Meet Nicole
I am a wife + mama to 4. I am passionate about empowering families to cultivate natural, wholistic, healing homes where they can connect, thrive, and find joy in wellness. I help them learn and implement wholistic practices that nurture proper metabolic function and lower inflammation so they can take control of their wellness and become their own health advocates. In addition to being a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, an avid organic gardener and herb cultivator, an einkorn sourdough baker and kombucha fermenter, and a long-time essential oils user and herbal remedies maker, I am also a trauma-sensitive Empowered to Connect facilitator. I was a professional photographer for seven years, and I have been an educator in a variety of capacities since 2012. I have taught adults in workshop settings and students of all ages in brick & mortar classrooms. I also re-gained my role as homeschool educator in 2024 and am now deep into formal herbalist training (after years of self-study) with the Herbal Academy so that I can strengthen my understanding of how plants influence the body and more fully stock my home apothecary.
My Path To wellness
I had a wakeup call in 2018 after developing several metabolic dysfunction markers and being on the verge of a Type II Diabetes. I had never made my overall wellness a priority before, but I knew I didn’t want health problems to stand in the way of living a full and thriving life. I cut out the processed food, sugar, and chemical additives, and started fueling my body with real whole foods, organic whenever possible. I reinvented my family’s favorite recipes with clean ingredients and overhauled the pantry. I learned how to ferment foods, maintain a sourdough starter, and bake with einkorn flour. I started prioritizing restorative sleep and positive body movement. I did a clean sweep through my house to ditch the toxic household and personal care products, switching them for natural alternatives and essential oils. I began supporting my immune system and stress responses with wholistic practices, spending more time in nature, and prioritizing my spiritual health by spending more time with Jesus. Not only did I lose 40 pounds, my metabolic function markers normalized and my blood sugar levels stabilized. My body started working the way it was designed and I discovered tons of energy I didn’t know I had.
Supporting Healing with Wholistic wellness
The other incredible outcome is that I learned how to support my family’s health and wellness, naturally. We don’t get sick as much because we’re fueling and supporting our bodies properly, and we’re all so much healthier and happier! It’s amazing how much better we feel when we prioritize wholistic wellness. We still have occasional treats and processed foods, but aiming for an 80/20 approach keeps our bodies healthy and resilient while still having fun. It’s not an all-or-nothing lifestyle. Implementing slow, small changes can add up to big impacts in overall wellness!
As I’ve found in my family’s healing journey, as well as my own, getting back to basics with natural, wholistic lifestyle practices goes a long way in supporting our overall metabolic function and lowering the inflammation that is driving so many chronic health conditions. When we feel better, we are freed to more fully experience the thriving life that we crave so deeply for our children and ourselves. Science even backs up the concept that using a wholistic approach helps children overcome the toxic stress and impacts associated with ACEs, too. That means that the same wholistic practices can support all families.
It is certainly not a guaranteed fix-all, but I have seen firsthand how well natural, wholistic lifestyle practices can mitigate so many symptoms and challenges. I’ve seen it in my own family and in countless others.
Time to Start Your Healing Journey
If you want to make positive changes to empower your family with wholistic wellness, now is the time to start your recovery journey! I want to equip you to take back your life through wholistic wellness, one step at a time. I want to help you experience the freedom and satisfaction that wellness can bring. Together, we can transform your home to a natural, wholistic, healing place where your family can live nourishing, fulfilling, abundant lives.
There is so much freedom in wellness!
Listening
culture apothecaryWatching
the highwireReading
the secret apothecaryLearning
herbal monographsCoffee or Tea?
coffeeSavory or Sweet
savoryBooks or Movies
books
drama or COmedy
dramaget to know me
