My passion for Integrative Health began at a young age when I began experiencing anxiety, depression, and severe PMS. I was determined to ‘fix’ the symptoms that were derailing my success in school and sports. I dove into all the literature I could find on holistic nutrition, hormones, and herbal medicine. Still, even with a healthy diet and exercise regimen, I struggled emotionally and often felt very alone. Eventually, I realized there is more to health than just physical well-being. This realization expanded my exploration into emotional and spiritual healing methods.

No matter what stage in life, be it battling anxiety and depression, being highly sensitive, illuminating familial traumas, experiencing heartbreak, or being a perfectionist in college and the corporate world, I continued to lean on my health and wellness practices and strategies.

My healing journey led me to an array of different healing modalities; acupuncture, talk therapy, yoga, reiki, meditation, hypnotherapy, somatic experiencing, Ayurveda, energy work, therapy, EMDR, Naturopathic medicine, and anti-inflammatory cooking.

In 2020, I quit my corporate job to pursue my passion for integrative health head-on. No sooner than I made this decision, the COVID shut down happened. I began to experience symptoms I had never felt before, including achy and swollen joints, vision problems, insomnia, short-term memory loss, intense fatigue, and sudden weight loss. My anxiety and depression also took a turn for the worse. After months of mysterious symptoms, I woke up one morning to severely swollen joints, unable to move the right side of my body. After weeks of testing, I was eventually diagnosed with Lyme Disease. My Lyme diagnosis turned my life upside down, and I spent the next two years trying every treatment, diet, and doctor I could find in hopes of getting the life I knew back; one not determined by my symptoms. For many, healing from chronic Lyme requires a multi-dimensional approach, including an anti-inflammatory diet, stress management, non-toxic living, detox protocols, healing the gut, and addressing vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

Through personal experience and meeting dozens of other Lyme fighters and doctors, I recognized a pattern of conditions impeding our healing process beyond diet and lifestyle. These included unhealed trauma, mindset, stress, and nervous system dysregulation. In addition, chronic Lyme is very misunderstood on a global scale, leaving many of us to feeling a general lack of compassion and understanding.

Through cultivating a nurturing relationship with self, establishing a sense of felt safety in the body, creating strong boundaries, and getting clear on my authentic needs, I began to feel relief. What I wasn’t told about this process, was how transformative it would be in illuminating all parts of me in order to truly heal.

Here I was trying to get my ‘old self’ back when life had a different plan. While not always comfortable, healing from Lyme forced my whole self to emerge, shadows and all, presenting an opportunity to better integrate all parts that needed to feel seen and heard. For me, it only took two decades of struggling with my health for me to realize it isn’t about ‘fixing’, it is about coming home to our true selves and honoring our unique needs and desires.

Now, as a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, with a Master’s in Integrative Health, I am more inspired than ever to put my personal experience and knowledge into practice. Through facilitating a self-discovery process with clients, partnering on an individualized action plan, and providing supportive tools and resources, I help individuals reclaim their health. With a holistic approach, I empower my clients to restore balance in all areas of their life with compassion and confidence.