I'm so glad you're here.
It took decades of searching for answers about my health.
I finally found them in functional health.
Despite having access to quality food and natural remedies, my body started showing signs of sensitivity as a young child.
Chronic ear infections. Lactose intolerance.
I found my first fibroadenoma at 17. Simply put, this was "common" for young women and nothing to worry about.
Through young adulthood I experienced challenges like digestive issues, crippling dysmenorrhea, chronic gynecological issues and catching every sickness around. I took countless rounds of antibiotics and antifungals, yo-yoing between the two.
Looking in from the outside, you wouldn't know I was struggling with chronic health issues. Despite chronic pain, I was outside every weekend hiking, backpacking, canyoneering.
I thought symptoms were a normal part of living and an active lifestyle was the key to staying healthy.
With every doctor's visit I collected a new diagnosis. SIBO. Gastritis. GERD. Anxiety. Acne. Cystitis. Hypoglycemia. Raynauds. Mercury toxicity. Pre-cancerous cells.
I studied plant medicine, wildcrafting, botany, essential oils, nutrition, took loads of adaptogens, meditated. More books, podcasts, courses.
The protocols helped for a period of time, but I was always playing catch up with symptoms.
Then in 2022, after an overseas canyoneering trip, my body collapsed.
"Jet lag" turned turn out to be unrelenting fatigue and exhaustion. Trouble sleeping. Anxiety. Exercise intolerance. I lost my active lifestyle and my ability to work suffered.
Why did this happen?
How could I get better?
How I could I keep it from happening again?
It is surrenders like these that lay the soft, fertile ground for transformation. It can be darkest before dawn.
It wasn't until combining the power of functional health with the practice of herbalism that I discovered the true meaning of wellness. My adrenals were tanked. My hormones were barely on the map. My digestion wasn't functioning either.
I learned that nothing on google or social media would truly help me understand what I needed to heal.
I learned that symptoms are not a reliable in indicator of what's really going on inside.
I learned that health is a marathon, not a sprint.
It asks nothing but one simple thing: be willing to listen to the messages we receive.
With the right information and given the right care, our bodies can come back into balance and function as they were meant to.
Today I have the energy to do things I love, I eat food without discomfort and embarrassing symptoms, I let go of pain and inflammation and best of all: I get to help others do the same.
Specialties
Adrenal Chaos
If you're passionate about being active, you likely push your body to its upper limits.
Active women often face energy challenges and nutritional depletions that eventually prevent them from doing what they LOVE.
I help you uncover the root causes of your hormonal chaos, rebalance & thrive.
Burnout
The feeling of burnout is as much a physical state as it is an emotional one.
You might feel a deep fatigue, have trouble getting out of bed or feel like you're constantly managing your life just to conserve energy.
I help you restore your resilience and re-ignite your body's ability to make energy.
Gut Health
It is common, but not normal to have digestive symptoms like gas, bloating, reflux, constipation.
My clients learn exactly what's going on inside their own gut, how it impacts their health and how to re-balance this foundational piece.
I help you restore your microbiome and eat freely without constant symptoms.
Core values
Vitalism
Our body has 37 trillion cells and we don't need to teach them what to do. We leverage our body's vital intelligence to do exactly what it was made to do: Heal.
Bio-Individuality
No two people are the same. While the foundations of health don't change, each client receives protocols tailored to their unique results, challenges and goals.
Education & Training
In my heart, I am a true life long learner. I've been pursuing education and training in the functional health/nutrition space for over 10 years.
After getting and bachelor's and masters degreed in psychology, I couldn't help but follow my passion and study herbalism. I learned about wildcrafting, botany, plant medicine and went through advanced Herbal Academy programs. I enrolled in clinical herbalism studies through renowned herbalists Sajah Popham and Dr. Aviva Romm, with a focus on women's health through young adult, fertility, perinatal and menopausal years. I became an expert in herbs, energetics, actions and the research that supports herbal healing as a safe and natural way of life.
I eventually realized that we need deeper data about the body to craft a truly effective plan. Herbalism is so power, but I felt there was too much guessing.
So I became a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDNP) and continued to hone my expertise in hormone and gut health, with specialties in biotoxin/mold illness and recovering from burnout.
I've participated in clinical mentorships through Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM) trained providers, am a trained hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) expert and perinatal minerals expert. I've completed multiple advanced certificates in functional blood chemistry, blood sugar management and mitochondrial health, hormone balancing with the DUTCH test, advanced gut health & microbiome training and pro-metabolic approaches to weight loss.
I've studied Mertpati Putih (White Dove) breathwork and meditation techniques and am currently training to be a Somatic Stress Release Practitioner. Stress resilience and nervous system work is the #1 overlooked piece of holistic health and a key to long-term recovery from chronic health issues. Just doing supplements while neglecting our body and our spiritual typically leaves a huge gap in long-term healing.
Because I spent 30+ years seeing countless integrative professionals and not getting well, my approach is truly wholistic. Whole body, whole life, whole heart. This is the way I have seen to create real health transformations. This way of health is available to anyone willing and open to try.
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I would love to hear about what brought you here, to this moment, seeking health.