Meet your health coach

 As a Holistic Nutritionist, I take the approach of looking at the whole person, not just a part or two. I take into account emotional, physical, and situational aspects. The integrative health theory that all the various parts of a person are connected and therefore interrelated is what I follow in my practice. I work to uncover the root

 As a Holistic Nutritionist, I take the approach of looking at the whole person, not just a part or two. I take into account emotional, physical, and situational aspects. The integrative health theory that all the various parts of a person are connected and therefore interrelated is what I follow in my practice. I work to uncover the root cause of the imbalance. I do not diagnose and treat disease (I leave that to doctors), instead, I use whole, natural foods, supplements without harmful additives, and client direction towards better lifestyle choices to help direct the body to heal itself. My efforts concentrate on preventing poor health and/or reestablishing good health and catching imbalances in the early stages before more serious health issues occur. I focus on educating my clients on food, supplement, and lifestyle choices in an approachable and easy-to-understand way. Knowledge is power and I want my clients to have lasting results!

At Grateful 4 Nutrition and Wellness,  I specialize in improving gut and hormone health. You see, when you improve your gut health, everything else in your body is impacted in pretty amazing ways. I have seen issues such as IBS, psoriasis, severe anxiety, hair loss, joint pain, chronic constipation, hormone imbalances, and irregular blood pressure all see improvements.

If there is one thing I have learned through healing my own body and coaching clients to reach their own health goals, it is that there is so much that most people don't know or understand when it comes to overall health. Whether it is through food marketing, media, or other sources, there is a lot of misinformation out there. I don't pretend to know everything, but I am constantly checking out new studies and upgrading my knowledge, so I can better help my clients and myself. Holistic nutrition is my passion!

I am registered with the CANNP (Canadian Association of Natural Nutritional Practitioners). Check with your insurance provider to see if Nutrition or Nutrition Counseling is covered. Current companies that recognize the services of NNCPs as of November 29, 2023, include Manulife, iA Financial Group, GreenShield Canada, Equitable Life Insurance, ClaimSecure Inc., and Blue Cross Alberta. There may be others, so be sure to check with your provider. 

Do you ever find yourself stuck in a place where you know you need help, but either medications just don't give you the results you desire, or worse yet, all your medical testing is normal and you don't really know where to turn to get yourself feeling healthy again? That is what happened to me. After my Celiac diagnosis, I felt somewhat 

Do you ever find yourself stuck in a place where you know you need help, but either medications just don't give you the results you desire, or worse yet, all your medical testing is normal and you don't really know where to turn to get yourself feeling healthy again? That is what happened to me. After my Celiac diagnosis, I felt somewhat better, but I was still having issues with digestion, anxiety, energy, hair loss, joint pain; pretty much all the ugly things that go along with auto-immune disease. While I put on a happy face in public, in private, I felt rotten and just couldn't be the mom and wife I wanted to be. Even worse, because I have Celiac, there are no medications to treat my condition and all my blood tests were "normal". My doctors did what they could and put me on depression medication to help with my low moods. I was told to try a low fodmap diet to address my continuing symptoms. It was overwhelming, confusing and I was frustrated by the lack of places to turn for help. I am stubborn though, and wasn't willing to give up on having a life where I could feel happy, manage my stress, have energy, and feel happy with my body. You shouldn't give up on having that life either!  Fast forward to today, All my issues improved within a year after evaluating my symptomology and mapping out a plan using holistic principles. Even better, I no longer require any medications to feel good.  I know what works and doesn't work for my body which gives me the power to control how I feel each day. I can even control my food cravings now! Does this sound like something you would like as well?