Registered & Licensed Dietitian
Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner
Certified Forest Therapy Guide
Restore Your Balance
with Nature and Nutrition Therapy
Have you ever seen the way a house plant bends toward the sunlight from a nearby window? Ever noticed the leaves angled to absorb maximum sunlight?
Every being on this planet is designed not just to survive, but to adapt and fully thrive!
That certainly includes you!
To restore your health, I take cues from nature. In nature a tree doesn't take "just enough sunlight to survive". A tree takes as much sunlight as it can capture within the leaves, it puts out more leaves, or it bends to capture as much light as possible.
This is nature's innate intelligence.
Although we are not separate from the rules of nature, at some point it became acceptable to "ask for less", to "put our own needs last", or to flat out deny our own need for restoration. At some point we decided we were separate from the laws of nature. Silly humans.
Expecting to thrive in this disjointed state? Not for long.
When you feel that you're no longer able to keep your energy high, symptoms start to show up, systems start to break down, these are the red flags. This is the moment to take a look at your health in a whole new light.
My whole-body healing approach begins with investigating the internal and external stressors that have slowed you down. and together we recalibrate all body systems. From hormones, immune, to digestion, metabolism, microbiome and nervous system, it's all on the table. Each system is part of the whole-body health equation. We retrain and restore what the body innately knows how to do, thrive.
Perhaps you find yourself saying statements such as:
"I just need to keep my head above water."
"I don't have time to focus on my health right now."
"I'll focus on myself after:
...a kid goes to college.
...work project is completed.
...get a caregiver for an aging parent."
Here's the thing, there is never a perfect time to get started. My approach doesn't ask for perfection.
It's also not about discipline, or even desire.
My approach addresses this through gut microbiome restoration. Yes, cravings can be a sign of gut dysbiosis.
I help midlife women understand what their bodies have been trying to tell them, so they can stop pushing harder, address deeper patterns keeping them stuck, and once again feel:
clear-headed
resilient and energetic
happy in their own bodies
Come Home To Yourself
Hi, I'm Denae!
Let me share a bit about how I got here, and why I hope to be the last practitioner/health coach you need to see to finally feel amazing again! As a busy working mom juggling life, relationships and work deadlines, I was blind-sided when I began to experience symptoms of perimenopause in my early 40's. I'd always been ambitious in life, but hitting the menopause milestone that early wasn't on my bingo card! I quickly learned that I had been taking for granted having:
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energy on demand
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a metabolism of my more athletic younger self
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a stomach of steel, no digestion problems
But, what felt like overnight, the signs were front and center.
The first time those symptoms hit me, I was traveling across the country to attend and speak at a national conference. I was responsible for a cooking demonstration for a live audience and could barely get myself out of bed the morning of my event. I had overslept due to severe fatigue. Like mind-boggling fatigue!
That was eye-opening, embarrassing, and very public. Then came the more personal symptoms:
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Brain fog, struggling to keep up with high mental demands
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Unexplainable weight gain even when nothing in the diet or exercise routine has changed.
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Digestive changes, feeling bloated with foods that were never a problem before.
Sound familiar?
Well, being an ambitious go-getter, I rolled my sleeves up and aimed to solve this "menopause" nonsense. I bounced around from a special diet, meal timing, trendy supplements, crazy workouts, Western medicine, acupuncture, even Chinese medicine.
Guess what? It felt like nothing moved the needle! Some of these practices actually made me worse!
It occurred to me, that the old story about weight loss simply being a matter of altering calories in = calories out did NOT apply to a perimenopausal woman!
It also became apparent that not everything seen on the internet is "for me".
It wasn't until I found Functional Diagnostic Nutrition®, that I truly developed personal solutions that worked. Restoring balance looked like:
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Getting hormones in balance.
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Reaching a goal weight.
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Revitalized energy, both mental and physical.
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Digesting food without problems.
Relentless in my education, I'm now armed as a Certified FDNP and licensed dietitian. I help personalize solutions for clients to help them overcome health obstacles and achieve optimal health.
