Everyone has a story

I wasn’t always “on top of it.” In my 20s and 30s, I navigated chronic stress, hypoglycemia, mood swings, digestive chaos, and deep fatigue. From the outside, I looked fine. Inside, I felt anything but.

The standard medical model often told me “nothing is wrong,” or offered labels that never fully aligned with what I was experiencing. For years, I carried the quiet belief that something about me was simply “off.” I followed the advice I was given because I thought I should — yet it never truly made sense in my body.

As my symptoms began to escalate, something shifted. I realized I didn’t just want symptom management. I wanted understanding. I wanted clarity. And more than anything, I wanted to know why this was happening.

That search for answers changed the direction of my life. My personal health struggle became my passion, guiding me into holistic nutrition, functional diagnostic testing, lifestyle medicine, and a deeper understanding of how stress, gut health, hormones, minerals, and the nervous system are all intricately connected.

Looking back, I can now see that the stage was set long before my adult symptoms appeared. As a teen, I did what I was told and rarely questioned anything — I didn’t even get my first period until 17. I struggled with acne, and as a baby, I had low iron. What once felt like isolated issues now clearly tells a longer story of imbalance building quietly over time.

Today, I’m living proof that when you treat the whole system, not just the symptoms, real transformation is possible — not through restriction or willpower, but through understanding, support, and personalized care.