Functional Nutrition Counseling 

Food has always been a fascination of mine even from a young age. But I never really understood how it impacted my health and what it was doing inside my body. I graduated of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with a bachelor's in Nutrition and Exercise Sciences. Even with this education, I still felt like there was something missing. My husband was having health issues, and he began treating them with a holistic mindset which really propelled our view of how powerful food can be. Over time, I began experiencing my own health challenges and sought out help at Van Engen Health Center. I was all in from the beginning and soon began working there. Before long, they wanted to utilize my nutrition knowledge, but I didn't feel confident treating clients with my bachelor's degree alone. What I learned in undergrad was more management of symptoms and disease and less about healing and getting to the bottom of health issues. All the experience with diet change and healing at home had set an amazing stage, but it was time to learn the even more of the "why," behind what we were doing and how to help others do the same. The fire was lit and I began my studies with the Functional Nutrition Alliance team. From the beginning of this program, I knew that God had me in the place I had been seeking for so long. Throughout this program, I was able to see how wonderfully God made our bodies to do the work to digest and heal, how cooking and eating is an act of worship, and how he designed food with synergistic qualities to nourish us so well. I am so incredibly thankful to have this opportunity to work with clients in healing and learning how their bodies work and what food can do for them!