About me: beyond my roles as therapist & dietitian
Hey there!
I thought I’d share a little more about me, so you can know me beyond my roles as a therapist and dietitian. As a human I am drawn to people that are real and conversations that go beyond the sugar coated highlight reel.
One of my biggest hurdles in life have been dealing with a life long journey with unexplained right sided body pain, TMJ, daily headaches, gut issues, brain fog, nausea and sensory issues, now I know I had ADHD. And in the diagnoses and treatment of ADHD, many of these issues got better and I found better information that helped me connect my unexplained issues with the muscle issues, sensory issues and nervous system issues that are apart of ADHD.
These physical symptoms helped me explore my internal struggles as a people pleaser and in my journey to become more assertive, I realized how hard it is for women to set boundaries in their relationships.
As a woman who loved love & was the first to ask friends and family about their romantic quests, I tried to create a healthy romantic relationship & I worked hard to turn toward, soften my approach & ask directly for the specific things I needed, to not slip back into my people pleasing ways.
I am now divorced and when I was in this life transition, I grappled with a loss of meaning and mattering as my friends had mostly moved toward their spouses and babies, and the family that I once had planned was not an option anymore.
My worldview has been shaped by growing up in the male dominated world of construction, in being married to a man who was in the military for the majority of our relationship, and in noticing it’s easier for women to be assertive and liked in bigger cities, with less traditional values.
In my downtime, I often dance in front of a mirror with the same song on repeat, and I love to travel, swim in a lake and eat good food.
Much of my goal in this life, is to allow women to matter. For women to take up space in a way that is equal to that of men. For women’s time, knowledge and experiences to be respected.
I come from deaf and mute grandparents and given my privilege as a white woman, I know my ability to speak up is a privilege not all are afforded.
