I use self-hosted WordPress for all my websites, and I love the added functionality that comes from Plugins! Since today is “Thank a Plugin Developer Day” I thought I would highlight a few of my favorite Plugins: I use Ninja Forms from The WP Ninjas for all my forms across all my sites. It’s easy …
Being SMART in setting goals can be really good, but reaching your goals take more than just setting them. You need to carry them out! So when I read an article on how college students can use a SMART acronym to improve their study and practice, my mind started spinning and thinking about how the …
I first wrote this article over a decade ago for the Savvy Birth Doula (now Inspired Birth Pro. I’m updating it and expanding it here for a new audience! For the first five years I was in business, my doula business finances were a mess! I was getting plenty of births, but I had no …
I’d been a doula for a while, yet struggling to market myself. This was in the late 90s and before it was common for small businesses to have web sites. I printed lots of brochures and business cards, and took them all over town to various midwives’ and doctors’ offices. I posted flyers. I talked …
It’s been at least a decade since I first heard of the concept of birth doulas with different ways of looking at the job, and it has been an interesting concept to consider as I’ve come to know other doulas and mentor new doulas just starting it. I feel it can be a useful concept …
