Recommended Resources for a Successful Midwife Business

There are many great resources out there for becoming a midwife and running your own business. I have broken this list into two sections: midwife resources and business resources. If you try to read everything, your brain will get overwhelmed and shut down. Make your own priority list and a timeline to follow. Get into habit of doing a little bit at a time. I used to never read unless “I had to for a class.”

I have learned the richest and most successful people in the world all have very class things in common: business ownership, real estate investing, and CONSTANTLY READING! I said to myself, “Well, if you want to be like them, better start reading.” It was amazing, more I read, more I wanted to read. Knowledge became an addiction. History, philosophy, finances, midwifery cultures, business management, taxes, professional development were books I was dreaming about. I couldn’t wait to finish one books so I could move on the next.

Most of them are audiobooks. I had found ways to use my time more effectively by stopping listening to the radio and only listening to audiobooks in the car. I spent so much time there driving to births and home visits that music was traded for knowledge. We all have the same amount of time each day, it is just a matter how it is being used. Trade your TV time or phone playing time at night for a good book.

Resources for Midwifery

1. Spiritual Midwifery

2. Birth Matters

3. Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth

4. Holistic Midwifery

5. Varney’s Midwifery

6. Anatomy and Physiology for Midwives

7. The New Midwifery

8. Born in the USA

9. The Birth House

10. Witches, Midwives, and Nurses

11. Business of Being Born

12. Skills for Midwifery Practice

13. Birthing from Within

14. Clinical Midwifery

15. Birth: Surprising History of How We are Born

16. Midwives and Childbirth

17. Aromatherapy in Midwifery Practice

18. Childbirth Without Fear

19. Breastfeeding and Human Lactation

20. A Book for Midwives

Resources for Business and Professional Development

1. Think and Grow Rich

2. Rich Dad, Poor Dad

3. Three Feet from Gold

4. Tax and Legal Playbook

5. Miracle Morning

6. Five Day Weekend

7. Badass at Making Money

8. The Big Leap

9. Medical Billing and Coding for Dummies

10. What your CPA Isn’t Telling: Life-Changing Tax Strategies

11. Lawyers are Lairs: The Truth about Protecting Our Assets

12. The Business Owners Guide to Financial Freedom

13. Self Directed IRA Handbook

14. Retire Young, Retire Rich

15. The Power of Now: A Guide To Spiritual Enlightenment

17. The Secret

18. Choosing Gratitude: Your Journey to Joy

19. getting a Life Coach and business mentor

20. Renatus (huge part of my success – email me if you want more resources on this)