My Story
Hi, I’m Kaylene! Mama to two beautiful boys who completely transformed the way I see the world. Motherhood softened me, stretched me, and awakened something ancestral within me. As a Métis woman, I feel deeply called to this work, not only because of my own lived experience, but because I believe our families deserve care that feels culturally safe, connected, and grounded in community. Supporting Indigenous mothers and families is close to my heart. I want our women to feel held, nourished, and remembered in a system that has too often overlooked them.
My own journey through pregnancy, postpartum, and breastfeeding opened my eyes in ways I never expected. I moved through beautiful moments, yes.. but also the quiet, heavy ones. The long nights. The physical depletion. The emotional unraveling and rebuilding. The deep love alongside deep exhaustion.
Even with support around me, I felt how easily postpartum can become rushed, clinical, and disconnected from its sacred roots. There were appointments and checklists, but very little space to simply be held. Very little honoring of the threshold a woman has just crossed.
And I couldn’t stop thinking:
It wasn’t always meant to feel like this.
Motherhood was once something woven into community. Women were nourished. Fed. Rested. Surrounded. Their transitions were witnessed and respected. Postpartum wasn’t something to “bounce back” from, it was something to move through slowly, intentionally, and with care.
That realization changed me.
It led me to step deeper into birth and postpartum work, not just as a service, but as a calling. I began weaving together my lived experience, traditional wisdom, practical support, and my heart for nurturing women in their fourth trimester.
Today, as an Auntie Doula, I hold space for mothers in the most tender seasons of life. I bring breastfeeding guidance, rest support, and emotional grounding. I offer presence without pressure. Care without rushing. Support that feels human, not clinical.
As a postpartum doula in Salmon Arm, I support families through the tender and transformative fourth trimester with steady, culturally grounded care.
I am continuing my education in traditional postpartum ceremonies and birth work to deepen the support I offer families in our community.