Vibrant Life

Are you ready to achieve Vibrant Wellness for a Lifetime?

Vibrant Life is my comprehensive coaching program to help you achieve Vibrant Wellness now and for a lifetime.

It has never been more important to take back the power over our own health and lives, rather than blindly trusting “the experts” to tell us what to do, or just popping a pill to cover up the symptoms and hope they don’t get worse.

I’m not a medical doctor and I don’t diagnose, prescribe or treat. While those things have their place, putting a label on symptoms such as “IBD” or “rheumatoid arthritis” or “anxiety” or “Hashimoto’s” doesn’t tell us anything about WHY the symptoms are happening in the first place. And covering up the symptom with a medication doesn’t do anything to fix the underlying cause. Think of your symptoms as the check engine light on the dashboard of your car. They’re a warning sign telling you something is amiss and it’s not a good idea to ignore them. It’s also not the best idea to just cover the light up with a piece of tape (an ibuprofen for the pain) or take a hammer to it (even stronger meds with even more significant risks and side effects). Sure, you took care of that annoying check engine light! But eventually, you’re going to end up stranded by the side of the road if you don’t get under the hood, figure out why the light is on and fix the actual problem.

YOU are the expert on YOU and your body. Not me. Not your doctor. No one else but you. Your body is incredible and she is the only partner you are guaranteed to have for the rest of your time you are on this earth. She has an amazing capacity to heal and thrive when we learn how to love, care for and support her properly.

I'm here to be your guide back to yourself. Back to your natural state of vibrant wellness.

In Vibrant Life, we work together closely in partnership, to help you achieve your health and wellness goals. Thanks to the power of technology, there are no wait lists to see a doctor, no travel or sitting in waiting rooms, and no “go home, take this, and come back in 6 months if it’s not better.” And thanks to the power of functional medicine combined with a coaching model, we get under the hood, figure out what is really going on, and work together to resolve it.

We meet online via zoom from the comfort of your own home 2x per month for the duration of your program. And you have access to me 24/7 anytime you have questions or need coaching and support. My clients are not just clients, they often become friends, as we work together closely to help you overcome chronic disease dynamics and achieve vibrant wellness, so you can enjoy every minute of your beautiful life now and for decades to come.

Together we will:

Learn how to tune into your body and understand what she is trying to tell you, through your symptoms.
Help you identify the root causes of health complaints and work to reverse them.
Learn how to love, care for and support this amazing, beautiful body you have been given for this one lifetime so that she can support and care for you and help you THRIVE, not just survive.
Create lasting food and lifestyle changes in ways that are sustainable and aren't going to create more stress for you.
Learn how to bring all of the bodies' critical systems back into balance for optimal health and performance ... the immune system, the nervous system, hormones ...
Optimize intake, digestion and absorption of the critical nutrients your cells, tissues and organs need to perform optimally and support you well.
Reduce toxic stressors (emotional, environmental & physical/biochemical stressors) and optimize detoxification pathways.
And so much more!

THROUGH THIS powerful WORK, YOU WILL RECONNECT WITH YOURSELF, learn how to love, trust and care for your beautiful body and, as she comes back into balance, you will create vibrant wellness for a lifetime!

How does this work, exactly?
The first step is An INITIAL WELLNESS CONSUlt

You complete an in depth intake form and send me all of the labs or testing you’ve had during the prior two years. I review all of this information carefully to begin to put the puzzle pieces together and identify the root causes of your concerns. Then we meet for ~90 minutes to take an even deeper dive into your history and goals together and map out a plan to help you achieve them.

Then, if we're a good fit and I'm confident I can help you achieve your goals, we move into the action phase of wellness coaching

We start with what I call “the fundamentals” — the food and lifestyle factors that every person needs to have in order if you want to achieve optimal wellness. And at the same time, we also get out the magnifying glass to identify and address the specific imbalances and root causes at play in your unique body and situation. There are always multiple layers to peel back to get back. You didn’t get where you are overnight (these disease dynamics have generally been developing for years) and it takes time to peel the layers of the artichoke to get back to the heart of who you are and who you were meant to be on this planet. But I will be here to support you every step of the way.

We will meet via Zoom every other week for the duration of your coaching program and work closely together to take the next steps in your wellness journey. Following each session, I send you a written summary of our conversation, resources to educate and inspire you, and a list of the recommended action steps we discussed. You will also have access to me via text, messenger or Voxer anytime you have questions or need coaching or support in between our sessions. Clients who take advantage of this opportunity for coaching in between session find it to be an incredibly valuable part of the program and a huge help in moving forward towards their goals.

WHAT ABOUT LABS?

I have access to an array of functional labs that can give us incredibly in depth insight into what is going on in your body. I may recommend additional blood labs, a comprehensive stool test to look at the gut microbiome and digestive health and/or a DUTCH test, which is a comprehensive look at sex and adrenal hormones. Standard blood labs from an annual physical exam can also provide helpful data to assess what is really going on.

What labs are most useful is always individualized. Anything older than about 3 months isn’t particularly useful for assessing your current health status. However, I ask for two years worth of labs because they can give us insight into trends, patterns and the way disease dynamics have evolved over time. I will always glean as much information as we possibly can from those labs and your own symptoms and life experience FIRST, and then discuss with you what additional labs will be helpful. You may have heard functional practitioners say: “Test don’t guess”. While I absolutely agree with this, I don’t agree with requiring hundreds or thousands of dollars of testing up front to tell us things we already know or that may not be necessary to help you achieve your goals. We will always have a conversation about what will serve you best based on your budget, goals and priorities.

WHAT ABOUT supplements?

Supplements can be incredibly helpful in the journey back to balance and vibrant wellness. But it is never my goal for clients to be on dozens of supplements indefinitely and I do not believe in just substituting supplements for pharmaceuticals. My goal is always true root cause resolution of disease dynamics and sustainable food and lifestyle changes that will create a state of health so complete that it repels dis-ease. I recommend targeted supplements to my clients where I believe they will be helpful in (1) providing rapid relief of symptoms while we dig deeper and work to resolve them at the root level; (2) serving a specific purpose in our work towards root cause resolution (i.e. specific nutrients that are needed to support healing, digestive aids, gut healing supplements); or (3) maintenance where there are ongoing gaps due to genetics, lifestyle choices, etc.

You can order discounted, high quality supplements from reputable brands such as Thorne, Designs for Health, Pure Encapsulations, etc. through my online dispensary.

WHAt Else is included?

Vibrant Life clients receive a number of other resources including my Whole Food Guide and my Sleep Guide and access to my private clients only Vibrant Life Voxer group, where you can share information and support with others on the same wellness journey.

I offer the option of a month-to-month membership (with a 3 month minimum commitment) with monthly payments or a 12 month membership. Clients who choose the 12 month program also receive my incredibly powerful program called Stressed to Zen, where I teach you how to re-regulate your own nervous system regulation. In Stressed to Zen we completely change your relationship with the stress in your life, you learn how to turn off your stress response like a light switch OR to shift a harmful “fight or flight” stress response into a healthful and helpful stress response that serves you. You also receive free access to any other group programs I teach during the 12 months.

ARE YOU READY TO TAKE BACK THE POWER OVER YOUR OWN HEALTH AND LIFE?

Hi, I'm Kristi!

As a board certified Functional Wellness Coach, I LOVE helping people just like you end exhaustion, chronic stress, autoimmunity, thyroid disease and other disease dynamics.

From a marketing perspective, it might be easier to sell a “thyroid program” or a “gut health program” or a program to reverse autoimmunity. But the thing is, it’s really all the same program, with some tweaking based on your unique body and situation. I can certainly help you do all of these things. But for me, *just* reversing a disease dynamic isn’t the goal. It’s a step towards the REAL goal of a vibrant, energized, joy-filled life full of love and connection, now and for decades to come. A life of Vibrant Wellness that raises the frequency of every room you enter and ripples out to everyone in your home and family, to your friends and community, and to the world.