I Refused to Accept "This Is Just How It Is."
I'm Andrea—a former electrical engineer and NPR technical director who became a Certified Functional Nutrition Counselor because I watched my infant daughter suffer from severe eczema that ten doctors couldn't solve. When I eliminated the foods causing her reactions through my breastmilk, her skin cleared in 72 hours.
That moment taught me: food isn't neutral. It's information. It can heal or harm.
Years later, I crashed into menopause myself. Depression. Brain fog so severe I couldn't function. Two-hour walks just to feel human. My doctor told me to wait it out.
I refused. I dug into the research, ran the right tests, and found what conventional medicine had missed. I reclaimed my cognition, my energy, my life—and built a practice to make sure no woman has to navigate this alone.
"Your symptoms aren't failures. They're feedback. Once you learn to listen, everything shifts."