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Founder of Empowered Doula Services| Black Midwives of Tennessee | Community-based Doula| Student Midwife| Maternal Health Advocate & Co-Published Author, Co-Curated the Knoxville Black Maternal Health Conference( 2023-2026).

08/19/2026

THE CALLING IS OPEN!

Something I’ve been building and praying over is officially becoming real, and I’m excited to open enrollment for the Empowered Doula Mentorship — The Calling!

“The Calling Tier” is a 3-month virtual mentorship experience beginning October 1, 2026, created for doulas who are ready for continued support, growth, confidence, and intentional development in their doula journey.

But remember—you have to start with “The Initiated Tier”

The Initiated is OPEN NOW and can be completed before The Calling begins.Once you complete The Initiated, you’ll be ready to step into The Calling.

And because it’s 100% virtual, you can join from anywhere!

The Initiated → The Calling
Your next step starts here.

Visit to learn more: https://www.empowereddoula.services/mentorship-pathways

07/22/2026

New season, new availability!

I am now accepting (doula clients) for the remainder of 2026! Whether this is your first birth or your fourth, you deserve continuous, compassionate support throughout your journey. Limited slots available — don’t wait! 🤍

September • October • November • December

Link in bio to book your consultation or visit www.empowereddoula.services

07/07/2026

Doulas matter.

Meet Crishawna ( CriShawna Miles ) — a certified doula in our community currently serving as a backup doula for me! She’s not quite in mentorship with me yet, but that season is coming, and I couldn’t be prouder to help bring more awareness to the incredible birth workers around us.

Our last prenatal visit with this family went beautifully — hands-on comfort measures, birth ball support, all the little things that make a family feel held and ready.

It feels good to use my platform to pass down knowledge and shine a light on other doulas ready to serve. If you’re in our community and looking for support, go show Crishawna some love and follow along — she’s accepting clients!

Passing down knowledge. Building up the village. That’s what this work is about🤍👏🏾

07/01/2026

Ohio, you have my heart. This is my second family I’ve had the honor of supporting this June as a student midwife — and I am truly in awe of this journey.

From the sacred preparation of herbs for a lotus birth, to holding space during labor, to completing newborn exams — this work continues to humble and fill me all at once.

None of this would be possible without my amazing preceptor Amariee , who continues to pour into me and guide me through this sacred journey. I am so grateful to learn alongside you.

Two families. Two births. One month. I am beyond grateful.

Ohio is beautiful and so is the life that was brought earthside here. 💗🤲🏾

06/25/2026

Nobody tells you that birth work doesn’t pause for moving day.

Packed an entire house, loaded a U-Haul with 3 kids, AND completed a placenta encapsulation all in two days. This is what being called to serve really looks like. 🥹🤲🏾❤️

Tired but look forward to settling in my new place and zip code( in knoxville). Rest of the June I’ll be recharging and slowly unpacking as I’m on call for two more births for July.

06/16/2026

Yesterday, Ohio. Today, Tennessee.

Drove to Cincinnati for a midwife client prenatal, woke up this morning headed to Harriman, TN for a birth doula prenatal visit.

This is birth work. It doesn’t punch a clock, it doesn’t stay in one zip code, and it never stops being worth it.

I’ve been quiet on here lately, but the work has been LOUD. More soon🥰👏🏾

05/05/2026

My chapter is out NOW and I’m still pinching myself.

Black Womb Care and Nutrition: The Knot That Will Not Untie Itself — Chapter 10 in Voices from Appalachia: Medical Mistrust in Appalachia, published by University of Tennessee Press

This chapter traces the full arc — from how Black women’s bodies became subjects of medical control, to the so-called “heroes” of White medicine who built their legacies on our suffering, to what it actually looks like to come back home to ourselves.

Sankofa. Look back so we can move forward.

1 in 4 Americans don’t trust their doctor. In Appalachia — in our communities — that number tells a much deeper story. And 75% of maternal deaths in Tennessee are preventable. I wrote this because silence is not an option.

This is my contribution. My voice. My first publication. And it’s just the beginning. A special thank you to editors Wendy Welch & Beth O’Connor for this opportunity and for creating a space where these voices — our voices — deserve to be heard. 🤲🏾

Get the book — https://a.co/d/0auIaEAP

04/25/2026

Hands on. Heart in. This is the work. 🤲🏾
Breech training in SpringHill, TN — adding another critical skill to my toolkit on this journey to becoming a licensed midwife. And what made it even sweeter? Sharing the space with two incredible Black midwives who I’ve known and grown with along the way. This is what community looks like. This is what the future of Black midwifery looks like.

A very special shoutout to Tiara-Lady Wilson — your financial donation to my midwifery registry made this training possible. This is what community support looks like in action. I am deeply grateful. 🙏🏾💜

Breech Without Borders

04/18/2026

This isn’t an ending — it’s a transition✨

Over the past four years, serving as co-curator of has truly been an honor. Creating spaces for families and birthworkers, advocating for our community, and pouring into this work with my whole heart — I am so incredibly proud of what has been built.But growth calls you forward. And when it does, you have to be willing to listen.

So today, I’m announcing that I will be stepping away from my role as co-curator of Knoxville Black Maternal Health as I step fully into my next chapter — becoming a licensed midwife here in Tennessee.

This decision comes from a place of growth, alignment, and honoring what I know I’m being called to do next. As a traveling student midwife, I carry the weight and responsibility of sitting in the space between maternal life and mortality — and that calling requires my whole self.

For me, this moment feels like a graduation.
A stepping forward.
An expansion.

And while my role may be shifting, my commitment to this community will never change. I will always show up, always serve, and always advocate for maternal health — just in a way that reflects where I am now.

I believe in moving with integrity.
I believe in choosing alignment over attachment.
And I believe in allowing yourself to evolve — even when it requires change.

To every person who has supported this work, poured into it, and grown with us — thank you. From the bottom of my heart.I move forward with peace, clarity, and a full heart.

Growth will always require change — and I’m choosing to honor that, fully.

Sincerely, Alexis

04/06/2026

There’s something powerful about being in rooms where Black birth workers are learning, pouring, and building together.

I pulled up to Kentucky to support my sis tiffany ( ) as she has trained doulas — and wow… what an honor it was to witness her walk fully in her calling. The same way she shows up for others, I was grateful to show up for her. That’s real sisterhood.

It was also a pleasure connecting with .grant_ , who poured so much wisdom into the space throughout the day. This is what true collaboration looks like — knowledge being shared, seeds being planted, and the next generation of birth workers being equipped.

Grateful to have been welcomed in and trusted to add my expertise to such a powerful training. This is how we reclaim. This is how we build. This is how we continue the legacy. ✊🏾

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