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“Whatever my heart feels they need in the moment is what I try to give them in order to get them to the next moment. “I just want to make sure that with all the compassion inside of me I am giving people what I feel they really need in the moment,” she says, explaining that sometimes that’s a truth or a lie, a reminder or a scolding. Some exchanges, even before the pandemic, were virtual due to her heavy tour schedule, and always for no monetary charge to the mother. “It’s very hard for a woman’s womb to open if the throat is not open,” she says, reinforcing the importance of communication during pregnancy.
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“By walking through the steps of eliminating or peeling away a layer of guilt, the mom is able to have a much easier time emotionally, physically, spiritually, and vitally.” Other teachings from her two decades of experience as a doula include maintaining good nutrition, regular exercise, consistent sleep, and knowing how to build an altar or talk to your partner.
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“As human beings, we feel guilty because maybe we don’t know enough, or we don’t think we have enough, or are enough, or that we can collect enough,” says the Dallas-based musician who is presently training as a certified direct-entry midwife and has three children of her own, all home births.
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How to dismiss guilt is one of the first lessons Badu teaches her clients, mostly friends like Teyana Taylor and Slick Woods, relatives, and even a woman she met in Whole Foods once, all of whom she worked with from conception to at least six to 12 months after birth.