Your baby’s name is a ​nuanced & sacred choice

It’s okay to be unsure where to begin.

It’s okay to be overwhelmed with options.

It’s okay if you and your partner have different preferences.

It’s okay if you don’t like any names at all yet.

It’s okay if you have internal conflict.

It’s okay if you’re 6 weeks from giving birth.

It’s okay if your family is slinging opinions.

It’s okay if your preferences feel different than others’.

I can help.

I have a strange background that lends itself to this specific type of work and I’ve built a proprietary ​approach to guide you to YOUR best name. My approach is never to dictate or direct your name choices ​-- but to help you uncover what YOU like, what YOU want, and what will invoke the desired spirit and ​sentiment for your unborn child.

I am most natively a writer, a people observer and behaviorist, a linguist, and a scholar of names, words, ​identities, stories, and human perspective. I’ve always been paying attention to the way culture adopts ​and adapts to words, names, and language in general.

My college degree is in Education and Linguistics. I worked with children in my teens and early adulthood ​and observed a lot of “name dynamics” in many, varied school environments. By that time, I was already ​a published poet and an essayist as well. I ran a lit mag for a period of time in the early 2010s. I was ​always embroiled in language, words, people, names, identities.

I then spent many years (until 2023) as a Brand and Content Strategist for companies -- which included ​a lot of copywriting, wordsmithing, and naming. I have named many companies or brands, programs, ​events, products, and more.

I’m now a spiritual guide and self discovery coach as well as running this consulting program. I help my ​students find, accept, align with and express themselves fully. I work with identity and life path and ​spiritual deliverance, so I have a close proximity to how people feel about their names and themselves.

Discovering Your Needs & Preferences

I take you through a process of questions, exercises, and reaction activities to get a ​clear picture of what you want, what your limitations are, which family members ​we’re honoring, or any other stipulations, dislikes, icks, irks, or ideologies involved.

Exploring or Creating Options

I will provide many lists of names for you over the course of our program. I usually ​start with a list of 25-40 names and we refine that to 15, 10, and then 4-6 names. ​However, some families need to see a lot more names to find their perfect fit.

Refining and Refocusing

I have built a process to take you through your own feedback, to identify what you ​DO and DO NOT like about each name -- we explore every angle. I also make sure ​any shortlisted names pass certain viability and culture fit tests.

Finalizing, Anointing, and Celebrating

Once we arrive at a shortlist of 4-6 names, we will have an initial celebration. ​However, once you choose a singular name and your baby has arrived, you will also ​receive a custom celebration gift in the mail and I will write an anointing poem for ​your child.

When choosing a name, the most important thing is to contextualize this ​name into your baby’s real, human life.

They will be an infant for so little time. After that, they become a child ​who lives in the real world and gets called on at school or befriended on ​the soccer field. Someday, your child will be an adult who needs to carry ​their name with pride, use their name in real-world interactions, and ​embrace the lore and legacy of their name.

While names can always be changed, this choice should be taken ​seriously, made with love, and considered thoughtfully from multiple ​angles.

I wrote an article on some factors parents should consider when naming ​their child. Read it below >>>

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The NYM baby naming process

I endeavor to make this program as easy, fun, and affirming as possible.

Clients usually take 4-6 weeks to get from Start to Finish with the NYM process.

However, timing is not limited by anything but the arrival of your child or children.

You can start as early in your pregnancy or naming journey as you would like,

we will work togeth​er unti​l you arrive at a shortlist of names you love and feel aligned with.

INQUIRE, PAY AND START

• You’ll fill out a short (no-obligation) ​form to inquire about the program.

• I’ll send you an email with next steps ​to confirm and pay, if you choose.
  

THE NYM INTERVIEW

• The program begins with a detailed ​interview about your preferences

• This interview can be conducted LIVE ​via phone or Google Meet -- or we ​can conduct it via email / chat.
  

Guarantees & Policies

A common question is: “How can I be sure that you (or anyone else) can help me figure this out, especially ​with the limited timeframe I’m working with?”

UNLIMITED SUPPORT FOR THE ​ACTIVE PERIOD

Until your baby has arrived and absolutely ​requires a name, I will work on pursuing ​the perfect name. I’ll dig further or return ​to the drawing board infinitely until time ​runs out on our little project.

There’s no limit to the time we spend, the ​amount of messages we exchange, or ​how many lists or names I end up sending ​fo​r you to react to.

AN EXPERT APPROACH AND GUIDED ​FEEDBACK PROCESS

I won’t simply dump a curated list on your doorstep ​and forget about you. I take you through a feedback ​and refinement process that helps you cull things ​down, interrogate your preferences, and choose.

I also run our shortlist through several checkpoints, ​to ensure cultural sensitivity, analyze potentially ​unwanted nicknames or monograms, and look for ​any potential pop culture or historical references ​that threaten the positive connotation of each name.

SACRED, HUMANISTIC,

AND HAND-HELD APPROACH

No portion of this is done by AI or some third-party ​tool. I don't use traditional baby name books. My ​process includes full and comprehensive research, ​spiritual channeling, linguistic depth of field, et al.

So, you aren't paying for a product, but a sacred ​experience that many parents describe as very ​special, unique, and part of their family's story. I take ​your baby’s name ALMOST as meaningfully as you ​do.​ I want this to be good for you.