02/23/2026
I share my story because if I can help just one person reclaim their health and their life, I’ve won.
It is Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and I want to be transparent about something I faced long before I became a Nurse Practitioner or a Functional Medicine provider.
I thought I was being healthy, but this quickly spiraled.
The less I ate and the hungrier I went to bed the more I felt like I was winning. It became a game.
I lost over 40 pounds in a matter of months. I still felt like I was excelling but those around me knew something was wrong.
It took me a long time to realize that I needed help. But the help I found was almost as damaging as the disease itself. Being threatened within inpatient care and forced into weekly ends didn’t heal me.
Everything changed when I met a counselor who had lived it. She understood the language of my struggle. This partnership changed and saved my life.
The story strongly impacts how I show up every day for people I love, for my patients, and for stranger’s.
If I can change the trajectory of just one life, I have won.
Stories are powerful!
Share this with someone who might need this reminder 🩷
