Make It Grand

Make It Grand Products that spark connection and celebrate new parents. Woman Owned. Doula created. Crowd sourced. Earth friendly. Made in the USA. Welcome to my passion.

As a doula mentor, author, speaker, and self-defense instructor, I’ve supported thousands of families. Not in a "Let me check my files," way, but in a sitting on their sofa, petting the cat, exploring their family photos kind of way. I’m there for the successes and have scrambled again and again to create customized solutions. My education and experience equip me with many answers, the most important being that I don’t have all the answers. Also that the people I’m supporting usually do—they just need the confidence to trust themselves. In addition to learning from the families I serve, my professional relationships keep me up to date and introduce me to new concepts. These are brilliant, caring experts whose insights are woven into our products, as well. I offer guided workshops on a unique, practical, non-physical, and reality-based form of self defense for women (see link at bottom). I’ve done a lot of presenting and speaking, both throughout the US and internationally. From presenting to hundreds of conference attendees to over a thousand hours of doula workshops, I thoroughly enjoy sharing what I do and learning from attendees. Just as our MIG customers are experiencing life transitions, I’m experiencing one, too. My focus is now bringing this personalized approach to a wider audience. I’m learning on my feet, just like you. I’m having challenges and successes, just like you. In other words, I get it. Let’s do this together. Here are some examples of the work I’ve done in the field of family connection.

09/14/2026

Grandma:

If today’s parenting feels over the top to you, you probably aren’t wrong. 🤍

Most things have changed since you were raising a baby. You adapted with them, because you were living them in real time.
Like your skincare regimen. Did you ever imagine spending so much time on your face? ✨

Everything evolves. Some of it really helps. Some is the result of aggressive marketing. Either way, it’s changed you, too. But you were there all along, and you adapted.
The parenting stuff? It’s coming at you all at once. Some of it is miraculous. Quite a bit is unnecessary or even concerning.

Sound familiar?

09/13/2026

When we tell others to ask for help but we don’t do it ourselves, we are working against progress. Change requires role models. When experienced parents ask for help, they are setting the best possible example. Strong does not mean able to do everything by yourself. Strong means resourced. Strong means flexible. What other words would you put in here?

09/11/2026

“Let’s agree to disagree”. Sounds like an easy fix, but it doesn’t work in parenting. Here’s why:

😕The parent who compromised may throw their hands up, with a “You’re in charge” attitude. There may be resentment, feeling “controlled”. Undermining. Abdication of responsibility: “You wanted this, you do it.”

😒The parent who “wins” this disagreement feels resentment if they are left alone to carry it out. Quietly undermined. And strangely, also “controlled”.

😕Agreeing to disagree doesn’t work here. It’s exhausting and frustrating for all, including the children, navigating the mixed messages they receive.

Talking about parenting—everything about it—is so much more important than which crib you buy or even which pediatrician you choose.

This is the every day environment your baby will be growing up in. It’s the next 18+ years of *your life*. More than the best color on the walls, your baby needs parents who are prepared. Parents who know themselves and one another. Parents who have been surprised *in advance* by their different responses to the same questions, then gotten curious and asked more questions. Explored together. And come up with a strategy they both feel comfortable with.

I made FACE Cards for exactly this reason. Experience has shown me where parents tend to bump up against one another. I’ve passed these prompts on to you, so you become a parenting team—from the start.💪💪

09/10/2026

This is what “support community” looks like. 🤩💪

It goes so much deeper than bringing a meal. And at its best, it lasts so much longer than that first year. We need our village for our whole lives. You know the saying, “Little kids, little problems. Big kids, big problems.” Our mom friends are just as vital when we go through the big kids stuff.

And that friend who is there for both? That’s the magic. 🪄🪄🌟

Find your mom friends. Maintaining those relationships takes commitment and flexibility. The pay-off is completely life-saving.

09/10/2026

How do other people’s children grow up so quickly? Please share your secrets below 👇

09/09/2026

The gifts make people laugh, smile, and feel supported— at the same time. Gifts like our plantable milestone cards. Fun, plantable new baby gifts that bring people closer together and are easy on the Earth.

09/09/2026

New mom? You’re becoming a whole new person. Finding her—and liking her—can feel isolating. While you’re making your peace with the new you, immerse yourself in a world of new moms. Real, in person, coffee -drinking, walking-taking moms. It will make all the difference.
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09/07/2026

*The curse of plenty*. Information = good. Too much information = overwhelming.

In parenting, especially the first year, every choice can feel vital. Now sprinkle a marketing feed designed to leave you feeling inadequate, and it really can become too much of a good thing.

The answer isn’t unplugging. It’s recognizing that there’s no one answer. That you’re going to try *so many*things, and some of them will work—until they don’t. Moving on to the next thing isn’t failure! It’s evolution. It’s adaptation. It’s growth. Don’t let the marketers tell you otherwise. Keep them around, but remember: they’re suggestions, options available to you.

Tools, not rules.

09/07/2026

Your mom’s experience = *your* history!

Are you cringing? I get it.

Stay with me: while things were shaping her, they were also shaping you. Maybe in ways you appreciate. Maybe in ways you’ve spent a fortune on therapy to process. Either way, it’s our reality.

Her feelings about birth and infant care, her emotional wellness—these shaped you.

In real time, because you were right there with her. Also in all the years that followed.

They are a part of how she relates to the world. That means they shaped how you relate to the world. And yes, we may be upset or even horrified to think this, *and* it’s what we have to work with.

Listening to the stories, asking questions, these can offer insight into where you are right now. They can build your relationship with her.

Here’s the fun part: try to listen without judging. Accept her choices in the same way she should accept yours.

You might find that it’s easier said than done. 😅🤔

09/05/2026

Hey mama 🤰consider this:

Your mom’s experience = *your* history!

Her support or non-support, her joys, her challenges—those were your experiences, too. They’re definitely worth a listen, because:

🫂Conversation = connection

📒Part of relationship-building is being interested in people’s stories

🚼They offer insight into your earliest experiences

Here’s a prompt: “Hey, mom, what was it like to get diapers for us *with* us? I love having mine delivered!”

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