Here's my story
"I want to help people."
Most of us who enter a health-serving profession start with that intentionāor something very close to it. But along the way, many get worn down, most commonly because of misalignment about what our heart desires confined by what the system allows. Over time, helping turns into surviving. Getting through the day. Collecting a paycheck. Waiting for retirement.
I was there tooāburned out, disillusioned, and searching for a way out. Yet deep down, I knew there had to be a better way.
What became clear to me was this: when we rely on superficial approaches and focus only on managing symptoms, we miss the deeper signals the body is trying to communicateāand people stay stuck.
That realization became deeply personal when my own health began to unravel, especially as I hit the natural hormonal transition periods, which felt anything but natural and more like chaos. Despite seeking answers, I was met with the same response again and again: more medications, fewer explanations, and no lasting resolution.
That was my breaking point.
I knew I could no longer liveāor provide careāin a way that ignored the root of the problem.
Through a foundational, root-cause approach focused on restoring rhythm and reducing the barriers to healing, I experienced a meaningful shift in my own health. More importantly, I learned how to support the bodyās natural ability to rebalanceāby working with it, rather than trying to override it.
In that process, I found renewed purpose, clarity, and a new vision for what healthcare can beāone that is curious, personalized, and rooted in understanding rather than symptom management.
That experience reshaped how I approach wellnessāand itās the foundation of everything I do today.
I'm on a mission...
to make this root-cause approach to wellness accessible and understandableāso more people can learn to view their bodies through a different lens and feel empowered to support their health with clarity and confidence.Ā
Pivot! Pivot! Pivot!!!
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Being trained in an intricate system of bandaids and surface level tactics, but knowing there had to be a better way, in the voice of Ross from Friends, the only choice left was to PIVOT... and PIVOT again... and PIVOT again!! Here are a few of my certifications and endeavors also known as pivots!
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- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Certified Health Coach
- Podcast Host: The Be THAT Mom Movement Podcast
- Integrative Health Practitioner
- Founder of Align Your Life Wellness
- Functional Medicine Practitioner
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FAVORITE FOOD:
chocolate pie š
USED TO BE:
a bandaid dealer š
FAVE VACAY:
Kauai ššš“
FAVE DRINK:
š dropšø
CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT:
My poodle pups & my family
PETS:
Two swimmings š©s
A little more about me...
I am married to my high school sweetheart and we have three (now grown) kids. The wild ride of being the first generation of parents to raise kids on all the digital things, was the original inspiration for my podcast, which you can find on all podcast apps (The Be THAT Mom Movement Podcast)
I also have two cute poodle pups that love to swim (check out my stories on my main instagram account and you'll likely catch a video of her swimming).
While already on a path for prioritizing my own wellness, the events of 2020 and 2021 brought me to the brink of choosing between my livelihood and bowing down to an employer mandating my health choices, but it was then that enough red flags went off for me, that I realized I was just done with this broken sick care system!
In the midst of all of that, I pivoted with new certifications, launched a podcast, met lots of like-minded colleagues that I can call mentors AND friends, founded Align Your Life Wellness, and am now launching a gut and cellular detox program and a metabolic program!
It was a wild crazy few years, but if you know me long enough, you'll likely hear me say this: Today's struggle is tomorrow's strength! This has been so VERY true in my life!Ā Ā
Thank you thank you thank you for being here! Now let's get to work!
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Entering the space of supporting health at the root can be overwhelming and expensive, and yet most can be helped tremendously by starting with a focus on aspects that support the foundational roots and rhythm of the body. .
Health Freedom...
is about being able to choose your path for health decisions, free of coercion or force, but is also much more than that. Health freedom lies in learning to embody the innate wisdom that our bodies are not a mistake, they are not broken, and if given the support needed without interference, the body will function optimally and quite vibrantly. Functional & root cause health IS the future of true "health" care!!Ā