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Doula Income Series – Putting it All Together

Doula Business Income Planning Doula Income Series – Putting it All Together This is our third and final post as part of our series on Doula Business Income Planning. Today we are tying together all of the factors we researched and looking at things like annual salary, yearly bonuses, and

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Doula Income Series – Looking Beneath the Surface

Doula Income Doula Income Series – Looking Beneath the Surface This is part two of our series on Doula Income. Today we’re getting deeper into the data, looking at aspects of your income that may sometimes be overlooked by doulas. Things like; doula insurance costs, paid prenatal visits and consultations,

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Doula Income Series - How to Make Money as a Doula

Doula Income Series – Which Path is for You?

How to Make Money as a Doula Doula Income Series – Which Path is for You? We’re launching a two-week series on Doula Income. It’s a common question from doula students, how much can I earn in this line of work? There are several factors that can play a role

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Top 5 Reasons to Leave Your Office Job Behind

Top 5 Reasons to Leave Your Office Job Behind It’s amazing how many of our students here at Doula School had an office job prior to starting birth work. While some of us may thrive in an office setting, for others, the Monday to Friday routine in a small cubicle

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Top 5 Reasons to Become a Doula

Top 5 Reasons to Become a Doula

Top 5 Reasons to Become a Doula Everyone gets into birth work for different reasons. While each person’s journey is unique, there are a few common threads we see here at Doula School. It could be the flexible hours, doing something you love, being your own boss, working with newborns,

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Stefanie's Latest Podcast Interviews

Stefanie’s Latest Podcast Interviews

We’ll often get the question from potential students “where can I get a deeper understanding of doula and birth work?” While reading about birth work is a great way to familiarize yourself with the day to day life of a doula, there is still nothing like a long form interview.

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A Day in the Life of a Doula

A Day in the Life of a Doula The first thing you should know about a normal day in the life of a doula is that there is no such thing as a normal day in the life of a doula. Postpartum soup-making, poring over birth books, and capturing the

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A positive belly birth: Andrea’s story

A positive belly birth: Andrea’s story I didn’t know Andrea before she hired me. As someone who tends to leave things to the last minute (and get away with it) I laughed to myself when I read her email – “I blinked and now I’m in my third trimester! I’d

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4 Ways My Doula Training Transformed My Pregnancy

4 Ways My Doula Training Transformed My Pregnancy By Monica Carr, ASY Alumni At the start of this year, riding on the coattails of freshly declared resolutions, I signed up for Awakened Spirit Yoga’s online doula and prenatal yoga teacher training. My top-ranked goal for the year—to conceive—motivated me. I

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Yoga Poses for Back Care during Pregnancy & Postpartum

Yoga Poses for Back Care during Pregnancy & Postpartum By Alexa Rittichier, Prenatal Yoga Facilitator & Doula A SHORT DAILY ROUTINE FOR PREGNANCY & THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD Low back pain affects a large portion of the pregnant and postnatal population. Often pregnancy can lead to imbalances in the body that

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Different Stages of Labour – Birth Work Education

Yoga Poses for Back Care during Pregnancy & Postpartum You’ve probably seen the Holistic Childbirth Educator program on our website and wondered exactly what it is! It’s a special program where we help those with an interest in yoga AND birth become a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator. For many of

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Doula School Alumni: Coffee with Karen

Doula School Alumni: Coffee with Karen

   Sometimes you meet someone and it just clicks. It has been my experience that the most professional doulas (and the ones with the largest hearts) are those who embrace each other; fostering a sense of camaraderie and forging long-standing friendships along the way. All of the above can be

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Business for Doulas and Birth Professionals

12th day – future of doula

https://youtu.be/khRUypEmD3Q On the 12th day of Doula School my Trainer Gave to Me…. 8 thoughts on the future of the doula profession (video) About: Stefanie

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