In order to have a successful business, it’s important to consider how successful you are in other areas of your life.

In order to help my coaching clients focus on and move toward their goals, I ask them to do a values clarification exercise. Some of you may ask doula clients to do a values clarification exercise to help them become clear on what is most important to them with regard to their upcoming birth. In the same way, clarifying your core values, or the characteristics that mean the most to you in life, can reap the following benefits for you

Let your clients and colleagues know how much you appreciate them during this Thanksgiving season!

Welcome back! I’m go glad you’ve come to visit again. Before you go and get some inspiration,I invite you to subscribe to my RSS feed or newsletter! Thanks for visiting again!A question I hear often is, “Should I put my prices on my brochures and website?”
There are different opinions on this topic. I’ll offer [...]

I’d like to offer a few questions you can ask yourself when determining your prices. In addition to considering the going rates in your local market, your experience, and what you need to make to cover expenses, I challenge you to set aside some time and write out why you are an expert at what [...]

I thought I’d share a list of deductible expenses today for your business. It’s by no means comprehensive, but maybe there are some items that you haven’t thought of.

While browsing the AllDoulas forum this morning I came across a post pleading for site optimization help for her website. I thought I’d share my thoughts and experience/experiments from that post here with you today.

In an effort to provide a forum for women to provide much-needed consumer feedback about OB/Gyns, midwives, hospitals and birth center,the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) unveiled their national rollout of the Birth Survey, an online survey to collect information from women who have had a baby within the last three years.

As soon as you finish your doula training, you should get yourself some business cards. Yes, an eye-catching logo and catchy business name will help to brand yourself, but you don’t need to wait until you have those to let people know you are in business.

In Parts 2 and 3, we explored the spiritual and emotional aspects of the Inner Work of building your birth business. In this final article, I’ll talk about the Outer Work of growing your practice.
The Mental Aspect of Business

Once you have done some of the Inner Work of building your business, you are now [...]