Natalie Lake, CPM, LM
                                              Full Circle Midwifery

Natalie Lake has served women and families as a licensed midwife here in Austin since 2001. Natalie began attending births in 1997 when she started her training. She began her midwifery education at Birthingway Midwifery School in Portland, Oregon and continued to learn through apprenticeship with homebirth midwives in Austin. She also had the fortunate opportunities to work internationally with midwives in Mexico and Jamaica as she continued her training. Natalie serves the Austin area and the surrounding area of central Texas, providing home birth services, complete prenatal care, care for mom and baby after birth until six weeks postpartum, and well woman care. Natalie adapts her care of women and families to meet the individual needs of each client. She has a respectful trust of the birthing process coupled with a watchful eye and a clear plan of action when a situation arises that endangers mother or baby. Natalie serves as a guardian to a woman’s own journey, present and supportive with a keen awareness of the baby’s process as well. Natalie loves her work and enjoys the opportunity to bear witness to the amazing strength of women and the sacred sweetness of natural birth. Natalie lives in Austin, Texas and has one child, Alexander, who was born at home with midwives in 2004. She has attended over 400 births.


                                                512-444-0617
  

                        Kimberly Smith Cavins, OTR, EFT Level II 
            Certified Parent Educator: International Network for Children 
         and Families  “Parenting from the Heart”,“Healing from the Heart” 

Kimberly Smith Cavins began her career as a teacher and a healer by practicing occupational therapy with a focus on children/adolescents and psychiatry/addiction.  Kim was inspired to study holistic healing and parent education by the challenges her daughter faced as a premature baby.  She studied aromatherapy receiving a certificate in Essential Oil Bath Therapy in 1993.  In 1995, Kim became a Certified Parent Educator for The International Network for Children and Families, teaching the “Redirecting Children’s Behavior” course to parents and professionals.  She
studied various forms of energetic/heart-centered healing and completed three years of course work at the Connection to Wholeness Healing School in 2002.  In 2004, Kim received training to teach and coach “Transforming the ‘Difficult’ Child:  The Nurtured Heart Approach”.  She began receiving training in Nonviolent (Compassionate) Communication in 2005, and in 2008, Kim received a Level II Certificate in the Emotional Freedom Technique.  Kim is blessed to be the mom of an 18 year old daughter.