“I don’t think I can do this anymore,” whispers every caregiver, every hopeful, expectant, birthing or parenting person on their path.
Okay, let’s pause. You don’t have to do this the way you think you have to. Choose how to live your dreams with ease.
“The Heart of Birth is a coaching framework rooted in science and service. It is a methodology that evolves us from Mind to Heart through times of change. All of our transformative programs offer compassionate presence and trusted guidance, restoring intuition and balance to the mind, heart and body. Our mission is to promote well-being and peace by creating space for the felt experience of caregivers, a critical need for those in service of and responsible for the health of our children, families and the future of our communities. ”
The Heart of Birth Approach
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Experience curiosity, observation and meaning.
Evolve from unawareness, assumption and judgment to possibility, perception and information.
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Experience speaking, listening and doing.
Evolve from outsourced, expectation and permission to inner resourced, witnessing and empowered in action.
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Experience welcoming, trusting and surrendering.
Evolve from overwhelm, belief and tension to feeling, allowing and ease.
The Heart of Birth is a transformative methodology which supports nervous system regulation and recovers intuition, aka the heart, as the source of our well-being.
Our tailored coaching and mentoring programs, education and consultation provide meaningful tools and care rooted in traditional and modern systems and techniques - including mindfulness, yogic wisdom, meditation guidance, and trauma-informed embodiment practices.
We hold space for and bridge the inner, vulnerable, gooey stage between caterpillar and butterfly, where all parts are welcome and transformation naturally unfolds.
We practice presence as the antidote to the disconnection we feel with our bodies, community, babies, partners, and ourselves. Non-judgemental presence creates space for Who-we-are, starving attention from Who-we-think-we-need-to-be.
The Ancient Greek origins of “Doula” translate as “Servant to Women”. The Heart of Birth serves all bodies - hopeful, expectant, birthing, parenting and care-giving people as well as the providers supporting them. Established in the body’s wisdom of birth, we compassionately recognize the natural invitation for expansion evolving out of contraction and mindfully traverse each cyclical stage.
In this moment everything is welcome.
You can feel at ease navigating this experience, grounded in the heart.
Our Services
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Dear Caregiver,
I see you.
Has it been long enough feeling out of balance and over stressed?
Are you determined but have yet to find a way to make it better?
Are you ready to commit to doing things differently?
If you see the opportunity to use this time of change to create well-being in all ways, our program from Mind to Heart is here for you. It is a pathway, a safe space, packed-full-of-resources and mind-body practices to support your life transformation from the inside. We meet you where you are at and walk beside you with focused attention and guidance for your unique journey. With deep reverence and compassion, welcome home.
Schedule a time to learn more!
Private Session Bundles:
1 hour Intro $275
10 hours $3333
20 hours $5999
Group Sessions:
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Dear One-Who-Gives-And-Loves-For-A-Living,
We are dedicated to furthering the development and professional skill-set of providers called to support others in the thresholds of life.
We currently offer private and group mentoring services for doulas and training organizations, perinatal professionals, and educational organizations.
Schedule a time to learn more!
Custom Programs:
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Online courses:
Coming soon into 2025!
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Hello Hopeful, Expectant, and First Year Parenting Persons,
Yes... I see and hear you. This uncertain time is designed to evolve you. How you evolve is up to you and your dreams. You've got this! At The Heart of Birth we are dedicated to ensuring you are not alone and have the knowledge, evidence based resources and advocacy in navigating all the things during this time. Its like childbirth education, but better. We put you and your experience in the driver's seat.
Schedule a time to learn more!
Private and Group Consultation Sessions:
3 hours $555
5 hours $899
Guest Speaking Opportunities:
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Dear Friends,
We believe connection and community are essential. Join our calendar of programs or welcome us to lead a workshop or talk for your group!
Group Meditation - Schedule Coming Soon!
Single Drop in $20
10 Pack $120
Private + Group Custom Meditation Sessions and Programs:
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Workshops - Coming Soon:
Where Attention Goes, Energy Flows
5 Keys to Resilience
Growth Mindset
Transforming Anger
Custom workshops also available
Leah Lemelin, CPD, MMI
My life is my message!
Over the past decade plus, my personal and professional path has evolved, par for course is life, within big, beautiful, but-not-always-easy, rites of passage into and through parenthood, transitioning of careers, healing an autoimmune neurological disorder and divorce. My decades of practice as a yogi, mindfulness meditation teacher and labor support and postpartum doula, mentor, educator and leader has brought me into deeper compassion for our unique human experience and a deepening understanding of my professional path of service and what is really needed by all caregivers in important times of change.
I am honored to support you living your life as your message too!
The Heart of Birth proprietary methodology has served hundreds of clients and students in its evolution. I remain committed to optimizing not just what we do, but the heart of how we do it, unique to each of us. I treat the physiological experience of conception through parenting and how we care for this time as an embodied experience of self-awareness, an act of advocacy and a blueprint for the expansive nature of life transitions. I view it as an opportunity to learn about the truth of our intuitive power and cyclical wisdom, evolving from our current western societal standards of disconnection and fear-based narratives, run rampant with stress and anxiety.
Through our work together you will find grounding and empowerment, build resiliency, and transform the accumulated stress with your natural breath, creating space for ease, here and now. I believe there is no one right way to experience this time, only the way you are experiencing it. The best teachers, coaches, mentors and doulas point you to rediscover your own inner guidance as you rebirth yourself time and again. I invite you pause the regularly scheduled program, safely and courageously step into your inner experience and live into the direction of your dreams during this important time.
I am deeply honored and grateful to to be with you on the path.
“Our time together was transformational. Leah helped me trust my body more, feel calmer, and more present with what I was experiencing. It was deeply supportive and prepared me in a way I didn’t even know I needed or was possible. I can’t thank her enough for guiding me into myself so I could remember my own agency, power and strength in all of it.”
— BRANDELYN N., CLIENT
In-person and remote options
Our office is conveniently located on Chicago’s north shore, in Evanston, IL, serving the entire metro area. Looking for support elsewhere in the world? No worries – we’ve got you covered with virtual care options.