Andrea's Story

In 2014, I was very sick. I had just given birth to my second son, and I just knew something was really wrong with my body. I was exhausted and I had constant, fiery, intense pain all over my body all the time.

I needed constant support from my mom and my husband just to make it through each day. Simple everyday things like playing on the floor with my then three year-old son, carrying my infant up the stairs, or going to the grocery store felt impossible. I was using all of my energy to tolerate my pain, and had very little left over for my family or for myself. The exhaustion was overwhelming.

I knew I needed a movement plan in order to develop the strength to get through the daily demands of my life. So I hired a personal trainer at my local gym and started to "work out.” She would push me to do things harder, faster and heavier - not because she was a bad trainer, but because that is how she was taught to do her job. And while there were times when I felt really powerful, over time this was really tough on my body. I would go through cycles where I would feel great for a week and then I would be crushed for two weeks with fatigue - and my progress in the gym would be set back to square one. 

After a while, I decided to listen to my body's intuition, which told me I needed a different type of program. One that was gentler, and less aggressive. I did some research and I designed myself a step-by-step program that I felt was right for me. A few months of this self-designed protocol had me starting to feel better, and I realized that I was on the right path. But I was by no means back to “normal” - and I wanted to know what I was missing. So I made the big decision to go back to school. I became a certified personal trainer and a nutritional therapy practitioner so I could really understand fitness and food, and progress my own healing.

I started to feel much better, and when I was finally was diagnosed with multiple autoimmune diseases and fibromyalgia, my doctors were amazed at my personal healing journey using only food and movement.