I’m a practicing Certified Physician Assistant, with specialties in Endocrinology and Nephrology. In my clinical practice, I’ve seen chronic disease states truly affect not only the patients, but their whole support system. After having my third child, I just knew something was “off”, yet every test and lab that I knew to be ran all came out “normal”. I did my own research and found myself an Integrative Functional Medicine doctor. Partnering with him, was one of the best things I did for myself and for patients. He taught me that there were non-conventional tests that probe deeper, as well as the importance of the concept “Individualized Medicine.” I took the ALCAT test, which is a comprehensive sensitivity and allergy panel, as well as a comprehensive stool analysis. While I’ve taken allergy tests before, and even went through a series of allergy shots, I found out I was sensitive to a whole slue of foods that I ate on a regular bases that would be considered “healthy” by most dietary systems. So while it was difficult, I decided I was done with feeling the way I was, and made drastic lifestyle and dietary changes. I found just eating food that nourished my body and addressing the needs of my body, completely and radically changed my health, my relationships, and my outlook in general. I had a firsthand encounter of what it meant by the saying “Food is Medicine.” I’ve taken back control of my health, not by medicating myself with conventional prescriptions that has a host of side effects, but by learning about my body, listening to it, and eating accordingly. It inspired me so much, that I decided I want to educate anyone who was interested in how to heal themselves and obtain wellness. I want to help you be an exceptional you, from the inside out. I want to help you change your wellness with a change of mind…”
What makes me Unique?
I trained at the Institute for the Psychology of Eating (IPE), the world’s leading school in Nutritional Psychology where I received my certification as a Behavioral Nutrition Coach. In IPE’s internationally acclaimed program, I learned powerful cutting-edge tools and protocols that enable me to work with weight issues, body image challenges, overeating, binge eating, and a variety of nutrition related health concerns such as digestion, fatigue, mood, immunity, and others.
I also trained at the Essential Oils Institute, founded by one of most renown Doctor of Natural Medicine, Dr. Josh Axe and credentialed by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners(AADP). In this program, I became certified as an Essential Oils Coach as I learned about the chemistry behind essential oils that make it such powerful tools in wellness, as well as the inspiration to most pharmaceutical medicines. Being used for over 3,000 years, Essential oils are more than just smell good oils, but rather very powerful potent oils, that if used appropriately, can offer an infinite number of benefits that can assist you along your wellness journey.
I also completed training at the Integrative of Functional Nutrition Academy (IFNA), which is a partner of the world-renowned Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM). The IFNA training is based on a medical nutrition model that combines the very best of modern science, clinical wisdom, and integrative therapies. IFNA training includes skill-building in: nutrition-focused physical assessment; therapeutic elimination diets; conventional and functional labs & diagnostics; art and science of dietary supplements; mind-body modalities. A “whole food as medicine” approach is central to IFN therapy.
The skills I use from all my trainings are a combination of practical coaching techniques, results-oriented psychology, clinical nutrition and nutrition science, medical-clinical science, body-centered practices, mind-body science, and a positive and compassionate approach to challenges with food and health. With my history of being a Certified Physician Assistant and combining the powerful new fields of Dynamic Eating Psychology, Mind-Body Nutrition, and Integrative Functional Nutrition, my approach to assist you in your wellness journey is unique.
