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Hi there, I'm Joan and here is my own story...

I help women, who suffer from food sensitivities, gut health issues, and leaky gut, to end their food sensitivities and restore their gut health so their body can heal them and they can live a thriving life of food freedom.

People often ask me how I went from full blown autoimmune disease, sensitive to everything and leaky gut to completely healed and thriving. This is how I did it.

I enrolled at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition to learn how to eat and live with so many food issues, gut issues, and autoimmune disease. I didn't expect to solve it, only live my best life as a chronically ill person. About 3 months in they offered a gut health certification so I enrolled in that. By the time I graduated all my symptoms and conditions were gone. Each week I learned new things and I made small changes. I removed things I thought were healthy but learned they were not and why they were not. I was inspired to work a little harder at food and lifestyle. Lifestyle being things like chew my food until liquid (seriously who does that lol). Well I did. I added in a lot of foods I never would of thought of eating. I paid attention to my digestion and made changes so I could better digest my food and stop inflaming my gut. I implemented changes that would help my microbiome become rich and diverse. I learned the ways I was damaging my gut lining and made small changes to help heal it. Each week I felt a little better, symptoms lessened or went away, and knew that something good was happening. It was such an amazing feeling after so many years of frustration and struggling.

IIN's motto is that the body will heal itself by itself given a half a chance. Our bodies can't heal if they are chronically inflamed, undernourished and riddled with toxins. The simple small changes I did were enough to bring down my inflammation and nourish my body. My body did the rest just like they said it would.

How do I help others? I assess each person so we can start where they are. Then we go back to basics where the magic begins, we do proper elimination by replacing foods with more nutritious choices, we add the right gut restoring foods and lifestyle changes, we monitor, adjust and listen to your body. I provide all the step by step guidance, education, tools, materials, motivation, inspiration, support and most important help you when you get stuck. This is not a health or life overhaul. It's done through implementing incremental, positive, healthy, sustainable food and lifestyle changes that help you live and thrive using simple methods. This works 100% for anyone who does the work. I make the work super easy.

Let's get to know each other...

I’m a graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition with a certification as an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and a Gut Health Coach.

When I enrolled at IIN I had 22 symptoms, conditions and diseases and when I graduated I had none. For years I was struggling with allergies, joint paint, fatigue, headaches, rashes, bloating, unexplained pain, brain fog and my list goes on and on. I had this for two decades and each year it was getting worse. Nothing I tried worked, my doctors really didn’t know what to do with me. I wasted so much money, time and energy trying to figure this out and I failed. I learned later I had leaky gut, dysbiosis, food sensitivities and other gut dysfunction.

Because I allowed this to fester, my health was declining. I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Autoimmune liver disease, and Lupus. I had lost all hope. I gave up and surrendered to the idea that I was a chronically ill person. My doctor wanted me to see all kinds of specialist. I knew it was in my gut and these specialists were not going to help my gut. I needed a miracle. I was in my 50's, I loved hiking, concerts and being active. I wasn't ready to give up that part of my life. As a last resource, I enrolled at IIN to learn how to live and eat as a chronically ill person so I could salvage some quality of live.

That's not what happened. Three months in, while loving every day of it, they offered a gut health certification program. I saw that as a miracle and signed up. By the time I graduated I had no symptoms, conditions or diseases. What happened was my gut healed. All I did was make small food and lifestyle changes and I listened to my body as I was trained. Right away I could feel myself improve. Over a period of time my body had that half a chance that it needed to start fully healing me. This works for anyone who does the work and are committed.

Today I'm in my 60's and not only healed but thriving. No symptoms, no conditions and no diseases. Full of life and energy. I haven't felt this good since my 30s. I had a wonderful career as a Software Engineer but knew I had to help others like me. There were so many. I left my career to help others. It was win/win because I was able to use my IT experience to create programs and coaching video sessions that everyone, no matter their budget, could get help. This was my solution and now this is your solution!!!

The Body will Heal Itself by Itself when given a half a chance ~ Institute of Integrative Nutrition

This is the absolute path to healing. if you cut your finger does it heal? Then you already possess the solution inside of you.

Many of you have been doing this all wrong by trying to find a fix outside of you. The wellness industry is a multi-billion dollar industry because of this.

The right path is an inside job. Listening to the body and giving it exactly what it needs is key. A health coach is trained to help you do that.

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You suffer from food sensitivities, intolerances, allergies, autoimmune or gut health issues.
You are committed to turning your health situation around
What you are doing isn't working
You know you need help

You want to be able to travel, go to social events and enjoy going out to dinner
You want to thrive as you age
You want to stop the endless doctor appointments
You want a healthy gut, mind and body

Client Testimonials

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"I felt hopeless after trying everything to fix my leaky gut for years. After going through this program, being educated and following suggestions, my symptoms are finally gone and so are my food sensitivities. My family and I can't thank you enough!"