With a passion for community birth, Gabe proudly serves central North Carolina as one of its most experienced doulas
I take a holistic approach to my work and value the complexity of the layers that affect our well-being.
My practice is inclusive of the body, mind, and emotions. I approach each client with the awareness that we are shaped by our past experiences, families of origin, and our environment. Through this lens, I am able to better understand the influences and unique needs of a family throughout the childbearing year. I believe in the importance of creating physical, mental, emotional & spiritual safety for all birthing bodies. I appreciate and serve the unique individual lived experience of birthing folks.
Holistic Doula Support $2500 (Limited availability)
My holistic doula support is crafted for birthing folks who want:
✔ A truly connected, grounded, embodied pregnancy
✔ Trauma-informed, nervous-system nurturing birth preparation
✔ Deep emotional and spiritual support
✔ Somatic tools to support a physiological birth
✔ A guide who can hold complexity with compassion
✔ Postpartum care rooted in ritual, rest, and restoration
✔ A doula who honors intuition, autonomy, and your sacred process
If you crave depth, presence, and a level of support that goes beyond the standard doula model — you’re in the right place.
My holistic approach weaves evidence-based birth education with somatic grounding, intuitive guidance, and nervous-system nurturing—so you feel held, prepared, and connected to your power at every phase of your journey.
This is not standard doula care.
This is sacred, integrative, body-led support for the person who desires depth, safety, and unwavering presence.
Consultations for Birthing folks
Starting at $150/Hr
Your consultation can include any of the following:
• Birth planning + physiologic birth preparation
• Preparing for home birth or hospital birth
• Processing past trauma or loss
• Somatic grounding for fear release
• Interventions + informed decision-making
• Anxiety support
• Induction questions
• Comfort measures
• Partner involvement
• Navigating unexpected changes
• Postpartum planning
• Birth processing after a difficult experience
• Nervous system regulation & support
• Connecting with your intuition
Nothing is off limits. You bring what’s on your heart. I hold space, guide, and support you.
Holistic, trauma-informed, nervous system centered support from anywhere in the world.
Pregnancy can feel overwhelming — not because you’re doing anything wrong, but because you’re carrying so much physically, emotionally, mentally, and energetically at once.
A Virtual Doula Consultation gives you a steady, grounded guide who can help you clarify your options, regulate your nervous system, reconnect with your intuition, and move through pregnancy with ease and support — no matter where you are.
This is not a generic “ask a doula anything” call.
This is deep care. Embodied wisdom. Soul-level support.
Holistic Birth Education
A gentle, intuitive childbirth preparation path rooted in embodiment, physiology, and nervous system literacy.
Birth education doesn’t need to overwhelm you with information.
It should deepen your connection to your body.
It should bring you home to your intuition.
It should help you feel safe inside yourself.
Inside my educational approach, you’ll learn:
The physiology of birth in simple, grounded language
Nervous system + somatic tools for labor
Positions, comfort measures, and breathwork
Partner support techniques
How to create emotional, physical, and spiritual safety
Decision-making + autonomy
Advocacy and communication skills
What to expect in each stage of labor
This is wisdom-focused, whole-body teaching. Your birth deserves softness, clarity, and empowerment.
Holistic Birth: Online Self-paced Education
Coming soon!
These classes are available as private sessions
Holistic Birth: Hospital
Holistic Birth: Homebirth & Birth Center
Downtown Pittsboro, 10am-4pm. $450
Comfort Measures: Deep Dive
Downtown Pittsboro, 3 Hours, $250
Upcoming Classes:
Comfort Measures: Deep Dive, January 3, 1-4pm
North Carolina Birth Center, Chapel Hill
This class is a deep dive into comfort measures and techniques for the birthing time. Whether you are a birthing person, partner, or a doula, this class will take you on a journey of exploring the senses and the way our body and mind interpret our environment and how to access safety within our system. This class will offer practical tips & tools for supporting physiological birth. $200/couple or doula
Holistic Birth: Homebirth & Birth Center
This class is Childbirth Education with an emphasis on supporting physiological birth in out of hospital settings.
Downtown Pittsboro. January 10, 10am-4pm. $300
6 Hr Immersion. Including handouts and hands on practice. Includes Anatomy & Physiology, Progression of Labor, Birth Mindset, Informed Consent, Hormones, Common Interventions, Comfort Measures & Support, Immediate Postpartum. Covers your childbirth education needs, including how to navigate transfers.
Holistic Birth: Out of Hospital
Same class as above, Chapel Hill location.
North Carolina Birth Center, Chapel Hill
February 15 or March 21, 10am-4pm. $300
“MY HUSBAND AND I LEFT THE CLASS FEELING MORE CONFIDENT AND GROUNDED. THE ENVIRONMENT GABE CREATED MADE IT EASY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TRULY LEARN WITHOUT JUDGMENT. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS COURSE TO ANYONE CONSIDERING A HOME BIRTH OR WANTING A MORE MINDFUL, EMPOWERED APPROACH TO BIRTH PREPARATION.”
“Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life”. ~Ina May Gaskin
Gabe Lazarus, CD, CPD, HCHD (she/her)
Chapel Hill Holistic Birth Educator, Doula & Coach
My Credentials
CERTIFIED HOLISTIC BIRTH DOULA
DONA TRAINED BIRTH DOULA
HYPNOBABIES® HYPNO-DOULA
Certified Holistic Postpartum Doula
CERTIFIED REIKI PRACTITIONER
BENGKUNG BELLY BINDING
UNC-CHAPEL HILL OR TRAINED
REBOZO (Gena Kirby Method)
BREASTFEEDING BASICS
ACUPRESSURE FOR PREGNANCY & BIRTH
WHEN SURVIVORS GIVE BIRTH
HOLDING SPACE FOR PREGNANCY LOSS
TENS UNIT
Pregnancy Coaching
PERSONALIZED CARE AND GUIDANCE THROUGH THE CHILDBEARING CONTINUUM. PREGNANCY COACHING OFFERS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO DIG DEEP INTO THIS MAJOR LIFE TRANSITION WITH A TRUSTED GUIDE. I’LL ASSIST WITH TRANSFORMATIVE TOOLS FOR REGULATING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND HELP YOU TAP INTO YOUR OWN INNER WISDOM.
1:1 COACHING FROM 4+ MONTH PACKAGE OPTIONS WITH BIMONTHLY VIDEO CALLS & SO MUCH MORE.
As your Holistic Pregnancy Coach we will set goals and intention to consciously move through the childbearing year. This process is largely guided by your own inner wisdom regarding what would best serve you. I will help create the container and guide you in the ways that will best support your experience.
Guide you through a grounded and connected pregnancy
Prepare you for your desired birth experience.
Support you in discovering your own power and reclaiming your own sovereignty.
Support you in getting clear on who you actually want in attendance of your birth
Deepen your trust in your body’s wisdom
Confront & Release fears
Dismantle pregnancy/birth myths & reframe your birth mindset
Find grounding & safety within your body
Strengthen your intuition & confidence in your body’s ability to birth your baby.
Bengkung Postpartum Belly Binding $200
The ancient postpartum ritual that gently “holds” you, honoring the sacred work your body has done.
An in home tutorial that includes Bengkung batik wrap and a PDF companion .
Reiki Healing
$150/90 min session
Prepare for birth with a nervous system that feels safe, soft, and centered
“We are so happy we hired Gabe to be our doula. My wife was pregnant with our first baby and trying for a natural (as possible) childbirth was important to both of us. Pre-labor, Gabe met with us multiple times and helped elicit our hopes and goals for the birth, and create a birth plan. She provided helpful (and visually pleasing) materials on natural methods to induce labor. She has a can-do, confident attitude which helped ease our anxiety going into the labor process.” ~ Will (First time dad)
I have been working in the birth world for over a decade serving families in all birth settings. I weave my connection to the natural world & respect for the sacred feminine rhythms into my practice. infused with warmth and grounded with a respect for the innate wisdom & medicine that is contained within the womb of every birthing body, I meet each client wherever they are in their journey, with compassion, experience & intuitive guidance.
Digital Guides & Comfort Items
DIGITAL GUIDES AND TEACHINGS THAT BLEND ANCIENT WISDOM WITH MODERN HOLISTIC SUPPORT.
ACCESSIBLE, NOURISHING, AND ROOTED IN AUTONOMY.
Let’s work together.
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