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2025 Financial Kick-Off: Intro to Budgets + Business in Birth Work

Jen Mayer, Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC)
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Kick off the new year with this power-packed intro to managing our finances as self-employed doulas and birthworkers.

Join Jen Mayer, Accredited Financial Counselor for this 90 minute workshop all about managing our finances as self-employed doulas and birthworkers. Finances can quickly become complicated when you're running a private practice as a birthworker, and managing variable income. In this class, Jen will introduce the intersection of our working capacity, the prices we charge and how those factors influence our practices. We will also talk about how to manage money when it comes in.

In this class you'll learn:

  • How to make a personal budget with a variable income
  • An introduction to separating personal and business finances
  • Strategies on setting your pricing to make your work sustainable
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Educator Bio

Jen Mayer, Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC)
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Jen Mayer is an Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC®), founder + CEO of Fully Funded and founder of Baby Caravan. She helps non traditional earners and learners gain confidence and ease with their money. Jen’s methods are specifically anti-capitalist and tailored to neurodivergent people, self-employed folks, and people who haven’t historically been supported by financial systems and institutions. Finances are deeply personal- and there truly isn’t a one size fits all approach to managing money. Desires, needs, goals, access to money, and capacity vary from person to person, and household to household, widely. Jen is ready to meet you where you’re at.

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FAQ

What's the difference between on-demand classes and workshops?
On-demand classes are pre-recorded courses with optional live Q+A sessions available throughout the year. Workshops are one-time live classes that may/may not become available again.

How does the sliding scale work?

TEB classes and workshops are available for purchase/RSVP on a sliding scale. We know that the classes we've co-created with our educators have tremendous value, and our educators deserve fair and substantive compensation. We also know that addressing financial accessibility is a critical part of creating an equitable community for parents and/or repro health workers.

So we leave it up to each person to determine whether they will pay on the lower or higher end of the sliding scale — to make our work more accessible, and/or to pay-it-forward and help fill the gap for our educators and our team. There's no form to fill out, no process to go through. You choose. :]

Are classes included in TEB membership?
No. Our classes are co-created by the TEB team and the educators who bring their course and/or course idea to us and we split the proceeds of ticket orders. As such we only offer classes for purchase outside of the TEB membership. TEB members and patrons, however, can get early access to order and/or sign-up for classes and workshops.

How can I become a TEB Educator or workshop host?
Follow us on Instagram @TheEducatedBirth and join our email list! We will post when we're looking for new educators or workshop hosts. :]
If you ever have a concern about a class/workshop, please feel free to reach out. Our priority is always that the information is sound and accurate. Have more questions or need clarification? Email us at hello@theeducatedbirth.com