| Heather Thomas, Program Director Whole Mothering Center Founding Mother heather@wholemotheringcenter.com |
Heather is currently in training as a Childbirth and Postpartum Doula through DONA and
Childbirth Educator. She has been a Leader with La Leche League of Beaumont since 2003, and a
Breastfeeding Educator since April of 2005 and is working on becoming an IBCLC. She is the
founder of the Beaumont Breastfeeding Coalition and is the current Madam Director. In addition
to working closely with new mothers & infants as a Breastfeeding Educator & peer counselor,
Heather has over 4 years of personal breastfeeding experience, including breastfeeding through a
pregnancy and nearly two years of tandem nursing her two children.
She has been the list owner for several internet-based support groups, including the TNL -
Tandem Nursing List, which has been recommended in Mothering Magazine as a resource for
mothers who are or are planning to nurse more than one child at one time, and the highly
successful Yahoo Group HNChild, which is a support group for mothers of 'high-needs' or
'spirited' children that promotes attachment parenting ideals. She began the local playgroup 2in2
in 2004, which merged with SETXPlaygroup in 2006.
In opening the Whole Mothering Center, Heather wanted to create a central location that
provides accurate information, education, support and resources for expectant and new parents.
Her philosophy is that it is vital to a woman, her partner and their child's emotional and physical
health that parents are fully informed by exploring all of the options available to them. Only then
can they make decisions that are best for their families.
She also feels that it is extremely important, especially for new mothers, to stay connected to
their children and that their community offers them the support they need as they transition to
motherhood. She advocates "sequencing", taking a break from one's career in order to be home
with the children during the preschool years and has only recently returned to working part time,
and she feels lucky to be able to bring her youngest child to work with her most days. One of her
personal goals for the Whole Mothering Center is to provide a business model to other employers
that shows how "family friendly" working environments that help meet the needs of their
employees create a more efficient and productive organization.
Heather considers herself incredibly lucky to have discovered work that she loves and to have
found other women to help bring her personal vision into being. As a busy wife and mom, she
lives in Beaumont with her wonderful husband and two of the most amazing children ever to walk
the planet, and she reads entirely too much.
Childbirth Educator. She has been a Leader with La Leche League of Beaumont since 2003, and a
Breastfeeding Educator since April of 2005 and is working on becoming an IBCLC. She is the
founder of the Beaumont Breastfeeding Coalition and is the current Madam Director. In addition
to working closely with new mothers & infants as a Breastfeeding Educator & peer counselor,
Heather has over 4 years of personal breastfeeding experience, including breastfeeding through a
pregnancy and nearly two years of tandem nursing her two children.
She has been the list owner for several internet-based support groups, including the TNL -
Tandem Nursing List, which has been recommended in Mothering Magazine as a resource for
mothers who are or are planning to nurse more than one child at one time, and the highly
successful Yahoo Group HNChild, which is a support group for mothers of 'high-needs' or
'spirited' children that promotes attachment parenting ideals. She began the local playgroup 2in2
in 2004, which merged with SETXPlaygroup in 2006.
In opening the Whole Mothering Center, Heather wanted to create a central location that
provides accurate information, education, support and resources for expectant and new parents.
Her philosophy is that it is vital to a woman, her partner and their child's emotional and physical
health that parents are fully informed by exploring all of the options available to them. Only then
can they make decisions that are best for their families.
She also feels that it is extremely important, especially for new mothers, to stay connected to
their children and that their community offers them the support they need as they transition to
motherhood. She advocates "sequencing", taking a break from one's career in order to be home
with the children during the preschool years and has only recently returned to working part time,
and she feels lucky to be able to bring her youngest child to work with her most days. One of her
personal goals for the Whole Mothering Center is to provide a business model to other employers
that shows how "family friendly" working environments that help meet the needs of their
employees create a more efficient and productive organization.
Heather considers herself incredibly lucky to have discovered work that she loves and to have
found other women to help bring her personal vision into being. As a busy wife and mom, she
lives in Beaumont with her wonderful husband and two of the most amazing children ever to walk
the planet, and she reads entirely too much.
Amy Jones, Director of Marketing & Public Relations
Whole Mothering Center Founding Mother
amy@wholemotheringcenter.com
Whole Mothering Center Founding Mother
amy@wholemotheringcenter.com
Amy is currently in training as a Breastfeeding Educator, Childbirth & Postpartum Doula through DONA and Childbirth
Educator. She has been an active participant in La Leche League of Beaumont since the birth of her third child, whom
she's been successfully breastfeeding (as of this writing) for the past two years. This is something she finds great joy in
after not having not had successful experiences with her two previous children. She is currently pregnant with her fourth
child and looking forward to a homebirth VBAC. She is a founding member of the Beaumont Breastfeeding Coalition, and is
the current Madam Administrator.
Amy began working on a degree in Art Education in 2001, then took time off to raise her family. She is currently the
Director of the Maternal Arts program at the Whole Mothering Center, specializing in belly casting, Henna Bellies and
pregnancy, L&D and breastfeeding art photography.
Amy began SETXPlaygroup, a Beaumont-area planning group and system of support for moms in Southeast Texas, in
2005. The group has been one of the only sources of advocacy and community involvement for mothers who follow an
Attachment Parenting philosophy since it began. SETXPlaygroup promotes ideals like informed childbirth, natural childbirth,
birth bonding, exclusive, extended and tandem breastfeeding, baby-wearning, natural child spacing, cloth diapering and
other natural and eco-friendly parenting practices and is the only organization in Southeast Texas currently enjoying a
100% breastfeeding success rate.
In opening the Whole Mothering Center, Amy wanted to bring together parents from all walks of life to create a feeling of
community support for new parents. Her philosophy is that attachment begins before birth and that familial and
community support are vital to the success of new families. She is an advocate of mothers intentionally altering their lives
and taking time out from their careers in order to provide full time care for their children in the early years through a
variety of avenues such as stay-at-home-mothering, work-at-home-mothering, flex-schedules, work-sharing or working in
environments which provide for mothers to have access to their babies on a constant basis. In opening the Whole
Mothering Center, Amy has been able to work from home in an environment that supports her ideals.
Amy enjoys the prospect of merging the mothering ideals that she is so passionate about with the opportunity to reach
out to her community in a venture like the Whole Mothering Center. As a busy wife and expectant mother, she lives in
Beaumont with her hunky firefighter and their three wretched children, whom they adore.
Educator. She has been an active participant in La Leche League of Beaumont since the birth of her third child, whom
she's been successfully breastfeeding (as of this writing) for the past two years. This is something she finds great joy in
after not having not had successful experiences with her two previous children. She is currently pregnant with her fourth
child and looking forward to a homebirth VBAC. She is a founding member of the Beaumont Breastfeeding Coalition, and is
the current Madam Administrator.
Amy began working on a degree in Art Education in 2001, then took time off to raise her family. She is currently the
Director of the Maternal Arts program at the Whole Mothering Center, specializing in belly casting, Henna Bellies and
pregnancy, L&D and breastfeeding art photography.
Amy began SETXPlaygroup, a Beaumont-area planning group and system of support for moms in Southeast Texas, in
2005. The group has been one of the only sources of advocacy and community involvement for mothers who follow an
Attachment Parenting philosophy since it began. SETXPlaygroup promotes ideals like informed childbirth, natural childbirth,
birth bonding, exclusive, extended and tandem breastfeeding, baby-wearning, natural child spacing, cloth diapering and
other natural and eco-friendly parenting practices and is the only organization in Southeast Texas currently enjoying a
100% breastfeeding success rate.
In opening the Whole Mothering Center, Amy wanted to bring together parents from all walks of life to create a feeling of
community support for new parents. Her philosophy is that attachment begins before birth and that familial and
community support are vital to the success of new families. She is an advocate of mothers intentionally altering their lives
and taking time out from their careers in order to provide full time care for their children in the early years through a
variety of avenues such as stay-at-home-mothering, work-at-home-mothering, flex-schedules, work-sharing or working in
environments which provide for mothers to have access to their babies on a constant basis. In opening the Whole
Mothering Center, Amy has been able to work from home in an environment that supports her ideals.
Amy enjoys the prospect of merging the mothering ideals that she is so passionate about with the opportunity to reach
out to her community in a venture like the Whole Mothering Center. As a busy wife and expectant mother, she lives in
Beaumont with her hunky firefighter and their three wretched children, whom they adore.
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| Our Staff, Associates & Volunteers |
| Copyright 2007 Whole Mothering Center This page updated May 25, 2008 |
Whole Mothering Center Southeast Texas Maternal Resources |
| Tabatha Goynes, Volunteer Coordinator Whole Mothering Center Associate |
Tabatha studied Psychology at The University of Texas Arlington before becoming a mother. Currently, she is
working as the Volunteer Coordinator for the Whole Mothering Center.
As a woman who has had three very difficult pregnancies and birth experiences, including severe peri and
postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis, Tabatha is very passionate about educating women on the
psychological aspects of pregnancy and motherhood. She feels that other mothers would greatly benefit from the
sharing of her personal experience. Through her experiences, she has become dedicated to the mission of
reaching out to other women in her community and is thrilled to accomplish that through her work with the
Whole Mothering Center.
Tabatha is a Dallas native who, like many women in our community, moved into the Southeast Texas area due to
her husband's job. They have three beautiful children, including their newest arrival, a little boy, in January of
2008.
working as the Volunteer Coordinator for the Whole Mothering Center.
As a woman who has had three very difficult pregnancies and birth experiences, including severe peri and
postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis, Tabatha is very passionate about educating women on the
psychological aspects of pregnancy and motherhood. She feels that other mothers would greatly benefit from the
sharing of her personal experience. Through her experiences, she has become dedicated to the mission of
reaching out to other women in her community and is thrilled to accomplish that through her work with the
Whole Mothering Center.
Tabatha is a Dallas native who, like many women in our community, moved into the Southeast Texas area due to
her husband's job. They have three beautiful children, including their newest arrival, a little boy, in January of
2008.
