Harmony Doula Mentoring

Harmony Doula Mentoring For doulas and other birth professionals mentored by Teri Nava-Anderson.

Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of...
06/22/2025

Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of 10 topics, each with 2-3 thoughtful journaling prompts tailored to help you explore your own doula business journey, align with your values, and foster growth in your career:

Reflecting on your business wins:

πŸ–‹ What are some recent successes you've had in your business, no matter how small?

πŸ–‹ How can you celebrate these wins?

πŸ–‹ Reflect on some positive feedback or moments from clients that stand out to you. How can you use them to inspire your future work?

Focusing on and celebrating your wins helps you to find and work with your ideal client.

Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of...
06/16/2025

Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of 10 topics, each with 2-3 thoughtful journaling prompts tailored to help you explore your own doula business journey, align with your values, and foster growth in your career:

Reflecting on your financial goals:

πŸ–‹ Reflect on your pricing structure. Does it align with your values and the level of service you provide?

πŸ–‹ Do you feel comfortable discussing money with clients?

πŸ–‹ What financial goals do you have for your doula business?

πŸ–‹ How can you work toward them? Today? This month? This year?

Focusing on what your want your client get from their experience helps you to find and work with your ideal client.

Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of...
06/09/2025

Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of 10 topics, each with 2-3 thoughtful journaling prompts tailored to help you explore your own doula business journey, align with your values, and foster growth in your career:

Reflecting on your client experiences and connections:

πŸ–‹ How do you stay current with trends, research, and best practices in the birth community?

πŸ–‹ What skills or knowledge do you feel would enhance your ability to serve clients or run your business more effectively?

πŸ–‹ What learning resources could you explore next?

Focusing on your learning and development helps you to find and work with your ideal client.

Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of...
06/02/2025

Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of 10 topics, each with 2-3 thoughtful journaling prompts tailored to help you explore your own doula business journey, align with your values, and foster growth in your career:

Reflecting on your business systems and growth:

πŸ–‹ What does success look like for you in your doula business, both personally and professionally?

πŸ–‹ How do you measure your growth?

πŸ–‹ What areas of your business do you feel most organized in?

πŸ–‹ Where could you improve or create better systems?

Focusing on your business systems and growth helps you to find and work with your ideal client.

Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of...
05/26/2025

Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of 10 topics, each with 2-3 thoughtful journaling prompts tailored to help you explore your own doula business journey, align with your values, and foster growth in your career:

Reflecting on your challenges:

πŸ–‹ What is the biggest challenge you're currently facing in your doula business?

πŸ–‹ What are some possible solutions or steps you can take to address it?

πŸ–‹ Reflect on a difficult situation with a client. How did you handle it, and what would you do differently next time?

Focusing recognizing and overcoming challenges helps you to find and work with your ideal client.

Are you ready to become a birth and/or postpartum doula and directly impact the lives of people who are pregnant or post...
05/22/2025

Are you ready to become a birth and/or postpartum doula and directly impact the lives of people who are pregnant or postpartum? ⁠
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Join our upcoming Birth and Postpartum Doula Training Workshop and get started before the spring is over. See why our live, online workshop has 5 star reviews and participants who have success doula careers.
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Our next combined birth and postpartum workshop meets June 5-10, 9:30am-6:30pm Pacific Time. Or choose only the birth workshop June 5-8 or only the postpartum workshop June 7-10.

Join from anywhere in the world. Inclusive and welcoming. Open to all, whether or not you have a background on birth or postpartum work. The structure of this course is intentional. We strongly believe that birth doulas should understand postpartum and postpartum doulas should understand birth.
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As a doula care specialist, you will have the knowledge and skills to help your clients thrive: ⁠

❀️ A holistic approach to physical and emotional support in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum
🧑 Awareness of how to improve birth outcomes & postpartum recovery
πŸ’› Strategies for communication with care providers & your clients to build a stronger team together
πŸ’š Supporting your client's delivery, postpartum, & lactation goals
πŸ’™ Providing compassionate, empathetic, & trauma-aware care
πŸ’œ Practical guidance for advocacy & client empowerment
πŸ– Comfort measures and relaxation strategies
πŸ’« Understanding positions & movement to create more space for baby & more vaginal deliveries
πŸ’— Supporting VBAC, elective and unexpected cesarean, NICU, & loss
πŸ’• Supporting bonding & attachment
🀎 Understanding disparities, social determinants of health, & barriers to care for your clients⁠
πŸ“ The business of being a doula & how to get certified⁠ with DONA International
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After the course, follow-up with monthly student group chats (free to all students) and mentoring, or take an advanced skills course.⁠

Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of...
05/19/2025

Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of 10 topics, each with 2-3 thoughtful journaling prompts tailored to help you explore your own doula business journey, align with your values, and foster growth in your career:

Reflecting on your marketing and client outreach:

πŸ–‹ Who is your ideal client? How can you attract more of those clients to your business?

πŸ–‹ What unique qualities do you offer that set you apart from other doulas in your area?

πŸ–‹ How can you communicate those qualities to your potential clients?

Focusing on your unique qualities helps you to find and work with your ideal client.

05/16/2025

πŸ“£ Congrats to our newest cohort of birth and postpartum doulas: Vanessa, Brittani, Liz, Anne, Dana M, Dana Mc, Jada, Emily, Maria, Brittany, Kymberleigh, Selina, Lasnieli, Dana, Cat, Seini, and Carolina! You made it. I wish you all the best on your doula journeys. πŸ’–πŸŽ‰

Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of...
05/14/2025

Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of 10 topics, each with 2-3 thoughtful journaling prompts tailored to help you explore your own doula business journey, align with your values, and foster growth in your career:

Reflecting on your client experiences and connections:

πŸ–‹ What do you want your clients to remember most about their experience working with you?

πŸ–‹ How can you enhance that experience?

πŸ–‹ Reflect on a particularly impactful client experience you've supported. What did you learn from it, and how can you integrate that learning into your future work?

Focusing on what your want your client get from their experience helps you to find and work with your ideal client.

ournaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of ...
05/05/2025

ournaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, growth, and clarity as a doula business owner. Join us for a series of 10 topics, each with 2-3 thoughtful journaling prompts tailored to help you explore your own doula business journey, align with your values, and foster growth in your career:

Reflecting on Your Self-Care and Self-Nurturing:

πŸ–‹ How do you make time for self-care while managing your doula business?

πŸ–‹ What boundaries do you need to set to protect your well-being?

πŸ–‹ When you feel burned out or overwhelmed, what practices or rituals help you recharge?

Establishing healthy boundaries and having time to refill your cup will keep you healthy, energized, and ready to meet your ideal client.

People become birth and postpartum doulas for all kinds of reasons and from all sorts of backgrounds.  Here's a few reas...
02/20/2025

People become birth and postpartum doulas for all kinds of reasons and from all sorts of backgrounds. Here's a few reasons from our recent workshops:

πŸ‘©β€βš•οΈ An L&D nurse wanting to learn practical skills to help for her patients
πŸ’Ό A clinical researcher wanting to learn more about doulas
πŸ‘ΆπŸΏ A nanny wanting a new career opportunities working with families
πŸ‘΅πŸ½ A soon-to-be grandparent looking to support their own child
πŸŽ“ A recent high school grad thinking about becoming a midwife
πŸ€ŽπŸ–€πŸ’œ Advocates who recognize the work of doulas in improving birth and postpartum outcomes

What's your reason?

Are you ready to become a postpartum doula and directly impact the lives of postpartum people and newborns? ⁠⁠Join our u...
02/19/2025

Are you ready to become a postpartum doula and directly impact the lives of postpartum people and newborns? ⁠
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Join our upcoming Postpartum Doula Training Workshop and get started before the spring is over. Our live, online workshop meets once a week and qualifies for certification with DONA International
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See you Wednesdays, 5:30-9:30pm Pacific Time (San Francisco, CA, USA). All are welcome. Join from anywhere in the world.
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As a doula and postpartum care specialist, you will have the knowledge and skills to help your clients thrive: ⁠

❀️ A holistic approach to physical and emotional support
🧑 Awareness of how to improve postpartum recovery and differentiate emotional and mental health disorders
πŸ’› Strategies for communication and navigating the complex relationship challenges as clients transition to their new roles⁠
πŸ’š Supporting lactation and your client's feeding goals for newborns
πŸ’™ How to provide compassionate, empathetic, and trauma-informed care
πŸ’œ Practical guidance for advocacy and client empowerment
πŸ’• How to support bonding and attachment of parents caring for a newborn⁠
🀎 Understanding disparities, social determinants of health, and barriers to care for your clients⁠
πŸ“ The business of being a doula and how to get certified⁠ with DONA International
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After the course, follow-up with monthly student group chats (free to all students) and mentoring, or take an advanced skills course.⁠

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