Doula Inspiration

This entire category is filled with articles intended to inspire. Feeling down? Wondering what to do to shift gears and refuel? This category will inspire the doula within you to reach the next level and soar to the highest heights. Give back to yourself for all of your hard work with a cup of coffee and 15 minutes of indulging in doula inspiration!

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 …