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Functional Medicine Health Coaches Make Healthy Lifestyle Changes Possible Functional Medicine Health Coaches know there’s more to a healthy lifestyle than fad diets and unsustainable exercise regimens. There’s a gap between what clients know they need to do to be healthy and the intrinsic motivation they need to actually make and sustain those changes. Coaches bridge that gap.

Most women come to me with low energy, anxiety, depression, excess weight gain, poor body image. They are tired of the struggle with themselves. They feel heavy mentally, physically, emotionally. If struggling worked, the battle to be who they want to be would have ended long ago. Overwhelmed by all the information regarding food and movement. Food has become an additional source of anxiety. Restricting and excess. Heavy stress and workloads. Heavy emotions and the burden of past memories. Emotions and Relationships can be as toxic as food. Hormones and insulin resistance. Poor gut health. Instead, I help my clients identify ways that will bring them on a journey of transformation designed specifically for them. Instead of food being the cause of the struggle, we use it to heal. When we give ourselves what we really need and want, overeating ceases to be a problem. “Let food be your medicine”.

I provide the tools for that journey using Functional Medicine Elimination diets, Functional Medicine way of eating, Intermittent fasting, editerranean diet, moderation and non restrictive practices. Ayurvedic diet,herbs and practices based on your dosha. Meditation from 25 years of practice practicing Transcendental Meditation. Energy healing based on 10 years plus as a Clairvoyant Shamanic healer. Movement based on yoga, pilates, walking, HITT/ Cardio. Reiki, Alexander technique certified. Registered Nurse Post Anesthesia Care/ ICU for 30 years and can integrate the practices of Eastern and Western medicine to align your complete health journey.

Functional Medicine doctors in Ireland are Medical Doctors with more extensive specialist training. There are currently about five in Ireland. They do not treat the individual diseases; they look at underlying health dysfunctions in the individual patient. They look at all systems for the underlying cause rather than just looking at one area. For example if you came in with a migraine headache, conventional doctors would write a prescription and treat your head pain. A functional medicine doctor would look at all your systems to find out the root cause. Functional medicine provides a method for re-balancing the body’s underlying physiological systems and addressing lifestyle issues that contribute to illness. When this is done your biology’s inherent healing forces are unleashed and chronic illness is resolved naturally and quickly often without the need for costly pharmaceutical medications or invasive surgeries. In this way, functional medicine offers a unique approach to understanding the terrain of chronic illness and provides us a whole new way to address the epidemic of chronic disease we face in the 21st century.

Ayurveda, a natural system of medicine, originated in India more than 3,000 years ago. The term Ayurveda is derived from the Sanskrit words ayur (life) and veda (science or knowledge). Thus, Ayurveda translates to knowledge of life. Based on the idea that disease is due to an imbalance or stress in a person's consciousness, Ayurveda encourages certain lifestyle interventions and natural therapies to regain a balance between the body, mind, spirit, and the environment. Ayurveda treatment starts with a detox process, followed by a special diet, herbal remedies, massage therapy, yoga, and meditation. The concepts of universal interconnectedness, the body's constitution (prakriti), and life forces (doshas) are the primary basis of ayurvedic medicine. Goals of treatment aid the person by eliminating impurities, reducing symptoms, increasing resistance to disease, reducing worry, and increasing harmony in life. Herbs and other plants, including oils and common spices, are used extensively in Ayurvedic treatment. In India, Ayurveda is considered a form of medical care, equal to conventional Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, naturopathic medicine, and homeopathic medicine.

After 30 years working as a nurse and seeing patients get even sicker as the medical system model encourages masking symptoms and quick fixes. This made me very sad. I seen people lose their health, vitality and love for themselves. I know that preventative medicine and finding the root cause or the “why” is the answer. Both Ayurveda and Functional Medicine restore health in a simple achievable way that is inexpensive. Let food be your medicine is one part of the remeedy. Removing inflammatory and processed foods and replacing them with healthier options. Detoxing the body. Living in harmony with yourself and your environment. Conscious intention to allow good things into your life that free your spirit and make you feel alive. This is the first step. “I help women stop this struggle with themselves and transform heaviness to lightness”.