Robin Elise Weiss, PhD, MPH, LCCE, CLC, AdvCD(DONA)

Katie Shannon, CNM, on her path from grad school to a home birth practice in the DC metro area, business building, burnout, and being queer in midwifery.

Hillary with Jen Chandlee, postpartum doula trainer and educator, on doula diversity, myths about overnight postpartum work, and decades of experience supporting families.

Amanda Chandler on becoming Indiana’s first licensed Black CPM in 2018 and Kentucky’s first in 2020, and what closing rural hospital OB units means for her practice.

Spela Peternel, PhD, on the unexpected path from biomedicine to doula leadership and what years of specialized study taught her about community impact.

What does doula work look like in Istanbul? Hillary with Ayşegül Boz Baltacı on her work in Turkey and within the European Doula Network.

Hillary with Ania Freitas, a doula originally from Madeira, Portugal, now based in Belfast, on her path into birth work and postnatal care across cultures.

Episode Summary If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing all the things and still not getting inquiries, the problem probably isn’t your skills or your passion. It’s that you’re not tracking the right information to know what’s actually working. In this episode, Hillary and I sit down again with Darcy Sauers, who started in corporate

Hillary with Elizabeth Mosley on trauma-informed care, doula certification, and the policy challenges in maternal health that need birth professional voices.

Hillary with Debbie Mitchell of the European Doula Network on collaborations across DONA, ICEA, and Red Mundial de Doulas, and the doula corner project.

Hillary and Robin on rebranding a birth business without losing sleep over it, networking, refreshing visuals like logos, and tools that make the work less painful.