Get to Know Me

Hey friend, welcome to Working in Wellness! As a nurse practitioner turned health coach, I am passionate about optimizing your health. Part of the reason is ....well....that's been my job for the past 15+ years. It's just what I do!

Another big reason is....I've been where you are....and I know the struggle is real.

I understand that daily struggle to drag yourself out of bed, prying your eyes open as you pour yourself a pot of coffee...because, let's face it, one cup just doesn't cut it! I know it takes a monumental effort to clear those cobwebs from your brain in the morning so you can get everyone fed and hustled off to school. You pick at your kid's leftovers on your way to the sink then head to your closet to get ready for work.

You greet your clothes with apathy and the mirror with disgust. How is it even possible that you could still be gaining weight? Frankly, it's easier to just eat less than try to find the time or energy to get in enough exercise, but there's no way you could cut more calories out of your diet! From the look of the stubborn fluffy belly that's appeared in the past few years, apparently your body is ignoring all of your best efforts.

You head to work, trying to remember all the tasks to do and keep forgetting half of them. Your brain isn't keeping up like it used to, and coffee is once again your friend to stay awake after lunch. You head home, tired, feeling defeated and use every ounce of energy you have left to put dinner on the table and then wrestle everyone else through the bedtime routine. It's not even 9 o'clock and you are dragging yourself to bed feeling guilty because you know you should probably spend time with your spouse, but the thought of trying to have any kind of intelligent conversation or intimate connection just feels like more work. Then your bleary eyes open with your alarm clock, and it starts all over again....

But it doesn't have to be this way!

You see, that was my story.....my struggle bus for several years! I was too busy trying to hold everything together and help other people, that I forgot to help myself.

I was also frustrated because I watched my husband struggle with chronic health issues. We were bounced around from doctor to doctor, specialist to specialist, yet no one could figure out how to stop the daily headaches and crushing brain fog. No one could figure out why he had such terrible gut issues and reflux, so he was labeled with IBS and told he was otherwise healthy. He was also told he MUST have some kind of underling depression or anxiety to cause these symptoms and was handed more pills to try, but the reason for the autoimmune markers showing up in his bloodwork, and weird skin rashes remained a mystery.

So after many years of watching him struggle and slowly sinking into my own battles with fatigue and weightgain.....

something finally clicked!

I started diving into the "other" side of medicine. Traditional medicine wasn't getting us very far, so I started researching functional nutrition and discovered a key we had been missing the whole time. We needed to fix our gut health!

I read all the books I could find on the subject, combined that information with my traditional practitioner background, started putting things together, and developed a gut protocol.

That's when everything changed for us!

We were absolutely amazed at our results.

No more daily headaches!
Brain fog was gone!
Loads more energy!
No more bloating!
Abdominal pain and bowel issues gone!

And as a cherry on top, we each lost almost 20 pounds in less than 90 days without any extra exercise or cutting calories!

So THAT is why I started this program. I want to share what I learned with YOU. I know that struggle bus is hard, but that does not have to be your story! I want you to be able to take control of your own health, to be free from that perpetual struggle, and it all starts with your gut. Let your nutrition give you back your independence. You don't have to be a slave to that old story anymore!

Click here to learn more about the program!