I was first introduced to the idea of holistic and alternative medicine at the age of 17. I was enamored by the world of ferments, falling in love with kvass and kombucha and quickly learning about the importance of gut health. As someone who had always struggled with eczema and allergies from a young age, I was not foreign to the concept of taking the "band-aid approach" to addressing my symptoms. An allergy pill here, a steroid cream there. What did it matter as long as my symptoms went away? I learned how beneficial holistic health could be to actually getting to the root cause of my symptoms that I didn't know at the time were larger indicators of auto-immunity.

I had always been able to manage my health the way most people try to. Eating a more or less healthy diet with lots of sweets in between, exercising a few times per week...until I got mononucleosis at 25 that quickly developed into Epstein Barre Virus. Wasn't mono for teenagers??

I battled the residual symptoms of having Epstein Barre for over a year, all the while feeling completely not my self. Chronic fatigue, depression, anxiety, pruritis, sensory processing issues, eczema flare-ups, and daily aches and pains in my stomach had become my new normal as I bounced from doctor's appointment to doctor's appointment. No one seemed particularly interested in how this diagnosis had changed my life, other than to quickly offer me the solution that there was no solution other than to manage my newfound symptoms. 

An avid reader and researcher by nature, I scoured the websites and social media accounts of health and wellness practitioners, picking up on tidbits from across the internet to help inform me of not only what it means to live with auto-immunity, but to THRIVE. By informing and empowering myself to overcome my diagnoses, I have been able to learn so much about the world of holistic health, overcome my auto-immunity, and feel truly healthy for the first time in my life. 

I became a certified holistic health coach to support and empower those wanting to get to the root of the imbalances in their life and establish lasting health and wellness for themselves. 

It is my belief we're here to THRIVE. Thanks for being here <3