Everyone has a story about what woke them up and shifted their mindset on being the driver of their own wellness journey. For me it was two major "aha moments".  The first was in college as I was pursuing a career path towards becoming a physician. I shadowed a fourth year med student and my eyes were opened to the fact that traditional training only included a few weeks of understanding nutrition and how it impacts disease processes. As a science major, it made no sense to me, thus my switch to Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics where we had more science classes than the pre-med students! The second came when I was finally diagnosed (after several misdiagnoses from over 15 doctors)  with late stage Lyme Disease and coinfections and had to be my own patient advocate navigating the medical system that was unable to help.  I lost over a decade of quality of life to this illness but chose to fight and figure out how to heal. The path to wellness was hard.  It was painful.  It was exhausting and frustrating. It took work - hard work. I failed, won, and failed multiple times with varying treatments. Finally, with the help of my supportive and amazing family (specifically my husband), my personal scientific foundation, two  functional medicine physicians willing to take me on, nutrigenomics, consistency,  proper nutritional support, a positive attitude and lots of prayer and reliance on my faith, I have been able to heal.  With intentional choices and intuitive responses, I live by the mantra "move when allowed, rest when required" and feed my body, soul and mind consistently to maintain health and wellness.  I would love to help you shift your personal wellness matrix and be part of your wellness team if you're willing to commit to doing the work and bring me alongside you and your current practitioners!