Do You Know the Next Best Step to Taking Your Business?
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Welcome to Doula Tips and Tits. This podcast is a place where we answer one question about Doula work, both to support you and to help you support your clients. I'm Kaylee Harrod. I've been supporting families in this perinatal space since my oldest was born, 12, nearly 13 years ago.
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I am a birth and postpartum Doula childbirth educator, La Leche League leader and a Doula coach. I love guiding and supporting Doulas as they work out their Doula business. It is a tremendous joy to be trusted in this way.
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Thank you for joining us on this journey. Welcome back to Doula Tips and Tits. I want to ask you a question. Do you know the next best step to taking your business? And I'm starting off with this question today because I am seeing a whole lot of overwhelm right now.
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And part of that, I think, is that we're sort of in this crucial the year is coming to the end and where you have to get ready for next year. That place that we're in is a very distinct place to be, right?
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But also, I think we have to think about when we're in a place of overwhelm or burnout, having kind of a breakdown of what we actually need to do. What I tend to do as a person, as a mom, as a business owner, like as, you know, when I'm thinking about food in my household, like I tend to way overcomplicate it.
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And I shared a couple episodes ago about a day where I was like, I'm going to get like 17 things done today because I need to catch up on everything, you know. And if you asked my husband how frequently I do that, he would say very frequently to the point that if I had told him this morning, I'm planning to go to seven different places.
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And, you know, this is what I'm going to do. He's he would say to me, like, you know what, that is not a good idea and it's not gonna happen. And I would have been like, yes it will, I can do it. And then he'd be right, right?
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So what I want you to think about is what actually needs to happen next. Where are you and how do you keep moving forward? And I think sometimes it feels a little like you're climbing up a mountain. You know what I actually picture are, we've been watching, we've been rewatching some movies that we love as a family and Kung Fu Panda and that whole series is a series that we like.
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And I think about those Jade Palace steps. I'm like, walking up those suckers, like my knees hurt just thinking about walking up them, right, because I'm the ripe young age of 37 where my knees like crack as I walk up stairs, which is absolutely ridiculous.
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you But, but I think, you know, like, okay, if I'm at the bottom of those stairs and like, I have to get to the top in the next 20 minutes, no way that's happening. But if I'm at the bottom and it's like, if you can make it to the top, you'll get whatever huge prize, right?
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I can make it to the top, but it might take me a hot second to get up there, you know, like, I might have to go one step at a time and take some breaks, you know, but also, I can do it. I know I could make it up there.
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It just would, it just would be a minute. So what I want you to think about with your business is that you don't have to do everything today. You don't have to finish all the things that need to be done.
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If you have a list of seven things and you feel like I should have started this two months ago, maybe that's true, but also, is that helpful? No, it's not two months ago. You didn't start it. That's okay.
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Do one thing and then do another thing and do it one at a time because that's all you really ever can do. But that is how you break this down into a sustainable and successful business practice. Now, this episode is coming out mid October and I want to just share with you that I have an upcoming masterclass.
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The masterclass is a class that I've run before that was honestly wildly successful and I got amazing feedback from people on it. And so I'm offering it again because of that feedback because people found it so incredibly helpful last time.
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The class is called Three Steps to Building a Successful and Sustainable Dula Business. Now, this class is intended for you whether you are on like your, you know, very first day as a doula or you've been a doula for a year, but you're still kind of adjusting and figuring out your groove and things.
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The class is going to be held on November 2nd. at 1pm Eastern. So I'm in DC, I'm in Eastern time zone. So November 2, 1pm Eastern, the enrollment information is in the show notes. So enrollment's open and ready.
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And I would really love to have you as part of that class because I know how incredibly helpful it was for the doulas when I ran it in the springtime. And I want to give you a chance to kind of break down and break through that overwhelm a bit.
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The other thing that I want you to think about is finishing the year strong. Like you don't have to get 7 ,000 things done to finish the year strong. Pick one or two or three or four things that are the most important things to finish in your business in 2023 and finish them.
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And if you get them all done by like the middle of November, amazing. Then pick something new, right? But also don't give yourself 17 things to do. Don't do that. especially if they're all new things, you will wither away an overwhelm and get absolutely nothing done.
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And I say that with all the love in the world. Like that is how your body handles that kind of impact. Similar to trying to start like seven new habits at the same time, none of them work, because your body's just like, we can't learn this many things at once, right?
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Like kind of freaks out about it. And so in your business, you also do not want to do that to yourself, okay? So I want you to think about what is the next best step? And then go over to Instagram @harroddoula, look me up, send me a message, and tell me my next step is this.
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And I would love to tell you if I think that is actually a good next step. So you get like a little free coaching in that, right? Like you tell me, hey, Kaylee, my next step is this. And I can be like, that's not a good next step.
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Or, yes, you are on the right path, right? And then help you kind of have some nuance in that step and how and when to move beyond that. I would really, really love for you to take advantage of that and come over to Instagram @harroddoula, send me a quick message, but also sign up for this master class, even if you took it when it was out in March as well, was it March, February?
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Earlier in the year, I think it was February. You still will learn a ton by taking it again. I've tweaked it slightly, it's a little bit different, and you'll be able to apply it in a different way to your business now than you were able to the last time you took it, okay?
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All right, let's go sign up for that class, head over to Instagram, send me a message, and I will see you in the next episode. Thanks for joining us for this episode of the Dula Tips and Tits podcast.
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Do you sometimes feel like you are moving up a mountain with your business? Sometimes figuring out these next steps makes you feel like a hot mess, but you will get there in the end! Today we are going to talk about figuring out the next steps that work for you and your doula business!
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“And I think about those Jade Palace steps. I'm like, walking up those suckers, like my knees hurt just thinking about walking up them, right, because I'm the ripe young age of 37 where my knees like crack as I walk upstairs, which is absolutely ridiculous. But I think, you know, like, okay, if I'm at the bottom of those stairs and like, I have to get to the top in the next 20 minutes, no way that's happening. But if I'm at the bottom and it's like, if you can make it to the top, you'll get whatever huge prize, right? I can make it to the top, but it might take me a hot second to get up there, you know, like, I might have to go one step at a time and take some breaks, but also, I can do it. I know I could make it up there.”
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