Kristen O’Dell is a Board Certified Nurse Practitioner with almost 20 years of experience working with newborns and their families. As a 4th Trimester expert, she has created Mastering Motherhood™️ a first of its kind prenatal prep course to help new anxious moms thrive in motherhood instead of just survive. She teaches her proprietary concept for initiating breastfeeding called the Guzzle Puzzle™️ and she strives to eliminate postpartum depression and anxiety through better education and preparation as well as support for moms with her post Partum support group Beyond the Bump. Being a rape survivor herself as well as having suffered from GAD, PPD, and PTSD she knows the struggles of being mentally unwell on a personal level and wants to end the stigma of mental illness and empower medical providers to advocate for their patients in the 4th trimester. There’s so much more we all can be doing!
Besides working full time as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Kristen is the founder and CEO of New Mommy Guru and KED Consulting.
Kristen is an elected member of her local school board, a community leader and self proclaimed Child advocate within the district speaking for those with tiny voices.
Together with her husband they own a seasonal ice cream shop and motel and live with their 3 little boys in the beautiful Hudson Valley of NY.
She loves to paddle board and knit but her boys keep her busy as a soccer, dance, and archery mom and she’s lucky when she finds time for a shower!
