Author Description

The ultimate act of self-love is to nourish your body with the nutrition it needs to thrive. This isn’t a fad diet or the latest trend. This isn’t about a quick fix, depriving yourself, or eliminating dozens of foods from your diet. Desire To Be Well is about FREEDOM -- freedom from pain, inflammation, gut issues, anxiety, depression symptoms, skin issues, joint pain, and overall dis-ease in the body. It’s about focusing on adding MORE -- more nutrition, more balance, more joy, and more of your favorite flavors! Using easily sourced healthy swaps to create wholesome, delicious meals, and treats for your entire family -- making the difference in sustainability and continued wellness. After years of suffering from debilitating autoimmune symptoms, I realized that conventional medicine had failed me. Instead, I found answers through Integrative and Functional Medicine. The bottom line: I had to change my diet and lifestyle to rebuild my health. Food sensitivities, and the progressive inflammation that it causes had been the root cause of my health issues. Gluten and dairy were my top offenders. By trial and error, I found my food freedom once again. I rediscovered that joy of home-cooking, made peace with my new way of eating, and learned how to recreate my favorite comfort foods to satisfy my soul while allowing my body to heal. I’ve put together simple recipes in a way that is both sustainable and satisfying at the same time. It’s my mission to share my knowledge and passion for healthier eating with all of you, empowering your nutritional and emotional needs, and taking back control in your kitchen. I know it can seem difficult, and sometimes overwhelming, to establish a new way of eating, but the multiple rewards will be worth the effort. My Desire To Be Well book will give you an entirely new outlook, redefining what healthy tastes like!