Download or read book The Doula Business Guide Workbook 3rd Edition written by Patty Brennan and published by Dreamstreet Press. This book was released on 2018-12-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of the Workbook is designed for birth, postpartum and end-of-life doulas. It is a great companion to The Doula Business Guide, featuring practical, interactive tools to help you plan, organize and grow your business. Whether you are new to the world of self-employment or are already a seasoned doula business owner, the Workbook is designed to help you manifest your dreams. Get ready to implement! You will find checklists, trackers, worksheets, exercises, questionnaires, strategies, planners and more.The notion that heart-centered work and making money are somehow incompatible, is a false dichotomy. You CAN choose a path of service to others AND thrive financially.
Download or read book The Doula Business Guide 3rd Edition written by Patty Brennan and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-29 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The landscape for doulas is ever changing, growing, evolving. With this new 3rd edition of The Doula Business Guide, Patty Brennan provides freshly-updated resources and insights into the business side of being a doula. As a growing number of end-of-life doulas are pioneering new approaches to compassionate support at the other end of the birth-death continuum, there will be many who can benefit from Patty's guidance. She shows both new and seasoned doulas how to go from dream to reality, step-by-step, and make their living doing work they love. Discover why this book is required reading for a growing number of doulas of all kinds."Lest it sound daunting, this book is a good read! Patty's honesty, conversational tone, humor, instructive stories and obvious expertise carry you through each chapter. She shares pearls of wisdom that she has 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, PT, co-founder of DONA International and prolific author."In her newly expanded Doula Business Guide and Workbook, Patty Brennan continues to dissolve the largest looming barrier for doulas-turning a work of heart into a professional practice. She gently companions readers through a comprehensive overview of launching and sustaining a successful business. Doulas not only learn about the ins and outs of organization and marketing, they learn about themselves-their strengths, fears and goals. I strongly recommend this invaluable resource to all aspiring and practicing doulas!" - Francesca Arnoldy, Program Director, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine's End-of-Life Doula Training and author of Cultivating the Doula Heart: Essentials of Compassionate Care
Download or read book The Doula Book written by Marshall H. Klaus and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More and more parents-to-be all over the world are choosing the comfort and reassuring support of birth with a trained labor companion called a "doula." This warm, authoritative, and irreplaceable guide completely updates the authors' earlier book, Mothering the Mother, and adds much new and important research. In addition to basic advice on finding and working with a doula, the authors show how a doula reduces the need for cesarean section, shortens the length of labor, decreases the pain medication required, and enhances bonding and breast feeding. The authors, world-renowned authorities on childbirth with combined experience of over 100 years working with laboring women, have made their book indispensable to every woman who wants the healthiest, safest, and most joyful possible birth experience.
Download or read book The Doula s Guide to Empowering Your Birth written by Lindsey Bliss and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experienced doula, Linsey Bliss, shows you how to prepare physically and mentally for every element of having a child, from pregnancy to fourth trimester in The Doula's Guide to Empowering Your Birth. Lindsey Bliss, who has assisted as a doula at hundreds of births and is herself a mother of seven, reveals here all the wisdom and advice that doulas share with the new mothers who hire them. The Doula's Guide to Empowering Your Birth covers the period from pregnancy through labor and birth to fourth trimester healing. The focus, however, is on preparing for birth--including topics like how to pick the right childbirth class and the right birthing method. You’ll also see how to assemble the team of professionals, family members, and friends who will support you through labor and birth, and how to approach last-minute decisions about pain medications and cesarean sections. Bliss's tone throughout is at once authoritative and confident as well as warm and encouraging. Her concern in her practice as well as in these pages is to listen to and help secure each new mom's own personal vision of a birthing experience that is safe, fulfilling, and meaningful.
Download or read book Giving Birth With Confidence Official Lamaze Guide 3rd Edition written by Judith Lothian and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a Safe and Healthy Birth… Your Way! Giving Birth with Confidence will help take the mystery out of having a baby and help you better understand how your body works during pregnancy and childbirth, giving you the confidence to make decisions that best ensure the safety and health of you and your baby. Giving Birth with Confidence is the first and only pregnancy and childbirth guide written by Lamaze International, the leading childbirth education organization in North America. Written with a respectful, positive tone, this book presents: • Information to help you choose your maternity care provider and place of birth • Practical strategies to help you work effectively with your care provider • Information on how pregnancy and birth progress naturally • Steps you can take to alleviate fear and manage pain during labor • The best available medical evidence to help you make informed decisions Previously titled The Official Lamaze Guide, this 3rd edition has updated information on: • How vaginal birth, keeping mother and baby together, and breastfeeding help to build the baby’s microbiome. • How hormones naturally start and regulate labor and release endorphins to help alleviate pain. • Maternity-care practices that can disrupt the body’s normal functioning. • The latest recommendations on lifestyle issues like alcohol, vitamins, and caffeine. • Room sharing and cosleeping: the controversy, recommendations, and safety guidelines. • Out-of-hospital births are on the rise: New research and advice on planned home birth, including ACOG’s revised guidelines, which support women’s choices and promote seamless transfer to hospital, if needed. • The importance of avoiding unnecessary caesareans for mother and child. Includes the new ACOG guidelines on inductions and active labor. • The research in support of the Lamaze International’s “Six Healthy Birth Practices,” which are: • Let labor begin on its own. • Walk, move around, and change positions throughout labor. • Bring a loved one, friend, or doula for continuous support. • Avoid interventions that aren’t medically necessary. • Avoid giving birth on your back and follow your body’s urges to push. • Keep mother and baby together—it’s best for mother, baby, and breastfeeding.
Download or read book The Doula Business Guide Workbook written by Patty Brennan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birth, postpartum and end-of-life doulas will find guidance for visioning, organizing, planning and growing their businesses. The notion that heart-centered work and making money are somehow fundamentally incompatible is a false dichotomy. Choose a path of service to others AND thrive financially! Our freshly updated Workbook is filled with practical, interactive tools designed to help you succeed, whether you are just starting out or are already a seasoned doula business owner. You will find a variety of tools to focus your efforts including: checklists, step-by-step instructions, tip sheets, worksheets, exercises, questionnaires, strategies, planners, trackers and more. The Workbook is a great companion guide to our all-new The Doula Business Guide: How to Succeed as a Birth, Postpartum or End-of-Life Doula, 3rd Edition (forthcoming 2019). Get ready to implement your vision. From doula trainer, business expert and author Patty Brennan, owner of Lifespan Doula Association.
Download or read book The Doula Business Guide written by Patty Brennan and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Doula Business Guide, 2nd Edition, is the "must have" comprehensive resource for anyone seeking to establish an independent doula business or doula program. Over 300 pages of inspiration and useful information for launching your dream career and making it pay well. When you invest in this thorough guide, you get Patty Brennan?s 35 years of expertise distilled into one go-to resource.
Download or read book The Doula Business Guide written by Patty Brennan and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The landscape for doulas is ever changing, growing, evolving. Patty Brennan's 4th edition of The Doula Business Guide provides freshly updated resources and insights into the business side of being a doula. As a growing number of end-of-life doulas are pioneering new approaches to compassionate support at the other end of the birth-death continuum, there will be many who can benefit from Patty's guidance. She shows both new and seasoned doulas how to go from dream to reality, step-by-step, and make their living doing work they love. Discover why this book is required reading for a growing number of doulas.
Download or read book Why Did No One Tell Me This written by Natalia Hailes and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of honest advice and inclusive options, Why Did No One Tell Me This? is the funny, personality-filled, illustrated guide to pregnancy, birth, and beyond that modern parents have been waiting for. Pregnancy and childbirth are full of big questions -- what if my baby is enormous? Will my water break naturally? What even goes into a 'birth plan'? How on earth am I going to keep this child alive once it's here? And where do I turn for advice that will really work for me and my life? In Why Did No One Tell Me This? doulas and reproductive health experts Natalia Hailes and Ash Spivak answer these questions and more for today's wellness-focused, intersectional parents-to-be. Drawing on years of experience in their birth doula practice Brilliant Bodies, Natalia and Ash guide readers through the entire process, from the earliest stages of pregnancy to the jungle of postpartum feelings and responsibilities. Bite-sized pieces of advice are interspersed with vibrant illustrations by artist Louise Reimer to break down the doubts and fears that often surround childbirth, empowering readers to explore their own individual needs, know their rights, and find their voice both during and after pregnancy. By addressing common fears, incorporating regular tips for partners, and providing information on a wide array of birth and parents styles, this unique and inclusive guide is the perfect tool for a new generation of parents.
Download or read book Nurture written by Erica Chidi Cohen and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What a gift to new and expecting moms. You have no idea the mountain and rollercoaster you're about to embark on, but Nurture somehow gives you a peek in and gives you essential information to help ground you." –Catherine McCord, founder of Weelicious and One Potato A comprehensive and judgement-free pregnancy companion: Nurture is the only all-in-one pregnancy and birthing book for modern mothers-to-be and their partners who want a more integrative approach. Author Erica Chidi Cohen has assisted countless births and helped hundreds of families ease into their new roles through her work as a doula. Nurture covers everything from the beginning months of pregnancy to the baby's first weeks. This empowering book includes: • Supportive self-care and mindfulness exercises, trimester-specific holistic remedies, nourishing foods and recipes for every month of pregnancy, and expert tips for every birth environment. • More than 40 charming and helpful illustrations, charts, and lists can be found throughout. • Dozens of important topics that every modern mom needs to know including fetal development, making choices for a hospital, home or birth center birth, the basics of breastfeeding, tips on what to expect postpartum, and more. Nurture is an all-inclusive pregnancy and birthing guide book that gives soon-to-be mothers and their partners the information they need to make decisions, feel confident, and enjoy the beauty of creating new life. Nurture is a thoughtful and helpful gift for expecting mothers and their partners. Erica Chidi is co-founder and CEO of Loom in Los Angeles, CA. She began her work in San Francisco, volunteering as a doula within the prison system, working with pregnant inmates. She went on to build a successful doula and health education practice in Los Angeles and has been featured in Women's Health, Vogue, Goop, The Cut and Marie Claire.
Download or read book Palliative Touch Massage for People at the End of Life written by Cynthia Spence and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-12-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the support of palliative care and hospice a growing number of people are choosing the kinds of experiences they want at the end of life. Massage can offer moments of comfort, wellbeing, and beauty at a challenging time for patients and their loved ones, yet most of us are not prepared with the right skills or knowledge to offer this help. Palliative Touch: Massage for People at the End of Life is written for healthcare providers and complementary therapists who wish to provide safe, comforting touch for people with life-limiting illness, as well as anyone who might wish to support a dying client or loved one to live life to the fullest, right up until the end. Based on more than two decades of field and inpatient hospice experience, this book addresses topics from common end-of-life symptoms and the stages of dying to cultural issues and how these can impact end-of-life care. Readers are guided to engage with the material at whatever level might be appropriate for their needs, with practical tips in every chapter. Beautiful color photographs, actual case studies, and stories from therapists, caregivers, and patients bring this information to life.
Download or read book The Doula Business Guide Workbook written by Patty Brennan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dream, Organize, Plan, Grow ... The notion that heart-centered work and making money are somehow fundamentally incompatible is a false dichotomy. Choose a path of service to others AND thrive financially! Our new Workbook is filled with practical, interactive tools that will guide you to succeed, whether you are just starting out or are already a seasoned doula business owner. You will find: checklists, step-by-step instructions, tip sheets, worksheets, exercises, questionnaires, strategies, planners, trackers and more. Get ready to implement your vision. From doula business expert and author of The Doula Business Guide, 2nd Edition, Patty Brennan.
Download or read book Optimal Birth What why how written by Sylvie Donna and published by Fresh Heart Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book to help midwives and other health care professionals think through the practicalities of optimising pregnancies and births. After explaining precisely how 'optimal' is defined, nine reasons are presented to justify why this kind of birth is best. Finally, key practical issues are considered and reflective questions provided, so as to give caregivers a clear basis for clinical practice, wherever their place of work. This easy-read, accessible book, which is fully referenced, is equally useful for students of midwifery (or obstetrics, or medicine generally), practising midwives, doulas, and maternity care assistants. This third edition includes changes based on feedback and some additional material.
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