to show up here.

It has been such a valuable platform for building authentic connection - not to mention the fact that I genuinely enjoy using it as a creative outlet (just not when it’s forced or coming from that ickier, “have to” energy).

Buuuuut I am going to be a lot choosier about when, how, and why I’m on here.

My word for the year is alignment, and I know 2026 is going to bring a number of significant opportunities for that to happen on a deeper - mostly personal and family - level. Some of those I’m already aware of and anticipating, and I’m sure others will unfold in ways I can’t even see yet.

I’m trusting that the quiet, faithful tending will bear good fruit - in my family, my work, and in ways I can’t yet see.

Less noise. More intention. More presence. That’s the posture I’m choosing right now.

Thank you for being here 🤍

12/10/2025

"She's curled up on the couch, waiting, a ball of baby and emotions.

A scrambled pile of books on pregnancy, labor, baby names, breastfeeding; not one more word can be absorbed.

The birth supplies are loaded in a laundry basket, ready for action. The freezer is filled with meals, the car seat installed, the camera charged.

It's time to hurry up and wait. Not a comfortable place to be, but wholly necessary.

The last days of pregnancy - sometimes stretching to agonizing weeks - are a distinct place, time, event, stage. It is a time of in between. Neither here nor there. Your old self and your new self, balanced on the edge of a pregnancy. One foot in your old world, one foot in a new world.

Shouldn't there be a word for this state of being, describing the time and place where mothers linger, waiting to be called forward?

Germans have a word, zwischen, which means between...

When I sense the discomfort and tension of late pregnancy in my clients, I suggest that they are now in The Time of Zwischen.

The time of in between, where the opening begins.

Giving it a name gives it dimension, an experience closer to wonder than endurance.

I tell these beautiful, round, swollen, weepy women to go with it and be okay there.

Feel it, think it, don't push it away.
Write it down, sing really loudly when no one else is home, go commune with nature, or crawl into your own mama's lap so she can rub your head until you feel better.

I tell their men to let go of their worry; this is an early sign of labor.

I encourage them to sequester themselves if they need space, to go out if they need distraction, to enjoy the last hours of this life-as-they-now-know-it.

I try to give them permission to follow the instinctual gravitational pulls that are at work within them, just as real and necessary as labor..." ✨

I absolutely love these words (& frequently refer to them/send them to clients) from a beautiful article by midwife Jana Studelska.

Thinking of my clients who are in their Zwischen right now 🤍

I've linked the full article in my bio for you to check out!

11/27/2025

While learning more about homeschool philosophy, I stumbled on the term "Mother Culture" - and it instantly resonated.

The idea that the mother’s inner life matters… her joy, her steadiness, her creativity, her growth...
Not as something “extra,” or even as something to do APART from your children, but as something foundational, something integrated into your everyday.

Yes, the massages, spa days, and dedicated solo "self-care" time is lovely, but, truth is, that's not always accessible or realistic for most people, and more of a "once in a while" kind of special treat.

I'm talking about something far more realistic, something you can start doing NOW with the time and space that you have - even just a shift in perspective.

Because the truth is: when a mother tends to herself in small, meaningful ways, it affects the entire home.

🤍 Reading a few pages of a good book
🤍 Taking a minute to savour a piece of chocolate
🤍 Sinking into the sensation of a warm cup of tea or coffee in your hands and lingering there for a moment
🤍 Making art alongside your kids

Mother Culture reminds me that nourishing myself isn’t separate from nurturing my children — it’s deeply connected.

What are some ways you like to practice Mother Culture in your everyday?

11/05/2025

Ways to work together:

🤍We've got very limited birth support availability for the rest of 2025, but have lots of space still if you're expecting a baby in 2026! Reach out to book a free consult and see if we'd be a good addition to your birth team.

🤍You don't have to struggle through, grin and bear it, and try to do it all on your own. We offer postpartum care to help take some of the load off of your plate so that you can focus on what really matters - bonding & being present with your baby/babies AND replenishing yourself so that you're able to show up as the mother/wife/partner/sister/friend/business owner you want to be. Now booking for the rest of 2025 and into 2026!

🤍If you’re a mother-serving professional and building or expanding a business, I'm opening up 3 spots to my 1:1 business mentorship, the Selah Immersive, starting up this January. DM me for more info or visit the link in my bio.

10/31/2025

There’s a reason your baby usually sleeps more soundly when they’re tucked up against/on you - breathing in your scent, feeling your warmth, knowing the safety of your body close to theirs.

There’s a reason you may feel resistance in your body when someone else reaches out to hold your newborn and every part of you just wants them back in your arms.

There’s a reason your heart aches at the thought of leaving them - even for a moment. (Side note: we’re so fortunate here in Canada to have extended maternity leaves… I can hardly imagine leaving a 2-month-old (or younger 😱!), as so many mothers in the States have to choose.)

It’s not clinginess.

It’s not weakness.

It’s BIOLOGY.

You were designed to keep your baby close - to be their familiar scent, their safe place, their rhythm and regulation.

Proximity regulates both your nervous systems, supports breastfeeding, and builds trust.

So no, you won’t “spoil” your baby by holding them too much.

And no, you’re not creating bad habits if your baby needs you to fall asleep.

You’re responding exactly as nature intended - with love, presence, and attunement.

Tag a mama who needs to hear this today - you’re both doing exactly what you’re meant to.

(inspired, in part, by recent thoughts/events & 's wonderful post)

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