Kelsey Krueger

For as long as Kelsey can remember, she’s had a love for birth and babies. As a kid, she had an impressive baby doll collection to prove it and one of the very first shows she remembers watching on repeat is TLC's "A Baby Story". Her journey to birth work was long and sometimes unexpected (she used to work in tech sales). In retrospect, Kelsey says it’s in these unexpected places where the beauty of her soul's purpose was unveiled.

In 2020, after a seven-month-long soul-searching solo backpacking journey around the world, she found her calling to work intimately with women. Today she says she’s living out her life’s purpose, and she feels so blessed. Currently, she’s passionate about educating and providing resources on fertility as she goes through her own personal journey.

Kelsey’s energy is down-to-earth meets divine feminine power. She’s not a "one size fits all" kind of doula. Instead, Kelsey thrives on individual and inclusive connections. She believes deeply that each and every woman deserves to step into her power as she is born into her life as a mother. She wants to remind you that you're here, and that's your first step to owning your power. You are your best investment, and she sees and supports you!

Aurora Sullivan

Aurora is an east coast transplant who manifested being a birth worker from a young age! As a young girl, she would make drawings of mamas in labor that would say words like “breathe with me”. Rori was always asking to hold babies and be a mother’s helper until she was old enough to be a nanny. Once she was, it served a special purpose in her life for eleven years. She navigated through different career passages that were in the realm of birth but weren’t quite what she was looking for. It was when she was living in Arizona that the family she nannied for brought it to her attention what a doula was. Almost immediately, in 2017, she realized that doula work was the perfect job for her. Aurora received her birth doula, postpartum doula, breastfeeding educator and childbirth education certifications and is always eager to learn more. As of more recently, she is also a placenta specialist!

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Aurora is wildly passionate about providing education to families so they can make informed decisions that are best for them. Being a doula through the birth and postpartum journey is truly an honor for her. Aurora believes in the body’s ability to give birth and is so grateful to support women emotionally, physically and spiritually through the portal to motherhood. 

Cristina Merino-LaDuke

Cristina is a wife, mama of two, hairstylist by day and certified birth doula by night (more often than not)! While her passion for birth and motherhood has always been present, a fire was lit while preparing for and birthing her firstborn. She then knew she had to be a loving source of support, guidance and education throughout pregnancy and birth for mothers to be.

Together with Cristina, you’ll find the best ways to nurture your mind, body and spirit, and see to it that you slow down, look inward and tap into the intuitive power that you possess as a mother. As you prepare for birth, Cristina will listen to your wishes, help calm your fears and ultimately provide you with the knowledge and tools to help you have the empowered birthing experience you deserve. 

Pregnancy and birth are so wonderfully unique to each individual, and however your experience unfolds, it is Cristina’s wish that you feel both confident and in control on the day you finally meet your baby. She is honored to be your doula. 

Wendy Radin

Wendy has wanted to work with women having babies for as long as she can remember. After the birth of her third child, she started teaching Childbirth Education Association classes. Through this exposure, she had the privilege of attending many births: some in the hospital, some at home, a cesarean, a home breech and one out in the middle of nowhere with no electricity! She loved every one of them.

Wendy went to school to be a doula full-time in late 2000. She later decided to get as much experience as possible, so she started interning at South Coast Midwifery. She completed this training in September 2021 and had the honor of attending multiple births during that time.

Her goal today as a doula is to guide the birthing mom and her partner to be the best possible team in childbirth. She's trained in both Lamaze and Hypnobabies, which she brings into her support. She strives to be your guide and the person you can turn to with any questions or needs regarding a beautiful, informed birth. She’s not there to judge or take over, but rather she's a calming support to make your birthing experience as comfortable as possible. 

Elise Miller

Elise is a birth and postpartum doula in South OC with a passion for all things pregnancy, physiologic birth, lactation and matrescence. As a new mother herself, she deeply relates to the highs, lows, and unique calling on a family during their journey into parenthood. She cares about supporting birth that looks and feels authentic and empowering to each individual, holding space and reverence for matrescence and emotional expansion, and providing education and nurturing to the mother-baby dyad. Something that Elise loves to remind her clients of is that everything they need is already within them. She feels that one of the most rewarding ways she can support a mother is to encourage her to find and trust in their innate, wise maternal instincts so that they can birth and mother with the utmost autonomy and confidence in themselves. 

Arianna Abrego

Being mama of three amazing kids is something Arianna always dreamed of and is so grateful for. Her experiences through each of her children’s births and the following postpartum periods have led her to her life's calling: birth work. As a doula, she intimately supports you emotionally, mentally and physically while also holding space for the family being born. Arianna is passionate about educating parents-to-be on physiologic birth as well as walking them through the first decisions they will make for their baby, based on evidence-based research.

She is a lactation specialist and will support you in your breastfeeding journey. Her first-hand experience combined with extensive knowledge gives her unique insight and confidence in her role as your advocate. Arianna is so excited to be offering birth photography in addition to her doula services as she is currently working toward a certification from Birth Becomes You. She has a passion for learning and is always continuing her own education. Her mission is to instill trust in your body’s ability to birth your baby, for you to believe in its intelligence so deeply that your fears can subside, allowing you to feel empowered in your birth.

Madison Marshall

Madison is a passionate Hypnobirth Doula and Student Midwife. Growing up the eldest of four daughters, she felt an overwhelming and natural urge to be another motherly presence for her siblings. With her mother also being a birth worker, she was exposed to the miracles of birth work from a very young age. Her life's passion was solidified as she caught her youngest sister, pulled her up out of the water in the birth pool and placed her on her mother’s chest. Since then, she has devoted her life to encouraging women to unleash their full birthing power and discover the strength they have in this world. 

After supporting many births under the moon’s soft glow, she realized the deep feminine connection to the moon. Over the years, she has been leaning into her spirituality in order to guide her through this sacred practice. She also aims to follow an ancestral way of living by deepening her consciousness, nourishing her body as her ancestors did and understanding the importance of movement. Learning from her own health journey, she offers nutritional, supplemental, herbal and stretching expertise in order to help her clients optimize their health during the childbearing year. 

In the birth room, Madison uses Spinning Babies techniques, breath work and various comfort measures to help mothers feel at ease. She trusts her strong intuition and experience to provide comfort and serenity in her client’s birth space.

Samantha Aguayo

Samantha is a Kansas girl born and raised. She moved to SoCal ten years ago where she met her husband and has since had two wonderful babies. With both pregnancies and births came many challenges that without the support of the women around her she felt she would’ve never made it back to herself again. It was through her own birth into motherhood that she began to understand the importance of the “village” and other women putting the pieces of her back together as she was born into her new role. Once she met Kelsey and the Soul Shine community her eyes opened to what her calling was: Mothering the Mother.

Samantha is passionate about the bond between mother and baby during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. She hopes to nurture that in the mothers she works with so that when it’s her time to step away, mom and baby have all the tools they need to walk into this new life together. Through her own experiences and education Samantha is an amazing advocate for the families in her care, giving them the knowledge they need to have a beautiful empowered birth, breastfeeding and postpartum experience. 

Kristen Vetter

Kristen was born and raised in Southern California. She grew up on the beach but has since found her calling for living in the country of Fallbrook with her husband where she raises hens and her two free-range children. Her passion for informed birth started with her first pregnancy and birth, and the fire was flamed with her second. It was then that she knew she was being called to birth work. 

Kristen desires for her clients to feel seen and heard while providing servant-hearted care. She values truth-telling, an open relationship with birther and provider and helping moms achieve the birth story they want. Her relationship with God guides her life and work. She is a Christian doula and brings a comforting light to her clients during their most transformative life events. It is her prayer that the family will have a positive birth experience to cherish for years to come. 

Ophelie Mollica

Ophelie is an energetic, easy-going postpartum doula based in Huntington Beach. She was born and raised in France and is a wife and mother of two young daughters. Her love for babies, her passion for all things motherhood and her postpartum experiences led her to become a doula. 

Being the person she would have greatly needed when in the thick of it herself is her life’s calling. Ophelie walks into postpartum homes with calm and peaceful energy, ready to meet new parents where they are and be of service in whichever way they need. Nurturing, guiding, educating and helping families find their way through one of the most monumental changes of their lives is an honor she cherishes. When she is not soothing mothers and babies, Ophelie enjoys quality time with her own family more than anything. Reading at the beach while her daughters run wild is where you will find her the happiest.

Megan Limon

Megan is that friend you will always have, who will answer you on the first call, brews her own kombucha on the weekends, loves all things cozy, is a fur mom of two long-hair doxies, and loves hiking, sunshine and fairy lights dangling around everything!

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She is a DONA-Certified Postpartum Doula and UCSD-trained Lactation Counselor serving San Diego County. She offers ancient healing methods such as massage, belly binding and craniosacral therapy. She has passionately supported families for the past ten years! 

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Her serene nature allows for bonding and early connection to take place between mom and baby. She feels honored to support the birth of new families! Her organic, modern and holistic focus on motherhood makes her support grounding, strengthening and a source of confidence. She educates and empowers families, while also bringing in refreshing methods of healing such as herbal foot baths, energy work through talk therapy, nutrient-dense soups, belly binding and massage. She wishes you a lifetime of healing and snuggles, and she can’t wait to support you!

Barbara Maxey

Barbara is a postpartum doula helping ease parents into the transition of welcoming a new addition into their family. Her goal is to nurture a safe space and independence while giving positive words of encouragement. She offers education, resources and support around the home.

Barbara is a mama herself with over a decade of experience supporting families through the newborn transition. She became a birth worker to provide families with the support and care she desperately needed. She empowers parents on their new journeys and helps them confidently grow into parenthood.

She is available for overnight and day-shift support.