The Cancer Doula

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Asking questions about the language, culture, and experience of cancer. I write from my experience as a birth doula, a PhD researcher, a mother, and a survivor seeking an authentic gentle grace for myself and each of you.

About Raven Haymond, PhD

I'm here to support you as you move through diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship. And to help each of us access authentic, gentle grace. Birth doula. Breast cancer survivor. Mother. PhD.

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