& why I'm different than other practitioners in this space
I’m a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P) with advanced training in complex chronic illness —
including mold-related illness, toxic burden, and mineral dysregulation patterns.
My work is rooted in a functional, whole body assessment and systems-level thinking: looking at how hormones, immune function, detox capacity, digestion, energy production, and stress physiology interact simultaneously — not just whether a single blood value falls inside a wide “normal” range or whether or not you might have a leaky gut.
I don’t believe in stringing people along by chasing one root cause at a time.
Complex cases improve when the body’s systems are addressed together and in the right order, not endlessly treated in isolation or managed symptom by symptom. The aim of our time together is not short-term relief layered on top of dysfunction, but a dual approach of educating you on true health building strategies and restoring the systems that allow symptoms to resolve — and stay resolved.
Rather than managing symptoms indefinitely, my work focuses on rebuilding foundational capacity —
so the body can regulate, adapt, and function more independently over time.
The goal of our work together is to rebuild foundational capacity across systems — so progress is sustainable, not dependent on ongoing intervention.
We'll both eventually move on, without your dependence on my continued education or guidance.
Mold / mycotoxin-related illness and complex environmental exposures and co-infections (including lyme, candida, etc).
Mineral patterns, toxicity, and tissue-level imbalances
Chronic inflammatory and immune-driven patterns (including autoimmunity and mast cell activation)
Functional thyroid assessment and support within the context of immune, mineral, and stress-related dysfunction
The intersection of gut health, hormones, and detox capacity in chronic symptoms
Peptides for practitioners, including both non-prescription (supplement-based) and prescription peptides, mechanisms of action, safety considerations, and appropriate integration within a whole-body, systems-based framework
(Some peptide support is available in high-quality, non-prescription supplemental forms; when prescription peptides are appropriate, I collaborate with trusted medical providers to ensure proper oversight.)
If you’ve been told “everything looks normal” but your body is clearly saying otherwise, this is the type of complexity I’m trained to work with —
carefully, strategically, and with a whole-body systems approach:
One where you become empowered in your own health journey, and one where you don't need to rely on me forever.
I’m an active member of the Association of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioners and regularly participate in continuing education, peer case reviews, and continuing education to stay current and ensure my work reflects current thinking in this rapidly evolving field.
let's get personal
Before I stepped into functional health work, I spent years as a bespoke jeweler — designing one-of-a-kind pieces to mark life’s most meaningful moments. While the medium has changed, the heart of my work hasn’t: I’ve always been drawn to detail, nuance, and helping women feel like themselves again.
My path into complex health wasn’t born out of curiosity or trend — it was shaped by experience. As my own health began to unravel in ways that didn’t make sense on paper, I found myself navigating a system that offered fragmented answers, symptom-based solutions, and little acknowledgment of how interconnected the body truly is.
That experience didn’t make me an expert. My training did.
But living through complexity taught me something equally important: how easily people get oversimplified, rushed, or stuck chasing one explanation after another — and how damaging that can be over time.
Today, my work sits at the intersection of clinical training and lived understanding. I know what it’s like to function on the outside while quietly losing resilience on the inside. I also know how critical it is to approach complex cases with structure, restraint, and respect for the whole system — not just the loudest symptom.
That perspective shapes everything about how I work.
Physicians are essential for diagnosis, acute care, imaging, and medication management. I am NOT a physician.
My role as an FDN-P differs is in the time, focus, and systems-level perspective required to understand why chronic dysfunction patterns persist and how multiple stressors interact over time— especially when standard blood work looks 'normal' and symptoms and dysfunction are
sub-clinical or not yet meeting the threshold of what would be labeled a 'disease' by a medical provider.
As a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, I don’t diagnose or treat disease. Instead, I focus on education, functional assessment of lab data, and helping clients make sense of complex health patterns that often fall outside the scope of conventional appointments or insurance frameworks.
I regularly encourage collaboration with physicians and refer out when medical evaluation or treatment is appropriate. The goal is not to replace your doctor — it’s to fill the gaps they don’t have the time or structure to address, in a more personalized and nuanced way.
I work with women who are thoughtful, capable, and deeply attuned to their bodies — often to the point of frustration.
They’re not looking for quick fixes or surface-level answers, and they’re not afraid of nuance or a little hard work.
Most have already tried to do “all the right things,” yet still feel stuck in a body that isn’t responding the way it should. What they’re really looking for isn’t more information — it’s clarity, context, and a path forward that actually makes sense that is designed specifically for them, not cobbled together from a bunch of other one-size-fits-all approaches.
This work is collaborative and intentional.
It’s for people who want to understand what’s happening in their body, participate actively in the process, and ultimately build enough capacity and insight that they don’t need ongoing support forever.
Autoimmune & Energy-Depleting Patterns
Autoimmune and chronic fatigue patterns rarely start out dramatic — they usually show up as slow erosion: dwindling energy, brain fog, poor recovery, and a body that feels increasingly fragile despite “doing everything right.”
These patterns are often driven by deeper system stress — immune dysregulation, mineral imbalance, infections, toxic burden, and chronic nervous system strain — not just the immune system itself. Supporting these cases requires more than suppressing symptoms; it requires rebuilding resilience at the foundation.
Mold-Related Illness & Cirs
Mold-related illness can quietly destabilize nearly every system in the body — often long before it’s recognized as the driver. Sinus issues, cognitive changes, hormonal disruption, immune reactivity, and unexplained inflammation are common entry points.
What makes mold cases especially challenging is that they’re rarely “just mold.” The body’s ability to detox, regulate inflammation, and tolerate stress determines how severe and persistent symptoms become — which is why a systems-based, carefully sequenced approach matters so much here.
It’s also important to clarify that mold is often one part of a broader environmental picture. Other exposures — such as Lyme and tick-borne infections, water-damaged building bacteria, sewer-related organisms, and even ocean- or waterborne pathogens — can create similar inflammatory and immune-driven patterns.
That’s why effective work in this area requires careful assessment and discernment, rather than assuming a single environmental driver explains everything.
stealth Infections & gut problems
Gut symptoms are often treated as the root problem — when they’re more accurately a reflection of immune stress, nervous system imbalance, and impaired detox capacity.
Candida, dysbiosis, H. pylori, parasites, and other infections tend to thrive when the internal environment is already compromised. Addressing these patterns effectively means supporting the whole system — not cycling endlessly through restrictive diets, antimicrobials, or “gut protocols” that don’t stick.
mystery symptoms
Tremors, rashes, numbness, migrating pain, odd neurological sensations — these symptoms are often dismissed because they don’t fit neatly into a diagnostic box.
In reality, they’re frequently signs of system overload: immune activation, mineral imbalance, toxic burden, and stress physiology all interacting at once. When symptoms don’t make sense in isolation, it’s usually because they aren’t isolated.
Toxic Load & Impaired Detox Capacity
Environmental toxins and heavy metals don’t affect everyone the same way. The difference is rarely exposure alone — it’s whether the body can process and eliminate what it’s exposed to in an efficient manner.
Mineral status, liver function, gut health, and stress hormones all influence detox capacity. When those systems are under strain, even “low-level” exposures can create dramatic symptoms over time.
mast cells & Immunity
Mast cell activation is one of the most misunderstood patterns in chronic illness. It often shows up as extreme reactivity — to foods, supplements, environments, stress, or seemingly nothing at all.
Rather than being the problem itself, mast cell activation is often the body’s alarm system responding to overload. Calming reactivity requires addressing what’s driving the immune system into constant defense mode — not just avoiding triggers forever and piling on stabilizers.
Stress Patterns
Cortisol issues aren’t just about “high” or “low.” Many people cycle through both — feeling wired, exhausted, foggy, or unable to recover from even small stressors.
Chronic stress physiology affects immune function, detox capacity, blood sugar regulation, sleep, and hormone balance. Supporting this system is often a prerequisite for progress elsewhere — especially in complex cases.
HormoneS
Hormone imbalances are rarely standalone problems. Estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, and thyroid hormones are deeply influenced by inflammation, mineral status, gut health, and environmental stressors.
Thyroid patterns, in particular, are often treated in isolation — when they’re more accurately downstream reflections of immune activation, stress physiology, and nutrient imbalances. Supporting hormonal health means understanding why regulation is impaired, not just replacing or suppressing hormones.
sleep
Sleep issues are often one of the body’s earliest warning signs — and can be one of the last things to fully normalize. Trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, 2-3 am wake-ups, or waking unrefreshed is usually tied to stress hormones, inflammation, blood sugar instability, infections, or nervous system dysregulation (or a combination of these things).
Rather than forcing sleep with supplements alone, restoring circadian rhythm requires supporting the systems that promote sleep and allow the body to feel safe enough for rest.
I recognize this pattern because I lived it myself — building businesses, managing responsibilities, 'doing it all' with no down time and trying to hold everything together while my body started quietly sending warning signals I was too busy to pay attention to (and didn't yet understand).
When those signals are ignored for too long, the body eventually forces the issue — and suddenly the things that matter most, from your work to your family to your ability to show up fully in life, start to feel harder to sustain.
It’s about identifying where the system is under strain — plugging the leaks, rebuilding resilience, and restoring the stability your body needs to function well again.
It's about understanding capacity and getting back to the brilliant life you built with a renewed sense of purpose and resilience.
what began as survival has become my passion and purpose:
WITH INTENTION AND DATA-DRIVEN, BIO-INDIVIDUAL SOLUTIONS — SO THEY CAN STOP TREATING HEALTH LIKE A FULL - TIME JOB, RECLAIM THEIR INNATE INNER BRILLIANCE, AND THRIVE IN A BODY AND LIFE THEY LOVE.
I blend empathy with science-backed tools — like functional lab testing, data-driven personalized protocols, and targeted lifestyle shifts — to help clients craft a path forward and stop guessing, stop obsessing and get back to feeling energized, empowered, and in control of their body (and life) again.
If you’re ready to finally feel like yourself again — with clarity, confidence, and a partner who truly gets it — you’re in the right place.
Take my (quick) fit survey to see if we might be a good fit.
A Functional Diagnostic Practitioner (FDP) is a trained professional health coach who specializes in helping clients self- identify and address the (often multiple) sources of Metabolic Chaos and chronic health complaints by using a data-centric investigative approach. Rather than focusing solely on symptoms, an FDNP educates clients on self-analysis of the body's underlying imbalances or deficiencies using insights from non-invasive functional lab testing and clinical correlation. Functional Diagnostic Practitioners combine science and data with a deep understanding of how the body's systems interact, coaching, empowering, and educating clients on ways to focus on increased vitality and function through making healthier choices in diet and lifestyle and providing education on practical and time-tested natural self-healing protocols.
The goal of an FDN Practitioner is never to diagnose or treat disease, but to educate clients as to how to restore optimal function and support the body’s natural healing mechanisms. Diagnostics uncovered through self-testing is used simply to understand a client's current state and identify healing opportunities.
The FDN-P / client partnership fosters long-term vitality and sustainable wellness outcomes for life—not quick fixes or symptom management.
Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioners (FDNPs) are known as 'health detectives'.
While both FDNPs and other practitioners both aim to uncover clues about the root causes of health complaints, FDNPs take a unique approach focused on educating clients on “self-healing” using a comprehensive systems approach and functional lab testing data that sets them apart.
FDNPs don’t diagnose or treat specific diseases, nor do we search for a single 'root cause' that is presumably the origin of a client's dysfunctional state. The FDN goal is to support the body’s innate ability to heal, restore balance across all major systems of the body simultaneously, and to rebuild health from the ground up, rather than chasing or treating symptoms or 'managing' illness.
A few specific characteristics of FDNPs:
The D.R.E.S.S. for Health Success® Framework: Every FDNP is trained in this proven system—focusing on Diet, Rest, Exercise, Stress Reduction, and Supplementation to create long-lasting positive change.
Health Coaching Mindset: FDNPs act as guides and educators. We help you understand your body, your test results, and empower you to take greater control of your health.
This approach is often ideal for people who feel "stuck"—who’ve been told their 'labs are normal' or who have seen multiple practitioners without resolution.
FDN clients typically have tried all kinds of things — from diets to doctors to supplements — but still don’t feel well, and it's bad enough that they're ready to look 'elsewhere'.
FDN is perfect for people who want to go deeper than what standard care looks for, teasing out the more subtle indicators of dysfunction.
FDN is also perfect for clients who simply want to improve and/or optimize their health. Those seeking to optimize who have seen loved ones go through chronic illness are common, even if they don't have a chronic illness themselves, because they've seen what it looks like to go down that path and would like to avoid it at all costs.
Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® health coaches are not licensed medical professionals, and as such, we do not diagnose, treat, prevent, or claim to cure any disease or condition.
Nothing we share with our clients is intended to substitute for the advice, treatment or diagnosis of a qualified licensed physician.
Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) Practitioners may not make any medical diagnoses or claim, nor substitute for your personal physician’s care. It is the role of a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner to partner with their clients to provide ongoing support and accountability in an opt-in model of self-care and this should always be done under the supervision of a licensed physician.