Hey there, I’m Stephanie…
My own health challenges led me to a holistic, food-as-medicine approach to wellness.
In addition to a Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Functional Medicine, I have a professional career as a classical musician. The long practice hours, competitive auditions, stressful performances, and my perfectionist tendencies eventually led to a state of burnout that was so intense it was more of a break down.
I struggled with extreme fatigue, cold intolerance, skin problems, severe headaches, depression, and anxiety that felt crippling. Despite bouncing from one specialist to another, I found little relief for my chronic discomforts from traditional treatments.
Eventually…thankfully (when nothing else worked) I discovered the world of functional nutrition.
Suppress vs. Address
Rather than simply suppressing symptoms, functional nutrition addresses the root causes of symptoms by evaluating every aspect of one's health, diet, and lifestyle. A functional nutrition approach to wellness is founded in the understanding that we are all unique—with our own genetic framework, health history, and emotional profile. Which means a customized strategy is essential to creating and sustaining optimal health.
Your body can do the work of finding its optimal health baseline when it doesn’t have to fight against obstacles in its way.
What I mean is—you may have food sensitivities you’re not aware of. Or your gut flora may be terribly imbalanced due to antibiotics you took months or even years ago. Work stress, prescriptions, taking the wrong supplements and more may be at odds with your body.
As your functional nutrition coach, my job isn’t to diagnose illnesses. Rather, my job is to consider all the factors impacting your body’s ability to function well and help you make targeted adjustments to correct things so your body can do what it’s naturally really good at…healing itself.
Turning my health around was a game-changer! It also inspired me to shift careers.
At an age when many people are starting to think about retirement, I went back to school for my Master’s in Nutrition and Functional Medicine. I graduated with honors and started my functional nutrition practice. In addition to working with clients, I’m also currently in clinical supervision working toward my CNS credential.
I specialize in digging deep into the biochemical pathways and interconnected organ systems to find the root causes of my clients' issues. Through dietary coaching, targeted nutrients, and lifestyle modifications—I help people alleviate symptoms and restore true vibrant health!
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