about me

Welcome, I'm Crystal

I live in Decatur, GA.

The sunshine and tall trees have made this city a welcoming home to me.

I love learning and have been fortunate to study at top universities, but I’ve always found the deepest truths through quiet observation; life as my greatest teacher.

I maintain a soft, flowy vibe in everything I do, creating spaces that honor the wisdom found outside of textbooks. I believe I am here to nurture depth and meaning, starting with birth and ending with menopause

I'm glad you're here.

meet Me

20 years experience

Emory educated Nurse Midwife

APRN, licensed in GA

Doctorate of Naturopathy

Institute of Functional Medicine member

Certified Feminine Embodiment Coach

Influenced by: God, Inner knowing, wildflowers, tall trees, waterfalls, wise women traditions, animals, travel, embodiment, healing, & art

Accolades

"Best of Decatur" for Midwife

"Best of Decatur" for Alternative Health

5.0 Star reviews on Google

Fuld Fellowship at Emory University

about crystal

20 years experience

Emory educated Nurse Midwife

CNM, APRN, licensed in GA

Doctor of Naturopathy

Institute of Functional Medicine member

Certified Feminine Embodiment Coach

Influenced by: God, Inner knowing, wildflowers, tall trees, waterfalls, wise women traditions, animals, travel, embodiment, healing, & art

More About Crystal

about my beliefs

I believe in SENSING, nature, WISDOM & a Loving God

I believe SENSING balances SCIENCE

I was trained in science — educated at esteemed institutions like Emory University — where I learned physiology and evidence-based care. Yet the deeper truths of womanhood revealed themselves in practice — through twenty years of midwifery, hands-on care, and the quiet observation of women’s lives, bodies, and stories. I learned that the truths for each woman and her body are not science, but rather unique to her. Through naturopathic assessment techniques and developing my own intuitive ways, I can attune to what is true through sensing. Science feels like the structure, and then we personalize things.

I believe OBSERVATION gives us WISDOM

I’ve come to believe that wisdom is born through observation — the patient, reverent watching of how women’s bodies move through life’s thresholds. My clinical experience has shown me that true healing comes when we trust what the body already knows. Each woman carries a story written in her cycles, her breath, her way of moving through the world.

Wisdom, for me, is the synthesis of science and soul — a knowing that honors both intellect and instinct.

I believe INTUITION and ENERGY are a part of our design

From my earliest days, I’ve listened for what lies beneath the surface — asking quietly, What is here? What is needed?
Sometimes I ask God or the Holy Spirit. Sometimes I just listen to the subtle energy of a woman, and I feel drawn to what she is needing.

When I do bodywork, my hands lead. They have their own intelligence — one that knows when to go deeper, when to pause, and when completion has been reached. I have learned techniques from formal teachers, including a renowned pregnancy massage instructor and a fascia expert, yet the art of my touch is guided by something that flows through me and into my hands.

I respect RHYTHMS and NATURE

All of nature moves in rhythm — the moon, the menstrual cycle, the tides, the breath, the seasons.
Labor follows this sacred pulse of contraction and release. The year turns from birth to rest to rebirth. Life and death weave together in an endless dance.

My practice invites women to return to these natural cycles — to live in attunement with their own seasons and with the larger rhythms that sustain life.

I feel FAITH and a DIVINE connection are essential for humans

My approach to care is rooted in a deep, inclusive spirituality that honors the Divine in all its forms. While my personal foundation is Christian—guided by a loving God and an active Holy Spirit—I view these as universal forces that every culture and tradition accesses through its own unique paradigm. I hold profound respect for all paths of devotion and aim to create a space where you feel completely safe, regardless of your religious background or lack thereof. I believe that having trust in something greater than ourselves is vital to our well-being; without it, major life transitions like birth or perimenopause can leave us feeling anxious and overburdened. My hope is to help you move past the noise and reconnect with the Source, grounding your faith in your body, the land, and the natural rhythms of life so you never have to carry those heavy shifts alone.

This is where my work lives — in the space between medical knowing and intuitive listening, between the measurable and the mysterious.

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little FACTS about ME

I grow wildflowers and native plants as if it was my job to feed the birds, butterflies and insects

Life comes with a lot of jobs. One of mine is pretending like my yard is going to sustain nature. It's such a gift back to me to see the color, texture and critters. Recently I added chickens.... so now I'm officially in my bird-watching era!

I escape to nature as much as I can, sometimes in my Airstream, but always with my pup Max

My soul is happy with plants and animals, and it is fed by adventure and observation. With the on-call midwife life, I have learned to make buffers of time for me to be away, and now I do that in comfort in my retro renovated Airstream!

I love making pottery & decorating it with wildflowers

If I didn't have a calling to serve women, I'd just make art and grow wildflowers. I've settled on winter pottery classes as my art time. For me, guiding clay between my hands is as intuitive as massaging women in labor. My body and breath connects and I feel grounded and a part of something deep. The glazing and painting bring the beauty.

I started collecting crystals because of my name, mostly for beauty, but I've grown to love them

I was scared they might be too mystical! Shame on religion for telling us that. I am very attuned to colors and natural elements, so now I love these little rocks and use them intuitively to help me in deep work for myself or clients.

some things clients ask

my ORIGINS

Where am I from?

I was born in Orange, California. but mostly raised in the midwest- Ohio and Indiana. I have been in the south for 20 years though. I went to Emory University, then lived in Cookeville TN for 5 yr. I returned to Atlanta in 2016.

What does my birth date say?

It says like a Leo, and I do love the sun! And human design says I'm a generator and I love clarity, trust, and completion (with strong sacral grounding). I'm a "monkey" in Chinese astrology.

What archetype am I?

In ancient mythology archetypes, I identify with Artemis, who was considered "the goddess of liminal spaces and thresholds—the exact space between the spiritual realm and physical birth. Practitioners who work naturally with the baby’s energy are often aligned with Artemis’s archetype, acting as a calm, untamed guide who speaks the unspoken language of the child entering the world." I have Artemis' personality of being independent and untamed, yet dually gentle and protective.

What was my path to midwifery?

I was going to be a doctor, because that's what smart kids are told to do if they want to be in healthcare. I studied biology pre-med, then pivoted toward wanting to be a naturopathic physician.. but that wasn't licensed so I went to nursing school to be a NP. When I did my maternity rotation, I was fascinated. Then I saw a birth and said to myself, "No... that's not how souls should be treated at birth." and I felt the call! Midwifery is both being a healthcare provider and a holistic guide so it resolved what I had felt a conflict in with medicine.

My first ten years of being a midwife I worked in Cookeville TN at a hospital & birth center and then I did Doctors without Borders. For the past ten years have been at Atlanta Birth Center and in my own homebirth practice of Moonlight Midwifery.

What was my path to holistic women's health?

Right after I completed the masters in nursing at Emory where I learned the clinical side of women's health medicine, I enrolled in Trinity School of Natural Health to learn how to practice Naturopathy. Then I have just been a nerd with books and trainings from herbalists and functional medicine practitioners through the years. I attend courses and travel for herbalism workshops. In 2019 I started Wild Herb Naturopathy to start practicing women's health from the holistic approach and then I realized I really only want to do women's issues since that's my niche, so I changed it to Wild Herb Women's Wellness.

How does working with Crystal differ?

educated, elevated

I focus on a holistic, integrative care model that acknowledges your personal health and root causes of your symptoms. My care is an integration of clinical training, midwifery, traditional naturopathy, functional medicine, and feminine embodiment approaches.... always honoring the beautiful design of the female.

Personality

To A relaxed and warm personality

Clinical expertise

Naturop19 years experience, with strong clinical skills

State licensure and ability to professionally collaborate in your care

Consulting physician that believes in homebirth

Wisdom

Lots of educational documents, links and referral recommendations

The Functional Medicine Model is an individualized, patient-centered, science-based approach that empowers patients and practitioners to work together to address the underlying causes of disease and promote optimal wellness. It relies on a detailed understanding of each patient’s genetic, biochemical, and lifestyle factors and leverages that data to direct personalized treatment plans that lead to improved patient outcomes.

By addressing root cause, rather than symptoms, practitioners become oriented to identifying the complexity of disease. They may find one condition has many different causes and, likewise, one cause may result in many different conditions. As a result, Functional Medicine treatment targets the specific manifestations of disease in each individual.

Holistic

The feminine states of softness, receiving, flow and creativity are natural state of feeling alive as women. Understanding where we have been pressured to become masculine versions of ourselves and how to balance that is an important part of caring for the female body in it's physical, emotional and hormonal states.