Mindful. Conscious. Family Led.
Providing Breastfeeding, Postpartum Care, and Education.
About Candice
I have been living and breathing all things birth since I was asked to attend my first birth over 15 years ago.  Through studying birth with traditional birth attendants, midwives and doulas I have gained a great respect for true physiological birth. I feel a deep innate knowing of the undisturbed birth process.  As an extension of my birth work I organically began supporting breastfeeding. Eventually, I became someone who midwives and other doulas called on to help families with feeding challenges. This role meant I spent a lot of time in people's homes unintentionally acting out the role of a postpartum doula. I enjoyed my time with families postpartum but until I had my own babies I didn't fully understand the importance of supporting someone through the postpartum period. Suddenly what I had always known, respected, and held space for I felt first hand. I now understood what it meant to be a sleep deprived anxious new parent. Acts of service for postpartum families now hold the same weight for me as attending people during birth does. Perhaps even more since it is so under supported. I love serving families while they are find their footing and consciously creating their bonds to one another. - Candice Johnson, Owner
Breastfeeding
My approach to breastfeeding is wholistic. I will work with you and your baby through the days, weeks, or even months as you find your way. My presence in your home will initially be over a few hours, observing feed(s), sleep, baby's behaviour, and the overall wellness of you and baby. I will bring my education and intuition as a breastfeeding counsellor, wrapped up with my training and skills as a postpartum doula. I am not a lactation consultant. I highly respect the amazing lactation consultants in our community and refer to them when their expertise are needed.
Cherish is inclusive of all genders and family make ups.
Postpartum

20% of women are reported to experience a postpartum dis-ease or condition of mental health. Knowing this stat is based on self reporting we can only assume the rate is actually much higher. Postpartum care should not be a luxury, it is a necessity. Your health is your baby's health, and healing happens with extended rest and support.
We have lost our village, and with it so much wisdom and knowing about how to be with new parents as they unfold themselves.
Postpartum care covers many tasks, it would be impossible to list them all, but you can think of me coming into your home as a member of your village. What would the people in the village do for a new family to support them? I will tend to these acts of service while bringing my training, education, and intuition for this period of life to your family.
"It takes a village to raise a child." Cherish is inclusive of all genders and family make ups.
Education For Doulas
Wise Woman Way of Birth Postpartum Doula Training

Upcoming dates:
2025 Course date: Wednesdays October 15th - November 19th 6:30pm - 9:00pm (Pacific)
Cost: $550 (Canadian) or $400 (U.S.)
6 Classes Live on Zoom, assignments and materials on Google Classroom.

This is the final postpartum doula course offered in our current format, as we are transitioning to a new teaching model. Please note that this class will be recorded for future use, and all participants must consent to being recorded.

Description:
This course is designed to support your journey in accompanying families through the tender, transformative months following the birth of a baby. Rooted in a holistic approach to postpartum care, it explores every facet of the “fourth trimester”—from foundational skills like infant feeding and soothing, to a deeper understanding of the physical, emotional, and energetic changes experienced by the postpartum person.

You’ll learn how to nurture the entire family system, offering grounded, compassionate presence during a time often overlooked by our modern structures of care. Postpartum Doulas play a vital role in easing this transition—fostering breastfeeding success, strengthening family bonds, and reducing the risk of postpartum mood and anxiety disorders.

As awareness of the importance of postpartum care grows, the demand for skilled, heart-centered Doulas is rising. Whether you’re called to this work or simply curious, we invite you to join us in reclaiming the sacredness of early parenthood.

Please email if you need more information or to register click here.
candice@cherishchildbirth.com