How my journey began

In my late twenties, I experienced a muscle spasm one day that resulted in the inability to move my neck and led to years of chronic muscle and nerve pain. I saw 2 massage therapists, a chiropractor, and multiple physical therapists with limited relief. It wasn’t until I completed my first functional medicine liver detox through Equi.Life that the chronic neck tension, headaches, and nerve pain I’d lived with for about 8 years completely vanished!

As a licensed physical therapist, I look at mechanical issues with patients who come with chronic tension and pain. Although patients leave the session feeling much better, I noticed some patients continually return with the same muscle tension. I started to wonder about WHY the body felt the need to create the tension in the first place. This led me too look more into the stress component of chronic pain, and later learned about the toxic load connection to chronic pain.

I also lived with chronic fatigue and at age 29 a functional medicine MD told me I have hypothyroid and asked if I wanted to take a supplement or medication, I chose a supplement. The supplement helped slightly with my chronic fatigue and hair loss, but I continued to have brain fog and my thyroid continued to worsen. There was no discussion as to why my thyroid was under-functioning or how I could improve it. Fast forward to age 37 and ready to finally start a family. With the status of “Advanced Maternal Age” and knowing my husband and I both had hormonal imbalances, I sought out functional medicine practitioners in my area. At $350/hr with a functional medicine MD, I decided to pursue a health coaching certification with the Integrative Health Practitioner (IHP) Institute to learn in depth how to heal myself.

Through the education of becoming an IHP, I learned how to rebalance my hormones, reduce toxins, and reduce stress through lab testing and the DESTRESS Protocol. I feel blessed to share all that I’ve learned to help others take control of their own health and live their best life!