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The Top Sleep coaches
Welcome to an exploration of top sleep coaches who are dedicated to helping families achieve better sleep and well-being.
These coaches bring unique expertise and approaches to addressing sleep challenges in children, focusing on personalized strategies that consider developmental needs, health conditions, and parenting styles.
Whether you’re navigating sleep issues due to special needs, seeking holistic approaches, or looking to empower yourself with evidence-based knowledge, these coaches offer insights and solutions to transform your sleep journey.
Discover how these experts combine science with compassion to support families in achieving restful nights and nurturing daytime experiences. Their commitment to understanding the intricacies of sleep and its impact on overall health underscores their dedication to improving lives one sleep at a time.
Do you think you or a coach that you know deserves to be featured as a top sleep coach? If yes, then fill out this form and we will consider your application and get in touch with you for the next steps.
In Brief : The Top Sleep Coaches
- Melissa Doman – Melissa Doman is a sleep coach exclusively for children with special needs. She has 14 years of experience teaching parents of children with a variety of diagnoses, including Autism, ADHD/ADD, Cerebral palsy, Trisomy 21, and more.
- Consuela Hendriks – Consuela Hendriks is a registered child healthcare psychologist, a remedial educationalist and EMDR-therapist with over 20 years of experience in childrens’ health care.
- Soda Kuczkowski – Soda Kuczkowski is a Certified Sleep Coach who has passionately worked in the field of sleep medicine and sleep health for the past 16 years.
- Annie Littlehales – Annie Littlehales is a Holistic & Gentle Sleep Coach who loves to wrap her arms around parents to empower them to go from feeling anxious.
- Michelle S.Donaghy – At MSD Sleep Coach we are trained and very experienced in all sleep coaching approaches not just one.
- Desiree – When I was first pregnant with twins in 2008 I didn’t realize that sleep would play such a crucial role in my life.
- Allison – I like to think of myself as someone who, for the most part, has been able to accomplish anything I really set my mind to.
- Lana Walsh – I spent my entire adult life half asleep. When I was in high school, my parents thought I was a typical teenager, staying up too late with a bad attitude.
- Mar De Carlo – IPHI’s founder, Mar De Carlo (formerly Mary Oscategui prior to 2017) is also the founder of the Association of Professional Sleep Consultants, International Academy of Baby Planner Professionals, Business Sanctuary and Physical Awakening Yoga School.
- Maria – My name is María. I’m a wife, a mother, a Certified Baby Sleep Consultant and the founder of Sleepy Miracles Consulting.
- Chole – After 10+ years of experience working with newborns and children as a nanny and Postpartum Doula, I realized just how important and powerful sleep is to the health of little ones and their parents.
- Kathy Monroe – Kathy Monroe (mother of five) has passionately worked with Motherhood Center for over eight years, as a Labor and Postpartum Doula, Sleep Coach, and Newborn Care Educator.
- Dr. Washington – After 37 years of practicing in California’s Silicon Valley, where sacrificing sleep is the norm, Roger W.
Melissa Doman
Melissa Doman is a sleep coach exclusively for children with special needs. She has 14 years of experience teaching parents of children with a variety of diagnoses, including Autism, ADHD/ADD, Cerebral palsy, Trisomy 21, and more. Melissa has helped hundreds of families by providing lasting solutions for their child’s sleep struggles. Melissa’s goal is to make sure that every child can succeed and thrive on a great night’s rest.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
In 2016 when I started coaching there was no such thing as a sleep coach for kids with special needs. Parents came to me frustrated and tired of hearing there was no solution other than medication for their child’s sleep struggles. By creating customized plans that address a child’s sleep needs as well as developmental needs, I’ve now helped well over 500 special needs families get the rest that they need and deserve.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
In addition to creating incredibly gradual sleep plans to teach independence, I feel the single most important thing is incorporating sensory techniques, physical activity, and nutritional balance for a good night’s rest. It is seldom that parents are getting the guidance they need in these areas and it is a crucial piece to a restful night.
Consuela Hendriks
Consuela Hendriks is a registered child healthcare psychologist, a remedial educationalist and EMDR-therapist with over 20 years of experience in childrens’ health care. As a mom of 3, she dealt with sleep problems of her children due to GORD (reflux), allergies and developmental disabilities. She specialized in the area of sleep (science), followed several educational courses focused on sleep and amongst other titles is a certified Holistic Sleep Coach (OCN level 6, university degree level) and certified Baby-led Sleep & Well-being Specialist, the first in the Netherlands, where she’s located. She offers holistic and gentle sleep support for families at her private practice Slaap Zoet™ and does this in a practical yet evidence-based way.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I offer holistic responsive support based on developmental and neurobiological science. I work with several methods, techniques, and scientific developmental principles, always tailored to the child’s needs and that of their parents/caregivers. I do not work with ‘Cry it out’ methods. I work with strategies based on connection and attachment, and prioritize the needs of the child and their biology and natural rhythms.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The most important thing that has contributed to the growth of my private practice is respecting infant and child biology and working with evidence based knowledge about sleep and child development. Educating parents/caregivers and setting realistic expectations aligned with the child’s biology and level of (im)maturity makes the difference.
Soda Kuczkowski
Soda Kuczkowski is a Certified Sleep Coach who has passionately worked in the field of sleep medicine and sleep health for the past 16 years. She is the founder of START WITH SLEEP, an organization that serves as a community resource for sleep health education. She is recognized as a sleep authority and has been featured and quoted in global publications such as Entrepreneur magazine and the London Times.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My professional passion is to change the conversation about the importance of sleeping well. Despite the advancements in research in the field including the accessibility of information and an ever-growing market of sleep products, the epidemic of sleep deprivation has grown larger. I empower individuals to understand the most common factors that disrupt their daily energy levels and compromise their sleep and provide them with sustainable solutions that put the science of sleep into action.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most significant factor that has contributed to my success is sharing my knowledge with others. All the education I provide is to inspire the next generation and to help spread the message about the role sleep plays in both your short and long-term health. Whether you are looking to increase your energy, focus, or find your motivation – how well you sleep is the catalyst to help you achieve both your personal and professional goals.
Annie Littlehales
Annie Littlehales is a Holistic & Gentle Sleep Coach who loves to wrap her arms around parents to empower them to go from feeling anxious, confused and stressed about their child’s sleep to feeling clearer, more confident, more knowledgeable and calmer about understanding and supporting their unique child’s sleep. She supports the transformation towards a more peaceful way to walk the sleep journey with their little ones.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
Every action I take for the families I support is driven by love and with the desire to see the parents empowered to support their child’s sleep journey in a way that enables greater joy and connection with their child and ultimately as a family. I offer a critical balance between education and nurture so that parents are completely equipped with evidence-based knowledge and respectfully supported through the journey. In this way, parents find reassurance, comfort, clarity and greater happiness.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing that has contributed to my success as a coach is my somewhat challenging entry into motherhood and the ongoing journey of this landscape. Every experience from the depths of birth trauma, postnatal anxiety, pregnancy loss, feeding struggles, sleep challenges and feeling like a failure to the highs of truly finding myself as a Mama and finding the deepest joy in this role have shaped me. Each of those passages of my journey have given me a gift to be able to walk alongside other parents with empathy, compassion, kindness and authenticity.
Michelle S.Donaghy
At MSD Sleep Coach we are trained and very experienced in all sleep coaching approaches not just one. Our vast training and tenured experience ensure that all of our advice is based on sleep science, attachment theory, and behavioral science.Our specialty is in gentle sleep coaching methods – you don’t have to leave your child to cry to sleep alone.
At MSD Sleep Coach we will create a sleep plan together and guide the parents through the step-by-step changes at bedtime, napping, and overnight routines that haven’t been working for your family. Our approach allows for parents to consider their values, parenting philosophies, goals and the child’s temperaments, so the plan and method is one you feel confident in and will ensure success. It is not a one size fits all approach.
Desiree
When I was first pregnant with twins in 2008 I didn’t realize that sleep would play such a crucial role in my life. Of course I knew that babies needed sleep, but I assumed they would just sleep when they needed to. Needless to say the first few months of motherhood were exhausting and not what I expected. Sleep seemed like a distant memory.
I often fantasized about checking myself into a local hotel to catch up on sleep.After being severely sleep deprived I realized I needed to make a change by incorporating healthy sleep habits and teaching the twins to sleep independently. At that time, there was not a sleep coach to call, so I studied pediatric sleep and created my own hybrid approach to sleep training. And what do you know, the twins began sleeping through the night at 5 months old (4 months adjusted), then shortly after that naps began to fall into place too.
Allison
I like to think of myself as someone who, for the most part, has been able to accomplish anything I really set my mind to. That is until my first daughter Addison was born. Wow, was that a humbling experience… giving birth was a nightmare, nursing was impossible (literally), and as the months went by, sleep went from minimal to virtually non-existent.
I eventually recovered from (but certainly didn’t forget!) giving birth and did my best to accept that my daughter would not be exclusively breastfed (thank goodness “Fed is Best” is gaining ground these days), but the sleep… ooooh, the sleep. Everyone said it would get better…at 4 months, at 6 months, at 12 months…eventually?? I read the books and got endless amounts of advice from friends and family, but Addison’s sleep was like a roller coaster ride (I’m terrified of roller coasters, by the way) that I couldn’t get off!
Lana Walsh
I spent my entire adult life half asleep. When I was in high school, my parents thought I was a typical teenager, staying up too late with a bad attitude. But at night, I tossed and turned. I’d wake several times, feeling like a boa constrictor was wrapped around my body and I would have to get up and rearrange my nightgown so I could breathe again. Finally, I just threw it on the floor in the hopes that I would finally be able to sleep through the night.
Mar De Carlo
IPHI’s founder, Mar De Carlo (formerly Mary Oscategui prior to 2017) is also the founder of the Association of Professional Sleep Consultants, International Academy of Baby Planner Professionals, Business Sanctuary and Physical Awakening Yoga School. She has a wealth of training and experience, over 25 years and is known for her creative, cutting edge and integrative approach connecting and bridging systems in a variety of industries across the globe that have transformed thousands of lives in 59 countries in 10 languages.
She is an innovative curriculum developer and has developed high quality evidenced based holistic curriculums since 2009. Mar educates and trains professionals to start, expand and grow businesses that transform lives through a unique holistic integrative approach which she introduced and pioneered to all the companies she has founded. This includes supporting professionals to personally develop and overcome challenges while accomplishing their business, personal and financial goals. Clients enjoy working with her because of her strong optimistic mindset, boundless energy, practical solutions and empowering holistic approach that has been proven effective and long term. Doctors, Naturopaths, Midwives, Nurses, Lactation Consultants, Behavioral Therapists are just a few examples of the many professionals, Mar has trained. In addition, she is also highly skilled with professional industry standards, scope and boundaries to practice and business mastery. Many have been so inspired by Mar that they have gone on to follow in her footsteps. Below are a few of Mar’s contributions to several parenting and health industries:
Maria
My name is María. I’m a wife, a mother, a Certified Baby Sleep Consultant and the founder of Sleepy Miracles Consulting. As well as this, I’m a Regional Director of the International Association of Professional Sleep Consultants and a Gentle Sleep Coach Certification instructor and student mentor.
Before becoming a mom, and after graduating from university, my career was my focus. It was the birth of my first child that forever changed my personal and professional life. My parenting journey led me to become a Postpartum Doula and a Newborn Care Specialist.
Chole
After 10+ years of experience working with newborns and children as a nanny and Postpartum Doula, I realized just how important and powerful sleep is to the health of little ones and their parents.About 4.5 years ago my twin niece and nephew were born. At around the four-month mark, my sister started Googling things like “how to extend baby naps” and “teach baby to fall asleep independently”.
She stumbled upon an expert who told her she could actually teach her twins to get more restorative sleep. Having no idea that the career of a sleep consultant even existed, I helped her implement a two-week program that had long lasting effects on her twins’, and her whole family’s, sleep health and well being. Seeing first hand what a difference the proper amount of sleep had on her family, I became passionate about helping others get better sleep too.
Kathy Monroe
Kathy Monroe (mother of five) has passionately worked with Motherhood Center for over eight years, as a Labor and Postpartum Doula, Sleep Coach, and Newborn Care Educator. She has been referred to as “the baby whisperer” by many grateful clients.Her knowledge of the Ferber Method, Babywise, Gentle Sleep Coaching, and Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child.
Combining her personal knowledge from her own five babies along with different strategies from baby sleep experts and her daily immersion of infants and new families, Kathy tailors a sleep program to fit your specific family’s needs. She prides herself on successfully giving the entire family a good night’s sleep.
Dr. Washington
After 37 years of practicing in California’s Silicon Valley, where sacrificing sleep is the norm, Roger W. Washington’s main answer to the question “Doctor, Why Am I Sick?” is—sleep better! Dr. Washington decoded lack of sleep as the root cause of a host of illnesses. To change this paradigm, Dr. Washington innovated behavioral coaching and therapy approaches in his practice and through his new Sleep to Live Well Foundation.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My coaching techniques are in the tradition of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CRT), a type of psychotherapy in which negative patterns of thought about the self and the world are challenged to alter unwanted behavior. This empowers my clients to generate and embrace thoughts that align with behaviors and habits proven to be successful over time. Another approach that sets me apart from others is coaching Mindfulness behaviors to help promote accountability without judgment. Importantly, to help meet the inevitable challenges that occur when applying best practices is not feasible, I coach an understanding of available workaround behaviors and thoughts.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing that contributed to my success as a coach has been my ability, as a Stanford-trained physician with a solo practice model, to establish the priority of spending an extraordinary amount of time interviewing and listening to my clients. Coupled with my post-doctorate training in the principles of psychiatry and primary care medicine, I can uniquely observe the paradigm associating sleep habits with an array of illnesses. What emerged is detailed in my book, Lack of Sufficient Sleep Matters: Decoding the Root Cause of Illness, and offered in my therapeutic approaches, which have proven successful.
Conclusion
As you embark on your journey towards better sleep, consider the wisdom and expertise shared by these top sleep coaches.
From specialized approaches for children with special needs to holistic and evidence-based methods, each coach offers a unique perspective and toolkit to guide you through challenges and towards peaceful nights.
Embrace their insights, implement their strategies, and experience the transformative power of quality sleep for yourself and your family. Start your path to better sleep today with the support of these dedicated professionals.
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