Nutrition by D

11/04/2024

🎉CALLING all folks trying to better their bodies! Open Enrollement

Are you ready to feel amazing, learn more about sustaining your energy levels, and stay on track over the holiday?

More energy, better sleep, easy nutrition? 🍓🥦

A 6-Week Nutrition Challenge kicks off on Nov. 10, and you're invited to join us on this journey.

Week by week I will guide you through strategies like starting your day with nutritious smoothies, incorporating non-starchy vegetables, and choosing foods with minimal ingredients.

The foundation?

Whole foods that fuel and nourish your body.

I've partnered with CrossFit Fort Monroe to get you started. Join us to discover just how good you can feel!

Sign up by Nov. 10 for just $60 for CrossFit Ft Monroe members and $75 for non-members (that’s one Starbucks run per week!).
Secure your spot today!

Registration is in the link below 🙂

https://crossfitbuckroe.sites.zenplanner.com/retail.cfm
Love & Light,
D

02/15/2024

🌟 Your Input Needed! 🌟
Hi - I'm D!
I'm an Integrative Health Specialist, Functional Nutritionist, Yoga Instructor & professor. I've been a military spouse for almost 18 years (whoa!)

I'm thrilled to share that I'm considering opening a small private yoga studio in downtown historic Hampton! But before I take the leap, I want to hear from YOU.

Survey Link: https://forms.gle/QHRHFsz38ZpRinBJA

Your feedback will shape the future of this studio and ensure it meets your needs and preferences.

📍 Would you attend a yoga studio in this area?
✨ What type of yoga are you most interested in?
💖 What do you love most about yoga?
🕒 What hours of the day would suit your schedule best for attending classes?

Take the survey now and help me bring this vision to life!

Survey Link: https://forms.gle/QHRHFsz38ZpRinBJA

Thank you for taking the time to join my journey 🙏✨
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Your feedback will shape the future of this studio and ensure it meets your needs and preferences. Take a moment to fill out the survey and let your voice be heard! 🗣️💫

09/07/2023

98% of my patients have long-term digestive imbalances that they chalk up as normal which wreak havoc on their bodies.

It often comes down to us having a lot of poo talks, a lot of symptom talks, and a lot of pivoting to navigate.

The good news though, when they work with me and we navigate their symptoms and lifestyle. They feel better FAST. 🤘🏻

I've got some "how to's" to help you tame your gut.

Follow, like + save to learn how.

05/26/2022

I'm excited to share I am cohosting a Caregiver & Yoga class with RDA Yoga & Barre. Please Join Us! RSPV quickly as spots are limited.

https://fb.me/e/2vuGPZ1oN

08/28/2021

You don't know what's wrong until you feel well.

I've heard this from 3 different clients in the past month. Two men + one woman. All with vastly different needs + goals (The beauty of an integrative + functional practice!)

You can become accustomed to having symptoms + not even be aware of them. 😖

Your body is extremely adaptive. This is what we want! But over time when we have symptoms we THINK are normal, it can start wreaking havoc on the interconnections within our body.

This is when I hear my clients say:

>>I always have heartburn.

>>I don't p**p regularly (constipation and/or soft poo).

>>My skin breaks outs.

>>My menstrual cycle isn't regular.

>>I must be getting old - I'm stiff all the time.

>>I have so much fatigue.

>>I can't lose and/or gain weight.

These are all messages being sent from your masterpiece of a body saying "Yo - something is out of balance."👋🏻

The problem is modern lifestyles don't teach us how to recognize these messages + the "hustle culture" encourages us to push through them.

When you begin eliminating factors that are contributing to these symptoms + introducing new practices -

📍Your body gets a chance to heal itself.

📍You become attuned to your needs.

📍You learn how to adjust to support yourself.

📍You gain confidence in HOW to feel great.

Each of these clients? They all feel better than ever + are able to SUSTAIN their new lifestyles.

WHY? 'Cause they actually feel GOOD.

Give me a 🙌🏻 if you're ready to feel better + never look back in the comments.

08/24/2021

Well "hello" 3rd trimester!

It's time for an announcement...As if pregnancy weren't enough right?🎉

I am so excited to so share I am specializing in Women's Health in my Nutrition + Wellness practice!

>>This has been a season of deep inner work for me. Chronic illness has always been a mirror - eliciting strengths + new facets that I didn't know existed within me.

My own experience with infertility, miscarriage + pregnancy has led me towards adding this specialty into my practice. (I am literally always my 1st patient.)

💫I always KNEW. And I mean KNEW I was called to work within the chronic illness community.

To add to this - So many women struggle with reproductive health due to chronic illness.

It is NOT as simple as timed conception for many of us.

Instead, it looks more like

➡️ Navigating new medication regimens
➡️ Supplement + diet confusion
➡️. Uncertainties
➡️. Increased stress + isolation
➡️. Facing unpredictable flares

I'm here to share you aren't alone in either journey + if you need help navigating what it means to move you towards your goals with some more ease -I've gotchu. 😉

XX, D

08/24/2021

Disease doesn't exist.

Yeah I get it. I have X-Y-Z diagnoses too.

In Integrative Medicine + Functional Nutrition, we recognize that DIS-EASE is a construct.
👉🏻They are labels to help us (practitioners) to navigate what someone is experiencing a little bit better.

But the REAL key is to deep dive + to go below a diagnosis. To uncover what the cause is in a systems biology approach, not a singular part.

SINGULAR PART

>>All symptoms + treatments come from the same organ/system

SYSTEMS BIOLOGY APPROACH

>>All things are connected within the body
>>One organ/system does not function by itself - but in an intricate communication system
>>An imbalance in one part of the body can cause symptoms in another

🙏🏻I'm a believer of best of BOTH worlds. We need to utilize ALL the tools available to us. Working towards the LEAST invasive approach.

🔆That's why my clients actually start feeling better with confidence.

😍This is where true progress + thriving happens despite illness.

Give me a 🔥 in the comments if you're with me :)

02/10/2021

Attention all wellness seekers, spirit connectors + conscious Thrivers⁠
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I am geekin' out over here because the monthly Newsletter Cultivateis HOT! And its NOW the Cultivate Healing Toolbox.⁠
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Serving my fellow chronic illness + spoonie community is literally a dream come true. I never would have thought this was possible.⁠
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I LOVE my clients + being a scientist in integrative medicine + a student of precision medicine. ⁠
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But as I reflected on my own journey - I knew I needed to provide something different because I went on this healing journey mostly alone.⁠
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I never had access to - much less heard of integrative medicine or health. So I was stumbling along doing research on my own trying to figure out how to feel even an ounce better.⁠
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My body was constantly giving me signals that my lifestyle, the things I was feeding it (food, medications, beliefs + thoughts) + how different toxicities were contributing to how I felt.⁠
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Not only do I want YOU to start feeling better. I want you to have access to the tools to get you there. ⁠
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And actually having a place you can trust when you are struggling the most? Bonus.⁠
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Looking back - If I had just ONE person share with me what I know about the interconnectedness of healing now- I would not have spent decades fumbling around feeling alone.⁠
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That's how the Cultivate Healing Toolbox was created. ⁠
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It's mini-trainings + resources where you can expect to actually restore your health again. ⁠
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You can expect:⁠
To live more fully with your illness⁠
End the overwhelm of health info⁠
Ease those symptoms⁠
Never feel forced to meet 'health + wellness' expectations (power yoga, p90x, detox to slim...ya get the picture).⁠
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The catch? Well, there isn't one.⁠
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It's complimentary - as in it's FREE! ⁠
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Because it's what I wished I had many years ago when I literally couldn't walk without crying - when I couldn't see beyond the darkness or pain. ⁠
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I gotchu! ⁠
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If you are ready to greatly reduce your pain + have hope for your health again? This is for you. ⁠
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https://www.restoreinspirationforhealth.com/cultivatehealingtoolbox