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October Issue 1
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Childbirth International provides training programs for doulas & antenatal teachers. The leading provider of home
based learning across the world, Childbirth International provides you with this free newsletter to keep you up to date and help you develop your
skills and knowledge.
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BELLY UP
- A Doula Asks...
"I am training as a doula and antenatal teacher. Before I started training I was a stay at home mom.
My problem is that my family all think this is just a hobby to me. They keep telling me that I start new projects all the time and this will be just like all the rest. None of them believe that I have any knowledge and never ask me questions about my work or my training. How do I get them to take me seriously?"
- Cathleen, Texas
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How do you get your family to take you
seriously?
Dear Cathleen,
Good for you for pursuing something you are passionate
about and believe in. I would ask you first of all why is it important
for your family to take you seriously? Examine why you need to have
their approval of what you are doing. Are you hoping they will all come
to you for advice, or is their approval important for another reason?
Next, and this can be a tough one, think about whether or
not you take yourself seriously. Other people tend to believe in us if
we believe in ourselves first. How do you view your doula and antenatal
teacher work? Is it a career and business, or do you treat it as a
hobby? For most people, we treat a business as serious when it is
financially viable. Rightly or wrongly, when we are not making money
others tend to see it more as a hobby. While you are training, are you
charging for your services? If not, consider why you have chosen to
offer free services. What does it say about the value you place on your
service if you are not being paid for it. Is it costing you money? For
example, are you still having to pay for childcare, gas and parking but
not receiving any fee from clients? Could you change this and begin to
at least break even?
Finally, consider why it might be a problem to have a
hobby rather than a career. You can still be serious and passionate
about a hobby. Do you believe that a hobby is as serious as a career? If
not, why not?
At the end of the day, the most important thing is that
you believe in what you are doing and it is fulfilling you. once that is
in place, what other people think is not nearly as important!
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How does Childbirth International
training address this?
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addresses this issue in the Birth Doula and
Postnatal Doula courses. We look at the
stresses on a doula and their family, together
with exploring ways that you can have a
successful birthing business.
Understanding your own goals
and motivations, as well as areas that you can
build on, is important to a successful business.
This is covered in all Childbirth International
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For more information on
training with Childbirth International, take a
look at our
website,
or
contact us.
Childbirth International
offers training programs for Birth Doulas,
Postnatal Doulas and
Antenatal Teachers. From September 2008 we will
also be launching a Breastfeeding Counselling
course.
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