ABOUT
Are symptoms holding you back in life?
It’s time to make some shifts.
Let me tell you how I did it.
I hear you and believe nutrition plays a role in your overall health. With the right steps to healing, your body can be set free from symptom chaos.
You can discover your hidden triggers, go back to doing everyday tasks and enjoy your favorite hobbies again.
If you’ve been burdened down for years by your own body and struggling to find the root cause, you’re not alone. From your genes to the good bacteria in your gut, you’re put together unlike anyone else.
So why should the diet that you eat everyday mirror what worked for someone else’s body?
Instead of putting together a cookie-cutter diet plan, we’ll do specific testing and dive in deep to discover your bodies’ unique needs. Once we uncover your hidden inflammatory triggers, you’ll be armed with the insight to unleash some powerful life-changing nutrients to take back your body.
We’ll build meal plans, create recipes, and provide supplement recommendations tailored to you from individualized lab results. I believe that your body can be set free to do exactly what your heart desires.
FINDING INSPIRATION FROM
Adventures, dancing, comfy sneakers, yoga pants, Spotify, time in the kitchen, tasty and nutritious eats, and local restaurants
Are you the type of wild-hearted soul who loves to live a fun, exciting life, but those darn symptoms keep holding you back from your next big adventure?
Do you just need to know what to eat so you can ditch your symptoms?
hey there
I'M Care
A Registered Integrative Dietitian specializing in Functional Nutrition.
Over the last decade, I have helped other wild-hearted souls like you beat their symptoms with wholesome foods and powerful nutrients. Together, we took a more holistic approach to their overall health. One that would stop stockpiling pills that may have contributed to more side effects and not much resolution.
I often get a lot of questions about my nutrition background, so here’s a little snippet on how the Wild-Hearted Dietitian came to be!
LOVES: green smoothies, Dancing, yoga,
and walks with my goldendoodle
a look back on the past decade
Received my Bachelors of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Minnesota.
2007
2014
2008
education
Received my Graducate Certificate in Food and Nutrition Science and completed an American Dietetic Aproved Intership from Bowling Green State University.
Attended 3 day live seminar on Mastering Brain Chemistry to help recognize patterns of imbalances and improve clinical outcomes.
Received advanced training in Adult Weight Management from Commission on Dietetic Registation, ADA
Became a certified LEAP Therapist (CLT) in food allergies, sensitivities and intolerances
certifications
2009
2015
Received advanced training in mind based stress reduction techniques from Heartwookd Mindfulness Practice Center
Participated in the Food As Medicine training program presented by The Center for Mind-Body Medicine to learn cutting edge nutrition science to integrate into clinical practice and my own life.
2016-2018
Joined online marketing programs and writing courses to help promote the integration of conventional nutrition practices with evidence-based alternatives through research, education, and practice.
Advanced TRainings
sTARTED MY FIRST ONLINE NUTRITION COURSE
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One of my favorite things to do is hit up some fun classes with my BFF's! I’m an avid dancer (love hip hop!), and you can often find me toning my body in barre, squatting some weights for a firm booty, biking around the lakes in uptown, or walking along the paths of the Mississippi.
If I'm not striking a dance move or manifesting on my yoga mat, then I'm in the kitchen whipping up some new gut-healing, immune-boosting recipes! I get so excited creating dishes stuffed full of antioxidants that satisfy the taste buds. What’s even better is they’re free of common sensitivities and intolerance's.
Helping other wild-hearted souls find their hidden triggers has been an inspirational journey. I’m truly blessed to spend my days encouraging peeps like you and working with amazing clients. But if I had never experienced my crazy symptoms, I wouldn't be the type of dietitian I am today!
soulful adventures
SOMETHING WAS GOING ON WITH MY BODY AND I WAS DETERMINED TO FIND ANSWERS BEYOND REPEATED TRIPS TO THE DOCTOR, RISKY PROCEDURES, OR EXPENSIVE LONG TERM MEDICATIONS.
MY SYMPTOMS WERE SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL
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Can you relate?
Irritated Skin & Blemishes
Unexplained weigh gain
Weird aches and pains for no reason
Heartburn mixed with stomach aches plus bad gas
Exhaustion but unable to get good sleep plus nausea in the morning
Constipation and even diarrhea
Foggy thinking and low productivity throughout the day. Nights of tossing and turning to just wake up before my alarm clock in the morning
For some time, I struggled with the same symptoms that I’d spent years and thousands of dollars learning to manage with my Nutrition and Dietetics degree!
I gained some weight, and no matter how many new classes I added to my gym routine, I couldn’t shake it. On top of that, I had all these digestive issues emerging. I was super embarrassed, and I felt like I couldn’t talk to anyone about it (because talking about poo and how often you go a day is not that sexy).
But I knew it was a sign that something else was up - because my energy levels had tanked, and I was dragging myself to work, and sometimes even to my favorite workouts.
All these things I used to love were no longer filling me with joy!
crazy chaotic symptoms
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I desperately wanted to avoid being labeled a yo-yo dieter and didn’t want to draw any attention to the different fad diets I was seeking for answers.
I certainly didn’t want to stop doing the things that I loved like breaking out a fun move in hip hop, wearing new heels for salsa, or trying to master another yoga sun salutation.
I also didn’t want to miss out on hanging with friends or family, going to restaurants and on trips because the digestive issues were starting to bother me all of the time.
Constantly worrying about bloating and the stomach aches were already hard enough. But things got overwhelming when I started to focus on counting calories and all the diets that were out there to try.
The whole time this was going on, I was getting more frustrated, filling my cabinet with a laundry list of the latest cream, pill, or product on the market for my blemishes, rashes, nausea, gas, constipation, and diarrhea. All of these quick fixes just left me with more side effects and still no resolution.
Ugh! I just wanted to eat without symptoms, fit back into my favorite skinny jeans and start living a normal life again.
ditching pills
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After all that schooling, I spent hours researching in textbooks and even started googling my symptoms on the internet. I went to my conventional doctor many times, but just another medication was suggested to tackle my symptoms.
Can you blame me when every time this happened, I got more and more down?
These symptoms, they just weren't the real ME…I knew that I was a fun, adventurous, outgoing person. NOT a bloated, tired, sick gal who had to take yet another pill to get through the day ( talking about you gas-x and beano).
Not to mention, I’d already spent six years on my degree studying nutrition. I thought I was eating everything right (READ: counting carbs down to the exact servings of the recommended fruits, veggies, whole grains, dairy plus obsessing over calories from protein and fat). I was at a loss and didn’t understand why I couldn’t even help myself when it counted.
There was one thing that I was confident of, I didn’t want to bounce from med to med. I was more intrigued by how I could heal my body naturally and in a more holistic way.
But you know what? Destiny is a crazy thing.
using food as medicine
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When I started taking some very specialized courses in integrative nutrition and functional medicine, I had no idea how valuable the information would be. And I certainly didn’t know how beneficial it would prove to be for future clients!
These classes and certifications eventually led to overwhelming success. Finally, after trial and error, I put the crazy puzzle pieces together and learned how to heal my body holistically.
Once I received advanced training in this area, I started to understand gut health, toxins, and strengthening the overall immune system. This approach helped me identify a variety of holistic modalities to recover optimal health. I was able to take back my fun and adventurous life by using anti-inflammatory foods, botanicals, individualized micro-nutrients, environmental and lifestyle changes. And I went on to show thousands of others how to do the same.
I have been sharing this knowledge with women like you who have struggled with similar inflammatory symptoms for the last decade. Now you don’t have to miss out on your favorite wild activities and can finally live your next adventure symptom-free!
functional nutrition
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a holistic approach to health & Healing
You’re probably getting tested for some of the wrong things. Or not getting tested at all!
You try one-size-fits-all diets that don’t address your individualized hidden food triggers (allergies, sensitivities, or intolerance's), gut microbiome, or potential nutrient deficiencies
The root causes of your problems are never really addressed, and symptoms keep piling up
You feel like you have to do this alone -- nobody understands how hard it can be to have your own body working against you
Instead of getting fundamental, proven nutrition steps for success — you over restrict foods you think may be harmful while trying to fix symptoms yourself, without really seeing long-term results.
I learned:
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ON THIS NUTRITION JOURNEY, THINGS BEGAN TO FALL INTO PLACE
IN A WAY THEY HADN’T BEFORE
Steal This!
HOW TO DISCOVER YOUR HIDDEN INFLAMMATORY TRIGGERS & UNLOCK YOUR BODY
unlock your
Adventurous body
Learn three strategies that’ll give you the clarity and confidence to unlock your adventurous body (all without crash diets, a laundry list of meds, or invasive procedures).
This free video will help jumpstart a nutrition plan unique to you.
Heal your body with food &
fuel your wild side
AT A GLANCE
get to know me
with some fun facts
named Miss. Congeniality of my hometown
a little obsessed with my DOGS Penelope & Loki
favorite yoga pose... eagle
improving balance & focus
An "I LOVE LUCY" FAN SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. still laugh every time I see Lucy and EtheL trying to keep up with that chocolate assembly line
All about
Serene mornings, affirmations, self-care, anything natural, delicious foods, cooking, an organized kitchen, local farmers and really big sun hats.
NOT ABOUT
A negative mindset, perfection, fake foods, crash diets, counting calories or points, miracle pills, band-aid fixes, toxic products, lifeless workouts, or boring anything.
agree? we're probably a great fit.
let's work together
MAKING your wellness goals achievable
It seems like every day there's a new diet to end all diets. Meanwhile, your symptoms are only getting worse, and your favorite jeans aren't any closer to fitting better. Let's cut through the noise and build a healthy lifestyle fueled with whole foods. Together we can make your wellness goals achievable. Hop on a nutrition consult to create a sustainable plan that puts the power back in your hands.
