Eli Lawliet (he/him) is a full-spectrum support provider for those questioning, exploring, or transitioning their gender. As a tarot reader and spiritual explorer, he uses trans identity as a lens for interfacing with the sacred. Eli is also an academic, with a PhD in anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he studied the intersections of trans identity, spirituality, and activism.
I knew I had to talk to Eli from the first moment I saw his professional title: The Gender Doula. (As some of you may know, I describe myself as a Tarot doula on my own website.) The concept of a “doula” is, essentially, a person who walks with you as you do the difficult work of transformation. It’s a uniquely powerful type of relationship - and, as Eli and I discuss, it’s a type of support that pretty much everyone will need at some point in their lives, even outside of the context of birth and pregnancy.
Tarot reading starts at 19:40.
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1.2: ...with Eli Lawliet (aka The Gender Doula)