Tender Love: A Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Learning Community

For doulas, childbirth and lactation educators, and newborn care specialists

Space is limited for this groundbreaking training program—now available to the public.

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Transform the way you care for clients—and yourself—with Tender Love, an innovative training designed to support non-clinical perinatal professionals. Using an Embodied Trauma-Informed Resilience-Oriented (eTIRO) approach, this program nurtures your personal and professional resilience, improving the quality of care for your clients while preventing burnout.

💬 “I feel like this is what’s been missing from other programs I’ve joined. It was so important to my self-healing and growth.”

💬 “This training challenges the harm I’ve seen in shallow ‘mindfulness’ practices. It gave me depth and real tools.”

Course Highlights:

• Build embodied resilience to meet the physical and emotional demands of perinatal care.
• Learn to identify and respond to toxic stress and trauma in your clients—and yourself.
• Explore cultural, historical, and systemic sources of trauma and resilience.
• Prevent vicarious trauma and burnout while enhancing empathy and creating healthy boundaries.
• Earn continuing education hours and connect with a supportive virtual community.

This program includes:

• 18 hours of live training sessions (with recordings available).
• 2 live office hours with program facilitators.
• Access to an exclusive online community with active affinity spaces and discussion boards.

Program Schedule:

• March 6: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific
• March 20: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific
• April 3: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific
• April 17: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific

• May 1: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific
• May 15: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific

Office Hours:

• April 10: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
• May 8: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific

💬 “Despite being online, this process has felt so connected and involved. I’ve loved every moment.”

Why Tender Love?

• Personal: Focuses on your well-being as a practitioner.
• Embodied: Integrates somatic awareness into trauma-informed care.
• Connected: Brings together perinatal professionals for collaboration and support.

Earn CE Hours

• Provider Nkemdilim Ndefo is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 15871, for 18 contact hours. (Nursing Board continuing education hours are accepted by CAPPA, DONA, and Lamaze International).
• 18 R-CERPs recognized by IBLCE. IBLCE CERPs Recognition Number: STP Number C2023080. (IBLCE continuing education hours are accepted by ICEA).
• The program is approved by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) for eighteen (18) Continuing Education Contact Hours of Traditional Health Worker Continuing Education Credit for Doulas.

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Space is limited—secure your spot today and experience the transformative power of Tender Love.