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While I’ve always loved health and nutrition, having children is what truly sparked my passion for holistic wellness.

MY STORY

When I was pregnant with my son, I planned on having an all natural birth at a birth center. At 34 weeks, I discovered that my perfectly laid plans may not happen: my son was breech, and with his particular position and size there wasn’t a midwife in Texas that would attempt to deliver me.

I switched care and ended up having a wonderful, family-centered Cesarean. I knew, however, that due to his birth there may be certain health implications I would have to be on the lookout for (as children delivered through cesarean don’t have the same microbial bath that babies born vaginally do - hence their microbiome does not develop as efficiently).

Sure enough, he soon began displaying some signs of digestive upset. I started an elimination diet (GAPs protocol) and saw substantial improvement. When it was time to begin table food several months later, I discovered a few books and practitioners that further opened my eyes to the importance of health (The Weston A. Price Foundation, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration and Nourishing Traditions to name a few).

Upon realizing how toxic many baby products (even the ones touted as natural!) were and how many dyes and additives were being put in food (even the ones marketed as healthy!), I was truly shocked. I began thoroughly vetting every product I brought into my home and used on my family and dove deeper into the optimal nutrition for growing healthy children.

This ultimately led me to begin training as a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner through the Nutritional Therapy Association. As a FNTP, I now work with women and families to address the true foundations of health, identify imbalances within the body, reduce toxin exposure and develop a whole foods lifestyle suited to their bio-individuality. It is truly an honor to do this work.