Hey, I’m Shannon

I'm an expert in helping women with body, diet and weight challenges, and I'm here to help you end the struggle for good.

I know how frustrating it is to do all the "right" things but only see temporary, if any, results in your body.  Your body isn't the problem... diet culture is.  Diets focus on the energy going into your body but fail to address what your body actually does with that energy.  The weight loss strategies we continue to be taught have led to chronic stress, metabolic dysregulation, hormonal imbalance, a growing rate of obesity, and feelings of frustration and failure.

As a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, mineral balancing expert and Mind Body Eating coach, my passion is helping people like you learn how to properly nourish yourself back into a healthy state of balance.  My goal is to help you end the harmful battle with your body, the cycle of dieting and over exercising, and create peace with food and your body so you'll gain the freedom to spend your energy on more meaningful things.

Weight Loss Myths

The real reasons you can’t lose weight:

1. Mineral imbalances and nutrient deficiencies

2. Poor gut + digestive health and impaired detoxification

3. Poor body image & an unhealthy relationship with food

Mineral imbalances, gut dysfunction and poor body image are all often exacerbated by deprivation diets and they create a heavy burden of unrelenting stress on the body, which sets the foundation for poor metabolic function.

Instead of another attempt with a punishing quick-fix diet, let’s address the root cause of your excess fat gain. I’ll help you utilize functional testing to see exactly what’s going in inside your body so you can find your weak spots and plug them back up. Repairing mineral deficiencies and gut imbalances, and calming inflammation will optimize energy production in the body so it can finally stop storing it as fat. You’ll learn to nourish yourself, physically and emotionally, back to a state of balance so the body has the ability to heal itself.

No more calorie deprivation. No more punishing workouts. No more exhausting battles against your own body.

Imagine…

Maintaining a healthy weight with ease.

Breaking free of the constant battle against your body and creating a peaceful relationship with yourself and food.

Gaining control over your own wellness and transforming your body through loving nourishment rather than punishment.

That’s exactly what I aim to help you achieve.

You’ll finally stop obsessing about food and feel confident, vibrant, and free to utilize your energy on things that are more fulfilling for you.

I believe we all have a meaningful purpose for our lives, and spending our energy fighting our bodies just isn’t it.

My mission is to help you stop the endless cycle of dieting so you can finally start living.

My Story

I understand what it's like to be food addicted and feel out of control.  I know what it means to have no self confidence.  I know how hard it can be to create peace within your body when you've been consistently fighting against it, trying every diet and detox in the book.

It took many years for me to learn that the information we’ve been taught about weight loss and maintaining balance within our bodies was exactly what was making matters worse for me. Calorie deprivation diets and over exercising in an effort to balance the energy equation wound up triggering more fat storage for me, not less. Not only that, but the deprivation led to insatiable cravings that willpower just couldn’t stand up to. I’d wind up bingeing, then feeling guilty and ashamed with even lower self confidence. This snowball grew out of control for years. It sent me on a downward spiral that threw me into desperation and an intense struggle with bulimia. My life revolved around trying to manage food and find a healthy balance within my body. My attempts at making my body shrink only made my sense of shame grow.

Eventually, I learned that loving my body was the answer, not fighting against it. I finally discovered that there was nothing wrong with my body; it was simply responding appropriately to the punishment I was giving it.  I then learned how to work with my body’s physiology to gently encourage healthy energy production, and how to stop inadvertently triggering energy storage by over-stressing my system. 

I got my life back.  Once I saw how managing the stress load on my body literally changed everything for me, it became my mission to help others do the same.  There is nothing more fulfilling for me than helping others who have been stuck in the same cycle of dieting, losing weight, regaining weight and diminishing self confidence to regain control and learn to effortlessly love their bodies back to wellness.

My Education and Experience

• Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, American Academy of Drugless Practitioners

• Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner

• Mind Body Eating Coach, Institute for the Psychology of Eating

• HTMA Expert (hair tissue mineral analysis)

• Author of the monthly wellness column for Bayou Life Magazine

• Strongfirst Kettlebell 1

• 200 Hr Yoga

• Strongfirst Bodyweight

• Functional Movement Screen

• Triggerpoint Therapy

• Cooper Institute Personal Training

• National Level NPC Figure Competitor

• Former Gym Owner for 10+ years