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

Andrea Hewitt on running a doula agency, the skills she carried in from her life before birth work, building an inclusive business model, and more.

Robin and Hillary on running a year in review for your birth business, what data to share, what to keep private, and the trick to tracking what you actually want to track.

Dr. Robbie Davis-Floyd on the medical model of birth, doula and childbirth education’s role in outcomes, why questioning obstetrics feels risky, and mentorship.

Robin and Hillary on the basics of bias in research, common forms and how to guard against them, plus Hillary’s birth story and a few tech tools for tracking key dates.

Hillary collaborates with Sara Pixton of Birth Words on three ways to communicate better in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, including pronouns, nouns, intention, and power.

Hillary and Dr. Theresa Morris on cesarean birth in the US, the pressure on labor nurses, and how birth professionals can help shape and change policy.

Robin and Hillary on the questions new doulas ask, the ABC Expo in Las Vegas, how to change policies, triage, and a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Lots of laughs.

Award-winning director and producer Cris Cunningham on the kinds of video that actually help a birth business stand out and convert.

Dr. Amber Price, CNM on cross-specialty collaboration, what birth workers can do to improve birth wherever they work, and how disrespect for the birth process spreads on social media.

Hillary geeks out with Dr. Vanessa Hildebrand on birth anthropology, research in Indonesia, what anthropology says about childbirth education, and three cultural competence basics.