ABOUT ME

I came to be a Functional Health Practioner after my own mysterious illness. I developed life threatening allergic reactions that came out of nowhere. One day I was able to do and eat whatever I wanted and the next, out of nowhere, I could no longer eat many foods and could no longer tolerate exercise. I was getting sicker and sicker and developed a whole bunch of other distressing symptoms like extreme fatigue and episodes of dizziness and extreme weakness. I began isolating and staying home as much as I could so I could control my food and in fear of having a reaction in public. I felt like I lost my life.

Doctors had no answers for me. I received several idiopathic (medical term for we don’t know what is wrong with you) diagnosis and given medication. After seeing countless practitioners, including skilled naturopathic physicians, ten’s of thousands of dollars, and frustrating trial and error I realized I was dealing with Histamine Intolerance and Mast Cell Activation. I also realized I was going to have to heal myself because I was not getting far with any practitioner I was working with. They just didn’t understand how to work with someone whose immune system was as overreactive as mine.

I eventually found the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Program (FDN) and became empowered to really address my own health . My health journey was really tough, but it’s brought me so many blessings and one of them was the road to finding my service to the world and becoming a Functional Health Practitioner.

I have healed and you can too! At the root of my illness were many types of chronic infections, heavy metal toxicity, mold toxicity, adrenal dysregulation, chronic stress, childhood trauma and spiritual mis-alignment. Some of these kinds of root issues can take a long time to heal and I am still healing. I am happy to say that almost all of my symptoms have completely resolved and what does remain is mild and occurs much less often. Some of the symptoms and dysfunction I dealt with and have either healed completely or mostly healed:

• Chronic hives and swelling

• Anaphylactic reactions

• Tinnitus (ear ringing)

• Exercise Intolerance

• Fatigue and spells where I would shake and get dizzy

• Insomnia

• Tachycardia (racing heat)

• Food intolerances

• Irritable bowel syndrome

• Brain fog

• Air hunger and shortness of breath

I can eat a full diet, including higher histamine foods, and go out in the world without fear. Do I have my life back? Yes! And no. I have a new life. My health journey was transformative and I have a much richer life with so much more gratitude and purpose than I did before my illness and I am forever thankful for that!

I am especially skilled in the areas of histamine intolerance and mast cell activation, because these are things I dealt with as primary symptom presentation. However, what lay beneath and what drives most all chronic illnesses are the same so my approach can help most anyone. We are all different in the way illness manifests in our body, so even if you have a different symptom set or illness than I did, the same approach to healing applies.

I am also especially skilled in understanding the ways emotional trauma and emotional forces are playing into a person’s physical illness. Again, this is partly because this was a big factor for me personally but also from my previous career as a Social Worker for 13 year as well as my empathic and intuitive abilities in this area.

If you would like to see if we are a fit to work together, please book a free consultation click on the link below.