Getting a handle on this healthy crap is tough. I’ve been there. My story…
Hey there,
Thanks for stopping by to read about my “why”. Why I became a health advocate for others after becoming an advocate of my own health first.
After two (yes 2) weight loss surgeries (you can read more here about this), dealing with the challenge of possible organ failure and coping with an autoimmune disease that typically left me feel frazzled and crazed most days. I followed doctors orders to the “T”. I mean I had every meal, medication, injections, infusion planned and timed perfectly according to instructions but I had no relief, I was actually getting worse by the day.
After being introduced to what would become my brand partner, I started a new supplement regimen that boosted my energy and gave me mental clarity. I was able to get up and move more and even began to question my doctors. I was determined to be a better me at any cost. I began to read more about alternative ways to recover from my disease, healthier ways to maintain weight loss in the hope that focusing on these would get my organs out of danger of failing. Basically I was totally changing how I thought healthy looked like. I ate more Whole Foods and less processed. I added the best nutritional supplements on the market to replace the expensive prescribed ones. I started being active everyday and made it part of my lifestyle instead of a chore that I need to get done. I even included my family and we all got healthier because of it!
It took less than one month to feel better and my labs proved it. In the following months I lost weight (without trying), I slept better and handled stress in a healthier way too (not as much yelling. lol!). The shock was how I was able to reverse the debilitating effects of the autoimmune disease Hashimotos Thyroiditis and no more infusions or injectable vitamins needed! I felt so free. At that point I was kinda hooked on the fact that nutrition mattered.
Just about 3 years into my health transformation, I hit a brick wall…well actually it was a huge pick-up truck that hit my SUV! I was in an auto accident that forever changed the course of my life. You see, at the time I was the owner and operator of a successful child daycare and after a couple years of misdiagnosis and declining health I closed the daycare doors forever. I required brain surgery and decided before I went under the knife that I would make a career shift. I knew I wanted something that would challenge me, hold me accountable and be a positive force of impact on others. I enrolled in the Holistic Health Coaching program with the Institute of Integrated Nutrition based out of NYC. Looking back it was the best way to spend 12 months of my recovery. What I learned I applied instantly to my own life. I knew this was to be my new profession! When I had this aha moment, it was like a flash went off in my head and I actually started to see how my purpose & passion could meet to be my profession.
I wish I could say that my recovery has been a complete breeze, but I’d be lying and I am transparent if nothing else. My recovery is exactly what I needed. I had to experience the trials I did to be the best health coach to my future clients. Learning first hand how to handle setbacks with grace and love of myself was in fact a life lesson that had made me a better person, mother, wife and yes a better coach to others going through trials in their life.
I am forever thankful of the knowledge I have been empowered with over the years and look forward to sharing this empowerment with you too.
What I am trying to share here is that it may take time and effort, but regaining your health is possible with some simple (I didn’t say easy-change is not often easy) changes and the shift in your mindset.
If you are seeking perfection, you will be searching all your life (and maybe beyond?), because perfection doesn’t exist. I like to say that I am imperfectly perfect as I believe we all are. I know I am ENOUGH and so are YOU!
If you are struggling with your wellness or just know that you can feel better than you do today, let’s chat. Together we can design a coaching program designed just for you.