Welcome!
I’m Amber and I want to help you not feel like 💩 anymore! Together we will get to the root of your symptoms by addressing nutrition, nervous system support, and lifestyle & wellness shifts.
Why am I so obsessed with functional wellness? Because I’ve seen first hand how it takes a person from feeling like 💩 all the time to feeling like a bad ass human!
My passion for bio-individual nutrition eventually turned into a career (not just a hobby) once I finally took an honest look at my own health ... which I thought was pretty decent. HA!
Having to eat every 2-3 hours and make sure I had emergency snacks on me at all times? Not ideal.
Really wonky sleep patterns. Feeling exhausted all the time, but then totally wired when I went to bed. What the heck? Not normal!
Chronic monthly yeast infections and debilitating PMS? Not. F’ing. Normal.
Anxiety through the roof and odd mental health swings.
My interest in nutrition started because of my husband, who was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder around 2006. After dealing with Western medicine for a few years and getting more and more sick, he finally saw a naturopath. This is where everything clicked and I realized that we can use food to start healing our bodies. Heck yes! I eventually found the Nutritional Therapy Association and became a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (basically a root cause health detective!), followed by advanced education in Sleep Science, Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis, GI Map, food and mental health, and so much more.
Now?
I can comfortably go between meals without getting hangry if I need to. And more importantly, I am more in aware and in-tune with my hunger and satiety cues.
I haven’t had a yeast infection in years and my PMS symptoms are minimal.
Fatigue is almost completely remedied, but definitely takes continued work with my pre-sleep routine and keeping my blood sugar, stress, and digestion balanced.
I’m also a huge proponent of medication when necessary, and have been on and off anxiety medication. I personally use this as a bridge type support to have the bandwidth to implement the strategies I teach to support mental health. Sometimes you need ALL the help!
Would you like to know how I did it?!
I began fueling myself with nutrient dense, real foods, including good fat, protein, and traditional “superfoods”. More importantly, I found a personalized combination that worked for me, while still allowing for delicious treats on occasion so I don’t feel like I’m depriving myself of the foods I love.
I figured out what foods were causing a histamine reaction in my body. Goodbye pork! And let me tell you, I was not happy to find this out. Real talk, I may have dropped the f bomb a couple of times when my practitioner suggested cutting it out. But, my chronic runny nose snot fountain and the layer of fluidy inflammation all over my body went away, so hurray! Spoiler, I still eat pork from time to time, but because I know what the reaction is, it really needs to be worth it to put up with the response my body has.
I honor myself with a relaxing pre-sleep routine that works for me. It will look different for you, because - bioindividuality!
If you are feeling any of the following, then I’m here to help!
You are so sick of not being able to fall asleep or stay asleep? Like how many sheep can you actually count before you just give up?
Lost about where to begin making changes to your food choices for optimal health and sustainability? Sick of all the fad diets out there? Same.
Sick of needing to eat every 2-3 hours? Or freaking out when you realize you don’t have that snack in your purse and you’re about to rage all over a stranger. (Not like I’ve been there…)
You’ve seen countless health care providers that keep giving you a one size fits all protocol?
Spoiler alert…I can help! I’ll bring the education and empowerment (and probably poop jokes), you bring the kick-ass motivation. Together we’ll find a wellness plan for a healthy, balanced you.
I can’t wait to hear from you! :)
Amber