The Doula Business Guide: How to Succeed as a Birth, Postpartum, or End-of-Life Doula

The landscape for doulas is ever changing, growing, evolving. Patty Brennan's new 4th edition of The Doula Business Guide provides freshly updated resources and insights into the business side of being a birth, postpartum, or end-of-life doula. From simple beginnings to entrepreneurial success, doula businesses evolve, step by step. Learn how to: choose the doula business model that is right for you, set your fees and communicate effectively with clients about money, create the basic infrastructure components of your business, build your client base, embrace online marketing establish and maintain professional boundaries with clients, protect yourself from liabilities unique to doulas, establish and fund a nonprofit doula program, and more! Note to International Doulas: While the bulk of topics covered in this book are applicable to doulas worldwide, variable cultural practices, laws, and government agencies will be evident to the international reader, especially related to specific topics such as taxes and corporate structure. In the new 4th edition, these topics are flagged to alert doulas practicing outside the USA that further exploration specific to their location is needed. As a growing number of end-of-life doulas are pioneering new approaches to compassionate support at the end of the lifespan, there will be many who can benefit from Patty’s guidance. She shows both new and seasoned doulas how to manifest their dream of serving families and make their living engaged in work they love. “Lest it sound daunting, this book is an enjoyable read! Patty’s honesty, conversational tone, humor, instructive stories, and obvious expertise carry you through each chapter. She shares pearls of wisdom gleaned from years of experience with many types of doula practice. This book is more than an excellent guide to business, but also a guide to the high road for each of us and to growth for the entire doula movement.” — Penny Simkin, co-founder of DONA and prolific author
ASIN: 1735080268
VSKU: DBV.1735080268.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Brennan, Patty
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!