An End Of Year Business Blessing
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Welcome to Doula Tips and Tits, the podcast where we cut through the noise and get real about what it takes to build a sustainable doula business. I'm Kaylee Harad. I've been a doula informally for 14 years and full-time for seven.
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Around here, we don't sugarcoat stuff. We talk autonomy, owning your worth, creating a business that works for you. No fluff, no burnout, just the honest truth on how to be your own best boss. Let's get into today's episode.
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This is our last episode of the podcast for 2025. And if I sound like I've been sick, it's because I have. If you have listened, I mean, if you get our newsletter, then you read the newsletter that are like, that was like essentially, why has this year been ridiculous?
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In the last like seven weeks, we had three different viruses and co-infections. I fell off a bike and injured myself, making me like out of commission for a whole week. And then I've had four babies come, one of which had to be attended by a backabdoula because I was sick.
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So it's been quite the finale of the year. Like, wow, if we needed to go out with a bang, here we are. And to be fair, I'm not recording this on the very last day of the year of 2025. So who knows what's in store for the next couple of days, right?
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But I want to send you into 2026 with just a little like doula business blessing, right? 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.
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May it be something that brings you joy, but also settles you in the reality of some of the things that you didn't do well and that you need to do differently in 2025. May the memories of 2025 be something that you can look back on with pride and also with the reality that you have things to learn and grow always in, right?
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And then for 2026, I want you to turn your gaze towards what the year could hold, right? What are some things about 2025 that were awesome that you did not expect, right? I had some of the biggest postpartum contracts my business has ever had, like in the five digits, right?
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Like big contracts that were awesome and amazing. And I, I know that it was also awesome and amazing for the doulas who were working for me to have those contracts. I raised my price higher than I ever have, right?
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And that is something that people are paying and I love it, right? I was also able to do some births for really inexpensive because people couldn't pay for my cost and I was able to subsidize that and I love that so much, right?
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There are things about 2025 that I did not expect. There are things about 2025 that I wish had not happened. There are parts of 2025 that I don't love, right? But all of those things have been together what's made the year, right?
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And stepping into 2026, I know that whatever the year holds, one, I have the strength to handle it. Two, I have the support around me. I have people who love me. I have business support. I have personal support.
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I have faith support. And I know that I am more resilient and have done more than I ever dreamed possible for myself. And that means that there's more still to come that I have not yet dreamt of. And that's actually a beautiful, wonderful promise, even though it also comes with some scary things.
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Like there are things I've survived this year that I wish I didn't have to, right? But also I did survive them. And so 2026 is not going to be all wonderful. That's not how life works, right? There's going to be some bumps.
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There's going to be some downsides. There's going to be some hiccups along the way. Like that's what life is. But it also can be beautiful and brilliant and full of growth and full of beauty and full of the best business you've literally ever had in your doula career.
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Okay. So this is your send-off into the new year. I want you to do absolutely nothing for the next couple days. Obviously, if you're on call, attend births, right? But otherwise, like chill. Stay in your pajamas.
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Relax. Don't do business stuff. Don't do personal stuff that you don't have to do. Actually take some time, reflect on last year and dream about the year to come in a way that puts no pressure on you to be productive, in a way that puts no pressure on you to strategize, but in a way that's just dreamy.
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Like just what could it possibly be? And let your brain run wild. Okay? I will see you in the new year. Thanks for joining us for this episode of the Doula Tips and Tits Podcast. If you learned something today or had an aha moment, we'd love for you to share that on Instagram and tag us at Haradoula so we can celebrate alongside you.
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This podcast is intended as educational and entertainment. It is not medical advice or business advice. Please consult your own medical or legal team for your own needs around your health and your business.
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We'll see you again soon.
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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 that you didn't do well and that you need to do differently in 2026.
Quote from the show:
“2026 is not going to be all wonderful. That's not how life works, right? There's going to be some bumps. There's going to be some downsides. There's going to be some hiccups along the way. Like that's what life is. But it also can be beautiful and brilliant and full of growth and full of beauty and full of the best business you've literally ever had in your doula career…. I want you to do absolutely nothing for the next couple days. Obviously, if you're on call, attend births, right? But otherwise, like chill. Stay in your pajamas. Relax. Don't do business stuff. Don't do personal stuff that you don't have to do. Actually take some time, reflect on last year and dream about the year to come in a way that puts no pressure on you to be productive.”
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Doula Tips and Tits is produced by Kaely Harrod of Harrod Doula Services
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