Does posting more on social media make you more "legitimate" to Google? Should you tweak your website every month? These don't matter so much, but a few other things do. Here's what's worth your time for SEO as a birth worker, and what you have my full permission to skip.

Most birth workers create content one post at a time, hoping today's caption is the one that finally lands. But families rarely book from a single post. They scroll back through your feed, read a few captions, and quietly decide whether they trust you. This post introduces the Booking Journey, a simple three-station framework for thinking about your social media content so that whatever a family lands on, something useful happens, for them and for your business.

If online marketing has always felt a little fake or performative, and you do more ghosting than posting, let’s talk about it. In this post, we untangle why self-promotion feels so uncomfortable for birth workers, and I offer a few gentler ways to think about showing up online that might just give you permission to start.

For years I downloaded every content calendar and caption template I could find, then spent an hour turning someone else's too-polished advice into something that felt like me. There's a better way, and it doesn't require starting from scratch every week.

If visibility feels heavy or pointless right now, you’re not alone. Birth work doesn’t fit neatly into flashy trends or viral content — and that’s okay. This post offers three calm, low-lift ways to rethink your marketing so you can show up consistently without burning yourself out.