I have been in your shoes. I had postpartum depression and fought body image struggles and disordered eating in college.

As a health professor and educator, and NBC-HWC coach, who has worked with thousands of clients, parents, and students with various mental and physical health challenges, I have cared for multiple people, including family members, who have battled and beat an eating disorder and other mental and physical health diagnoses.

I taught 17 years at a community college and 4 years as a high school health teacher. It is my students who inspired me to become a parent and health coach specializing in mental health with emphasis on disordered eating, eating disorders and body image challenges. Due to the mental health epidemic, I saw these are the areas many young students were struggling quietly with. I helped them and their parents through many of these challenging times. Whether you or your child’s struggle is with mental health or physical health, my job is to support you as you support yourself or child through these challenges. The 6 step evidence based program I created called Move FORWARD allows us to focus on family values, personal strengths and positive coping tools. Learning more about emotional intelligence, nervous system calming tools as well as how to instill healthy habits to sleep well, nourish your body and have balance in mind and body.