In 1984, Giuditta Tornetta experienced a painless childbirth, delivering her daughter at home, with the support of a midwife, meditation, and hypnosis tools. This riveting experience inspired her to dedicate her life to helping women understand and embrace their power within.
Giuditta is a contributing editor for Los Angeles Family Magazine, with her monthly column “Ask Doula Giuditta”, and her work has been published in over 100 articles in Las Vegas Family Magazine, the Wet Set Gazette, Mothering Magazine, and Sheknows.com, DivineCaroline.com, Hotmomsclub.com..
In 2008 she published Painless Childbirth: An Empowering Journey Through Pregnancy and Birth(Cumberland House Publishing 2008 available internationally on amazon.com and everywhere books are sold) and excerpts from her book have been featured in Mother Magazine in the U.K. Mothering Magazine, Parenting Magazine, DivineCaroline,com, Hotmoms.com, Sheknows.com, About.com, BellaOnLine.com, SelfGrowthHealth.com. She has also been featured as a prominent vendor at Babies R UsS, in Los Angeles, CA...
In 2014 she published her second book Conversations with the Womb. "I wrote this book in an effort to reach out to all women," she says of her second book, "not just pregnant moms. I felt the need to help women young and mature on their journey through the most important rites of a woman's life." In Conversations with the Womb, Giuditta explores the rites and rituals related to the menses, sexuality and procreation, birth and self-care in the postpartum phase, and how to prepare and embrace menopause. In 2017 After teaching Loving The Mother widely successful workshop lead by Giuditta and CNN Hero Robin LIm, all over the world, she launched her first workshop Conversations With The Womb The 4 Phases of the Feminine and their Magic inspired by her second book.
As a speaker, Giuditta has been featured at Kaiser Permanente Hospital ‘s “Women & Children’s Health Service Line Operation Team Meeting.” As well as UCLA Medical Center during their OBGYN team meetings.
Giuditta has been a guest of several radio stations and was recently featured in the popular radio show “Community Focus” on K-Mozart, 105.1 FM, in Los Angeles, on Contact Radio with Gina Cloud, and The Rolanda Watts Show – Greenstoneradio.com.
In her home town of Los Angeles, California, through education, compassion, practical as wells as emotional support, Doula Giuditta teaches new parents how to decipher the newborn’s vocal and body language.
Giuditta is a certified birth and postpartum doula, lactation educator, clinical hypnotherapist, and an author. She is a member of Doulas of North America (DONA), and of the Doula Association of Southern California (DASC). Giuditta received certification from UCLA as a Lactation Educator and is a member of the Breastfeeding Task Force in Los Angeles. She teaches worldwide a workshop called “Loving the Mother” with midwife Robin Lim, CNN 2011 Hero, who has received the International Alexander Langer Peace award. Her techniques were publicly displayed through her television appearances on TLC Property Ladder (birth expert), Newborn Rescue(Discovery Channel). Giuditta is presently featured on TLC’s Bringing Home the Baby television show as the ‘baby expert.” Recently, she was also interviewed on Time Warner’s “Things to Consider.” All of which can be seen on her website and on youtube.com.
While Giuditta is best known as a writer, workshop leader and producer, she is also a passionate voice for women. She founded the nonprofit organization JoyInBirthingFoundation providing free or low cost doula services to families who cannot afford them, as well as free childbirth education, baby care and lactation support.
Today, Ms. Tornetta’s website, JOYINBIRTHING.COM, is ranked as one of the top websites of the industry, receiving nearly four million visitors per year. Her web presence is exhibited in over 20 page references in any search engine. Giuditta has been spreading her message for gentle birth, and healing the womb to different cultures around the world by leading workshops on loving the Mother and Healing the Womb in Bali and Europe as she is fluent in four languages.