All Episodes
18 | 3 Ways to Collaborate with other IBCLCs
Whether you’re in solo private practice or feeling ready to expand into a group practice, making local connections with other IBCLCs and lactation helpers is good for ...
17 | Home Consult Bags, Office Visit Efficiency, and Feeling like a Know-Nothing Newbie: Listener Questions!
Annie and Leah have more listener questions in this episode of the Lactation Business Coaching podcast. From what’s in their home consult bags to running an office v...
16 | Coffee, Social Media, Working with Referrals, and Handling Payments: Listener Questions!
Do you bring your coffee inside? What do you do when someone tags you on social media? What happens when the doctor disagrees with you? And finally—when is the best mo...
15 | Care Plans Can Be the Heart and Soul of Your Lactation Private Practice
When you leave a lactation consult, you have no idea what will happen next, because it’s entirely up to that individual family. But by providing your clients with a cl...
14 | Financial Real Talk: When You’re An IBCLC And Business Owner
Annie and Leah got into this business because they love caring for breastfeeding mothers and their babies. That skill doesn’t always coincide with business and financi...
13 | What Do You Wish You Knew When You First Started Out?
Are you new to the independent IBCLC practice? This episode is for you! Being an entrepreneur is tough work and it takes a brave soul. Go you for venturing out there!...
12 | What Actually Happens During a Home Visit with a Lactation Consultant?
Leah and Annie take you through their individual routines for home visits. Home visits are personal and relational and it’s important to create a safe and comfortable ...
11 | Imposter Syndrome: When You Think You’re a Terrible IBCLC
Have you ever wondered when everyone around you is going to realize that you’re the worst lactation consultant on the planet? Well, we have! It’s called imposter syn...
10 | The Delicate Balance: Personal and Professional Time
When you have a private practice, it’s so easy for your work life to bleed into your home life. Finding a rhythm for your days can help prevent you from working all th...
Charting Tips and Strategies for IBCLCs
Documenting what happens at a lactation consult is super important for so many reasons, but figuring out just want to say and how to say it can be challenging. In th...
8 | Compassion fatigue and the IBCLC
Overwork, compassion fatigue, burnout. It’s a common cycle for anyone in a helping profession, and it feels especially intense for lactation consultants because the st...
7 | Setting your fees: Charge what you’re worth, and make yourself worth it
In this episode, Annie and Leah talk about the tough topic of setting your fees for your private lactation practice. It’s so important to know your worth as a busines...
Using your website to reach your ideal client
As a private practice IBCLC your website is usually the first contact your prospective clients will have with you and your business. Making your website easy to naviga...
5 | Pediatrician reports—why bother?
It's so important for IBCLCs to be seen as part of the care team for the breastfeeding families we serve. One way we can impact our presence in the care team is to com...
4 | How to boost your skills as a solo private practice lactation consultant
The world of lactation is constantly changing and evolving which means it’s critical to be up to date on current practices as well as always working to hone and improv...
3 | Too Busy, Too Slow: The Goldilocks Paradox of Lactation Consultants in Private Practice
In this episode, Leah and Annie are talking about the ever-present swinging pendulum of busy-ness as the owner of your private practice. They open up about the emotion...