About Me

I'm Crystal, and here's my story-

I knew as a little girl that I'd work in healthcare. Since I was smart, I assumed that path would be as a doctor. When it was time to apply to medical school, something didn't feel right. I took a semester off to find my path and listen to the whisperings that I, as a female, wanted to have time in my life to be creative, and learn more about natural health approaches and be true to a path that would not require me to sell myself out to pharmaceutical medicine.  
So, I followed the paths to nursing school and ended up as a midwife after witnessing a new soul enter this world in a very dishonoring, sterile environment. I devoted myself to the midwifery profession, learning and observing like it was all that mattered in how I would use my life on earth, serving women, from rural TN to Africa to the big city of Atlanta.
The more I learned about how women work, and simultaneously felt it in my life, I realized that we are not okay. We are suffering from modern problems that wreck our hormones, affect our childbearing, and leave us entering perimenopause lost to ourselves.  
Personally, I struggled with a lot of shame about my body, my own femininity, and my appearance because I'd struggled with hormonal acne even through my 30s. When I hit my 40s, I realized I'd devoted myself to service in my profession and missed out on my dream of having my own family.

As American women we are drowning in feeling something is wrong with us, we are not enough, or that we are too much. The hormones of our 20's and 30's make us want to become whatever we feel is needed to fit into society and to be chosen as mates, but our shame may keep us from being available as our true selves. Physical imbalances accompany these emotional states. Our skin may break out. Our belly starts getting bloated. Anxiety and stress make our shoulders tight. Menstrual cycles become irregular or getting pregnant is not easy. Motherhood and midlife and career crisis' come out of nowhere and we as women feel lost and disconnected from our body and soul. 

The truth is... we are on a journey and it's meant to be midwifed. 

We should not be trying to figure this all out on our own.

Midwifing is coming alongside and caring for women through their lifetime. Not only do I want to support your experience of your journey and the ways you bring things into this life, but I want to show you the beauty in your "type" and the positive things about it. I do this by using naturopathic approaching to assessing  your body type, your nervous system state, and your organ and vitamin weakness.  And guess what, it's fun and empowering to see this about yourself.


I wished I'd had this help.

I grieve that I didn't have a wise woman to show me how herbals could have balanced my hormones and resolved my hormonal acne.

I wish I'd been nurtured to love and understand my female body and my feminine spirit, instead of being ashamed. 

I'm sad my training to be a Nurse Midwife was so medical and didn't mentor me in the true nature and patterns that have been known by holistic midwives before me, and I had to learn all this by my own, and carve my own path.

So, here I am, 20 years into my journey of a career and calling to serve women with compassionate, holistic clinical support and midwifery.


I love showing up in a way with my clients that feels authentic.... and beautiful. 


The way I work and serve women honors: 

Depth and space holding. 

Love of eras, archetypes, seasons, and perpetual change.

Nerdy understanding of how the body, hormones and plant medicines work.

Intuition and wisdom.

Courage and inspiration- I'm a Leo.

Fascination about all versions of spirituality. 


So if you're also seeking holistic help figuring out how to feel better in your body and spirit, then schedule a Discovery Call so I can hear where you are at in your health and life journey. I love helping women understand all the symptoms of their cycles and hormones, finding the supplements and lifestyle intervention that would bring your unique body harmony, and also supporting your soul journey as a woman- embodied, authentic and present in a way that is peaceful and true to you.

More about me

My Professional Path

 Since I was a little girl, I wanted to work in healthcare. Since I was smart, everyone, including myself, assumed that medical school would be my route. However, In college, I struggled with the feeling that medicine would consume me and I couldn't practice natural health treatments.   I ultimately went to Nurse Practitioner school,  traditional  Naturopathy school, and then later started down the Functional Medicine route of education! I chose the midwifery specialty in nursing school because of the sacred respect of women's natural process of birthing and the opportunity to focus on women's health. As I got deeper into seeing women's disembodiments, and experiencing my own, I realized transformation of our hormone issues was rooted here. In 2023 I enrolled in the School of Embodied Arts.

Wild Herb feels like an authethic version of me as a healer and healthcare professional. It will continue to evolve as I evolve too. 

Education

  • School of Embodied Arts, Feminine Embodiment Coaching, 2024
  • Institute for Functional Medicine,  "Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice", 2020
  • Trinity School of Natural Health, Doctorate of Naturopathy, 2019
  • Emory University, Master of Nursing, Midwifery, 2007
  • Emory University, Bachelor of Nursing, 2006
  • Taylor University, Bachelor of Science, Biology, 2003

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I live in...

Atlanta, GA. Actually, Decatur. I'm a transplant from the midwest- my family lives in Ohio- but I was born in California.

I love...

Travel! I love to be in other cultures! Aside from traveling for fun, I have lived in Africa three times- Uganda, Malawi, and South Sudan. I've trained midwives there with SEED global health and served with Doctors without Borders.

I also love gardening native plants and sitting and watching the pollinators. In winters, you can find me on pottery wheel, decorating the clay surface with wildflowers. 


Other work....

My midwife work defined most of my 20-30s. I was trained at Emory, was a founding midwife at Atlanta Birth Center, and have had a homebirth practice, Moonlight Midwifery. I provide some prenatal care to refugee women when they can't get in for care. Basically, if there are logistical barriers to things, I'm happy to show up and ignore rules and do what's needed. 

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