About Gratitude & Grace
Krista Cassel, DNP, CPNP-PC, IBCLC
About Krista
I'm a wife, mother of three, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and faith-filled motherhood coach. But before any of those titles, I'm simply a woman who has experienced God's faithfulness in the middle of my own weakness.
I know what it's like to wonder if you're enough.
To carry the invisible weight of trying to be the "good mom."
To desperately want to do everything right while quietly wondering if you're failing.
I know what it's like to love your baby with every part of your heart and still feel overwhelmed by the responsibility of caring for them.
That's why Gratitude & Grace was born—not simply to help mothers breastfeed, but to help them experience peace, confidence, and the freedom that comes from knowing they were never meant to carry motherhood alone.
My Story
People often ask how I became so passionate about walking alongside mothers. The answer isn't simply because I'm a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or an IBCLC.
It's because motherhood changed me.
It became the place where God gently transformed my heart.
For much of my life, I considered myself a Christian. I grew up in church. I knew the Bible stories. I could recite the prayers. I believed Jesus was a real man but also the true God.
But if I'm honest... I knew about Jesus long before I truly knew Him.
I spent years striving. Trying to earn approval.
Trying to control outcomes. Trying to prove that I was enough.
Trying to do everything in my own strength.
It was exhausting.
Motherhood Is My Testimony
When I became a mother, all of those carefully held illusions of control began to fall apart.
I couldn't control my baby's health, feedings, sleep or the future.
And the harder I tried... the more anxious I became.
Then one morning in the middle of a church service—with hot tears streaming down my face—I realized something that changed my life forever.
Jesus had never asked me to carry all of it.
He simply asked me to come to Him.
"Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." — Matthew 11:28
For the first time, I stopped trying to hold everything together.
I surrendered.
Not because life suddenly became easy.
But because I finally trusted the One who was holding me.
Gratitude, Grace & Peace
One passage of Scripture became the turning point of my life.
"Don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus..." (Philippians 4:6–7)
Those verses weren't just comforting words. They became an invitation to release control. To trust God's sovereignty and exchange anxiety for peace. To believe that His timing is always good, even when it looks different than mine.
That season forever changed the way I mother.
The way I care for families.
And ultimately... the reason Gratitude & Grace exists.
Why I Do What I Do
Today, I don't just want to answer your breastfeeding questions—I want to walk alongside you.
To help you make thoughtful, evidence-informed decisions.
To remind you that your worth isn't measured by ounces pumped, months breastfed, or milestones achieved.
To encourage you to become the mother God uniquely created you to be.
I believe confidence grows through relationship.
I believe education should empower rather than overwhelm.
I believe faith and science are beautiful partners—not competitors.
Most of all...
I believe God's grace meets us in the ordinary moments of motherhood.
My Heart for You
Whether you're preparing to meet your first baby, navigating the newborn weeks, returning to work, wondering if your baby is getting enough, or simply longing to feel less alone...
I hope you'll find more than answers here.
I hope you'll find encouragement. Peace. Community.
And a trusted guide who will remind you, week after week, that you don't have to figure this out by yourself.
Together, we'll learn to nourish your baby, grow in confidence, flourish in motherhood, and abide in God's grace.
I'd be honored to walk alongside you.
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