Birthworker Podcast — The Business Podcast for Doula Entrepreneurs

What if I told you there is a technique to support your doula clients not only during their birth and postpartum period…but for the rest of their lives?

In this episode, Clare Burgess and I will be talking about using hypnotherapy in the birth space and beyond.

Moms already have everything they need to have a successful birth, but hypnobirthing techniques provide additional valuable tools to help manage stress, anxiety, and fear, both in and out of the birth room. 

Clare is a Cognitive Hypnotherapist and anxiety specialist with years of experience helping clients manage stress and become free from anxiety. She also offers personalized hypnobirthing and specialist pregnancy hypnotherapy using the Confident Childbirth method.

Press play so you can learn how to support your doula clients for years beyond the birth room.

Follow Clare Burgess on Instagram @clareburgess_coaching

Visit Clare Burgess’s website: www.clareburgess.co.uk/ 

Resources mentioned:

>> Hypnobirthing International, The Mongan Method

>> Mindful Hypnobirthing by Sophie Fletcher

Ready to turn your passion for birth into a crazy successful doula career? I’ve got you. Click here and join me inside Birthworker Academy.

Check out this episode’s full show notes or read the transcript at www.birthworker.com/9 or follow along over on Instagram @theautonomymommy or @birthworkerpodcast

If this episode lights you up, I’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. After you review the show - snap a pic and upload it here - and I’ll send you a little surprise as a thank you.

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Additional Resources You'll LOVE...

If you're not a doula yet, but you're feeling the call to birthwork... download my FREE Birthwork Blueprint E-book for aspiring doulas!

Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram at @birthworkerpodcast for more. 

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Are you ready to support your doula clients using the most powerful tool on your belt?

In this episode, I am joined by my favorite author, Henci Goer. We are chatting about the impossibility of unbiased maternity care, and what you can do as a doula to help.

To put it lightly, mainstream obstetric research can be… dodgy. It rarely takes into account the mother’s well-being and is highly motivated by control, economic gains, and legal protection. 

Putting the research into mom’s hands will give her the confidence to make evidence-based decisions during her birth experience, and give her a better chance at the birth outcome she has envisioned.

Henci is an acknowledged expert on evidence-based maternity care, an award-winning medical writer and an internationally known speaker. Her most well-known book is “Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities,” which is used and referenced widely across the childbirth community. 

If you’re tired of hearing doctors push their non-evidence-based opinions, then you’ll wanna listen up!

Visit Henci Goer’s website: http://www.hencigoer.com/ 

Resources mentioned:

>> Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities by Henci Goer 

>>The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer

>>Optimal Care in Childbirth: The Case for a Physiologic Approach by Henci Goer 

>>Childbirth U: https://childbirth-u.com/ 

Ready to turn your passion for birth into a crazy successful doula career? I’ve got you. Click here and join me inside Birthworker Academy.

Check out this episode’s full show notes or read the transcript at www.birthworker.com/8 or follow along over on Instagram @theautonomymommy or @birthworkerpodcast

If this episode lights you up, I’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. After you review the show - snap a pic and upload it here - and I’ll send you a little surprise as a thank you.

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Additional Resources You'll LOVE...

If you're not a doula yet, but you're feeling the call to birthwork... download my FREE Birthwork Blueprint E-book for aspiring doulas!

Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram at @birthworkerpodcast for more. 

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Are you ready to STOP letting prospective doula clients fall through the cracks because you’re disorganized on the back end of your doula business?

If you’ve been wondering how to systemize the onboarding of a new doula client (and turn more consultations into PAYING clients) then get out a pen and paper, this one’s for you.

In this episode, I’m walking you step-by-step through my ENTIRE “client onboarding process” and sharing all of my secrets along the way.

We’re covering everything from the initial consultation with a prospective doula client all the way through the moment they sign the contract. 

Press play so you can learn how to turn strangers into doula clients without dropping the ball or complicating the process.

Resources mentioned:

>> Get a look behind the scenes at ALL of the tech, tools, and systems I use to run my doula business!

>> Check out AirTable here: birthworker.com/airtable

Ready to turn your passion for birth into a crazy successful doula career? I’ve got you. Click here and join me inside Birthworker Academy.

Check out this episode’s full show notes or read the transcript at www.birthworker.com/7 or follow along over on Instagram @theautonomymommy or @birthworkerpodcast

If this episode lights you up, I’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. After you review the show - snap a pic and upload it here - and I’ll send you a little surprise as a thank you.

Your feedback helps this podcast grow and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you!

 
Additional Resources You'll LOVE...

If you're not a doula yet, but you're feeling the call to birthwork... download my FREE Birthwork Blueprint E-book for aspiring doulas!

Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram at @birthworkerpodcast for more. 

If these topics light you up, please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. 

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Are you ready to help your doula clients stop blindly relying on pharmaceuticals and instead, get to the root cause of their pregnancy and birth symptoms?

In this episode, Sapna Matharu and I will be talking about how doulas can use homeopathy from pre-conception through postpartum.

Traditional pharmaceutical medicine treats singular, specific symptoms with medications that act as a crutch, masking the symptoms temporarily. Whereas homeopathy looks at the person holistically and triggers the body to heal itself and return to its normal function.

Sapna Matharu is a qualified homeopath and educator who specializes in fertility, pregnancy, and birth. She hosts several different workshops and courses for birthworkers, new moms, expectant moms, and women who are trying to conceive.

Press play to learn how to best help your doula clients, all the way from conception through postpartum, without relying on harmful pharmaceuticals.

Follow Sapna on Instagram @the_wild_homeopath
Visit Sapna’s website: www.thewildhomeopath.com

Resources mentioned:

> Watch “The Business of Birth Control”
> Register for Sapna's upcoming workshop, Homeopathy for Birthworkers.

Ready to turn your passion for birth into a crazy successful doula career? I’ve got you. Click here and join me inside Birthworker Academy.

Check out this episode’s full show notes or read the transcript at www.birthworker.com/6 or follow along over on Instagram @theautonomymommy or @birthworker.podcast

If this episode lights you up, I’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. After you review the show, snap a pic and upload it here, and I’ll send you a little surprise as a thank you.

Your feedback helps this podcast grow and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you!

 
Additional Resources You'll LOVE...

If you're not a doula yet, but you're feeling the call to birthwork... download my FREE Birthwork Blueprint E-book for aspiring doulas!

Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram at @birthworkerpodcast for more. 

If these topics light you up, please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. 

Your feedback helps this podcast grow, and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you!

Are you looking for a way to make your doula business stand out from the other million doulas out there?

Today you will learn how to create content online that easily attracts your perfect clients. You’re gonna want to stick around for this one. 

Get ready to learn how to attract the perfect audience to your offers. Yup, we’re diving into the 5 content platforms that – when you follow the tips in this episode – will leave you with more in-person doula clients, more e-book buyers, and more online course students.

If you’re tired of posting on social media without seeing an increase in consultations or clients, then you wanna listen up!

Resources mentioned:

>> Click here to check out my FAVORITE tool, AirTable (it’s free!)
>> Download my free resource: 13 tools I use behind the scenes to save me and make me money!

Ready to turn your passion for birth into a crazy successful doula career? I’ve got you. Click here and join me inside Birthworker Academy.

Check out this episode’s full show notes or read the transcript at www.birthworker.com/xyz or follow along over on Instagram @theautonomymommy or @birthworkerpodcast

If this episode lights you up, I’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. After you review the show - snap a pic and upload it here - and I’ll send you a little surprise as a thank you.

Your feedback helps this podcast grow and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you!

 
Additional Resources You'll LOVE...

If you're not a doula yet, but you're feeling the call to birthwork... download my FREE Birthwork Blueprint E-book for aspiring doulas!

Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram at @birthworkerpodcast for more. 

If these topics light you up, please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. 

Your feedback helps this podcast grow, and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you!

How can you help your doula clients feel comfortable advocating for themselves in an environment that pushes total compliance?

In this episode, Dr. Stuart Fischbein (from Birthing Instincts) and I will be talking about the many issues within the hospital model of care.

It's no secret that there are large systems of power in the hospital system, which is why many doctors keep their heads buried in the sand when they see unethical policies put in place. 

Dr. Stu has been a practicing OBGYN for the last 34 years. He advocates for informed decision-making and specializes in natural birth for VBAC, twin, and breech deliveries. 

He founded The Woman’s Place for Health, Inc., a collaborative hospital-based practice of Certified Nurse Midwives and Obstetricians in Ventura County, California. He co-authored the book, “Fearless Pregnancy, Wisdom & Reassurance from a Doctor, a Midwife and a Mom.”, and has appeared in several documentaries, including: “More Business of Being Born”, “Happy Healthy Child”, “Reducing Infant Mortality”, and “Heads Up: The Disappearing Art of Vaginal Breech Delivery”. 

Dr. Fischbein also runs “The Birthing Instincts” podcast with midwife Blyss Young, where they discuss evidence-based decision-making in birth. 

If you’re tired of overreaching hospital policies, then you might want to listen up!

Follow Dr. Fischbein on Instagram @birthinginstincts or visit his website: http://www.birthinginstincts.com

 
Resources mentioned:

Watch Candace Owens’s “A Shot in the Dark”

Check out The Highwire with Del Bigtree

Watch the “Why Not Home” documentary

Look through Paul Thomas’s research 

 
Ready to turn your passion for birth into a crazy successful doula career? I’ve got you. Click here and join me inside Birthworker Academy.

Check out this episode’s full show notes or read the transcript at www.birthworker.com/4 or follow along over on Instagram @theautonomymommy or @birthworkerpodcast

If this episode lights you up, I’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. After you review the show - snap a pic and upload it here - and I’ll send you a little surprise as a thank you.

Your feedback helps this podcast grow and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you!

 
Additional Resources You'll LOVE...

If you're not a doula yet, but you're feeling the call to birthwork... download my FREE Birthwork Blueprint E-book for aspiring doulas!

Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram at @birthworkerpodcast for more. 

If these topics light you up, please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. 

Your feedback helps this podcast grow, and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you!

Have you ever thought, “I want to be a birth doula, but how the heck can I be on-call when I have my own babies at home?!”

I had to make an episode on this topic simply because of the number of times that I’ve heard, “I’d love to be a doula, but I can’t because I breastfeed my baby… have a newborn… I cosleep… etc…”

Yes, I’ve heard it all a million times… and yes, I’m here to tell you that there are plenty of ways to build a doula business when you have your own babies at home! 

So, if you want to make birthwork your full-time career, then listen up because we’re going to dive into 7 ways to you can make birthwork sustainable when you have your own kids to take care of. 

Resources mentioned:

FREE GUIDE: 12 Ways to Make Money as a Doula Without Being On-Call 24/7

Ready to turn your passion for birth into a crazy successful doula career? I’ve got you. Click here and join me inside Birthworker Academy.

Check out this episode’s full show notes or read the transcript at www.birthworker.com/3 or follow along over on Instagram @theautonomymommy or @birthworkerpodcast

If this episode lights you up, I’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. After you review the show, snap a pic and upload it here, and I’ll send you a little surprise as a thank you.

Your feedback helps this podcast grow and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you!

 
Additional Resources You'll LOVE...

If you're not a doula yet, but you're feeling the call to birthwork... download my FREE Birthwork Blueprint E-book for aspiring doulas!

Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram at @birthworkerpodcast for more. 

If these topics light you up, please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. 

Your feedback helps this podcast grow, and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you!

Do you believe it’s possible for birth doulas and OB-GYNs to *actually* get along?

In this episode, Dr. Nicole Rankins and I will be talking about how doulas and OB-GYNs can work together with respect and collaboration.

The data is *crystal* clear that having a doula during labor immensely improves birth outcomes… but sadly not all physicians are supportive of doulas. 

In this episode, we dive into why OBs and doulas need to stop trashing one another and focus on supporting the woman giving birth through productive conversation. 

The best thing we can do for our clients is to connect on a human level first. 

Dr. Nicole Rankins is a practicing OB-GYN who supports advocacy and empowerment in childbirth. She runs a top-rated podcast called “All Things Pregnancy and Birth” where she discusses supportive, evidence-based information, as well as stories from parents and moms-to-be. 

Nicole also has an online course that helps moms prepare for birth and understand the importance of advocating for the birth experience they want.

Press play so you can learn how to best support your clients, without clashing with care providers.

Follow Nicole Rankins on Instagram @drnicolerankins or visit her website at drnicolerankins.com

Resources mentioned:

The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho

The Untethered Mind: On Buddhist Teachings, by Silas Day

Nicole’s Birth Plan class: https://drnicolerankins.com/birth-plan/ 

9 Tips for Choosing the Right OB Doctor: https://drnicolerankins.com/episode150/ 

Wanna learn 12 ways to make money as a birth doula without being on call? Check out this free resource right here…

Ready to turn your passion for birth into a crazy successful doula career? I’ve got you. Click here and join me inside Birthworker Academy.

Check out this episode’s full show notes or read the transcript at www.birthworkerpodcast.com or follow along over on Instagram @theautonomymommy or @birthworkerpodcast

If this episode lights you up, I’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. After you review the show, snap a pic and upload it here, and I’ll send you a little surprise as a thank you.

Your feedback helps this podcast grow and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you!

 
Additional Resources You'll LOVE...

If you're not a doula yet, but you're feeling the call to birthwork... download my FREE Birthwork Blueprint E-book for aspiring doulas!

Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram at @birthworkerpodcast for more. 

If these topics light you up, please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. 

Your feedback helps this podcast grow, and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you!

Have you ever wondered how to grow a sustainable doula business beyond just supporting births in person?

If you’ve been curious about how to have a bigger impact in the birth community (and make more money at the same time…) then get out a pen and paper, this episode is for you!

Before you listen, take a second to think about your favorite birth educators and influencers… because what you’re about to learn in this episode is something that ALL OF THEM are doing.

That's right, we are diving into the 4 totally different ways to build a burnout-proof career as a birthworker, so you won’t ever have to quit and go back to your other job.

Press play so you can learn how to set yourself up for a successful doula business from day one.

Check out this episode’s blog post at www.birthworker.com/blog or follow along over on Instagram @theautonomymommy and @birthworkerpodcast

Ready to turn your passion for birth into a crazy successful doula career? I’ve got you. Click here and join me inside Birthworker Academy.

If this episode lights you up, I’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. After you review the show, snap a pic, upload it here, and I’ll send you a little surprise as a thank you.

Your feedback helps this podcast grow and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you!

 
Additional Resources You'll LOVE...

If you're not a doula yet, but you're feeling the call to birthwork... download my FREE Birthwork Blueprint E-book for aspiring doulas!

Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram at @birthworkerpodcast for more. 

If these topics light you up, please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening from. 

Your feedback helps this podcast grow, and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you!