What inspired you to work with clients with nutrition needs? “It wasn't until after I studied acupuncture that I really started seeing the value of nutrition. I found that people healed a lot faster when they were well nourished. I discovered that the acupuncture clients I was treating who had poor diets were not healing like they should have, so I returned to my nutritional roots and training, and now it’s where I focus my practice. I see the transformation of peoples lives when they heal their relationship with food and find out what is right for their body."

Why did you choose Metabolic Balance as a plan for your clients? “

Because I had such great personal success with it myself. I had severe, unrelenting, untreatable hypoglycemia, for as long as I can remember. From the first day on the program, I had a transformation. It's a feeling where I woke up every morning and I couldn't believe how good I felt. Keep in mind that I was already eating well. 90% of what I was doing was right, but for me it was about the amount of food and the timing of my eating. I was eating too much protein. I was also eating too many vegetables, and I had restricted fruit because of my hypoglycemia. Now everything is balanced. This plan completely changed my life.

"The individualized approach is so valuable to me as a practitioner because I know my clients are not going to lose muscle mass. I know they're going to be safe. I can relax knowing that they are getting the nourishment that they need and that it works like I know it works. That confidence Is huge in being able to help people — there's no doubt in my mind that if people follow the program that it will work."

How does your coaching help support your client's goals? “Coaching comes in when unfinished business comes up to block clients from forward progress and taking care of themselves in the best possible way. I help them unravel that. So often trauma triggers coping mechanisms. Coaching helps them explore a better strategy to meet their underlying nutritional need and help them move away from numbing with food. Some clients feel guilty and ashamed when they allow themselves a treat meal. I help them navigate through all their old mental and emotional programming so that they can have a life enjoying food and their body, and not thinking so much about food. I'm a foodie myself, but I don't want to be obsessing about food and thinking about food all the time. I want to go out and live my life and then enjoy food when I eat. That's what my coaching aims to help others do as well."