Kathy is a registered nurse, IBCLC, and a member of the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) with a Masters degree in Nursing Education and a Bachelors degree in Psychology. She has been an IBCLC since 1992 and worked with mothers and babies in both the hospital and in private practice. This wide variety of experience gives her the skilled clinical knowledge that she is happy to share. Additionally, she has certifications as a Health Coach, specializing in prenatal, postpartum and breastfeeding as well as compassion fatigue, perinatal and infant loss. She has provided breastfeeding assistance to different types of families, from adoptive parents to surrogate parents, LBGTQ parents, single parents, incarcerated mothers and those who are chronically ill. 

Selena Shelley, MA, LMHC, CD(DONA), LCCE / Selena is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, a When Survivors Give Birth Approved Trainer, and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Midwifery at Bastyr University.  She has a psychotherapy and consultation practice in the Seattle area, and specializes in working with pregnant and postpartum trauma survivors.  She also facilitates When Survivors Give Birth trainings for doulas, midwives, childbirth educators, lactation consultants, social workers, psychotherapists, community and reproductive health clinics, and sexual assault centers.

Lyndsey is an experienced London trained Paediatric Nurse, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor), International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Holistic Sleep Coach and Birth Trauma Recovery Practitioner, with almost 20 years experience working with infants, children and families in hospitals, neonatal intensive care units, clinics, and the community mainly in the UK, but also in voluntary roles in the Far East and Kenya.

Lyndsey has worked in many NHS roles in the UK, and now runs a busy private practice offering group and one-to-one specialist breastfeeding, bottle feeding, gentle sleep, eating, behaviour and parenting support to families Internationally. Lyndsey is the author of Holistic Sleep Coaching and has published a number of articles in academic journals, as well as parenting magazines regarding breastfeeding, caring for premature babies and sleep issues in children. Her second book will be published in 2020. She is the co-founder of the Holistic Sleep Coaching Program, and regularly teaches health and childcare professionals, lectures as an independent speaker, and has an interest in the needs of breastfed children who have critical, or life-limited health conditions.
Lyndsey is passionate about addressing the sleep needs of parents committed to gentle parenting by providing quality information and support, balancing realistic expectations of normal sleep with transformative sleep biology which can have a profoundly positive effect on sleep without the need for sleep training.

Dianne is a lactation consultant, mother, writer, presenter, and podcaster.  She has been working with families since 2005.  Dianne is passionate about helping families build a superior bond, cultivate empowerment, and feel confident in who they are as parents.  Dianne is the mother of 3 amazing children (including multiples), 3 amazing bonus children, and co-host of the Badass Breastfeeding Podcast with Abby Theuring.  

Allison is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (2006), Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator (2000), and doula (2000) in private practice providing in-home and virtual visits in New York City. She is one of the three founders of the Lactation Learning Collective, which offers education and support to those on the pathway toward certification as International Board Certified Lactation Consultants along with families in need of lactation support. She has trained childbirth educators as a Co-Director of the NYC Lamaze Childbirth Educator Program for two decades and is a past president of Lamaze International. Allison has represented Lamaze International as a delegate to the United States Breastfeeding Committee since 2004, and has served in various leadership and committee roles. Allison is a member of the New York City Breastfeeding Leadership Council, the New York Lactation Consultant Association, and an active La Leche League Leader. Prior to the birth of her first child, Allison was a political consultant and community organizer -- skills from that “past life” are useful in all aspects of her work in the birth world. She is a graduate of Syracuse University and mother of three formerly breastfed children.