Meet Your PMDD Nutritionist & Coach

It started with my grandmother saying, "Now I know why you've been so mean to your brother." What should have been a celebration became 17 years of monthly hopelessness.

Every cycle, I would crumble into a pile on my bed, crying as if someone had died. The rage and despair didn't match anything happening in my life, but it was my grandmother and mother who connected it to my cycle.. But

The Misdiagnosis Spiral:

• Age 14: Put on birth control for severe PMS symptoms
• Age 17: Misdiagnosed with bipolar, given antipsychotics
• Lost friends, quit the dance team, couldn't finish high school full-time
• Moved 9 times in one year trying to escape myself
• Left destruction everywhere I went—relationships, jobs, lost dreams

"When our emotions are high, our intelligence is low.” Despite my mother taking me to gynecologest starting at age 14 yet I couldn't grasp the connection to my cycle each month as it consumed me. 

At 27, I made one last attempt. I went to my gynecologist crying: "I have really bad PMS. I'm going to ruin this relationship. Please help me."

Again she offered birth control and SSRIs and out of desperation, I took them. 

Within three months, I systematically destroyed every good thing in my life:

• Lost the relationship I went on it to protect
• Lost my housing
• Lost my job
• Lost my best friend
• Lost hope

Instead of 14 bad days, I was now symptomatic for the entire month. I was drowning. I had two choices: End it here, or find another way forward.

"I drew a line in the sand. This was not living, and I would not continue this way."

PMDD had been added to the DSM in 2013, but somehow no doctor had mentioned it in my 17 years of seeking help.

Finally, A Name for My Pain.

When I discovered what PMDD was, everything clicked. If this was hormonal, maybe there were other ways to heal beyond the medications that actually made my symptoms SOO much worse.

Shifting from conventional to functional medicine approaches I:‍

• Started learning about the four phases of my cycle
• Discovered integrative menstrual health protocols
• Followed the period revolution happening in women's health in 2017
• Began implementing root-cause protocols

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‍"If this was a hormonal mood disorder, maybe there were other ways to heal beyond just taking medications?"

My First Symptom-Free Cycle in 17 Years

Three months. That's all it took using integrative approaches.

When my period came without warning—no rage, no despair, no self-destruction—I just sat there in shock.

My period just... came.

The Revelation: "This is how people my age are married, have doctorate degrees, own homes. Their periods just come and their whole lives don't fall apart for two weeks."

In that moment, I knew this would become my life's purpose. If I could help even one person avoid 17 years of suffering, everything I'd been through would be worth it.

"Your trauma can become your teacher. Your wound can become your wisdom."

Building the Foundation to Help Others + the life I’ve reclaimed

My partner (now husband) encouraged me to get the credentials to do more than peer support. I was determined to have real impact.

The Journey:

• Marriage to the man who witnessed and supported my transformation
• Home ownership with my own garden
• Stable, meaningful work aligned with my purpose
• Trust in myself and my body
• The ability to pursue and achieve dreams

"I couldn't have the impact I wanted with just my story. I needed the tools and knowledge to truly help others transform their lives."