WHY I DO WHAT I DO

As an Integrative Health Practitioner, wife, and mother of four, I deeply understand how essential our health is to keeping up with the demands of daily life. For many women, especially high-performing mothers, we push through exhaustion, pain, and discomfort because life requires it. I did the same — for more than two decades.

In my early 30s, I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. One morning I woke up with swollen knees and elbows. I couldn’t bend them. I couldn’t open a jar. Even walking became painful. It was frightening and overwhelming, especially at a time when life felt relentless. I had two young daughters, ages five and two. My father had just been diagnosed with leukemia and passed away within weeks. I was starting a new career, and I was in the middle of selling our home and building a new one.

Looking back, I now understand that the chronic stress of that season played a significant role in triggering the expression of my autoimmune symptoms.

Like so many others, I was immediately placed on long-term medications — medications so strong they required blood work every three months just to monitor liver damage. And yet, no one was asking the most important questions: Why did this happen? Why was I exhausted all day? Why couldn’t I sleep through the night? Why was my digestion off, my skin breaking out, my body inflamed and reactive?

Instead of searching for answers, I was taught to manage symptoms.

Everything changed in 2016, when I became pregnant with twin boys at the age of 47. Suddenly, my health wasn’t just about me. I was deeply concerned about how my age and my autoimmune condition might impact both my pregnancy and my long-term wellbeing. That was the moment I stopped outsourcing my health and started paying close attention — to what I was putting into my body, onto my body, and around my body.

I began learning about toxins in our food and environment, GMOs, pesticides, and herbicides, the quality of our air and water, EMF exposure, and how chronic stress silently breaks down the body over time. What started as concern turned into curiosity — and then into a calling.

I went all in on understanding integrative and functional health, addressing root causes, and reducing my toxic load. Slowly but surely, my body began to heal. I reclaimed my energy. I reduced inflammation. I broke free from the medications I had relied on for over 20 years.

Today, I am pain-free, medication-free, and living proof that the body is capable of healing when given the right support.

This is why I do what I do.

I now help women stop managing symptoms and start understanding their bodies. I teach them how to take back control of their health, lower inflammation, restore energy, and feel strong and confident again — so they can fully show up for their families, their careers, and their lives.

If you’re ready to stop guessing and start healing at the root, schedule your free consultation by clicking the button below.