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 …

Breastfeeding – A Mental Health Hazard

I never realized that the second hand on a clock made so much noise until shortly after my son was …

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 …

When I Was a New Doula – Part 1

When I was a new doula, I learned about attunement. Let me take you back to the beginning. I was …

The Season of Commitment…

Everyone is hustling and bustling right now and all I from friends and family members is what they ABSOLUTELY MUST …

Economic Privilege and Doula Certification

The quote in the image attached to this article came across my feed the and caused a ripple in my …

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 …

Sounds of the Pandemic

My senses are heightened by the sounds of the pandemic. I’m on high alert. The intensity of it all literally …

Confirmation Bias; A Detriment to Doulas

Let’s talk about confirmation bias. Confirmation bias plays a big and unfortunate role in the doula community. Its existence often …

Well Informed Pregnancy Caused Anxiety and Panic

We all know that well informed pregnancy can lead to great decision making and an empowered birth. After all, the …

Doulas, Rockstars, and Back Stage Passes

Time and time again, doulas say, “My client was an absolute ROCKSTAR during their birth!” and the rest of us …

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 …

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 …

10 Tips for an Abundant Day

Here are my 10 tips that will hopefully become new habits for you. If they do, you will start feeling …

A Day in the Life of a Doula

It’s 4am when the phone rings and you assume it’s the alarm. Wait, the alarm clock? The fire alarm? Your …

Doula Training Photos! <3

What you should expect at your Doula Training! Take a Doula Training! Become a Doula! Earn your Doula Certification!…

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 …

A Doula Trainer’s Resignation

I quit. For real. No, it’s not click bait. I actually quit. I’ve been a doula for 9 years. I …

The Loss of a Child…

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What I learned From ProDoula

The skills that I have learned from ProDoula have changed me. They have changed me as a person, as a …

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 …

Maternal Mental Health Emergencies – Doulas, Are You Prepared?

Maternal mental health emergencies. I am a postpartum doula, not a birth doula. So my phone usually doesn’t ring at …

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 …

Cookies Equal Accountability and Self Esteem

I became a mom and there were two things that mattered more to me than anything else when it came …

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 …

New doula has necessary skills to provide support

“Baby Doula” Turns “Big Girl Doula” Overnight!

“But I’m just a baby doula!” These were the words that I practically wailed to myself as I packed up …

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 …

The Doula Empath

As doulas, many of us are drawn to this work to give compassionate, supportive and loving care to our clients. …

Pssst… New Doula, I’m Talkin’ to You

I hear it all the time. New Doulas doubting themselves when they talk with me, because I have been doing this …

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 …

“New School” Doulas: A Paradigm Shift

I’ve been a doula for a long time. During my 19 years in this work, I’ve taken trainings from a …

I Question Your Support

WHO, WHAT, WHEN OR WHY? Imagine how much we could learn about our clients if we asked them to put …

No Means Try Harder

That was the message, right? Over and over again the message was repeated. They heard it loud and clear. The …

Randy Patterson Quits

I quit. There. I said it. In my lifetime I have quit far more things than I stuck with and …

I Was Really a Doula!

Once upon a time I managed an amazing and flourishing OB/GYN private practice. It was there that I met this …

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 …

Who Hires a Male Doula?

While the word doula is on its way to becoming commonplace, it’s not quite there yet, and people who do …

Randy’s Closing Words

What are you conditioned to believe? Today we end the Share The Vision 2016 ProDoula Conference year and we begin …

5 Things I Know About Being a ProDoula

1) Strong people being supported by strong women ProDoula is run by amazing, strong, supportive women. Therefore, it attracts amazing, …

Vulnerability; The Sign of Self Acceptance

I was sitting in my living room with one eye on my laptop and the other eye on the TV. …

When You Let Me Hold Your Baby

It’s Mother’s Day and I am honored to have supported you as you birthed your baby. Your baby was presented …

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 …

When You Become a Doula, You’ll Understand

“I’m sorry honey, but I can’t do this anymore.” My partner was sitting next to me in the car. We …

ProDoula Builds Confidence?

I’ve invested a lot of time and money in learning to like myself. Individual therapy. Self help books. Group therapy. …

Become a Doula but Get Over Yourself… It’s Not About You

This week I had the opportunity to speak with a very seasoned doula from another doula certification organization. We had …

I Am a Doula and Sole Provider

I am a doula. A pretty damn good one, I might add, who’s been integral in bringing this profession to …

Decisions. Research. Opinions. Judgments.

It is the doctor or midwife’s priority to focus on “healthy mother, healthy baby. It is the doulas priority to …

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 …

She Made a Hell of a Meatloaf…

When asked what I do for a living, sometimes I say I’m a doula and sometimes I describe what a …

Don’t Puke Birth on the Ones You Love

Last week you were not a doula and this week you are. You had a deep desire to become a …

Why We Call Our Clients “Rock Stars”

Let’s start with what we don’t mean! We don’t mean that while you were birthing your baby, you wore black …

What You Should Know Before You Become A Doula

Becoming a Doula 101 Become a doula and when you tell people what you do for a living, you’ll get …