by Robin Elise Weiss, Ph.D. | Jan 8, 2020 | Birth Doula, Business, Childbirth Education, Podcast
Andrea Hewitt is the owner of East Nashville Doulas in Nashville, TN. She’s a doula and childbirth educator. She talked with Hillary about deciding that having a doula agency was the right move for her business and how she knew. They talk about her three...
by Hillary Melchiors | Jan 1, 2020 | Birth Doula, Business, Childbirth Education, Communication, leadership, marketing
Theodore Roosevelt famously said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” Humans use comparison all the time to better themselves, and there are ways of doing that effectively too. I honestly wonder what old Teddy would think of the myriad ways we have to...
by Robin Elise Weiss, Ph.D. | Nov 20, 2019 | Birth Doula, Childbirth Education
Somedays I spend so much time worried about my clients or tied up in thinking about ways to improve the system that I stop to stop and think about all of the really neat things I’ve seen in my career. So, in no particular order, here are some changes I’ve noticed in...
by Hillary Melchiors | Nov 18, 2019 | Birth Doula, birth stories, Communication, Connections, Doula, Podcast
In this special bonus collaboration episode Hillary talks to Sara Pixton from the Birth Words Podcast! We got the chance to meet Sara at a recent conference and had a total fan moment as we have been listening to her podcast with great interest. She could not have...
by Hillary Melchiors | Nov 13, 2019 | Birth Doula, Cesarean Section, Childbirth Education, Podcast
In this episode of The Birth Geeks Podcast, Hillary interviews Dr. Theresa Morris about cesarean birth in the United States. You can also hear a lot about some really cool research on the topic from a variety of viewpoints. They discuss the defensive nature or...
by Hillary Melchiors | Nov 6, 2019 | Birth Doula, birth stories, Business, Childbirth Education
My birthday is coming up, and I have a serious love of books. I’ve been poking around looking for newer books that I might be interested in checking out, and this is my short list! Ok, it isn’t that short, but I LOVE to read and I really feel like this...
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