Although I was blessed with many things growing up, stress was the one constant in my life - from a pretty crazy childhood, with immigrant parents and an alcoholic father, to starting college as a first generation college student, life was unpredictable. With the freedom of eating what I wanted in college, I began to experience constant digestive issues and blood sugar imbalance - though I didn't realize at the time that it was from the high stress and high sugar. I thought for years that being “hangry” was normal (I mean look at the Snickers commercials!) - but soon realized that it wasn’t. During college I was gaining weight, was tired, moody and frustrated by countless doctors telling me I was “normal” because my labs stated it, or just to work out a little harder.

Fast forward to a few years later when my husband and I tried to conceive our first born. Again, I was stressed to conceive, after being on birth control pills for 7 years. Well, it didn't happen right away. I noticed issues with my cycle and sought out doctor after doctor, only to ultimately get help and truly feel supported by eastern medicine providers. After learning my thyroid was not functioning properly, I was put on medicine and I immediately got pregnant. However, I refused epidurals, drugs and anything that could potentially impact my newborn.

After the birth of my daughter, Kaelyn, I still battled with digestive issues, bloating, weight fluctuations, low energy, shakiness before meals, and I was exhausted and felt alone. I felt like no one in the medical field listened to me. Every doctor visit ended with a prescription to “bandage” the issue, but I knew there had to be a better solution. I even had one doctor tell me that “it was in my head” when I explained my dizzy spells.

I wanted to give up, but refused to be on prescription medication. So my drive to learn more continued and I was fueled by my child - willing to learn to keep her healthy and me healthy for her.

The more I learned, I started the steady climb out of the void and started to view my health and purpose in a new light. I wanted this true whole body healing and I was able to find my way back and started to transform my way of living from barely surviving, to truly thriving! I also learned that health was not a destination, but a constant journey and one that can easily be impacted by stress, diet and lifestyle. I was blessed to birth my second child, my son, Liam two years later, but still had health issues and high stress. From moving to a new city, with children under 2, and having my mom move in, etc - my life was in a constant stressful state. Over the years I learned how to better manage my stress with breathwork, yoga, dance and journaling, and the more I learned, the more I wanted to share with other women who shared similar struggles.