The Sustainable Doula Practice Toolkit

Tools for building a practice that lasts

Doula work is deeply meaningful — and it can also be exhausting, confusing, and unsustainable without the right structures in place.

The Sustainable Doula Practice Toolkit is a practical, values-aligned resource designed to help doulas build clarity around capacity, boundaries, pricing, and shared care — without hustle culture, overwork, or guilt.

This toolkit is not about doing more.

It’s about creating a practice you can actually continue.

Who This Toolkit Is For

This resource is especially helpful for:

• New doulas building their practice intentionally from the start
• Doulas feeling stretched, underpaid, or burned out
• Doulas curious about insurance or Medi-Cal–based care
• Doulas navigating shared care, backup, or collective models
• Doulas who want clarity without pressure or “scaling” rhetoric

You do not need to implement everything at once.

This is a reference you can return to as your practice evolves.

What’s Included

Main Toolkit (23 pages)

A grounded, professional guide covering:

• What sustainability actually means in doula work
• Capacity planning and realistic workload assessment
• Boundaries, scope of care, and communication expectations
• Growth without burnout
• Shared care and backup support explained clearly

8 Editable Canva Templates

All templates are provided as editable Canva files you can duplicate and customize for your own practice.

Included templates:

• Doula Lead & Intake Form
• A clear, inclusive inquiry form to support alignment before consults.
• Contract Clause Pack
• Plain-language, plug-and-play clauses covering scope of care, on-call expectations, shared care, confidentiality, illness policies, termination, and more — including insurance-aware language.
• Capacity Calculator
• A reflective tool to assess time, energy, and workload without pricing or spreadsheets.
• Client “Your Labor & Birth” Guide
• A client-facing document that sets expectations around communication, boundaries, and support.
• Support Structures, Pricing & Packages Template
• A planning and client-conversation tool to clearly define offerings, packages, limits, and pricing in one place.
• Shared Care & Backup Language Overview
• Reassuring, client-friendly language to explain shared care and backup support without apology.

What This Toolkit Is (and Isn’t)

This toolkit IS:

• Practical and immediately usable
• Grounded in real doula work and lived experience
• Supportive of insurance-based and shared-care models
• Designed to reduce emotional labor and burnout

This toolkit is NOT:

• Legal advice
• A one-size-fits-all formula
• Hustle-based business coaching
• A replacement for mentorship or community

Purchase grants a single-user license only. Redistribution, sharing, or resale of this digital product is prohibited.