Meet Gabe Lazarus, CD, CPD, HCHD

Chapel Hill Holistic Birth Educator & Doula

I am a single mom, homeschool parent, friend, empath, healer, gardener, artist, educator, and doula…..

I have always been drawn to work that cultivates growth and requires holding space for life’s transitions.

I enjoy being in connection with the rhythms of nature, which led to choosing Environmental Studies/Education as my focus for both undergraduate and graduate school. Both were transformative educational experiences for me and deeply shaped a lifestyle of living close to the Earth.

I have an ongoing love affair with plants and I never feel quite as content as when my hands are in the dirt, creating something beautiful, or “holding” space for healing and transformative experiences.

“ On days I could not move

It was women

Who came to water my feet

Until I was strong enough to stand

It was women

Who nourished me

Back to life. ”

~ rupi kaur

mother breastfeeds newborn in white blanket

I gave birth to my daughter at home, in water, in a yurt in 2008. It was about 20 hours from start to finish and was a manageable, peaceful, positive experience!

A few of my greatest accomplishments

doula stands over laboring mother supporting her

I have attended well over 150 births in the last decade as a professional doula. The first birth I ever attended was that of a friend back in 1999.

Mother and daughter sit together in sunlight

I am a homeschool mom and single parent. I view being a mom and teacher to my daughter as an enormous privilege. She constantly inspires me to be the best version of myself.

 
woman stands in front of flowering tree in North Carolina

I am a passionate gardener with a strong affection for and connection to the healing properties of plants, especially the visual and energetic realms.

yurt in the woods with fabric blowing the wind on laundry line

I lived in a yurt for several years while designing my passive solar home and building a small farmstead where I lived for 14 years.

Embracing the Matriarch

As I enter this next phase of my life cycle, I step across the threshold into my new role as Matriarch, Mentor, and Guide within my community…..

 
 

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