Archive for November 2013
Experienced Doulas–Call For Submissions for Doula Anthology
What do you wish you’d known when you were a beginning doula? This anthology, tentatively titled Round the Circle: Experienced Doulas Share What They Learned the Hard Way, brings together experienced and well known doulas who are eager to share with a new generation of doulas what they learned the hard way. The idea is…
Read MoreTherapeutic Touch, A WellPregnancy Continuing Education Workshop for Birth Professionals
Want to incorporate more therapeutic touch techniques into your work with laboring women or your childbirth classes? WellPregnancy’s guest instructor Heather Birch, LMT, specializes in pregnancy and labor massage at her practice, Insight Therapeutic Massage in Concord and Epsom, NH, and is a doula and the mother of seven. Heather is excited to share with…
Read MoreTop Twelve Ways to Market Your Birth Business by Julie Brill, CCCE, CLD, CAPPA Faculty
Publicity, like laundry is never done. Do something every day to promote your business. Create an elevator speech that briefly describes what you do, so you can explain to people quickly the nature of your business. Practice saying it out loud until it flows easily. Be positive about yourself and what you have to…
Read MoreTop Ten Reasons to Take a WellPregnancy Training
1. You will be able to turn your passion for birth into skills that will support perinatal families. 2. You will be ready to work for positive change one motherbaby at a time. 3. You will be giving yourself the gift of a new career. 4. You will be working with Julie Brill, CCCE, CLD…
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