Becoming a Sleep Consultant with Jayne Havens

When Danielle became a certified sleep consultant through the Center for Pediatric Sleep Management, she graduated from the course with big goals, one of which was to leave her teaching job so that she could pursue sleep consulting full time. As a mom of two, Danielle was desperate for more flexibility in her life, and she knew that being a sleep consultant would provide with her that flexibility,...

It’s been over a year since I have pressed pause on my business to truly unplug and recharge. My recent trip to Italy was just what I needed. It takes work to take a break when you are a solopreneur, but this was well worth it!  On this episode of the Becoming a Sleep Consultant podcast I shared: - What it looked like in the weeks leading up to my trip so I could be client-free on vacation - Some...

Lauren is a Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant and trained through Center for Pediatric Sleep Management. She’s also a 3rd and 4th grade learning specialist and the mom of two little girls. After the birth of her second daughter, her oldest really struggled with sleep. She fought bedtime and would up throughout the night. Lauren and her husband reached out to a sleep consultant and the experienc...

Amy is a wife, mama to four children and former special education teacher. She graduated from CPSM in June of 2023 and recently opened her business, Rhythms of Rest. After each of her pregnancies, Amy struggled with postpartum depression and anxiety and realized how much sleep affected her mental health. Amy’s family moved to Amsterdam in 2017 and raised their boys there for 3.5 years. She experie...

Elliott is a technical SEO specialist dedicated to helping business owners increase their sales by optimizing their website rankings in search engines. He happens to be MY SEO consultant and blogger, and I am so lucky for that. On this episode of the Becoming a Sleep Consultant Podcast, Elliot shares: - Why having strong SEO is so important for sleep consultants - Best practices for keyword resear...

Michelle Vroom is a marketing coach with over 15 years of marketing experience with nonprofits, agencies and large corporations. Now she helps small business owners grow to six figures with more freedom and peace.   Michelle believes every woman deserves to be in control of getting clients and making money. She understands the challenges of limited resources and time, and shares her proven methods...

As a pediatric nurse, Yvonne has years of experience providing compassionate care to families coping with the illness of a child. She guides parents through their journey using a family-centered approach to assess needs, implement care plans, and create optimal healthcare outcomes for their children. It’s what she loves, and always has. Yvonne is eager to draw on that experience when working with...

DMSc, MSPAS, PA-C, is a physician assistant with a doctoral degree in medical science. She has been practicing evidence-based medicine for seven years and wanted to find a way to support her pediatric patients and families with their sleep struggles in an evidence-based way. Aurielle found CPSM about a year and a half ago and quickly felt empowered by the course to start her own business as a slee...

Crystal is a certified pediatric sleep consultant, wife, mother to a precious baby girl and the owner and founder of Rest Within Reach.  Two years ago, after having a traumatic birth experience, an undiagnosed tongue-tie, challenges with nursing leading to 14 months of exclusive pumping, coupled with lack of support and sleepless nights, Crystal was quickly spiraling into physical exhaustion and m...

Megan is currently a full-time manager at a global not-for-profit company and a mama to a 2.5 year old little girl. On a quest to find something to fill her cup as well as a passion project and additional source of income, she came across CPSM. Megan is very passionate about child development and maternal mental health, and sleep is such a big part of that. Her eventual goal would be to leave her...

Moorea is the Director of the Sleep Counseling Institute and has been supporting families for over 22 years. She's a survivor of extreme postpartum sleep deprivation and has been providing evidence-based sleep education to professionals for the last 8 years combining the biological and behavioral sciences, lactation/ feeding science, attachment theory, and prioritizing whole-family mental health a...

Brittany is a certified pediatric sleep consultant, mom of two, and former VP at a nonprofit. Brittany and her husband suffered a significant loss in April of 2023 after delivering her son, Gates stillborn at 16 weeks. This was a pivotal moment in her life when she realized she wanted to be a stay-at-home mom with her 2 children. While Brittany was on leave from her job recovering, she found CPSM...

Selina Cotton has been supporting parents in the perinatal period since 2014. She began as a birth doula and transitioned over to postpartum support after her first child was born. For several years, she exclusively worked overnights, while raising two babies of her own. Over time, she realized that her favorite aspect of postpartum family support was helping parents to create healthy sleep habits...

Jamie is a mom of two toddler girls, a pediatric sleep consultant from the Center for Pediatric Sleep Management, and founder of Jamie’zzz Sleep Consulting. She’s always been passionate about making an impact and spent the greater part of her career in the nonprofit space. While navigating a challenging postpartum chapter after the birth of her first daughter, Jamie became obsessed with baby sleep...

Ciarra Morgan is a birth and postpartum doula, HypnoBirthing educator, pediatric sleep consultant, birth doula trainer, and creator/cohost of the Birth, Baby! Podcast. She is a wife, mother of two children, and has a passion for helping parents navigate their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journeys.  On this episode of the Becoming a Sleep Consultant Podcast, Ciarra shares:  The parts of her bus...

Brittany is a certified pediatric sleep consultant, mom of two, and former VP at a nonprofit. Brittany and her husband suffered a significant loss in April of 2023 after delivering her son, Gates stillborn at 16 weeks. This was a pivotal moment in her life when she realized she wanted to be a stay-at-home mom with her 2 children. While Brittany was on leave from her job recovering, she found CPSM...

Jenèt is a mom of seven children, and certified postpartum doula, pediatric sleep consultant and lactation educator counselor. She is the owner of The Night Mommy, and supports postpartum families both in person in North County San Diego, CA and virtually all over the world. Jenèt is passionate about the importance of adequate sleep for parents and their children, and the benefits a full night of...

When I asked the Becoming a Sleep Consultant Facebook community for ideas about what I could share on the podcast, people came out of the woodworks to request that I share more client success stories. This recent story is a good one! I was hired by a mom who was 37 weeks pregnant and already had a two year old and four year old at home. The two year old slept great but the four year old was really...

Ryann Dowdy is a sales expert, business strategist, connection marketing specialist, and the CEO and Founder of The Connection Agency. She believes that we are ONE relationship away from anything and everything we want in life. The Connection Agency focuses on the power relationship building has on sales and marketing efforts. The agency is a perfect marriage of her two passions - a business that...

Nas Echeverria is the Founder of Next Level Up CEO and the Easy Yes Method. Over the last 12 years she’s worked with over 400 coaches, consultants and healers to 2-5x their revenue, while turning strangers and lurkers into premium clients in just 7 days. She also happens to be my business strategist and Business BFF. If you’re new here, scroll back into the vault to listen to our most recent conve...

Liza is a certified pediatric sleep consultant through the Center for Pediatric Sleep Management, a certified special needs sleep consultant through the Institute for Pediatric Sleep & Parenting, and cofounder of the Westchester Mama & Child Wellness Expo. She is also the sleep expert in The Indy Lab’s Parenting Center, a sleep instructor with Virtual Village Parenting, lactation educator,...

Kerri "Nan" Nachlas is a certified pediatric sleep consultant, certified parent coach, newborn care specialist, and the owner and founder of The Parent Coach Certification Course. In addition to supporting families 1:1, Kerri offers mentorship to other consultants in the Pediatric Sleep and Parenting Coach arena and is currently serving as a board member of the International Pediatric Sleep Associ...

Erin is a wife, mom to young boys, a licensed marriage & family therapist, and certified pediatric sleep consultant through the Center for Pediatric Sleep Management. Erin is the founder of The Well Rested, a pediatric sleep consulting business that helps family become well rested by providing tools for independent sleep while maintaining healthy attachment. From an early age, Erin developed a...

Nichole Joy is a corporate real estate finance dropout, turned birth doula, CBE, birth business coach, energy healing practitioner, podcaster, digital course creator, author of 'Just Start' and... proud mother to three little ones (one C-section, one hospital based VBAC and one accidental home birth - on the bedroom floor). Nichole's juice is making business easy & efficient, while guiding you...

Sara Alter is a veteran entrepreneur, business coach, certified life coach, and the Founder of The Moment Group. Sara has consulted for businesses of all sizes, from multi-national corporations to early stage start-ups. Sara founded her first global business, Pretty Please Nail Polish, in 2010. Pretty Please was a first to market, customized nail polish business. Sara founded Moment Consulting (MO...