by Hillary Melchiors | May 20, 2020 | Birth Doula, Business, Childbirth Education, Podcast
In this 30th episode of the podcast, we talk about our recent experiences teaching childbirth education and doula trainings online as well as attending our first virtual birth with a client. We talk about the pitfalls of too many virtual meetings, the dents that are...
by Hillary Melchiors | May 6, 2020 | Birth Doula, Connections, Doula, Midwife, Podcast, Postpartum Doulas
I was so excited to talk to Erin Underwood this week all about how childbirth professionals can use movement for strength, stress relief, and occupational longevity! Erin is full of fantastically helpful information and I felt like I could talk to her for days about...
by Hillary Melchiors | Apr 22, 2020 | Birth Doula, Business, Childbirth Education, Doula, leadership, marketing, Podcast
In this episode Robin & Hillary talk about how they are fairing at home during social isolation and how they are pivoting their businesses in interesting ways to deal with the pandemic situation at hand. If you are looking for ways to take your doula business...
by Robin Elise Weiss, Ph.D. | Mar 28, 2020 | Birth Doula, Doula, Podcast
This is a special episode of The Birth Geeks with Connie Sultana, BA, ICCE, LCCE, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA). I’m going to be very forthright and tell you that after fighting with the editing software and having multiple glitches – I just hit publish. That means...
by Hillary Melchiors | Mar 25, 2020 | Birth Doula, Business, Childbirth Education, Communication, Doula, leadership, Midwife, Postpartum Doulas
I learned how to drive a stick-shift in my older brother’s very touchy small truck. We drove around his neighborhood with that truck jerking in fits for hours, and my brother was VERY patient with me. This may have been the only time in his life that he was...
by Hillary Melchiors | Feb 26, 2020 | Birth Doula, Business, Midwife
Burnout is real! Burnout is rough. Burnout can be prevented, or at the very least mitigated. I was listening to Madeline Murray’s presentation on Avoiding Burnout in Midwifery at the GOLD Midwifery 2020 conference. I found myself nodding along, and I’m not...
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