How to Start Your Death Doula Practice
A step-by-step introduction to launching your Death Doula practice with clarity, confidence, and heart-led structure.
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A step-by-step introduction to launching your Death Doula practice with clarity, confidence, and heart-led structure.
You’ve completed your training. You feel called to this work. But how do you actually begin?
This gentle, empowering course is designed for trained or certified death doulas who are ready to take the next step: building a heart-centered, sustainable doula business rooted in clarity, purpose, and care.
Whether you're hoping to serve your community part-time or launch a full private practice, this course provides the foundation you need to move forward with confidence.
Through five short, thoughtful video modules, you’ll explore how to:
Define your mission, values, and scope of practice
Design services that reflect your unique gifts and your community’s needs
Set clear, compassionate time boundaries and write service agreements
Communicate your offerings with confidence and clarity
Take your first steps toward launching a sustainable doula practice
You’ll also receive a printable Welcome Workbook and select planning tools to help you reflect, brainstorm, and shape your next steps with intention.
This course includes the full video curriculum — but does not include the 145-page Business Essentials Guidebook or the full Resource Companion. Those are available in the complete IEOLCA Business Essentials for Death Doulas Program.
Created by the International End-of-Life Care Association (IEOLCA), a globally respected leader in doula education, this course stands on its own — and also serves as a bridge into deeper training.
Whether you're starting a death doula business or simply seeking your next step, this course will help you begin with structure, heart, and purpose.
You don’t have to be perfect to be of service. You just have to begin. Let’s start here.
