About Natalie
“I see my work as tending to the beginning and ending of life, and building connections to ourselves and our world in the space lived between.”
Natalie Evans (she/her) is an educator, doula, and forager in Chicago. In her work with plants, she understands the beauty and importance of a diverse ecosystem, and brings this mindset into a holistic approach to working with people. She offers services within a framework that supports gender expansiveness, neurodiversity, antiracism, and weight neutrality.
Natalie has been a childbirth educator and doula for nearly 25 years. She was trained and certified in 2000 through ALACE (Association for Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators), one of the most comprehensive programs available at the time. She has led classes on childbirth, birth support methods, pelvic floor supports, and menopause/ perimenopause, as well as personally supporting dozens of clients through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
As a wild edible foods instructor, Natalie teaches people how to forage safely and ethically. She studied foraging with survivalist Chris Mayor from 2014-2017 and completed a year-long Wild Edible Foods Instructor program at the Resiliency Institute, taught by beloved ecologist Pat Armstrong. In 2019, she returned to the Resiliency Institute to complete a program in Bioregional Herbalism. Natalie champions urban foraging within the city of Chicago and is also part of Wonderland Community Project, an agroforestry land community in rural McHenry County, Illinois.
Natalie recently expanded her doula practice to include those at the end of their lives, completing her End of Life Doula Certification through the University of Vermont. She looks forward to providing compassion, comfort, and education to those facing terminal illness and death, as well as their loved ones.
Though she lives in the city with her beloved partner and dog, Natalie can often be found exploring the woods. She has two grown children and enjoys trying new meals and traveling with them whenever she can. Natalie is active in mutual aid projects in her neighborhood and across Chicago.
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