Growing up I struggled with my weight and mental health.
If you asked me what I wanted to be when I was younger my answer would have been “happy”
I played sports my entire life, but I was always heavier. I suffered from a lot of body issues because I had this toxic relationship with my health.
I had paralyzing anxiety that extremely affected my performance in games.
From 4th grade, I can recall having severe depression and suicidal ideations. I didn’t love myself. And I truly didn’t want to be alive.
I can vividly remember when we got a computer in our house and I would spend hours researching mental health and depression. Desperately looking for something that would help me.
This was something that affected me until I was in my early 20’s. It led to me being reckless. It led to me becoming a heroin addict at age 19 (which I cold turkey quit at 21).
I was literally crippled by my mental health & body dysmorphia. And I honestly never thought it would get better. I was put on tons of medicines. I even admitted myself into an inpatient rehab to figure out what was wrong with me. Nothing helped…
Then when I was 22 years old, I got diagnosed with celiacs disease. I was at toxic gluten levels when I was diagnosed. To the point that my doctor wasn’t even sure how I was alive.
Looking back, this was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.
I had to immediately change my diet, but because gluten free options and labels weren’t as available as they are now, I had to do an insane amount of research to learn what gluten was.
I also had to learn to cook because the only gluten free meal I had ever eaten was tacos. And now cooking is literally one of my favorite things to do and I’m amazing at it.
During this time of researching and dietary changes, I started to lose weight, but something happened that I didn’t expect. My crippling depression and anxiety started to go away - just by changing what I was eating.
I knew that there was something to this. So I began studying the gut brain connection. And I found that your gut health has a direct correlation to your mental health.
I was honestly frustrated…why hadn’t a doctor even told me this? How many other people were struggling from mental health & body issues that could be healed through food?
I then learned that doctors only take nutrition 101 class. They are only taught to prescribe you medicine & cut you open.
It became one of my missions to help people with this since our medical system won’t. That is when I created my wellness spectrum. When I quit my career with the NYS government, I was a mindset and wellness coach. I gave a speech at a college in Wisconsin teaching students this. Then I created my first program called the Holistic Wellbeing Workshop.
As my journey through spirituality deepened, I shifted my coaching business, but I have always taught my clients this. Because you truly can’t manifest your dream life or build a successful business if you don’t heal your human.
And that is why I am launching HEALTH FILES. A program where I’m teaching you how to create healthy habits + taking care of yourself so that you show up with the most amount of energy.
This program is literally life changing, I know this because I lived this. You can join HEALTH FILES by itself or by joining one of my memberships - AOM U or ENTREPRENEUR.
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