Taking a personal approach to your unique health journey - for lasting change

Betsy is a certified applied functional medicine health coach. She has additional training in gastrointestinal clinical mastery from the Institute of Restorative Health and is certified in functional blood chemistry analysis and diagnostics. She combines her clinical training and experience with holistic coaching to create a pathway for root cause resolution for her clients. Betsy’s approach incorporates clinical testing and analysis with nutrition and lifestyle strategies to support a unique client’s current need and the restoration of their whole-body balance and vitality.  

Some highlights of her holistic wellness educational journey include:

  • 2012 Institute for Integrative Nutrition – Holistic Health Coach

  • 2018 School of Applied Functional Medicine - AFMC

  • 2022 Optimal Dx Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis and Diagnostics Certified

  • 2025 Institute of Restorative Health - Clinical GI Mastry Certified

  • 2026-2027 Apollo Health – Re-Code Certified Health Coach

  • 2022 – Present: Florida School of Holistic Living – Roots of Herbal Medicine / Family Herbal Medicine / Community Herbal Medicine     

As a “non-prescriber,” I don’t diagnose or treat, instead, I work closely with my clients to identify, from a deep understanding of their unique health history, symptom assessment and clinicial testing, where imbalances, bloackages and impairments are occurring and how to address them. Each client brings their own bio-individuality and my goal is to support them with care and respect while together we design lifestyle and natural solutions / protocols that address root cause drivers, reestablish resilience and optimize their health. This is not a “pill for an ill” approach, however it affords an individual deep and lasting resolution - and that’s what we all want for ourselves and our loved ones.

insights from my own wellness journey

Having overcome chronic illness through food and healthy lifestyle practices, I know first-hand how the choices we make every day can impact our lives.  

Here’s a little of my story… 

I began having health issues in my teens with chronic viral infections. In my early 30s, I was diagnosed with a little-known auto-immune disease. Without acceptable or tried treatment options, I had to do my homework and figure out what I could do, all I could do, to restore some quality of life. I researched the disease, changed my diet dramatically, made lots of lifestyle changes, introduced a supplement regimen and began to repair and rebuild my immune system. One year later, I was in less pain and better health but I still had a long way to go.  

Today, looking in the rear view mirror, it’s been over 20 years since I’ve taken antibiotics, which used to be a 6-7+ course per year routine. It’s been as many years since I’ve experienced symptoms of the auto immune disease that hijacked my life back then. But, I’m not naïve; I know that my immune system can and has gone haywire…so I pay attention, every day.  

The challenges I had forced me to navigate my own path to optimal health. It took trial, error and time to restore my health and the lessons I’ve learned along the way have been invaluable: I learned that wellness is my #1 responsibility to myself and those around me. I learned that the journey is fluid; optimal health evolves with age, environment and events. And I learned to invest in, and nurture, all aspects of my health. Because simply put, I AM my greatest asset.  

…and YOU are yours.