Becoming a Sleep Consultant with Jayne Havens

Amber Matusky has been supporting families through birth and the transition into parenthood as a birth and postpartum doula since 2006. She is a solo parent to two amazing kids, 13 years apart. She began sleep consulting earlier this year as a way to further support her clients long term, as well as a means to realize her dreams of being more present for her kids. One day Amber wishes to move abro...

Starting a new business is scary. One thing I hear over and over again as I speak with prospective CPSM students is that they worry they won’t know the answer to someone’s question, or won’t be able to solve someone’s problem once they start working as a certified sleep consultant. On this episode of the Becoming a Sleep Consultant Podcast I address this concern head on. I hope you enjoy the show!...

Danielle is a wife, mama to four little ones, restful sleep enthusiast and Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant. She graduated from CPSM in early 2022 and recently completed her Special Needs Sleep Certification. Having four kiddos close in age, she knew good sleep was going to be crucial for both herself and her husband to be the best versions of themselves for their kids. Once they had their las...

Jessica Petrus Aird is a dual-certified pediatric sleep consultant and postpartum doula. She owns Burgeoning Bud Postpartum where she helps families eat, sleep, and be well in postpartum and beyond. As mother of three children under five, she currently walks the path of raising young children along with her clients and is known for her empathic, insightful, and practical support. With her backgrou...

Moorea Malatt is a Perinatal Mental Health Certified Sleep Educator and Consultant. She’s also a Lactation Counselor and Early Childhood Development Specialist. She's been supporting families in various capacities for almost 25 years as a preschool teacher and director, as well as a postpartum doula. Moorea has been teaching sleep education to doulas and other perinatal professionals for 11 years...

Nicole is a Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant through the Center for Pediatric Sleep Management. Seven years as a Speech Language Pathologist and two kids later, Nicole found that she could combine her love for working with children with her new passion, getting kids to sleep. She enrolled in CPSM and later started her company, City That Sleeps.  With a background in Speech Language Pathology,...

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.  On this episode of the Becoming a Sleep Consultant Podcast Nas shares: - Some of...

Gina is a certified doula (DONA), certified lactation counselor, certified pediatric sleep consultant, and is trained in perinatal mental health. Gina owns New Blossom Maternity Services and serves families in person in the Orlando, Florida area as well as families everywhere with digital courses and communities. Her goal is to make parent life beautiful for her clients! Before birth work, Gina wa...

Karen has her degree in Early Childhood Education and has been working with children in various settings for over 20 years. Six years ago Karen launched her first business as an in-home daycare provider. A year and a half ago she became a certified pediatric sleep consultant through Center for Pediatric Sleep Management and launched her second business Winter Slumber. Her daughter's last day of 4K...

Marli is a certified pediatric sleep consultant through the Center for Pediatric Sleep Management. After a successful 13-year career in retail management and human resources, she discovered the world of sleep consulting and immediately knew this was what she was meant to do with her life. As the owner of Your World In Color and The Sleep Cure program, she helps moms navigate the world of sleep tra...

Aurielle Martin, DMSc, MSPAS, PA-C, is a physician assistant with a doctoral degree in medical science. She has been practicing evidence-based medicine for 6 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 busin...

If you tuned into the Becoming a Sleep Consultant podcast last week, you heard my interview with Tara Dakin Sauer, LMFT, PMH-C. We discussed how to best combat the negativity around sleep training. We had so much to cover, that we actually didn’t get to discuss everything we had planned for last week, so we broke up our conversation into two interviews. This week we are covering the differences be...

Tara Dakin Sauer, LMFT, PMH-C is a CPSM graduate passionate about the impact of infant sleep on parental mental health! Tara’s therapy practice, Renew Psychotherapy, specializes in treating trauma that occurs or resurfaces during pregnancy or postpartum. Tara's consulting business, a Renewed Momma, merges her expertise as a newborn care specialist, sleep consultant, and perinatal mental health pro...

Elizabeth Baron is a NY State Licensed Mental Health Counselor and psychotherapist with a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University’s Teachers College. Her primary clinical focus is maternal mental health – from preconception and pregnancy, through postpartum and parenting. Previously, she worked as a therapist at The Motherhood Center (TMC) of New York, where she developed...

Sometimes we are our own biggest roadblocks on this journey through entrepreneurship. We have big ideas, we dream up big plans, but then our own self-doubt and fear of failure creeps in and we hold ourselves back. I was chatting with a prospective CPSM student who expressed that her only hesitation in enrolling in the program is the business piece. She has never started her own business and that f...

Madison is the owner of Serene Moments where she provides support as a postpartum doula and sleep consultant. She is 22 years old and lives in northern Massachusetts. Madison has her BA in child and family studies, and as a prior nanny, infant teacher and daycare manager Madison decided to continue her love for supporting children and families by pursuing a full-time career as a postpartum doula a...

Overwhelm can creep in whether you’re still deciding if you’re ready to become a sleep consultant, new to sleep consulting and trying to get your business off the ground, and even when you’re already running a well-established and successful business. Feeling overwhelmed affects us all no matter where we are in our lives or careers. Lately, I’ve been feeling super overwhelmed. For the past couple...

Mercy Bell and Chad Milner are the proud and relatively well rested parents of a charismatic and adventurous five-month-old. Stanford grads with a passion for podcasting, they found their 2-week journey with sleep training to be so transformative, they wanted to share their experience here on the podcast. On this episode, Mercy and Chad share: - Why they decided to enlist the help of a sleep consu...

Sue is a Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant and also a Certified Newborn Care Specialist. She founded Tender Care Newborn Services which is based out of Orlando Florida and serves families both nationally and internationally through her virtual services. Sue’s coaching helps teach little ones to sleep 8-12 hours a night, and allows everyone in the household to get the rest they need! Sue began h...

Natalie Fay is a Center for Pediatric Sleep Management trained sleep consultant and a member of the International Pediatric Sleep Association. She's the founder of Sound Sleepers by Natalie Fay where she works with a diverse array of families to cultivate healthy sleep habits for their children and households as a whole. Additionally, Natalie is a seasoned household manager and professional nanny,...

Jodi Congdon is the owner of Hip to Heart, a birth and postpartum doula agency in the Boston area. She is also a postpartum doula and lactation educator trainer for CAPPA and the creator of the Birth Boss series of business courses for birth and postpartum professionals. On this episode of the Becoming a Sleep Consultant Podcast, we discuss: - How to know if you are ready to start an agency - The...

Amanda is a recent CPSM graduate and a proud career nanny for over a decade. She has also worked as the program manager for an agency that supports the independence of individuals with disabilities.  There were multiple roads that led Amanda to become a Sleep Consultant. Her experience as a Child Care Licensing Specialist inspired her passion for educating parents and caregivers on the importance...

Lauren A. Tetenbaum, LMSW, JD, PMH-C is an advocate and therapist certified in perinatal mental health who specializes in life transitions affecting millennial and young women. With an approach grounded in empathy and emotional intelligence, Lauren counsels clients on romantic relationships, career choices, pregnancy and parenting, anxiety, and family dynamics. She offers cognitive behavioral and...

Marli is a certified pediatric sleep consultant through Center for Pediatric Sleep Management. After a successful 13 year career in retail management and human resources, she discovered the world of sleep consulting and immediately knew this was what she was meant to do with her life. As the owner of Your World In Color, she helps moms navigate the world of sleep training in a way that feels align...

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...