Welcome to our new Peer Mentoring group for 2025!
INELDA’s end-of-life doula Peer Mentoring group is a space for mutual support and community sharing. We come together monthly for an hour-and-a-half conversation to explore the current needs you are experiencing with the people you support.
What is Peer Mentoring?
We will spend our time together discussing creative ways to engage in doula support, address emerging needs, and find ways to learn from one another. The peer mentoring sessions will have three INELDA-led facilitators per session. The role of the facilitators is not to lead the group or act as an expert, rather they are there to hold a safe space for conversation.
We will meet on the 1st Wednesday of each month, from 7–8:30 PM (ET)
A calendar of upcoming mentoring sessions is available at the bottom of this page.
Who can join?
We welcome those actively serving in the role of doula—whether new to providing direct doula support or in the field for years. This group is offered to INELDA-trained or certified doulas who hold a Tier 2 or 3 membership. If the membership creates a barrier to access, please email [email protected] to discuss options.
Once you register for a group, you’re automatically registered for future meeting events. Although we’d love to have you at every session, we understand that’s not always possible — join us for as many as you’re able.
What to expect…
During our monthly peer group meetings, we will create three breakout rooms to allow individuals to choose which group they would like to participate in for that session. There will be a group for All Doulas. A BIPOC doula group for those who identify as Black, Indigenous, or as a Person of Color. Lastly, a doula PRIDE group for those in the LGBTQIA2S+ community. The three rooms are created with the intention of allowing more safe and honest conversations to emerge. Doulas can join any room that feels most aligned with their identity and their needs for the day. You will have the ability to switch between rooms throughout the session. After time in breakout rooms, the group will reconvene and discuss what has been gleaned during the session.
Although we may stand in allyship of one another, we ask that you only join groups representing your lived experience. We acknowledge and understand that everyone can carry many intersections within their identity, and one room alone may not attend to these nuances.
NEW in 2025!
Group meets the 2nd Monday of each month, from 7–8:30 PM (ET)
Group meets the 2nd Monday of each month, from 7–8:30 PM (ET)
Our BIPOC Mentoring Groups will begin meeting on a new schedule in 2025. Please check back for the updated registration form in December.
INELDA’s BIPOC Peer Mentoring is for those who identify as Black, Indigenous, or as a Person of Color and also has completed INELDA’s end-of-life doula training.
This group offers participants a safe listening space to connect and to cultivate conversations that are specific to the needs of doulas within the BIPOC community.
To register for this group and to join the monthly Zoom meeting reminders, check back mid- December for the updated registration form and details on the group format.
*by registering for this group, you will receive a reminder email the day of the event
Summary of Peer Mentoring Requirements:
- Current INELDA Tier 2 or Tier 3 member
- Completion of INELDA’s End-of-Life Doula Training – and/or – finished INELDA’s Certification Process
INELDA’s PRIDE Mentoring | Peer & Affinity Group is an educator-facilitated, open discussion about working with dying people and their loved ones.
This group offers participants a safe listening space to connect and to cultivate conversations that are specific to the needs of doulas within the LGBTQIA2S+ community.
The PRIDE group is open and available at no additional cost to those that have completed INELDA’s training and are current Tier 2 and Tier 3 INELDA-trained members. (At this time, this group does not include allies.)
We will begin a new process for PRIDE mentoring in 2025.
WHEN: Meets monthly on the 1st Wednesday
INELDA’s end-of-life doula Mentoring Peer & Affinity Groups are spaces for mutual support and sharing. INELDA-trained doula groups come together regularly for an hour-and-a-half conversation to explore the specific needs of doulas and clients.
Whether you are actively serving as a doula, haven’t had a client yet—but want to—or have been volunteering within care facilities, we invite you to join this gathering. We will spend our time together discussing creative ways to find and work with clients, address any current needs you may have, look at ways to deepen our learning, and explore how to bring this important work to others.
Connect and collaborate with other end-of-life doulas for networking, idea exchange, and conversations. Learn how to create a space where end-of-life care meets the needs of the dying where they are.
Somewhat structured and somewhat spontaneous, each meeting will allow us time to explore topics relevant to participants, while connecting with our doula community. These groups are facilitated by an INELDA educator. A mentoring event calendar is available at the bottom of this page.
Once you register for a group, you’re automatically registered for future meeting events. Although we’d love to have you at every session, we understand that’s not always possible — join us for as many as you’re able.