I wish we all came into these incredible bodies with a manual.  How much easier would that be? To understand what our bodies are trying to communicate with a sign, symptom or medical diagnosis would make life so much easier. My wish is to help you write your own manual. To educate and assist you in uncovering what your personal needs are, physically, physiologically, emotionally and spiritually.  

I was conditioned to believe that success in life was based upon our outward appearances.  What everyone thought about you and the choices you made was the most important thing to be accepted and belong. 

I have striven for outward "perfection and acceptance" all along never feeling like I "fit in" or finding true happiness.  I hated what was happening behind my smiling face.  The anxiety, depression and fear I felt were ugly parts of me and I refused to accept them.

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I searched for years for the "right thing."  The thing that would fix me.  A supplement, a program, a workout. Sadly nothing made me feel "right."  This search was exhausting and increased all of the anxiety, depression and fear already existing within me.  

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I found there is no "easy fix."  Life is about uncovering a remembrance and a restoration of balance in the lifestyle choices we make.  This balance comes from not only physical and physiological balance but an emotional a spiritual balance as well. 

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In my search for "success and belonging" I chose a somewhat unconventional road.  I knew on some level that I wasn't meant to "fit in."

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Over 20 years ago I took my first unconventional step.  I left the safety and normalcy of a job in banking to attend massage therapy school.  I graduated from LifePath School of Massage Therapy in 1998. I loved the unique environment and community I experienced there. Since graduating I have continued my education by integrating many different modalities.  Among them acupressure, reiki, lymphatic drainage, myofascial release, aromatherapy, and reflexology. My style tends to be a very clinical approach meshed with energetic work.

In 1999 I had the most amazing life reaffirming experiences. I got pregnant and gave birth to my one and only incredible child, a daughter. During my pregnancy my husband suffered from severe back pain. This prompted me to remember a guest speaker while in massage therapy school. She was an integrative doctor who practiced a technique called BEST. My husband literally crawled into her office and walked out upright after one treatment. I was amazed! I also became a patient and eventually began working at the clinic doing massage. The BEST technique works with balancing how our bodies are impacted by the emotions we don’t allow ourselves to fully experience.  I was trained in this technique in 2005. It was also during this time with the doctor I was exposed to how our bodies, minds and spirits are nourished in so many different ways.  This fascinated me and I was drawn to understand more. 

After years of practice and personal growth, I found The Functional Nutrition Alliance and their program Full Body Systems to become a Certified Functional Nutrition Counselor. I feel as though this training pulls everything I've experienced together in a whole new light. ​This program helped me to  understand the interconnections of the function of our bodies systems with the emotional and spiritual aspects of ourselves.   

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I took a step further by becoming a Certified Insulin Resistance Solution Practitioner.  This program combined with Full Body Systems helped me to uncover the root causes of my own symptoms of hormonal imbalances, weight gain, fatigue, anxiety, depression, food and chemical sensitivities. Just another page in my own personal manual. 

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I've learned how choices in lifestyle and nutrition effects body, mind and spirit in such an intimate, intricate and individual way.  Understanding that our bodies are incredible, living ecosystems with complex chemical reactions that need the proper fuel to thrive.

Like a fingerprint, our bodies are all perfectly unique and individual.  We all require something different to thrive.  This is called bio-individuality. Pinpointing what it is that our bodies require.  My manual will be entirely different from yours. My "food" may be your "poison." To be able to write our own manuals. To be a guide for those that feel overwhelmed with all the choices out there. Hearing what their body needs, what it yearns for to find its own balance.  To empower each individual.  This is my passion.

Writing my manual has been about self acceptance, compassion and learning how to genuinely care for my overall being. I am excited and ready to be a guide and partner for those who are ready to journey onward towards health.