About Angela - Cleveland Postpartum Doula

Hi, I’m Angela, founder of Nest + Rest. I provide compassionate postpartum doula support for Cleveland families during the tender weeks after birth.

My personal journey of reconnecting with my body through yoga, meditation, and somatic experiencing informs the way I care for mothers and families. I believe postpartum support should honor your body’s wisdom, your intuition, and the unique needs of your family in the present moment.

I am a Certified Postpartum Care Provider through INNATE Postpartum Care and CAPPA-trained. I bring both professional training and lived experience as a mother, along with hands-on experience supporting families through this meaningful transition.

I live in Cleveland with my husband, Scott, and our ten-year-old daughter.

Training & Certification

2018: The Fourth Trimester Food, with Centehua Sage

2019: CAPPA postpartum doula training, Doula Darla, with Darla Burns 

2019: Body Reading for Sobadas, La Matriz Birth, with Tema Mercado

2020: Certified Peristeam Facilitator, Steamy Chick, with Keli Garza

2021: Physiologic Baby Care, Innate Traditions, with Rachelle Garcia Seliga

2022: Certified Innate Postpartum Care Provider, Innate Traditions, with Rachelle Garcia Seliga

2023: MotherCircle Facilitator Training, with Kimberly Ann Johnson and Jessica Connolly

2026: American Red Cross, Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED

Becoming a mother has changed me so radically in ways I never could have imagined. I'm forever grateful to be the mother of this amazing girl who inspires me daily. 🤍 Happy Mother's Day to all the beautiful mothers out there!
I am going through MotherCircle facilitators training with Kimberly Ann Johnson and Jessica Connolly. As I am working through the questions in a section of Kimberly’s book, the fourth trimester, the question above feels so powerful to me right
Over the last four months, I’ve had two clients whose pediatricians told them some version of contact napping is ruining your baby’s sleeping habits, which is ridiculous. If contact naps are hard for the parents because they need space, I