01/01/2026
Closing Out 2025 With a Full Heart
This year stretched me, taught me, and reminded me why I love this work so deeply. I had the chance to speak at three conferences, lead trainings, and travel to beautiful places that helped me grow in my craft as a doula and lactation provider.
I stood beside so many families as they welcomed their babies — in hospitals, in homes, in quiet moments and powerful ones. And this year, the baby girls definitely outnumbered the boys. Each birth was its own story, and I’m grateful I was trusted to be part of it.
I began supporting lactating families at Mela Mamma Maternal Wellness with Sierra, launched my own lactation practice, and my doula agency is in its soft‑launch, early‑infancy stage — tender, growing, and full of possibility. I have stayed connected with the community through a joint effort breastfeeding support group that has meant so much to me. Watching babies and their moms thrive, grow, and find their rhythm —learning to lean into one another for support as they build a community among themselves. This has been one of my greatest sources of joy this past year.
Behind the scenes, I poured everything I had into my professional growth. I became Body Ready Method Certified, took Lamaze Childbirth Education classes, completed my internship hours, and finished a 95‑hour lactation course that earned me my CBS — a milestone that filled me with pride. I studied late into the night preparing for the IBCLC exam, holding onto the hope of stepping into the next level of my calling. And even with all that effort, sometimes the universe whispers, “not right now.” I’m receiving that message with grace (okay, tears and frustration too), BUT using it as additional motivation to step into 2026 with steady determination.
Thank you to every family, every colleague, every friend, and every space that held me this year. Your trust and encouragement carried me.
Here’s to growth and forward motion in 2026.
