Your Business is Not a Hobby – Part 3

{This is the third installment in this series. Go here to find Part 1 and Part 2.} In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we discussed business basics and about the importance of constructing our businesses in a professional manner and how that helps establish us as the...

Your Business is Not a Hobby – Part 2

{This is the second installment in this series. You can read Part 1 here.} Why should you treat doula work like a business? It would be easy enough to only accept cash and never pay taxes and not have to deal with any of that stuff.  It might be easy, but it wouldn’t...

Your Business is Not a Hobby: Part 1

As birthworkers, we genuinely care for our clients. We are energized when we teach about labor. We love to share information that we know can make a huge difference in how our clients experience pregnancy and birth. We are with clients in some of the biggest moments...