FAQs

While I specialize in supporting women with PMDD, autoimmune issues, and fatigue, I welcome anyone ready for deep, root-cause healing including men and children.

Our Vibrant Health Discovery Session includes a full review of your health history, lifestyle, and symptoms to uncover root causes and identify next steps.

Yes! Depending on your package, we use micronutrient panels, food sensitivity tests, and hormone/gut assessments to guide your healing plan. There is also an option to run testing for mold, heavy metals, and gut microbes if your progress has stalled

Unlike conventional care, I don’t focus on symptom suppression. I focus on helping you feel safe in your body, heal your gut, support your drainage pathways, rebalance hormones, and build sustainable habits.

No. Functional health coaching complements—not replaces—conventional care. I work with you to support your body’s natural healing processes.

Yes! Healing should be accessible. We can discuss a plan that works for your needs during your discovery session.

FDN practitioners are health detectives. We uncover root causes of dysfunction in the body. Rather than simply chasing symptoms, an FDN-P will help you to understand why those symptoms are happening in the first place. We do our research, connect the dots between your lab work, health timeline, and symptom history.

FDN-Ps use functional lab work to identify healing opportunities. In doing so, we aim to restore the body to normal function with without having to diagnose or treat specific diseases. Ultimately, the goal of the FDN-P is to guide their clients through customized diet, detox, and lifestyle programs so that they may learn to remain healthy for a lifetime.

In most cases, functional lab assessments are considered alternative medicine and are not covered under insurance. As a health consultant, I don’t provide insurance billing services of any kind. In many cases, lab fees can be paid for up front with a Health Savings Account (HSA). 

Some clients have successfully submitted statements for reimbursement for out-of-pocket medical expenses, especially when submitting to a Health Savings Account. If neither is possible, The Live Well Initiative practitioner fees and the lab fees are usually tax deductible if you itemize health care costs. Check with your tax specialist to be certain.

You are worth being healthy. I urge you not let the costs of functional care get in the way of healing and living your best life.

Your body is designed to be healthy, and the functional approach helps to restore your natural state of vitality. Whether you’re experiencing fatigue, depression, or unexplained weight gain, the functional approach maintains that your symptoms are not the problem, they are the result of the problem. Unfortunately, many of us spend years stuck in a cycle of trial and error in an attempt to alleviate those symptoms. Rather than wasting energy suppressing symptoms, the functional approach aims to discover the root cause of hidden stress in body and coach up function in all systems so your body can get back to doing what it was built to do-take care of you.

Becoming healthy is a lifestyle. No one would expect to go to the gym and have a six pack by the end of the week. Initially the effort you put in may not seem to alleviate your symptoms all that much, three months later you'll find yourself in a completely different place!

For example, a commitment to removing added sugars from the diet can result in profound long-term changes that may include weight loss, lowered inflammation, improved blood sugar regulation, hormonal balance, and better cognitive performance. It must be emphasized that while diet and lifestyle changes are much more subtle than taking prescription drugs, their combined effects are long-term, and restorative. In a society that wants everything NOW - the functional approach can seem like it takes a long time, but it's effects FAR outlast those that offer a quick fix.

The work you put into this is what you'll get out of it. The more dedicated you are to your health and heeding the advice of your health coach, the more positive outcomes you are likely to see.

This is what sets apart the functional approach from the traditional medical model. YOU become an active participant in your own health, rather than a passive subject that takes a pill and continues unhealthy habits. Nobody will ever care more about your own health than you. 

Results are highly individual and may depend on

1) the length of time you’ve been experiencing chronic stress

2) to what degree the underlying stress has been present.

For example, one client dealing with migraines and allergies may see the complete removal of their symptoms with strict avoidance of gluten, while another client with longstanding autoimmune issues may not see the same results with simple dietary changes alone. In the latter scenario, putting an autoimmune disease into remission could take a year or more of peeling back the layers of hidden stress.

Working with an FDN-P does not guarantee results; however, there are reasonable expectations that symptoms will resolve as you begin to untangle the web of root causes contributing to your symptoms.