Do you feel exhausted, sick, stressed out, and run down?
...You just know something's not right. You feel anxious and overwhelmed much of the time. You're trying to sort through all the information out there and find things that can truly help without the overwhelm and without adding more toxins to your already stressed body. That was me back in 2010! I was 40 years old with two babies. I had about 40 pounds of baby weight more than a year after my second child. The worst part is that I always had an interest in wellness but now I had so much pain and mental anguish that I felt like I was about 80 years old! Even though I knew there had to be a better way I couldn't seem to stay motivated or have the energy to figure it out. I spent a couple of years searching and trying different things, praying for a way to get back my health and feel like myself again. After all, I still had two young kids to raise and most days I couldn't even get out of bed. I KNEW there had to be a way to feel good and have energy for life again. Figuring it out has been a wonderful journey, the journey of a lifetime...even through the blood, sweat, and tears.
Where it all started ...
I grew up in a small town in rural Ohio in the 1980s. I struggled through school not knowing I had anxiety & A.D.D., which often goes undiagnosed in girls. I wondered why everything was so hard for me. I never understood why I couldn't remember or find things or why my brain always seemed to turn off under pressure. I worried all the time about everything, even as a child. That was just my normal. In my early adult years, I just thought of myself as having an anxious personality...you know, the type that worries about things. I did not realize I had anxiety until much later after having kids when I started to have full-blown panic attacks. I thought I was having a heart attack. More than once I had to pull over while driving. There were many days that I could not even get out of bed. Over the years I held on to my dreams even though they looked impossible. I eventually started taking some amazing wellness products that helped me feel good enough to go back to school. While working on my doctorate under Dr. Daniel Amen I finally started to put all the pieces together. I had so many issues, symptoms, and challenges to overcome! It took me so many years to get feel like myself again but God walked me through the steps I needed one by one. NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR HEALTH or YOUR DREAMS.
TODAY
I am blessed beyond measure to be living the life that I once only dreamed of. I have a wonderful husband who loves, supports, and encourages me. He is fun, funny, patient, and kind. He is everything I once prayed for. We have four children all together. We both had brain health issues as well as many other health challenges to overcome.
We were both previously married with our own issues contributing to failed marriages. God did some work in us then put us together and continued His work. As we worked on his health he also lost more than forty pounds of extra weight but more important to me is that he added years to his life by working on root cause & toxicity. It took me way to long to find him so I kinda wanna keep him around. ;) He says he is healthier now than he was in his 20's! We are both so thankful watching all God has done and continues to do in our family. There is no greater blessing than family. No greater joy than having the health and the energy to enjoy our families. Today we enjoy countless family activities and have the health, mental capacity, and energy to do the things we love. We exercise, love to travel, and have taken several trips to Disney. I remember when I didn't know if I would ever be pain-free enough or have the energy to take another trip to Disney! I am grateful! I love that we are teaching our kids to read labels, alkalize, learn natural detox, & take good care of their brains and body. All the things I do and love today... homeschooling, running a business, teaching people about health, vacationing with loved ones, fun family gatherings, church and team activities /trips. The life we have today is because we took the time to work on getting our health back.
More than twenty years after struggling to get my pre-med degree AND IN MY 40's, I went back to school. I got my masters in counseling, a PhD and Doctorate in Holistic Nutrition & Natural Health, and a brain health professional certification from the world-renowned Amen Research Clinics, graduating all with honors. I say this to emphasize the power of faith & prayer. I truly believe anything is possible for you!! I am also blessed to run a wellness center in the small town I grew up in. I am very passionate about health and want to make a difference in my community as well as the world we live in. At Organic Living Makeover we specialize in anxiety, cell-health, alkalizing nutrition, detox, and personalized wellness.
The life I enjoy now would not have been possible without doing the work to get my health and energy back!! It was not always quick or always easy. It was a journey and it was SO WORTH IT! NEVER give up on your health or your dreams!
About Us
What I discovered
What I discovered is that we should never give up on our health or our dreams! All things really are possible! Looking back it's about the journey and not a destination. Life and health are never perfect. There is always something that can be improved. Always some new revelation God wants to teach us. We are constantly moving through and into new and different goals and challenges. Its about being able to meet each new challenge head on, knowing who we are and what we have been made capable of! Its about being able to confidently moving forward. In a world where good and real information is hard to find I discovered that having a few good tools & systems in place can be a game changer. Without the tools God showed me I would have given up in my darkest hours and never held on to see the victories, which were so much bigger and better than I could have imagined. I discovered there is no price tag you can put on your health because without it nothing else works!
How I can help you
My journey has made me passionate about sharing my story and all that I have learned with others who are sick and tired of missing out on life because of feeling anxious, exhausted, overwhelmed, burnt out, and hopeless. The tools I used to get my own health back and feel like myself again are the tools I teach in the wellness center to help take out the guesswork and overwhelm for other people. I ditched anxiety, lost extra weight, got rid of premature aging from childhood issues, got healthy, and best of all now I get to help others do the same. We can help you by teaching you the same tools, empowering you, and equipping you to stay in the game, not give up, stay in faith, and enjoy the process so one day you can share your story. Your health or lack of health can have a generational impact on the world believe it or not. We can help you simplify and personalize your wellness journey to feel like yourself again step by step without being overwhelmed.