Recently I blogged about the Top 10 Mistakes New Doulas Make – this week I’m countering with a top ten list of things you should do if you want to be successful in your doula practice. 1. They value themselves Successful doulas know that their work is valuable, and have confidence in their work. If …
Doula work and business work are very different skills. Sometimes the same person has talent in both, but often those who have natural inclination for the nurturing of doula work struggle with making it a sustainable business. Since the DONA training provides little, if any, business advice, and the organization that does do business advice, …
I was watching a video the other day with advice for photographers who just graduated with a degree in photography, and it struck me how much the advice was also applicable to doulas just starting out after doing their training. So with some adaptation, and a huge hat tip to Chase Jarvis, here are three …
Let me introduce you to Annie and Penny. They are new doulas who met in the same doula training and live in the same city. They have a lot in common; similar family size, around the same age, and their husbands even have the same occupation! They hit it off and decide to back each …
