The Collective
Antenatal
Birth is a threshold, sacred, transformative, and wholly your own. Our birth support team is here to walk beside you through every contraction, decision, and wave of becoming. Whether you're planning a hospital birth, home birth, or anything in between, our doulas and birth professionals bring calm, clarity, and advocacy to your experience. You deserve to feel held from your first prenatal to the first time you hold your baby.
Postpartum
​The postpartum season is raw, real, and often overlooked... but not here. Our postpartum doulas and lactation professionals offer gentle, consistent care in the days, weeks, and months after birth. We’re here to nourish you while you nourish your baby, supporting your recovery, rest, and rhythm as a new parent. You don’t have to “bounce back” you get to be supported forward.
Additional
True wellness is woven from many threads. That’s why our collective includes trusted practitioners who care for your body, mind, and spirit. From chiropractic care and acupuncture to massage therapy and mental wellness coaching, our extended team is here to help you heal, ground, and thrive, no matter where you are in your journey. Because your care deserves to be as multidimensional as you are.
Support at every stage
The Antenatal Team
Founder
Jade Passamonte
Birth Doula
Student Midwife
Yoga Therapist
Birth Assistant
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As a devoted wife and mother of four, alongside being a proud sister, my life is rich with nurturing and love. I'm Jade, founder of Whole Mama Wellness Collective, where my fervor for cultivating unforgettable birth experiences shines. With years of expertise as a birth doula and childbirth educator, I'm dedicated to empowering families through their birthing journey, transforming each moment into lasting memories. Specializing in comprehensive prenatal support and postpartum care, my goal is to ensure that every family I work with cherishes the birth of their baby as a cherished milestone. Join me in embracing the beauty of birth and the unity it brings to families.
Birth Doula
Michele Lawson
Birth Doula Wellness Coordinator
Childhood Educator
Placenta Encapsulation
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In 2011, I married a man 18 days after meeting him! Together, we've navigated seven teenagers and homeschooled our youngest child since pre-K. That little guy sparked us to co-create our homeschool co-op, Growing Together AZ. In 2020, I began my journey as a professional birth worker, and obtained certification as a birth doula.
Every tidbit of education or experience has me hungry for more. My background in family development, early childhood education, and now birth work, fuels my passion to empower all people with confidence and positivity. My greatest advice for living, Believe In You. Always.
Birth Doula in Training + Postpartum Doula
Dana Tosh
Hi, I’m Dana! I’ve always been deeply drawn to pregnancy, birth, and motherhood, and that passion only grew after having two children of my own. As a postpartum doula, I’m dedicated to supporting families as they navigate the transition into parenthood.
My mission is to educate, nurture, and advocate for the families I serve, helping them feel confident and cared for during this transformative time. I want parents to feel empowered in caring for their newborns and prioritizing their own healing. It’s a true honor to walk alongside families during such a meaningful and tender chapter of their lives.
Birth Doula in Training + Licensed Acupuncturist
Dana Bruck
​Hi, I’m Dana, a mother of two, doula, and licensed acupuncturist with a deep passion for supporting women through every chapter of motherhood. I was raised in Phoenix, Arizona and after many years away it feels good to be back here with my husband to raise our children. I enjoy spending my days with my kids, hiking desert trails, crafting, cooking nourishing meals, and creating herbal remedies from nature’s medicine cabinet.
Before stepping into doula work, I practiced fertility and perinatal acupuncture, working closely with families from conception through postpartum recovery. It was through this intimate work that I witnessed firsthand the strength and vulnerability of mothers, and the profound need for compassionate, continuous care during labor and beyond.
After my first birth — though beautiful in many ways — I felt something was missing. The experience left me yearning for deeper support and a sense of empowerment that I knew was possible. Determined to create a different story for my second birth, I sought out a new team and met the doula who would inspire my path. That experience, and the transformative course I later took with The Matrona, ignited my calling to birth work.
Today, I’m honored to walk alongside families as they navigate the sacred journey of labor, birth, and postpartum. I believe every mother deserves to feel supported, seen, and empowered in her choices. It’s my heartfelt mission to hold space for birthing people and their families with warmth, wisdom, and unconditional support.
The Postpartum Team
Director of Client Care
Kristen Stangeland
Hi, I’m Kristen —
As Whole Mama’s Director of Client Care, I’ll be your trusted guide in connecting you with support that aligns with your family’s needs and values. Whether it’s finding the right doula, navigating newborn transitions, or simply making sure you feel cared for every step of the way, I’m here to help you receive the kind of support that nourishes you deeply.
With over 7 years of experience as a dedicated Newborn Care Specialist, I bring calm, confident, and compassionate support to help you gently navigate the early days of welcoming your baby into the world.
I specialize in those earliest, tender days and nights — helping you care for your newborn with intention, warmth, and evidence-based guidance. From soothing routines to gentle sleep foundations and feeding support, I’m here to bring reassurance, rhythm, and rest to your postpartum experience. My care is rooted in compassion and responsiveness, always centered on the well-being of both baby and parents. This isn’t just about managing the newborn stage — it’s about creating an environment where you feel seen, supported, and truly held as you learn and grow together as a family.
Because postpartum care isn’t a luxury — it’s a necessity. And you deserve to feel wrapped in support, not overwhelmed by it.
Birth + Postpartum Doula
Dana Tosh
Hi, I’m Dana! I’ve always been deeply drawn to pregnancy, birth, and motherhood, and that passion only grew after having two children of my own. As a postpartum doula, I’m dedicated to supporting families as they navigate the transition into parenthood.
My mission is to educate, nurture, and advocate for the families I serve, helping them feel confident and cared for during this transformative time. I want parents to feel empowered in caring for their newborns and prioritizing their own healing. It’s a true honor to walk alongside families during such a meaningful and tender chapter of their lives.
Postpartum Doula + Yoga Instructor
Kelsey Ryan
Hi, I’m Kelsey, a certified birth and postpartum doula and experienced yoga teacher, dedicated to supporting families through every phase of the pregnancy and early postpartum journey. I offer a holistic approach to birth and postpartum that brings together evidence-based care, intuitive guidance, and the healing power of movement and breath.
As a doula, I provide physical, emotional, and informational support during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. As a yoga teacher, I specialize in prenatal and postpartum yoga, helping clients connect with their bodies, prepare for labor and delivery, and cultivate inner strength.
My mission is to empower you with knowledge, nurture your confidence, and create a safe, supported environment where you can have the birth and postpartum that you want.
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Postpartum Doula
Lisa Travis
​​Hi, I’m Lisa, a Postpartum and Ayurvedic wellness practitioner and yoga instructor. My work weaves together sacred structure and soulful softness to help women navigate the threshold of new motherhood and all the identity shifts that come with it.
After years of over-performing and under-feeling, my own postpartum journey cracked me open. I learned to surrender the hustle, root into my body, and reclaim a gentler way of being. That lived experience now informs what I bring to postpartum care.
Through postpartum doula support, holistic ritual practices, and Ayurvedic guidance, I hold space for the tender season after birth, supporting women on every level: physical, emotional, and spiritual. My approach blends evidence-based care with ancient feminine wisdom, grounded in the belief that healing unfolds most naturally when we are deeply seen, gently held, and honored in our wholeness.
Additional Support
Gila Shire
Prenatal Massage Therapist
Yoga Instructor
Placenta Encapsulation
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I come to birthwork after more than a decade in nursing, certifying as a massage therapist, and extensive yoga training. I am grateful that the skills I have gained over the years help me to provide comprehensive care to each family I encounter.
I recognize the incredible rite of passage that birth is and strive to provide each of my families with valuable tools as they experience this sacred and natural event.
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Cara Lee Kiggins
Childbirth Educator
Yoga Instructor
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​Hi! I'm Cara (she/her). I've been helping people prepare for and navigate deeply transformative and unfamiliar experiences for nearly two decades.
I had a successful career leading advocacy programs for survivors of trauma in the nonprofit sector until the birth of my first child.
In the past nearly ten years since them I have had the opportunity to work with hundreds of pregnant people as a Birth Doula,
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Victoria Richardson
Certified PSYCH-K Facilitator
Energetic + Subconscious Specialist
Human Design Expert
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Hi, I’m Victoria — an intuitive guide, subconscious integrative practitioner, and energetic co-regulator here to support you in one of the most powerful transitions of your life.
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My work lives at the intersection of the nervous system, energy field, and belief system. I help expectant and new parents clear subconscious blocks, regulate their emotional landscape, and align with their inner truth — so they can experience birth and postpartum with clarity, confidence, and connection.
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I created the Energetic & Subconscious Support for Conscious Birth + Beyond plan for families who want more than surface-level preparation. This is for those who feel the call to go deeper — to tend to their internal world, to move through fear, and to create safety from the inside out.
Whether you’re preparing for birth, navigating postpartum, or reconnecting with yourself after a major life shift, this work is here to meet you exactly where you are.
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It’s my greatest joy and honor to walk alongside you as you align, expand, and remember the power that’s always been within you!
Chelsey Rodgers
Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC)
Hi, I’m Chelsey Rodgers a Certified Lactation Consultant (CLC) and registered nurse with 20 years of experience. I’m most passionate about educating and caring for moms and babies - especially during those tender early days.
As a nurse, I’ve supported countless families through the first hours, days, and weeks of newborn life - helping with everything from feeding challenges to reading baby cues and soothing techniques. And as a mom, I know how emotional and overwhelming that time can be.
Breastfeeding may be natural, but that doesn’t mean it always comes easily. When I struggled with nursing my own baby, I didn’t know where to turn for help outside the hospital. Looking back, I realize how much of a difference compassionate, personalized support can make. That’s why I’m here, to help you feel informed, supported, and confident, no matter where you are in your feeding journey. I cannot wait to help you succeed on your feeding journey.