About Me
I’m a very committed, compassionate Nationally Board Certified Integrative Health Coach through NBC-HWC, Occupational Therapist, and advocate for clean, healthy living. Through my studies and understanding of true foundational wellness, combined with more than 30 years of collective professional and personal experiences, I work from an expansive lens. This expansive lens helps me to truly understand you and how to help you to set and achieve your goals so that these new goals become who you are moving forward in your life. I meet you exactly where you are in order to best serve you in reaching the dreams you have for yourself.
You and your needs are the most important part of my health coaching practice and the reason I do what I do. My mission is to help guide you and to be both your accountability partner, the catalyst to your lasting behavior change, and your very best advocate and cheerleader so that you can finally feel like you are becoming the thriving version of yourself that you deserve to be, and so that you can finally look and feel amazing. We do this, together, by setting small, graded, achievable goals that make a huge difference in how you feel, look, and engage in your life.
I understand women completely and thoroughly and will listen intently to your past, learn about what your barriers to success have been, and I will feel your joy while we speak about the dreams and goals that you have for yourself. Additionally, as a mom and Pediatric Occupational Therapist, I understand that you are only as happy and healthy as your children, so if you desire, I am also here to help to guide you in helping your family thrive as well.
It is time to thrive. Let’s begin.
My Path
For as long as I can remember, I have always been extremely impassioned by, and worked in, both allopathic and integrative medicine. This has always been an integral part of my life and there has never been a separation between who I am and what I do. Continually pushing myself to learn, grow and evolve as a health care worker and as a coach has always been my priority and my commitment to myself adn to you.
When I was 41 years old, I was in a major car accident and experienced brain trauma. While I did lose two of my senses, my family was also told it was quite possible that I would be cognitively impaired for the rest of my life. But, as is often the case, this simply wasn’t true. I consider myself very lucky because as soon as I was able, I took the situation into my own hands by drawing from my knowledge of foundational health and healing. After all, I knew in my heart that given the right circumstances all of our bodies want to regain balance and to heal. I am eternally grateful mine did……..yours can too.
Because of these personal challenges, as well as the many ill loved ones and clients over the years who turned to me for guidance with foundational imbalances (cancer, neurological lyme disease, other autoimmune diseases, and more), I became even more doggedly determined to understand the root causes of dis-ease states and how to help facilitate helping to bring balance to our bodies again.
Amongst the greatest joys in my life is empowering you to heal in order to lead a vibrant, abundantly healthy, and peaceful life. In my current practice, I guide you to reach the health dreams that YOU set for yourself (just as I did!) by setting small and achievable goals that make a huge difference in how you look and feel. Reaching these goals will empower you to feel successful and proud of yourself.
I understand women, completely and thoroughly. I understand our struggles to balance our lives and how too much of the time we are nourishing ourselves too little, and giving so much that our lives often feel completely unbalanced and unfulfilling.
Because of this, I meet you exactly where you are on this very day and then we dig in and get to work! Every single one of us has at least one area of our health that needs extra attention in order to live a better life. We all can benefit from an accountability partner. We owe it to ourselves to strive for a life where we feel healthy in our minds and bodies and joyful in our spirits.
You have got this. You may not think you do, but you do!
My Education and Certifications
Nationally Board Certified Health Coach through NBC-HWC
Institute of Integrative Nutrition: Certificate in Integrative Health Coaching
Institute of Integrative Nutrition: Advanced Practicum Certificate in Integrative Health Coaching
American Association of Drugless Practitioners: Commission on Certification
Columbia University: Master of Science in Occupational Therapy
University of Maryland: Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology