I've Been Where
You Are. That's Why I'm Here.
Almost a year ago, I had a total hysterectomy — including the removal of my ovaries. I was thrust into surgical menopause overnight. When I sat across from my gynecologist and asked what the next step was — whether she would draw labs, check my hormone levels — she looked at me with a straight face and said she'd schedule me with an HRT specialist.
No labs. No curiosity. No real care. She sent me home with a script for the lowest dose of estrogen and that was that. I was devastated. I was not producing hormones anymore and no one wanted to understand what that meant for me. I never saw her again.
"I couldn't find anyone to help me in my journey — so I decided to learn everything I could so that I could help myself, and every woman going through the same thing."
What I discovered is that conventional medicine simply is not equipped to help women struggling with their new normal after menopause. Providers only know to prescribe — they never stop to ask what healing could look like without a pill. It felt like nobody cared enough to even try. I knew there had to be a better way, and I was determined to find it.
How a Personal Crisis Became
a Calling to Serve
My path into functional medicine did not begin in a classroom. It began in a doctor's office where I sat, unheard and unsupported, wondering why no one could help me — and deciding that someone should.
A Gut Ache That Nobody Could Solve
Long before my hysterectomy, I spent two years with a debilitating gut ache that no conventional provider could explain. Every appointment ended the same way — another prescription to cover the symptoms, never a conversation about the cause. It was a functional medicine practitioner who finally looked deeper, identified that my gut biome was in serious trouble, and discovered I had a high intolerance to garlic — something I had eaten with every single meal. Removing garlic changed my life. That was my first glimpse of what real healing could look like.
Surgical Menopause and Being Sent Home Alone
When I had my total hysterectomy — ovaries removed — I was plunged into surgical menopause overnight. At my follow-up, I asked my gynecologist what came next. Would she check my hormone levels? She looked at me and said she'd refer me to an HRT specialist — no labs, no curiosity, no plan. She handed me a prescription for the lowest dose of estrogen and sent me home. I was devastated. I was not producing hormones anymore and no one wanted to understand what that meant for me. That was the moment I decided I could not wait for someone else to figure this out.
If No One Was Going to Help Me, I Would Learn to Help Myself
I felt a deep calling. Every day in my healthcare career I watched women just like me — searching, suffering, losing hope — being handed pills instead of answers. I have already invested over $15,000 in my own education, immersing myself in functional medicine training so I could understand what was happening in my own body and build the skills to help other women navigate theirs. I am not here because I read about menopause. I am here because I lived it — and I am still living it, and healing through it, every single day.
Built on Deep, Specialized Knowledge
Integrative Health Practitioner Institute
Comprehensive training in identifying root causes of illness and applying whole-body, evidence-informed protocols for lasting transformation.
Integrative Women's Health Institute
Specialized courses in hormone balancing and menopause — the science, the symptoms, and the individualized strategies that conventional care routinely misses.
American Academy of Functional Health
Ongoing advanced coursework in functional health — building a practice grounded in thorough assessment, personalized protocols, and continuous learning.
The Core Truths That Guide
Everything I Do
My approach is not built from a textbook. It is built from everything I have lived, learned, and witnessed — and the deep belief that every woman deserves to feel like herself again.
You Cannot Heal What You Have Not Found
Western medicine is extraordinary at managing crisis — but it consistently misses the deeper patterns driving chronic suffering. My work begins where those conversations end: with functional labs, a full picture of your physiology, and a genuine desire to understand why your body is doing what it is doing.
You Are Not One Size Fits All
A pill that works for one woman will fail another. Your hormones, your history, your stress, your sleep, your nutrition — they are uniquely yours. My protocols are built around you, not a population average. Healing that is truly personal is the only healing that lasts.
Empathy Is Not a Bonus — It Is the Foundation
I have sat in the chair you are sitting in. I have felt invisible in a doctor's office, dismissed when I needed answers, and lost when I just wanted someone to try. That experience drives everything about how I show up — with patience, with genuine care, and with the certainty that you deserve to be truly heard.
Menopause Is Not the End. It Is a Beginning.
The women I work with have been told — sometimes directly, often implicitly — that this is just what getting older feels like. I refuse to accept that. Post-menopausal life, when the body is properly supported, can be marked by clarity, energy, purpose, and a deep sense of personal power. That is what I am working toward with every woman I serve.
I Have Been Where You Are.
Let Me Help You Find Your Way Through.
In a free 30-minute discovery call, we will talk about what you are experiencing, what has been missing, and whether working together is the right path forward. No pressure. Just an honest conversation between two women who understand what is at stake.
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