Hello, meet ess3ntia… Nutrition and Wellness

Before becoming a Certified Functional Nutritionist, my passion for nutrition and wellness began when I was a young girl in middle school. Throughout my adolescence I struggled with food-mindset, eating disorders, digestive issues, body dysmorphia, and so much more. I struggled alongside many of my friends growing up.

My interest in Nutrition developed from a desire to achieve optimal health, which would result in increased confidence and overall well-being. I went on to study Nutrition at the University of Houston. During my college years, I learned more about the health care system in America and about how doctors diagnose people so that they can prescribe them medicines that only attack symptoms, while wreaking havoc on the rest of their bodies. I grew my love and passion for holistic, functional health. Too many people walk around with diagnoses, blaming them on their genes, with almost no education on the actual state of their bodies. By taking a root-cause approach, we can turn the flame off a boiling pot of water (our symptoms/disease states) instead of just putting a lid on it (medications). I strive to educate people who want to heal from the inside out.

As  a Certified Food Coach, I live with passion to help people achieve optimal health educating them on what fuels their bodies to feel great and avoid disease. In ess3ntia we offer a range of services to support our clients' health goals, including one-on-one coaching, group programs, workshops, and retreats. Our nutrition and wellness services are designed to be flexible and customizable, so that our clients can choose the option that best fits their needs.

As a certified Primal Health Coach (PHC), I can see that we are doing something wrong! Humans of today spend much of their lives battling weight, diseases, and premature death. 

Humans are designed to be nimble, agile, strong, and to endure. But the human animal increasingly isn't doing any of these things. 

To understand why we are where we are, we have to take a step way back-before we became addicted to processed foods that sicken us, made us fat and fragile, and before the trillion-dollar health & pharma industries stepped in to try to fix us (but failed miserably). 

We go deep into evolutionary biology, biochemistry, exercise science, and holistic nutrition science to uncover clues that can help bring us back to the badass creature we're designed to be.

Primal living / Ancestral Health, is the model we follow to become the Humans  we are designed to live, move, eat, play, and be.  To live better, longer.