5 Tips to Level Up Your Doula Business

It’s the start of a new year and it’s time to level up! Leveling up means moving from one plateau …

Scope of Practice vs. Code of Conduct

According to the American Medical Association, Scope of practice “Scope of practice refers to those activities that a person licensed …

10 Yrs Ago, We Had a Baby!

In the realm of compassionate support and empowerment, a decade ago, a journey of remarkable significance began. We conceived! Ten …

Canadian Doulas Scammed

Imagine being so desperate for connection, validation, and compassion that you fake not one but countless pregnancies and losses so …

Vaccine Hesitancy – To Vaccinate or Not

With decisions come consequences… The definition of the word consequence is: “a result or effect of an action or condition.” …

Starting a Doula Agency – 5 Tips

Starting a doula agency is likely much less complicated than you’d imagine. When we think about doing something we’ve never …

5 Reasons to Teach Childbirth Classes

#1 – Teaching Childbirth Classes offers an easily scheduled stream of revenue! If you work full time, or you’re a …

Become a Childbirth Educator

The ProDoula Childbirth Education Certification allows you to become a childbirth educator while focusing on options, connection, and opportunity. Birth …

What is a Doula Prenatal Visit?

Don’t let the doula prenatal visit overwhelm you! You’ve taken your doula training and you’ve found your first client! Excitement …

ProDoula Benefits – Did You Know?

ProDoula benefits are the things that attract our global membership and we wanted to be sure you were aware of …

Doula Training During the Pandemic

Doula Training During the Pandemic? Things feel so uncertain right now… Industries have changed, recommendations on seeing friends and family …

ProDoula Official Statement on In-Person Doula Support – COVID-19

Dear Birth Professionals: The attached letter regarding in-person doula support and COVID- 19 has been made available for you to share with your network of …

Virtual, Interactive, Live Doula Trainings

Distance Learning During Social Distancing! As we all navigate the COVID- 19 pandemic, many of the things we do on …

Support for Doulas During Covid- 19

At ProDoula the health and well-being of our fellow birth professionals, their families, their clients and their businesses are our …

Doula Support and COVID-19

Providing doula support during the COVID-19 pandemic is bringing some new challenges for birthing families and in turn, the doulas …

When Should You CALL Your Doula?

You’re having a baby and you’ve hired a doula. Good for you! You likely hired that doula to mitigate as …

Brand New Doula, I’d Pick You!

An idea has been created in the birth world that the person you should hire as your doula should be …

ProDoula membership Benefits

ProDoula Membership Benefits : 1. Your public profile (including your photo, a link to your website and contact information) displayed …

Can I Shadow a Doula, Is That a Thing?

As a seasoned doula and doula trainer, I hear it asked all the time… Can I shadow a doula, is …

Postpartum Doulas 6 Weeks, Months, Years?

Ok, let’s get something straight about Postpartum Doulas. There is no magic number of days, weeks, months or even years …

Balancing Doula Work and Family Life

If you’re doing doula work and you already know me, you have likely asked me this question: “What’s the formula …

The Doula Payment Plan

By now we are all well aware that hiring a doula is an expense that can be difficult to fit …

How Can I Doula With No Experience?

I have been a postpartum doula for over three years now – I have supported nearly 100 families and spent …

Doula Speaks Out, Doula Speaking Engagements

More doulas than I can count find themselves in a full panic at the idea of speaking publicly about the …

I’m A Doula – How Do I Find Clients?

The #1 question a new doula asks is… how do I find clients? You’ve heard that old saying about when …

Doula Business, The Best Communicators are the Best Listeners

After taking a doula training, one of the first things on any new doula’s mind is how to find doula …

Networking and Other Scary Stuff we do for Business

So you’ve finished your doula training and you are now a Pre-Certified Doula. Congratulations!!! Oh, and one other thing: You …

Doula Business? Nobody in my area knows what a doula is…

I hear it a lot: “I can’t grow my doula business because no one in my area even knows what …

Why the Warm Chat Works

Have you ever found yourself stuck in a line at the store or the bank? All the time, right? There …

Doula Training Was Awesome! Now What?

Have you taken a ProDoula doula training recently? Yeah? I remember that sense of excitement. All of the new possibilities! And …

I Teach Childbirth Education – I’m a Birth Expert!

When I meet aspiring doulas I’m asked how to get into this work, and my answer is simple… Teach Childbirth …

5 Steps to Building a Marketing Campaign

There is no doubt that building a marketing campaign is a tedious process. However, when we organize it as a …

What I Didn’t Learn About Money…

I, Deb Pocica, love to talk about money. It’s such a taboo topic…money. But, who better to talk about it, than …

Your Doula Business – Marketing Musts

You just took a doula training and it was amazing! Your doula business has not been built yet but you are …

6 Reasons I’m an IC for a Doula Agency

When I first became a doula, I started as an independent contractor with an agency. I was newly postpartum, and …

5 Things to Remember Before a Doula/Client Interview

1) There is no such thing as too much information! Potential clients ask questions. They want to know 3 things …

How Much Do Doulas Make?

When someone decides to become a doula, they are completely focused on supporting families in birth and/or on the postpartum …

Doula Insurance Discount

The ProDoula Home Team would like you to know that they are working hard for you! CM&F Group recognizes your …

12 Hour Language

Would you work for 40 hours for the same rate of pay you would 12? I wouldn’t either. In fact, …

Hospital “Credentialing” For Doulas? Yea or Nay?

Where do I sign? Agreeing to hospital standards does not prevent me from providing physical, educational and emotional support to …

Don’t Hire Randy Patterson as Your Business Consultant

That’s right, do NOT hire me… If there is any chance that you will quit! Do not give me your …

Postpartum Doula? What? Why? And How to Become One.

Randy: So Debbie, you came into doula work in I think, sort of a unique way. Why don’t you share …

Doula Business Advice… Where Do You Turn?

In the last couple of years, many doulas have realized for the first time ever that the work they do …