I don’t just mean crystals and manifestation, although that stuff is pretty cool too. I mean the magic of my personal power, my sovereignty, and my authentic self that exists outside of what social conditioning tells women and mothers to be.
My healing journey began about 10 years ago, when I quit the birth control pill and my health went haywire. My hormones were all over the place, I gained weight, my skin broke out, and I didn’t get a period for 3 years. After moving through every level of the conventional healthcare system, I desperately turned to naturopathic medicine and nutrition. Within 1 year, I had balanced my hormones, healed myself, and started a normal cycle- all through targeted nutrition intervention.
I knew everyone deserved access to the same healing
Fast forward a few years, and I am a mother to two littles while working full time as a pregnancy health coach. So I was 5 years into learning everything I could for myself, and 2 years into coaching dozens of women at that point through their own nutrition. Let’s just say, I had a solid foundation of healthy routine (or so I thought).
Then came the newborn days, where we didn’t sleep through the night for 18 months.
Then came the cycle of fevers, colds, and stomach bugs, where our entire day was forfeited without warning to a sick little one.
Then came the ever constant touching, needs, energy…it became impossible to do a 20 min yoga flow without getting climbed on, and a 15 minute meal in the kitchen turned into an hour and a half to cook and 3 days to clean up.
I began cutting corners anywhere I could. Desperate for convenience. Skipping meals because I couldn’t stand to dirty another dish, or using takeout and frozen meals, and numbing out on my phone, with netflix, every chance I had. The more overwhelmed I felt, the more I cut corners and disconnected from myself. And the more I cut corners and disconnected from myself, the more overwhelmed and exhausted I felt. I was staying up later than I should, desperate for some “me-time”, but it was just binging tv or scrolling Instagram. I was anxious the moment I woke up, thinking about all the things I should be getting done today. I was running on empty and was constantly felt guilty for not doing more and defeated at how little time and energy I had.
This is called survival mode.
And let’s take a moment and recognize- I’m a nutrition and health coach. If motherhood crumbled my foundation like this over the first 3 years, of COURSE it’s felt challenging for you to nourish yourself in the ways that matter which juggling all the things.
My anxiety was worse than ever. I was breaking out, my migraines came back, and I was 20lbs up from pre-pregnancy weight and 40lbs up from where I really felt my healthiest. I actually had to pause my nutrition business for 2 full years because I just didn't have it in me.
How many of us are depleted, exhausted, overwhelmed, and feeling isolated in our motherhood journey? How many of us want to level up our health, model a healthy relationship with food, and show our children what a loving relationship with our body looks like? How many of us are disconnected from feeling our true power, because our soul is working through the discomfort of fatigue, headaches, anxiety, insomnia, indigestion, or any of the other physical discomforts we put up with in our lives?
I’ve been there, mama.
I was so overwhelmed taking care of other people that I just wouldn’t pause to eat. I was grabbing another frozen meal for dinner and relying on another drive through because I just couldn’t deal with another dirty dish. I was staying up late to catch up on laundry (or just scrolling my phone) instead of getting the sleep I know I needed. I was putting hobbies, activities, and interests on the back-burner because I’m a mom now (that’s what we do, right?).
But the truth is, when I fell into those patterns, my life force got drained very quickly. I had less energy, I got migraines, and my emotional center was way off.
Here’s the thing. When we invest our time and energy into nourishing ourselves in the ways that truly matter…we reclaim our true power. We unlock our energy and shift out of burnout so that we can actually show up in our lives the way we want to.
Are you ready to reclaim your health?
I am the health coach for you if you…
want to go beyond just food to heal the body, mind, and soul
are feeling exhausted, burned out, and in survival mode, and are ready for a change
are ready to go beyond just symptoms and supplements to address the true root cause of what is holding you back
understand that our mindsets, stress, and lifestyle are key pieces of the healing puzzle
are a little bit into the natural, the woo, the spiritual, or are curious how alternative modalities can support your healing journey
We will work together in partnership- you never have to do this work alone.