I am in my mid 40's and have a background in health advocacy, public health, bodywork and nutrition. I also have a body. Just like anyone else, my body has had its ups and downs but my work has been in addressing and managing the imbalances caused by years of knowingly and unknowingly living outside of my body's bio-individual best interest. Overexercising, under-eating, sabotaging my system by eating inflammatory foods, not realizing I was exposing myself to mold, putting myself on unadvised and fad diets: these have ALL been part of my health history and I have the dings and recurrent chronic issues left by some of them to show for it. 

Making it through these experiences and then becoming a certified nutritional therapist, I have now dedicated myself to exploring and working with a ton of tools available to figure out how to live my bio-individual best life and help others to do the same thing.

The Well Spell is the realization of years of work and research in health and wellness including nutrition, functional medicine, mindfulness, non-toxic self-care, and movement.  I want to grow The Well Spell as a resource of wellness strategies, recipes, nutritional information, things I love, and overall tips for a balanced, healthier more authentic life.

• sleep issues

• mood imbalance

• blood sugar issues

• stress management

• acid reflux / heartburn

• inflammation

The list goes on….

My goal is to get you supported via the 5 foundations of health that must be in balance for optimal well being.

• Digestion

• Blood Sugar Regulation

• Fatty Acid Balance

• Mineral Balance

• Hydration

That said, I love working around issues of mood and the brain first because when those are unsupported all the rest can be really hard for people to address even though it's ALL connected. If you feel hazy, unmotivated, tired and depressed choosing better food options is so much harder- I’ve been there and am really transparent about my own experiences with the work that I do.  So I use my additional training in neuro-nutrition as and mindfulness tools to help support these issues as well as looking at overall systemic rebalancing.

With all the pressures and stresses of modern daily life, women are faced with what feels like an insurmountable goal of moving the needle toward true wellness and away from distress and disease. Especially around midlife - but earlier and earlier - women find themselves struggling with an idea of how they could feel versus the reality of how they DO feel. Social media and popular culture is overflowing with “answers” and more often than not this overwhelming onslaught of “solutions” are not only not helpful but more importantly not getting to the root of the matter.

My aim is to use both the the scientific principles of nutritional therapy and assessments of baseline systems to find ways to support improved mood, sleep and wellbeing which GREATLY affect our ability to do more specific work that may involve temporary or long term dietary changes and other protocols that can then be addressed from a better perspective.

I liken it to the body being a house on fire and there are alarms ringing and generally complete chaos. Our first step together will be to put out the fire whether it is small and contained or a full on blaze. Then we will work together to assess the damage and more importantly look for the root cause(s) that led to the fire in the first place. We work together to reduce the reoccurrence of a fire and at very least help you develop tools should one begin to arise, because this is life (and healing) which unlike a fairytale is NOT linear.

The Well Spell is about finding the bio-individual ingredients that YOU need.

You deserve to feel at home in your body.

You deserve a practitioner that will listen to your story and help you write the next chapter.

I know first hand the struggles of dragging my story around only to be tuned out, ignored and treated like a diagnosis with a knee jerk recommendation for a prescription, a procedure or often just being dismissed entirely. My approach starts with information gathering and listening, then moves to a collaboration. We explore your health rather than define and dismiss it. YOU are at the center of our journey toward improved health, I am just a supportive hand on that journey.

If you are ready to try this way of gently approaching your enhanced wellbeing then book a free 15 minute Discovery Call or a Well Spell package so we can begin the process.

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