Hi there! I’m Shannon. I’m a nurturer by nature. Throughout life, I’ve consistently found myself in the role of listener, supporter, and helper.

While the tug to be in a “helping profession” has always been in me, my career path out of college led me to the financial services industry for over a decade. During that time, I met my husband and had two beautiful babies. After our second son was born, I realized I needed to follow my heart and pursue a career where I could make a significant impact by helping others.

The birth and postnatal periods are times I feel so compelled to provide empowerment and nurturing support to parents since my entry into parenthood was far more challenging than I had planned. During labor and delivery, I solely relied upon my husband and the medical staff to guide me towards the safe delivery of our first child. While he was delivered safely, I was left with an overall birth experience that I don’t look upon very fondly. The simple truth is I didn’t know any better. Now that I do, I want to share that physical, emotional, and informational support with others to create nurtured, empowering birth experiences that cultivate happy memories and gets everyone off to the most pleasant start as possible.

Once at home, I knew my newborn would need a lot of care, but I was unaware of how much care I would need too. Although we had some wonderfully incredible family and friends as helpers, it was still a struggle to navigate and we operated in survival mode. I want new parents to feel like they are thriving. Confidence, unbiased support, up to date parenting and postpartum guidance, timely specialist referrals, and hands on help is critical.

Having personally experienced two births and postpartum periods myself, paired with the CAPPA (Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association) postpartum doula certification and DONA birth doula certification I earned, I have the experience, knowledge, and heartfelt desire to help make the birth and postpartum period a more nurtured and empowered time for you.