A little about me...
Listen, I've been there - intense fatigue, brain fog, recurring UTIs, crippling period pain, profound sugar cravings, and the list goes on. The medical model was addressing my outward symptoms, but not my unique physiology and lifestyle patterns. I stumbled into functional medicine and have never looked back. Given that what we put into our mouth is woven to create our cellular structures, your dietary pattern is literally making or breaking you. Thus, I am enthusiastically passionate about nutrition and getting to the core of what drives your choices, as well as how those choices affect your biology.
As a licensed practitioner providing medical nutrition therapy, my training includes a Master's in Functional Medicine and Human Nutrition, 1000+ plus hours of supervised clinical care, board certification in Nutrition by the American Nutrition Association, a health coaching certification from the Institute of Transformational Nutrition, and coursework with the Institute of Functional Medicine. I continually invest in training and peruse the scientific literature to provide the best clinical guidance for my clients.
While change may have its challenges, it is not impossible. Understanding you as a unique individual with unique circumstances guides my approach. Collaboration is vital in this regard as only you understand your body and its quirks fully. Given the chance, I'll be your most vocal cheerleader.
Let's get started!
Why does nutrition require personalization?
Personalization requires time and connection. We are all biochemically unique - we each have a set of lived experiences, ways of doing things, schedules that fluctuate, tastes that vary, and cultural traditions in which we partake. Additionally, we may be on medications that affect our physiology and unique depletions that come with them. While guidance around general nutrition is everywhere, understanding what your unique body needs or may lack is an investigative undertaking!
For optimal health, it is vital to assess, consider and tailor: assess the current state of someone's nutrition by evaluating biomarkers, physical changes, as well as environmental effects; consider someone's current lifestyle, constraints and limitations, and experiences with food; and tailor a nutritional program that is collaborative, executable and helps someone move the needle on symptoms.
