It’s interesting to me the way that there has come to be a divide in the doula profession. There are those who view their work as a doula business, and those who are horrified at the idea of doula work as a business. I recently read this short article on hospital work that has inspired …
I’ve already highlighted two other scams doulas might face: The I’m in Labor! scam and the I’m Moving There! scam Today I’ll address another common scam, this one is the “exclusive listings” scam. It might come as a phone call, it might come as an email. Either way it goes like this: We’d like to …
Last week I wrote about one scam affecting doulas: The I’m in Labor Scam Today I highlight a very different type of scam, this one is out to get your money! It looks something like this: Hello! My wife and I are looking for a doula in your area for our baby due this summer. …
It’s hard to understand what the motivations are, but there’s a time wasting scam that’s been running around the doula world for about 25 years and counting. The scammers are not out to get your money, they are out to waste your time and possibly lure you into a graphic conversation for their own pleasure. …
I wanted to start 2016 off with lots of energy and I had some great ideas of what I wanted to do. But I also had a huge backlog in my head of things I wanted or needed to do first before I could start implementing new things. So January wasn’t as productive or energetic …
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