My personal journey to health began in the mid-1980's when my children were small, and I was a very busy stay-at-home Mom. My husband traveled all the time, and I did all that I could to keep up with the home. When my husband was home, we were very involved in many church, and children activities.
At some point I suddenly realized that I just couldn't do it all, was mentally and physically drained, and my health began to suffer. My daughter was constantly sick with ear infections....she would be on antibiotics and Dimatapp almost monthly. My son had digestive troubles. Our doctor bills were outrageous! I was fed up and desperate.
It was during this time that a friend invited me to come hear a man talk about herbs and how they benefit health. This was a completely new concept to me, and I am naturally skeptical so it sounded ridiculous, but I'm also naturally curious, and curiosity won. I listened with interest, and came home with a book called "Today's Herbal Health" by Louise Tenney, and just marveled as I read all the health benefits that surround us and are available to us from plants.
To make a long story short, still a little skeptical but a LOT
desperate, I had a consultation done, and started on a program.
The improvement was remarkable! I wanted to know what I could do
for my daughter with her ear infections, and found out just what to
do...we went through two more ear infections...using herbs...and I
never had to give her antibiotics or Dimetapp again for the rest of her
life...she was about 3 then, and is a married woman now. My
son responded as well...so much so that his teachers commented about it at school.
Though we started out with supplements, and improved with them, it
wasn't long before I was changing our eating habits. People saw
how well we were doing and wanted to know why, and this is when my
business began. I went on to take courses in Nutritional
Counseling and received my CN
designation (Certified Nutritionist) through the former American Health Sciences
University in Colorado, which closed in January of 2008 as explained in this document. My course of study was a balance of both traditional and
alternative approaches to improving health, my strength and love being
the alternative approach. I have also learned through
working with those knowledgeable in the use of medicinal herbs and
supplements, and by attending seminars and continuing education
courses.
I did this so that my knowledge went beyond just telling people to take this herb or vitamin for that, however, the supplements were very important...without them progress was much slower, and there are so many nutrients in them that we just can't get from our food. Without a lot of effort (really, I mean that!) I won trips because of my sales, and felt so blessed to be able to take my husband and children to places we may have never been able to afford otherwise...some of those trips included Hawaii, Orlando, Acapulco, and Salt Lake City.
That is a short version of a long and wonderful journey. I
hope you'll join me if your struggling with health by contacting
me using the form below, and considering my Online Nutrition & Health Evaluation. Though "retired" from actively meeting with clients, I still help people find health with nutrition online and when people contact me.