I was once in your shoes. I was running on fumes, working 50+ hours/ week caring for a toddler, and wondering where did my youth go. I felt like I was a slave to wanting bigger paychecks and feeling guilty with every family function I might miss. I was sacrificing my health for this. It wasn’t until I looked in the mirror and saw a sunken eyed, overweight, absent smiled person staring back at me, that something had to change. I remember thinking ‘where did all that vigor and stamina go?’.

That’s when I took a deep look at what I was doing to my body over the last 20 years. I was disgusted with the way I treated the body that was to last a life time.

Looking into a new approach had to be my saving grace. I started changing my eating habits. I found I was craving more fruits and veggies. I was also finding the energy to prepare healthy meals. This led to improved mood. My zest for life kept my mind intrigued and wanting to learn more. I was also to keep up with tasks on hand and went to sleep less anxious knowing I had everything ready for the next day. I felt my sleep gradually improving without a racing mind. And wouldn’t you know it, my improved sleep led to energy to walk daily and put in short intervals of exercise. I was soon firing on all cylinders.

With my background as a family nurse practitioner, I really started to question why I wasn’t implementing these practices into my life as well as my patients. What a difference it has made thus far.

I truly believe with functional medicine, lives are significantly improved in ways we can’t even imagine.