About

How my Wellness journey all started...

I've always been interested in health & wellness, however me and health used to have an on again-off again relationship. I struggled with anorexia starting when I was 16. This carried on for many years, until something inside of me realized starving myself was not the answer. While I started eating again, my relationship with food and body image continued to be very unhealthy for many years afterwards, until quite recently, and I cycled from being underweight to overweight.

My post-secondary education started with an undergrad of Bachelor of Science specializing in Health Promotion. When I finished, I worked part time as a personal trainer, a swimming instructor and in a pharmacy. However, I needed something more consistent to pay the bills, and wanted to do something really meaningful, so that's how I made the decision to go back to school and become a nurse.

I really wanted to help people, and that's what nurse's do right?

My Struggle with today's healthcare system

During my time as nurse, I took many continuing education courses, expanding my knowledge base and trying to find my passion. I even applied to do my master’s in nursing. During the winter of 2015 I was finishing an oncology course, while simultaneously waiting to hear if I was accepted in the master’s program. The focus of the oncology course devastated me. Much of the material was focused on managing all the horrible side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. The side effects of 'treatment' seemed so much worse that the cancer itself and I was left thinking “How is this where conventional medicine has led us?”

I felt betrayed and deceived by much of what I had be taught. I realized that conventional medicine is quite detached from the healthy living that I wanted to inspire in my patients.

I had this light bulb moment and really dug into the research around *'alternative' methodologies, the basics of clean living and simple, natural solutions for all areas of my life.

Enter: Essential Oils...

Parallel to this awakening to the true state of our broken health care system, I was re-evaluating everything that I was putting into and onto my body. I got rid of almost all of my traditional household cleaners, and switched everything to plant based, and/or natural products. I also attended my first dōTERRA essential oils class. I was so inspired by both the simplicity and complexity of the products and how they offered such safe & natural home, body and self care solutions. This version of healthy living – actual, real healthy living, became my passion and I began the Natural Nutrition program, and took my health into my own hands and started making my own cleaners and body care products.

A new Perspective

Shortly after starting the Natural Nutrition program, I decided that I needed to get myself to a place where I was healthy and happy in order to be able to inspire others and gain respect of my future clients. One of my goals was to eliminate the allergies that I struggled with everyday for almost 10 years. I did not like taking the prescription corticosteroids or over the counter allergy medications, and I decided that I was done with them. I delved into some research and decided that my first step would be to start a probiotic to improve my digestive health. I also used my treasured essential oils, and along with some other supplements & dietary changes combined with emotional & spiritual support I no longer suffer from allergies.

Now what?

So, now here I am. I took a long, convoluted way around it, but I’m back where I originally wanted to be.

Promoting health in a way that truly brings me alive!

I’ve learned so much about myself and others on this journey, and while it took me a long time to get here, I have a much deeper understanding of health from both the conventional and ‘alternative’ perspectives. I'm now confident in what I need to do to help myself and others get healthy and stay healthy. Of course, I’ll be forever learning, and will always look for new ways to challenge myself. However, I now truly understand what I was put on this earth to do and hope to inspire others to find their healthiest, happiest self!

*I put ‘alternative’ in quotes because many of these modalities and as effective or more effective that conventional therapies and should be treated with the power & respect they deserve