I’ve had a long health journey from pelvic pain to cystic acne, chronic UTIs, and candida overgrowth. I’ve dealt with bad skin since I was 15 years old leaving me incredibly self-conscious. Though I was incredibly careful in my skincare regimen, at 18, my bad skin turned into cystic acne. That’s when the panic began.

I began to research and soon discovered that changing my diet could very likely help. Who would have thought, right?

Fast forward 8 years, and as so often happens, I fell into old habits and began eating the standard American diet, full of too many processed foods and sugar. As my stress levels soared to record highs, my cystic acne came back with a vengeance.

If you’ve been through this, I bet you know the painful emotions that followed.

In an effort to get back on track, I went back to clean eating and added in supplementation to manage my stress and improve my acne.

Up to this point, thankfully, the only symptom I had was cystic acne, which was awful enough. Unfortunately, at 29, I began to experience chronic UTIs, which meant multiple rounds of antibiotics, which then led to constant yeast infections. It was a vicious cycle!

Then began the search for answers! I went to all the doctors with questions of why this was happening to me, why all the sudden and worsening symptoms. Sadly, as so often happens in our broken medical system, they didn’t have answers other than to blame my age and to send me on my way with a handful of prescriptions.

I may not have been an expert at that point, but I knew enough to know that medication would only mask my symptoms and not get to the root cause of what was happening in my body.

As my health continued to decline, and on top of what I was already dealing with, I was now having chronic pelvic pain.

With no answers, I was quickly reaching my breaking point, and to be frank, I was kind of angry at the whole world!

And then came the next diagnosis, this time it was interstitial cystitis. Still determined to stay off medication, I began to learn about more holistic approaches to my conditions and symptoms. Deep down, I knew there had to be a reason why this was happening!

On this long and painful journey, I met some truly incredible practitioners who helped guide me through the muck. From pelvic therapists to chiropractors, I thankfully never felt alone. And of course, with me all the way, was my Father in heaven, Jesus, who has always gotten me through the heaviest of storms.

It was during this time of research that I discovered the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® program (FDN). This is what led me to truly flourish and feel healthy again with clear skin, no pelvic pain, and finally an end to the UTIs.

And, it’s 100% why I now do what I do!