Becoming a Health Coach

I decided to pursue health coaching after struggling with my own digestive health.

Raised super healthy, I was the kid who had to bring her homemade “cupcakes” (they were really glorified muffins, no frosting here!) to birthday parties. As an adult I felt like I made mostly healthy choices, although much more lenient than my parents strict diet. As a marathon runner I couldn’t live without my weekly pasta and also suffered from feeling chronically fatigued (aren’t you supposed to be exhausted when you run 40 miles a week?!). Life was good but there was nagging health issues that crept up here and there and a deeper sense of uncertainty about the direction of my life.

My stomach pain started after a round of antibiotics for an infection, and left me unable to eat anything more than crackers and applesauce for weeks without abdominal cramping and pain. I was also going through a really challenging time in my personal life, and it became evident to me just how much what I was going through emotionally was manifesting in my physical body. After preliminary blood work came back as normal I decided to go with a more natural route. I found a Naturopath who specialized in NAET, and so I started my slow journey back to feeling healthy in my body. After In the last couple of years I have keep food journals, drank only juice for several days at a time, followed a gluten free diet for almost a year, taken copious amounts of probiotics, stopped eating dairy, stopped eating chicken, added dairy back in, limited sugar, stopped drinking coffee, and the list goes on and on. Why am I telling you all of this? Because I get it. I know how frustrating it is to feel bad in your body, to not know what foods you should eat, to feel low energy, and to just want someone to give you the answer and tell you how to get better. Additionally, a couple of years into my healing journey I received the diagnosis of Lyme disease as well as illness from mold. Having a chronic illness that is not always recognized by traditional medical providers has made me dive into deeper understanding about myself, helped me learn to trust my intuition and has made me passionate about supporting those with chronic health struggles.

I have learned that being well, being whole, is a process. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said “Life is a journey, not a destination.” Sometimes the journey means you crawl under the covers at 6pm, other times it means you drink beer with your friends because you know that experience nourishes your soul more than sticking to your gluten free diet does (at that moment), other times it means discovering your love for cooking healthy food for yourself and your loved ones. It means looking at the bigger picture and looking at all the things that feed you and bringing those things back into balance.

I am here to help give you support in finding a healthier, more whole You.