About Green Briar Nutrition & Wellness

As a kid, I was always sick, mostly with gastrointestinal issues. I would wake nightly to vomit and missed so much school I had to attend Saturday school. My mother took me to doctor after doctor without relief and to only be labeled as having IBS or migraines of the stomach. I began to think being sick was just normal for me.

When I went off to college things only got worse. I was so fatigued most of the time I had to pass up many opportunities and social activities. Finally, after being sick and tired of being sick and tired I discovered Functional Medicine! At the age of 19, my eyes were opened to a new world of health care, TRUE health care as appose to sick care. It was at this point that I knew I wanted to be a part of this revolutionary care system.

I dabbled with a gluten-free diet, stress management, and opting for cleaner personal care products but was not very consistent. At 22 years of age, I hit rock bottom. Under the stress of working, completing prerequisites for physician assistant (PA) school, shadowing a PA at a non-profit medical center, finding out that my husband would be losing his job a month before our wedding and I would be losing mine a few months after... my feeble immune system finally gave out. After our wedding, I was nearly bedridden. I had to drop everything I was working towards, which included PA school.

It started to feel like my childhood all over again; being bounced from doctor to doctor without answers or relief. I was suffering from recurrent MRSA ear infections that became resistant to nearly all oral antibiotics. I was told I would need immunological testing that insurance wouldn't cover and would likely cost me more than $10,000 out of pocket. I was DONE! No more of this sick care!

Through the help of a Functional Medicine doctor, I gained my life back. I used herbal antimicrobials along with a strict elimination diet to get my infections under control and actually found that a primary contributor was dairy! Within a few months, I was better than I had ever been.

This experience was God leading me to my calling. Through my hardships, I not only learned that food truly is medicine (or lighter fluid to the flame of ill health) but found a better path to the career I really wanted in Functional Medicine as this journey led me to explore other degree options. Now at 26 years of age, I am now in the best health of my life and am loaded with personal experience, formal education, and the tools needed to help you to achieve the same!