Episode 66: Katie Shannon, CNM on Burnout and Being Queer in Midwifery

Episode Summary

Katie Shannon is a Certified Nurse Midwife who built her own home birth practice in the DC metro area. The path she walked, from grad school through running a successful practice, came with the usual challenges and a few specific ones that come with being a queer midwife in this field.

We talk about the lessons of building a midwifery business from scratch, how to find your footing when burnout shows up early, and what being queer in midwifery means for both client relationships and professional spaces. Katie does not pretend it is simple.

Useful for nurse midwives building their own practices, for queer birth workers, and for any clinician wondering how to do this work without it costing more than it gives.

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Katie Shannon, CNM in the DC metro area

Home birth practice and midwifery business building

Queer experience in midwifery