How can you evaluate something you don’t know? We can’t work to improve or grow something without a starting place. So your stats are your starting place. That data helps you know how to grow, where to grow, what to focus on. A goal or dream without direction can’t possibly go anywhere! Your doula business can grow and thrive. Your business can grow, but first we need to know where it is right now.

Every doula business is birthed differently. There are a variety of ways to grow your business and make it the business of your dreams. Today’s guest, Ciarra Morgan is here to share with us how she has grown her business faster than many folks do by taking brave action! 

I will continue to say it until I’m blue in the face. We need outside perspectives on our businesses to help us thrive! Whether that’s because we don’t have all the ideas or because we haven’t walked this out yet and feel a touch stuck. Today we are diving into that again. Because, dear doula, you need it! 

Marvene Young is our guest today on the podcast. She is a Doula who serves the families of Chippewa County. Her own birth and postpartum experiences drove her to this work along with her background in nursing and a desire to heal generational trauma wounds in her community. 

Your doula business needs you to dream big and also set big, bold goals and make STEPS to actually achieve said goals. These are both important and absolutely not the same. Listen today to get you started dreaming and goal-making both. Then go sign up for the Dec 6th workshop!! 

Your Doula Business can truly THRIVE! It doesn’t need to be small. There are doulas out here changing the world and making good money as they do it and those two things are both beautiful and good! Jodi is an amazing example of this in her business and progression through her doula business.

In your doula business it’s vital to take a step back and reflect on the year—what went well, what didn’t, and where there’s room to grow in your doula business. In today’s episode, we’re diving into the importance of reviewing your business metrics, spotting the wins and challenges, and using these insights to set yourself up for success in 2025. If you’re ready to get focused, intentional, and strategic for the new year, I’ve got just the thing for you: a two-hour, interactive workshop where we’ll do this exact process together. Let’s set the stage for your strongest year yet! 

Doulas all operate slightly differently. They start from different places for different reasons. So I’m highlighting that in a few upcoming episodes by speaking with some doulas about why they do this work and how they do this work and what motivates them! Listen to learn more! 

Almost every business has a plateau at some point. The main choice in a plateau is whether you stay there in a slump or move forward and grow again. Growth can sometimes require some new strategy, some new guidance and some new intentions. Listen today to see if your business is in a plateau and needs to have a jump start.

In this perinatal space it is vital to have more care that is all encompassing from fertility/pre-conception through postpartum. Tara White is our guest doula today and is talking about her work on a project named the Pentapartum Project. Tune in to hear her passion about this project and how it’s impacting lives for the better.

As a doula I want you to protect and plan for your business just like we teach our clients to protect and plan for their birth and postpartum time. Strategy and intention is how we prepare, it's how we buffer. It’s how we build strategy and resilience into our businesses. If we do not prioritize our own resilience our businesses will suffer for it. 

Doula Business Coaching is not just a fancy, unnecessary thing. It is specifically designed to grow you and your business using the expertise of a doula who’s been there done that many times over! It’s not about making you into me and my business, but it is about helping you grow using tools I know to work and not making you figure that out on your own! 

We ALL need people outside of ourselves for help, encouragement, and strategy in our businesses. As a doula I’ve been on the giving and receiving side of this! It is vital and life changing. Tune in today to hear how this could impact your business. 

When Doulas consider adding additional services to their businesses it is usually along the lines of other services for their same clients. Jaely Turner is our guest today and she is breaking down her work with Birth Story Medicine and why it’s a helpful part of her doula/birthwork business! 

Today we're going to talk a bit about active listening and why this matters a lot in doula consultations. Not every prospective client needs to hear the same thing from you in a doula consultation! Because of that active listening helps you to really hone in on what to highlight about your work and your experience to connect with them more authentically from the beginning. 

Touch and forms of massage are powerful tools doulas can use in their work. Today we are joined by Massage Therapist extraordinaire, Laura Wurst (who also happens to be a doula!). Laura will share how incorporating touch as a doula can change your clients’ experiences for the better. 

Confident Doula Business Owner bad asses unite! We are out here in the wild killing it in our businesses. If you want to show up to your business and for your clients with boldness and confidence listen to today’s episode! 

Building your doula business to survive is a theme in today’s episode. Grinding and building fast because you have to and getting things started are all things we touch on in this episode. I’m joined by the amazing Bianca Spauge of Bebo Mia and she’s sharing all sorts of doula wisdom that you won’t want to miss! 

Sometimes doulas need to say no; a lot more than we do actually! Today’s episode is all about client red flags and when to turn people down. Knowing what your absolute “no” situations are will help you do this, but also we need to think through HOW to say no before doing it impulsively! Tune in to learn more.

Today we are talking with Jennifer Walking of Spinning Babies about how their programs and approach can add to doulas’ work and businesses! "You know, how a baby arrives earthside matters and you have to raise human beings. I mean, this is a crazy job. Isn't it important that whenever we can, that you arrive at that point of meeting them, feeling powerful, feeling seen, feeling heard, and that the baby can arrive feeling safe, because otherwise we spend the rest of our lives trying to heal that."