Empowered Wellness Functional Medicine

Empowered Wellness Functional Medicine I’m here to help women and men balance hormones, correct gut health, eliminate the need for prescriptions, and feel better than they have felt in years.

02/07/2026

❤️ Let’s talk about SCREEN TIME (for ALL of us) ❤️

This isn’t just about kids and teens—and it’s not just about your phone.

📱💻📺 Screen time includes
❤️ your phone
❤️ your computer at work
❤️ late-night TV
❤️ scrolling, streaming, emailing, doom-scrolling

As a Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner, I see this pattern constantly in patients struggling with anxiety, depression, chronic stress, poor sleep, and burnout.

🧠 Screens increase stress
Constant stimulation keeps the nervous system in a heightened state, driving cortisol up and making it harder to relax—even when you think you’re “resting.”

😴 Screens disrupt sleep
Blue light suppresses melatonin and delays deep, restorative sleep.
Even “just watching TV” at night can affect how refreshed you feel the next day.

❤️ Mood & mental health suffer
Excessive screen exposure is linked to:
❤️ anxiety
❤️ depression
❤️ irritability
❤️ emotional dysregulation
❤️ brain fog & low motivation

⚡ Your nervous system never gets a break
Work emails, social media, news, and nonstop notifications keep your brain in “on” mode—no recovery, no reset.

🌿 This isn’t about quitting screens—it’s about balance.
Small changes make a big difference:
❤️ no screens 1–2 hours before bed
❤️ TV and phones out of the bedroom
❤️ morning sunlight before screens
❤️ regular screen breaks during work
❤️ movement, fresh air, and real connection daily

✨ Root cause medicine looks at HOW you live, not just what you take. ✨

If you’re dealing with anxiety, depression, fatigue, or sleep issues, screen overload may be a missing piece of the puzzle.

❤️ Ready to support your nervous system naturally?
Message me or book a consult. Your brain deserves better.

❤️ One size does NOT fit all ❤️So why do we keep acting like it does in healthcare?❤️ Different hormones❤️ Different gen...
02/06/2026

❤️ One size does NOT fit all ❤️

So why do we keep acting like it does in healthcare?

❤️ Different hormones
❤️ Different genetics
❤️ Different gut microbiomes
❤️ Different stress loads
❤️ Different life seasons

Yet somehow everyone gets the same labs…
and the same treatment plan…
and is told “this is normal for your age.”

🚫 Normal is not the same as optimal.
🚫 Standard isn’t the same as personalized.

In functional medicine, we don’t guess.
We don’t copy-paste protocols.
We look at YOU ❤️

❤️ The right labs, not the same set or type for everyone
❤️ Your unique patterns
❤️ Root causes — not band-aids

Because your body isn’t generic…
and your care shouldn’t be either ❤️

👉 Ready for care that actually fits you?
DM me or book a consult — let’s get to the root ❤️

This is more like it
02/03/2026

This is more like it

I love this so much!!! Restoring what the body does naturally 🥰🥰🥰
02/02/2026

I love this so much!!! Restoring what the body does naturally 🥰🥰🥰

If you’ve been told“your labs are normal”“that’s just part of aging”or “you just need to try harder”— but you know somet...
02/02/2026

If you’ve been told
“your labs are normal”
“that’s just part of aging”
or “you just need to try harder”

— but you know something still isn’t right… you’re not imagining it.

I know exactly how you feel because I have gone thru this myself. Not having answers is perosnal to me.

I specialize in integrative + functional medicine that looks at the whole picture — hormones, gut health, inflammation, stress, and lifestyle — so we can get to the root cause, not just manage symptoms.

💚 Longer visits
💚 Personalized care
💚 Real answers
💚 A provider who actually listens

📲 Now accepting new patients
👉 Click the link in my bio to schedule a discovery call
👉 Or DM me “NEW PATIENT” and my team will reach out

Your health deserves more than rushed appointments and band-aid solutions.

02/01/2026

Sunday evening isn’t just about getting ready for Monday.
It’s about setting your nervous system up for success ❤️

If you’re ending the weekend exhausted, wired, bloated, inflamed, or anxious, that’s not a motivation problem — it’s a physiology problem ❤️

❤️ A few gentle Sunday resets I recommend as a functional medicine APRN:
• Prioritize sleep tonight (yes, even over scrolling)
• Hydrate well — dehydration shows up as fatigue, cravings, and headaches
• Eat something protein-forward and anti-inflammatory
• Prep one healthy choice for tomorrow (not everything)
• Take 5 slow breaths before bed — your cortisol will thank you

You don’t need perfection to feel better ❤️
You need small, consistent signals of safety to your body ❤️

Your health doesn’t restart Monday morning —
it starts right now ❤️

❤️ If you’re tired of feeling stuck in the same Sunday-night cycle, functional medicine looks for the why, not just the quick fix ❤️

01/29/2026

❤️ If you’re doing “all the right things” but still feel exhausted, inflamed, moody, or stuck… this isn’t a willpower problem. ❤️

It’s a root-cause problem.

Functional medicine doesn’t ask
👉 “What pill matches your symptom?”
It asks
👉 “Why is this happening in the first place?”

Hormone imbalance.
Hidden inflammation.
Blood sugar dysregulation.
Gut dysfunction.
Nervous system overload.

These don’t show up overnight—and they don’t fix themselves with quick fixes.

💡 I help patients connect the dots between labs, lifestyle, nutrition, stress, and symptoms so they can finally feel clear-headed, energized, and in control of their health again.

No shame.
No guesswork.
No one-size-fits-all plans.

❤️ If you’re ready to stop surviving and start healing, let’s talk.
📅 Book a consult with me

This warms my heart so much!!! I love that I can help people naturally and help them achieve their goals.
01/26/2026

This warms my heart so much!!! I love that I can help people naturally and help them achieve their goals.

I thought this was too good not to share! Sometimes we get so far down in the weeds we just throw up our hands and quit...
01/19/2026

I thought this was too good not to share! Sometimes we get so far down in the weeds we just throw up our hands and quit.

01/05/2026

❤️ Everyone says “New Year, New Me.”
But most people don’t need a new body — they need a supported one.

A better year doesn’t come from extremes.
It comes from understanding your hormones, your gut, your stress, and your lifestyle — and making changes that actually stick.

❤️ A better version of you looks like:
• Waking up with energy instead of exhaustion
• Fewer flares, crashes, and mystery symptoms
• A metabolism that works with you
• Care focused on answers, not band-aids

Functional medicine isn’t about starting over.
It’s about course-correcting so your body can heal and thrive.

❤️ No perfection required
❤️ No all-or-nothing mindset
❤️ Just progress in the right direction

01/01/2026

❤️ Instead of “New Year, New Me”…
What about New Year, Better Me?

Not a whole new personality.
Not extreme diets.
Not punishing workouts.

Just small, intentional changes that add up to real healing.

❤️ A better you means:
• More energy, not burnout
• Fewer symptoms, not more prescriptions
• Better sleep, digestion, mood, and hormones
• Learning why your body feels the way it does — and fixing it at the root

Functional medicine isn’t about reinventing yourself.
It’s about supporting your body so it can finally do what it was designed to do. It’s never a one size fits all meaning same treatment plans for everyone.
❤️ Progress > perfection
❤️ Consistency > extremes
❤️ Better > different

👉 If this is the year you’re done guessing and ready for answers, let’s work together. January Appointments are filling up FAST!!

Chronic inflammation isn’t just a trendy health term — it’s a survival signal.When your body is constantly inflamed, it’...
12/30/2025

Chronic inflammation isn’t just a trendy health term — it’s a survival signal.

When your body is constantly inflamed, it’s not being dramatic.
It’s adapting.

It’s responding to things like:
• ongoing stress
• poor or inconsistent sleep
• unstable blood sugar
• nutrient shortfalls
• eating patterns that don’t allow repair

When this happens, your body shifts into defense mode.

Energy gets prioritized toward:
– staying stable
– repairing damage
– keeping you functioning

And when that state becomes chronic, your body doesn’t have the capacity to:
• release weight
• build strength
• recover well
• maintain steady energy

This is why pushing harder, restricting more, or blaming yourself rarely works.

The real work is reducing the stress load so your body can finally shift out of survival and into healing.

If you’re tired of guessing and want to understand what’s actually driving inflammation in your body, let’s dig deeper.

👉 Schedule a functional medicine consult
👉 Stop fighting your body and start supporting it

Your body isn’t broken — it’s asking for help

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