ABOUT ME

Rarely do you hear of someone whose chronic health problems began overnight. It takes months, years even decades for your body to finally get to the point where you can no longer ignore its screams for help. Those screams can be headaches, fatigue, insomnia, gas and bloating, indigestion..none of these things are normal. If our body is functioning as it should, we wouldn’t be dealing with these things.

This was the case for me. I recall the symptoms I dealt with in my teenage years, some of them for years already, to the point where I kind of got used to them and they just became my “normal”. I got married when I was 20 and right off the bat, dealt a physical condition that cause so much pain, endless tears and alot of trauma, physically and mentally. After a full year of that, I finally got help to deal with the physical issue, but the mental part stuck. I got pregnant soon after that and within a week of knowing, went through my first miscarriage. Following that, we had our first daughter, then another miscarriage, then another baby, another miscarriage, then twins. All of my pregnancies were far from “smooth”. My deliveries were harsh and left repercussions - many of them being mental/emotional.

Over all these years, I learned and I grew so much. I started learning about toxins and the negative effects they had, I learned about cleaner eating habits. I swapped out my products and focused on clean ingredients and feeding my family well. I learned about the benefits of exersise and sunshine and supplements. I came so far..But I one thing I never did, was focus on dealing with the stress and weight that everything had left. Both with the past, or with what was ongoing. (trying to homeschool one child and potty train the other while also dealing with two babies who cried more than they slept leads to a high stress lifestyle - who knew..) I never knew how to process things, I didnt believe or even realize how much mental and emotional stress could do to a persons health.

I hit rock bottom that year, in every way. Mentally, spiritually, physically. I couldn’t care for my kids, I couldn’t be the wife I wanted to be, I couldn’t invest into my friends or my family or my church, because I had absolutely nothing to give. My husband found me sitting or lying on the floor when he came home from work most of the time because I didnt have the energy to keep standing. I’d wake up feeling nauseous and had to force myself to eat throughout the day so I could stay “nourished”. I was extremely sensitive to noise and light and felt overwhelmed by absolutely everything. I was never happy - my emotions were either raging or in absolute shambles. I had no desire to live anymore, not if it meant living with all the things I was dealing with.

Somehow, somewhere, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition caught my eye. And with the 2% of life left in me, I dove in. I finally got to see my symptoms validated on my lab results and nothing I was dealing with was again labeled as “normal”. I was given the resources and tools to start my journey towards healing myself, all the way down to the root problems. I applied everything I learned and made the lifestyle changes I needed to make and slowly, I witnessed myself healing. People commented on my eyes and that they looked “alive” again. All of a sudden I didn’t need a nap to make it to 5pm. I started eating the things my body needed and eliminated the things it didnt, and I felt FED.

I found a new way of living and I get to serve my family with this knowledge forever, but I name it a priviledge that I also get to serve you with it. I was given this life to live, and I want to do exactly that. And I want to help you do it too. <3