About Me

Lindsay (she/they) ​is a Bay Area born and raised yonsei (4th generation Japanese American) care worker and cook. Her background is in small business consulting, restaurants, and catering. She is extremely grateful for the business owners, clients, diners, birthers, and families who have trusted her to hold space for their celebrations, life transitions, business dreams, and humanity.

How she came to be a doula: In her consulting work, she found that she cared more about small business owners' wellbeing and how their businesses could accommodate it vs expansion at the cost of their health and happiness. It was a sign to move into work that was less about sales and data and more about people. In her personal life, she has always been a doula—walking friends and family through death, partner separation, elder care, and mental health emergencies. She loves the ability to now show up in her work as her whole self.

As a doula, I am there to hold space for whatever you are experiencing, feeling, and preparing for without any judgment about any of it. Pure support. It's finding every possible way to honor your humanity within the structures of health care, workplace, family, and community during the massive life transition that is birth and parenthood. This may look like: encouraging you to set clear boundaries with the grandparents of your newborn about postpartum visiting time or discussing whether you want an epidural in the midst of labor. ​

Outside of work she gets her weekly flower therapy at Ikebana class, cooks with friends, and studies death and grief care. She lives with her family of three humans and two black dogs in xučyun, Ohlone land aka Richmond.

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Specialties

• Racism & Privilege
• Trauma
• Caring for Partners
• Bereavement & Loss
• Spinning Babies

Services Offered

• Initial Consultation Session
• Prenatal Care
• Postpartum Care
• Labor & Birth Support (virtual and/or in-person)