My Training

I received my training as a Health Coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition's cutting-edge Health Coach Training Program.

During my training, I studied over 100 dietary theories, practical lifestyle management techniques, and innovative coaching methods with some of the world’s top health and wellness experts. My teachers included Dr. Andrew Weil, Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine; Dr. Deepak Chopra, leader in the field of mind-body medicine; Dr. David Katz, Director of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center; Dr. Walter Willett, Chair of Nutrition at Harvard University; Geneen Roth, bestselling author and expert on emotional eating; and many other leading researchers and nutrition authorities.

My education has equipped me with extensive knowledge in holistic nutrition, health coaching, and preventive health. Drawing on these skills and my knowledge of different dietary theories, I work with clients to help them make lifestyle changes that produce real and lasting results.

By attending different educational events is how I keep abreast of the latest discoveries in the fields of health and nutrition.  These are some of the ones I have attended in the last few years:

March 2012
Xymogen Workshop - Bethesda, MD
Mitochondria & Oxidative Stress, A Paradigm for Patient Care

December 2011
Metagenics Educational Programs - Falls Church, VA
Clinical Strategies for Restoring Energy & Optimizing Health

October 2011
Metagenics Educational Programs – Falls Church, VA
Advanced Clinical Therapies for Women’s Health

June 2011
Designs For Health Seminar – Linthicum, MD
Functional Endocrinology:
A 21st Century Approach to Thyroid & Adrenal Disorders and the Diobesity Epidemic

May 2011
Metagenics Educational Programs – Falls Church, VA
Clinical Breakthroughs in the Toxicity-Disease Connection

June 2010
The Center for Mind Body Medicine – Washington, DC
Food As Medicine: Integrating Nutrition Into Clinical Practice,
Medical Education and Community Health

May 2010
NeuroScience Seminar – Bethesda, MD
Neuro-Endo-Immunology Approach to Clinical Assessments:
The New Medical Paradigm

April 2010    
Metagenics Educational Programs – Tysons Corner, VA
Illuminating the Clinical Web: Treating Complex Cases

March 2010
FirstLine Therapy Implementation
Health & Lifestyle Education

February 2010
The Cancer Project – Washington, DC
Food For Life Nutrition Class for Cancer Prevention & Survival

March 2009
Metagenics Educational Programs – Tysons Corner, VA
The Future of the Clinic: Chronic Illness

January 2008
Metagenics Educational Programs – Washington, DC
The Emerging Therapeutic Target