Transformative Support for the Utmost Transformation 🦋
Neri Life Choma, M.A
Labor Doula and Coach, Childbirth Educator, Doula Trainer
As I celebrate 25 years as a birth worker, I am filled with a deep sense of accomplishment and reward. I am passionate about what I do and dedicated to supporting you on your perinatal journey.
I'm a relationship-based practitioner. I provide client-centered care that relies on active listening and transformative coaching strategies. I facilitate clarity, confidence, and autonomy by integrating transformative coaching strategies into our perinatal conversations. As your perinatal coach and doula, I help you foster a positive mindset and self-trust, and help you overcome fear by turning it into confidence creation.
I aim to help you cultivate a sense of agency that will go beyond childbirth into parenting your kids and advocating for them.
From Fear Reaction to Confidence Creation
Congratulations on your pregnancy!
You’re embarking on a transformative journey in a rapidly changing world, evolving into the AI era. This can be an overwhelming experience, or...
You could get empowering support, walk this passage with courage, and look toward the future with a smile. I'd love to offer my support!
With 25 years of experience supporting many couples and training doulas, I'll successfully implement doula support skills, transformational coaching strategies, and extensive knowledge as your doula and perinatal coach.
We will focus on your beliefs, wishes, values, and needs. I'll boost your confidence so you can make decisions and take steps toward your desired experience with autonomy and internal authority. We will also practice labor support techniques tailored to your unique needs.
I'll empower you to become the expert in what’s right for you and your baby. Together, we’ll create a satisfying, and deeply fulfilling path to parenthood. Let’s make this journey one of growth, strength, and joy.
MY SERVICES
HANDS-ON LABOR DOULA
Starting at $3,500
insurance approved
- 4-6 prenatal coaching sessions, and additional sessions as needed
- Access to my audio-visual guide (see below) and any resources and referrals needed
- Limitless emails, phone calls & texts
- On-call 24/7
- Continuous hands-on support throughout your childbirth
- Informing and advocating
- One postpartum home visit
VIRTUAL LABOR DOULA
Starting at $2,000
insurance approved
- 4-6 prenatal coaching sessions, and additional sessions as needed
- Access to my audio-visual guide (see below) and any resources and referrals needed
- Limitless emails, phone calls & texts
- On-call 24/7
- Continuous virtual support throughout your childbirth
- Informing and advocating
- One postpartum home visit
PERINATAL COACHING
6-Session package for $1,000
insurance approved
- Discovering your beliefs, values, motivations, strengths, and challenges to gain clarity of your desired journey.
- Implementing field-specific coaching strategies and exercises to increase your confidence and help you overcome fears and personal challenges
- Amplifying your internal authority
- Writing affirmations
- Practicing mindfuleness and support tools
- Developing your sense of autonomy and self-advocacy skills
About Me
I'm a mother to three amazing girls and happily married to a juggler who transitioned into a software engineer.
I love spending time with my family and our sweet Goldendoodle, Punk, at the beach. My preferred vacation would be exploring a new city I've never been to. I practice yoga and meditation regularly. Labor support tools are my life support tools. Once a week, I visit the art studio for a mixed media class.
My Experience
Over the past 25 years, I have been honored to support and educate countless expectant individuals while directing two birth resource centers. I am also the founder of the Birth Coach Method, a groundbreaking approach to integrating coaching strategies into perinatal support.
I lead every client through a series of prenatal conversations to learn about their desired experiences and motivations, beliefs, strengths, challenges, fears, past experiences, and circumstances that may impact their perinatal journey.
My audiovisual guide, Practicing for an Active Birth, introduces many coping techniques you can practice regularly at home (See below).
In addition, I'm committed to building the bridge between doulas and medical caregivers and have earned the accreditation of the California BRN to train nurses.
Learning & Community
- Doula and Childbirth Education Training
- Hypnotherapy at HTI, Marin County California
- Transformational Life Coaching, Sophia Univ. Palo Alto
- Spinning Babies with Gail Tully
- NLP with Dr. Matt and The Empowerment Partnership
- Published The Art of Coaching for Childbirth and Practicing for an Active Birth (audiovisual guide)