WELCOME

Welcome to my page, I am so happy that you are here! I am Amy, a plant based holistic health, wellness, and life coach. I specialize in helping people experiencing symptoms of anxiety, chronic stress, trauma (past or present), and related health issues. There is hope, don’t give up!

Whether you are taking your very first step towards feeling your best and moving toward your goals, or you are here to further your success and maintain your momentum, you are at the right place!

I specialize in working with people who have experienced trauma and who experience symptoms such as anxiety, depression, low self-worth, self-hatred, and self-sabotage. These issues must be addressed holistically. It is not possible to achieve lasting change without holistically addressing body, mind, and spirit.

If you ever compare yourself to others, feel like an imposter or a fraud, have a belief that there is just something not quite right about you, or you are just not able to do things that other people do…

If you call yourself names (stupid, fat, ugly, lazy, dumb, idiot, failure, loser, clumsy, etc.) …

If you feel unworthy or that you don’t deserve all of the best things in life, don’t like yourself, self-loathe, or self-sabotage…

If you feel anxious, fearful, worried, panicked, angry, rageful, sad, depressed, numb…

If you are grieving,

Then you are in the right place!

Did you know that anxiety, depression, low self-worth, self-hatred, and self-sabotage can be symptoms of trauma and can be addressed holistically?

Not many people get through life, let alone childhood without experiencing trauma or unmet needs of some sort. Whether abuse, neglect, exploitation, narcissistic parents or spouses, a home with violence of any kind, substance use/abuse, mental health issues in the home, crime, assault etc.

I will create a wellness plan for you, provide information and education, and assist you in achieving your goals of body, mind and spirit. You are worth it!

I bring my knowledge and experience to our work together including: a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry, a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling, over a decade of experience as a licensed therapist, and I studied at Health Mastery Institute, a certification program for holistic health coaching based on 50 years of nutrition science.

The nervous system is a major system in the physical body. Often, people don’t make that connection and view their thoughts and feelings as completely separate from their body. Your brain and nerves such as the vagus nerve are parts of the body that are involved in/responsible for the thoughts and feelings we are talking about. There is no way to address anxiety, chronic stress, and trauma without involving the body/physical health.

Trauma and repressed emotions are also stored in the body and need to be released. In addition to emotional distress, they cause a myriad of physical problems, pain, and disease. Your brain also stores trauma in the hippocampus and amygdala which causes you to be on guard and feel the need to protect yourself from benign things treating them as threats. The brain can become stuck in or easily sent into a fight, flight, freeze, fawn state.

In addition to identifying repressed and stuck emotions, wounds, unmet needs, and problematic thoughts and limiting beliefs, you will learn ways that food, supplements, and other natural products and practices can make big differences in how you feel. You will also learn to use tools such as art, writing, movement, and mindfulness.

You will learn ways to regulate your nervous system. You cannot feel happy, calm, hopeful, or peaceful with a dysregulated nervous system.

The food that you eat and the products you use can be either medicine or poison depending on your choices.