I went into college with Pre-Med as my major.  I was hurting and by helping others I could take the focus off my pain and positively invest my energy into others.  My sophomore year of college I had a paradigm shift.  I began researching wellness.  I started simply by taking a walk everyday around the park and adding more whole foods to each meal working to steer clear of all the sugary and delightful fried foods I was so use to consuming. I got to the point where I didn’t crave these foods any more and I began exercising on a regular bases and researching ways to maintain a healthy life. I started implementing many of the principles you will find here on Our Wellness Revolution.

I still wasn’t to a point I was satisfied however.  Everyday at the hospital I encountered people who suffered from aliments due to a lack of nutrition.  In school we were only required to take 1 credit hour of nutrition.  I already understood that the body is an amazing healing machine, when you give it the proper nutrition it functions correctly, I saw this with the profound results I was having.  I realized that a career in medicine was not for me though I still had a calling to help people.  I wanted to get to the root of the issues people were struggling with and not just slap a bandaid on them and send them on their way.  Being a doctor was my dream since I was a child and that dream was changing.  I graduated with a major in Sociology and a double minor in Psychology and Criminology as well as acquiring a degree as a Certified Nurses Assistant in 3 years.  Out of college I got a job working at a youth shelter where I was a case worker for at risk youth.  This lasted a few years until I was drawn to Colorado and the dental profession. After five years in dental assisting I was back to square one wondering what I was supposed to do, knowing that what I was doing was not my life’s calling.