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About Me
I am a Functional Medicine health coach whose journey began with my own experiences struggling with my own health, weight, and body image issues throughout my childhood and adolescence. In college, I took a class, Body Posture Weight Control, that changed the course of my life. This class taught me the skills and knowledge I needed to begin my own journey towards a healthier life. I went on to earn a B.S. in Human Biology from Michigan State University. I worked in the pharmaceutical industry for more than thirteen years before taking the next step in my career by attending the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, which is a science-based program that focuses on root cause medicine by looking deeper into a person’s ailments coupled with an emphasis on peer-reviewed live coaching. I have also completed courses in both Intuitive Eating and Motivational Interviewing.
I grew up in a dysfunctional household and learned to soothe anxiety and instability with food at a very young age. As a result, I struggled with poor self-esteem, physical health, and body image issues that, as a child, I was powerless to change. As an adult, I have done countless hours of research into health and wellness and how nutrition, movement, supplementation, and mindfulness impact every aspect of wellness, using myself as a guinea pig. At the same time, while working in the pharmaceutical industry gave me knowledge of lifesaving medicines, it also helped me to learn that medicine is not always the right answer for many chronic illnesses, and most of them can be headed off at the pass with lifestyle medicine.
I left the pharmaceutical industry after having my second child so that I could focus on myself and my family. My career in that industry was incredibly stressful, which had become unbearable and unhealthy for me coupled with post-partum depression and severe insomnia. Stepping away allowed me to once again focus on my own health, my young family and do some soul-searching about what I truly wanted in my next career, which led me to functional medicine. My own struggles with my health were not for nothing, and I am grateful to have had every one of those experiences because they help me to better understand what my clients are feeling and how to be the ally they need in their journey to wellness.
I feel so fulfilled now and absolutely LOVE my work because I have the privilege of truly helping people transform their lives for the better, which makes me feel incredible inside and also deeply humbled. I hope I get the chance to work with you soon!