ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question May the journey of 2025 be something that fuels you, be something that gives you strength and endurance. May it be something that gives you incredible ideas and accountability, boundary setting. May it be something that brings you joy, but also settles you in the reality of some of the things...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question Continuing on our end-of-year review today we are talking about ideal clients. The Ideal Client Avatar is a thing that gets tossed around in business circles constantly. Where do they shop, what do they wear, what kind of person are they? Doulas are often resistant to have an “ideal” but the ...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question Continuing on our end-of-year review today we are talking about boundaries. Things that need to shift and change about your business in 2026! Do you need to shift prices? Shift marketing? Shift visits to virtual? Tune in to get some ideas and inspiration! CONNECT with Kaely on TikTok or&n...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question Today’s podcast episode is a challenge… are you truly behind on tasks or simply expecting too much from yourself? Today we evaluate our “failures” of 2025 and in doing so also evaluate our self-expectations! CONNECT with Kaely on TikTok or Instagram https://www.tiktok.com/@doula...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question One thing that is universally true about all of us and therefore all of our businesses: We must keep growing. Yes, GROWING. We have to. It’s natural. There’s not a world in which our natural instinct is to shrink! We grow, we flourish, we bloom, we thrive. That is what we do when left in the ...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question This week’s episode is a mix of honesty, birth-room reality, and the kind of end-of-year reflection doulas rarely give themselves time for. After two babies arrived on my supposed CEO days (because of course they did), I found myself thinking about the emotional skill it takes to support clie...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question According to the National Institute of Health: “Doula care in perinatal care was significantly correlated with positive delivery outcomes including reduced cesarean and premature deliveries. Doula support, specifically in low-income women, was shown to improve breastfeeding success, with qu...

Last week’s Doula CEO Gameplan workshop was incredible — the energy, the insights, the “aha” moments… I’m still buzzing. But today, I want to talk about something that might make some folks squirm a bit: why I always make an offer at the end. Here’s the truth — clarity without support usually fades. Planning is step one, but implementation? That’s where growth actually happens. In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on why I invite you to work with me, what that offer really repr...

There was a time when my business was pure chaos — lots of hustle, lots of energy, and very little direction. I call it my squirrel era. 🐿️ In this episode, I’m sharing how I went from reactive and overworked to strategic and sustainable. We’ll talk about why clarity beats hustle every time, how to figure out what actually moves your business forward, and what it means to start running your doula business like a CEO instead of a squirrel with a to-do list. And if you’re ready to plan your ne...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question Going full-time as a doula? Yeah—it’s a lot. Life doesn’t stop just because you’re trying to build a business that actually works. In this replay, I’m talking with one of my first ever coaching students, Dominique Jones, about what it took to find her rhythm in the chaos. She’s real, she’s br...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question We have a guest!!! At long last we are joined by Lisa Vee of the podcast Loudmouth Lisa about why selling feels so awkward for heart-led birth workers — and how to reframe it into something sacred, powerful, and effective. Lisa shares personal stories, myth-busting, and tangible strategies so...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question Sometimes the hardest part of being a doula isn’t the long labors or tricky consultations—it’s learning how to take a compliment. In this episode, I share the story of being called the “best doula in DC” by clients and what it stirred up for me as both a birth professional and business coach....

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question In this episode, I’m sharing a more personal side of my journey—the reality of being a trauma and sexual assault survivor while building a thriving doula business. Healing and helping can feel like they pull us in opposite directions, but I’ve learned they can also fuel one another in powerfu...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question "From babies to teens, the messy middle of life and business" is a concept I know well. In this episode, I dive into the realities of balancing my personal life—raising two teenagers and a preteen—with the demands of supporting new parents and guiding doulas in their careers. In today’s episo...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question It’s fall and it’s good to be back at it with the Doula Tips and Tits listeners! Today’s episode dives into the productivity and business changes that came with my summer time off (and how it wasn’t entirely time off after all! Babies!) Quote from the show: “And so August ended up really bein...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question We are givers. That is a superpower. But it also can be an excuse to not charge more and be sustainable ourselves! If you are slowly wasting away you are serving NO ONE well. I need you to take that seriously with me please. CONNECT with Kaely on TikTok or Instagram https://www.ti...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question Being a passion-driven doula does not equal being broke dear doula! Open your eyes and mind to the possibility of great financial sustainability AND passion and ethics in this work. We can be about justice and equity and support from a place of passion. Both can be true at once. CONNECT with ...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question Be a rule breaker!!! I am talking today about how you should be breaking all the rules. Now, what do I mean when I say that? Keep listening so that you have the correct context for what this even means. When I say that, what I mean is traditional business practices don't always apply to us as...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question What does a doula business coach even do?? If you’re asking yourself this question today we are breaking it down! Thanks to a question from a prospective client this past month. CONNECT with Kaely on TikTok or Instagram https://www.tiktok.com/@doulacoach https://www.instagram.co...

ASK A QUESTION!!! My plan is to start Friday Q&A (we need a new name, I know!) but first I need your questions! Submit them using the form below: https://www.harroddoulaservices.com/ask-me-a-question You became a doula to support families—not to create reels. But visibility still matters. In this episode, I’m breaking down what real, sustainable marketing looks like and how to build trust *without* burning out on Instagram. CONNECT with Kaely on TikTok or Instagram https://www.tik...