Since 2013, I've spent countless hours beside pregnant, laboring and and postpartum people. It was a natural shift to add massage therapy to my skill set in 2018, enabling me to work closely with even more pregnant and postpartum people. I completed my trauma-informed yoga instructor training in 2023 through Mindful School of Yoga in Grand Rapids, and am filled with gratitude as this study continues to deepen my work with growing families.

I view the childbearing year as a life-changing transitional period that creates an eternal memory. While I'm not currently taking new doula clients, I'm delighted to sprinkle doula work into my massage treatments when requested. As we create custom massage treatments that best serve your goals, my years of experience and familiarity with West Michigan maternity care are available to you. My goal is to help my clients protect the memory of birth by providing what are often missing elements: information, advocacy tools, judgement-free support and wellness planning for pregnancy, and the postpartum year.

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A little about my personal life: I grew up on the lakeshore, and have Broadcasting and Spanish degrees from Western Michigan University.

I worked in local news as a producer, anchor and reporter, before starting my family. I find great joy and comfort raising my three boys close to family in the Grand Rapids area. That's where you can often find me failing miserably in the kitchen, being the worst but most dedicated backyard quarterback, practicing yoga and kayaking on the many water ways of West Michigan.

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