May 16, 2026 · 16 min · 12 segments
Why Doula Agencies Take a Cut (and Why Hard Conversations Matter) The Doula Darcy cuts right to the chase on this episode, urging doulas to stop complaining about typical 25–30% agency commissions…
And what inspired this for me is that the other day in our agency owner office hours, so every other month in My Doula Village, we have one office hour session specifically for agency owners, and in the last one, I was really marveling at how amazing all these agency owners are.
And we were having some conversations about tough situations that, that they were handling.
I will say that none of the agency owners [laughs] in My Doula Village are out to scr- and I, I would probably nationwide, worldwide, they're not out to screw doulas.
Everybody's heart is in the right place, and w- can we all just come to everything from that perspective? So anyway, during our conversation on our agency owner office hours, a couple of the doulas were dealing with some really hard situations.
So some were having an issue with a client that just was not accepting boundaries that had been put in place, and then another was dealing with an independent contractor who was not showing up on time and not following through and [clears throat] just making things hard.
I don't wanna say too, too much, but just making things hard for the client, making things hard for the agency owner, and in all situations, these agency owners are trying to find the best solution.
And what inspired this for me is that the other day in our agency owner office hours, so every other month in My Doula Village, we have one office hour session specifically for agency owners, and in the last one, I was really marveling at how amazing all these agency owners are.
And we were having some conversations about tough situations that, that they were handling.
I will say that none of the agency owners [laughs] in My Doula Village are out to scr- and I, I would probably nationwide, worldwide, they're not out to screw doulas.
Everybody's heart is in the right place, and w- can we all just come to everything from that perspective? So anyway, during our conversation on our agency owner office hours, a couple of the doulas were dealing with some really hard situations.
So some were having an issue with a client that just was not accepting boundaries that had been put in place, and then another was dealing with an independent contractor who was not showing up on time and not following through and [clears throat] just making things hard.
I don't wanna say too, too much, but just making things hard for the client, making things hard for the agency owner, and in all situations, these agency owners are trying to find the best solution.
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