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How I went from overcoming a brain injury to helping women enhance their cognitive vitality and create a brain-healthy life

 

But it wasn't a direct path from acquiring a brain injury to becoming my vibrant self again. Unfortunately, there was no guidance, support, or road map made available on how to recover from a brain injury and the lingering symptoms.

In fact, I didn't even know I was dealing with brain-based issues and that I had not made a full recovery. I just thought this is how it is now and I would have to live with memory issues, difficulty thinking and concentrating, light and sound sensitivity, headaches, dizziness, fatigue, moodiness, etc...for the rest of my life!

How I went from overcoming a brain injury to helping women banish brain fog and create better brain health so to
live life fully again

 

But it wasn't a direct path from acquiring a brain injury to becoming my vibrant self again. Unfortunately, there was no guidance, support, or road map made available on how to recover from the prolonged symptoms.

In fact, I didn't even know I was dealing with brain fog / neuro-fatigue and that I had not made a full recovery. I just thought this is how it is now and I would have to live with difficulty thinking and concentrating, light and sound sensitivity, headaches, dizziness, fatigue, moodiness, etc...for the rest of my life!

Pilates, Horses, and a sudden long
 road to recovery

With a background in Chiropractic, Functional Medicine, Pilates Rehabilitation and Peak Performance training, I have the privilege of working with Olympic athletes, top professionals and amateur equestrian riders from all around the world and help them shift from injury and disease to health and happiness. 

Being a competitive athlete myself, I prescribe to the same healthy lifestyle, dietary regime and training programs I have successfully taught my patients over the past 20 years.

So, what could possibly go wrong?

Equestrian Pilates

The Moment My Life Changed FOREVER


In 2006 over Christmas Holidays, I woke up with an excruciating headache that was getting worse over the past 24 hours. I was rushed to the hospital and thanks to a carefully executed spinal tap, I was diagnosed with viral meningitis.

Since there is no treatment, the doctors just monitored me and continued administering anti-inflammatory medications intravenously. I was discharged a week later and told to go home and rest.

That was it!

There was no guidance on how to overcome the extreme fatigue, brain fog, cognitive issues, dizziness, inability to find words, intense pain with eye movements, headaches, and emotional waterfall that followed for years to come.

I carried on in life as best as I could, but life was not the same...I WAS NOT THE SAME

Five years later, I sustained a concussion from a tiny car accident and once again all hell broke loose in my brain intensifying every symptom I ever had.

This WTF moment lead me on a ferocious journey to learn EVERYTHING I could on how to enhance my cognitive vitality and create a healthier brain so this NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN!

Putting the pieces together

I knew I needed up-to-date evidence-based research from renowned leaders in the field of Clinical Neuroscience, Concussion, and Functional Medicine. Being under the direct tutelage of the most brilliant minds in these fields lead me to become a Board Certified Chiropractic Neurologist with Fellowship training in Traumatic Brain Injury / Concussion Rehabilitation and in Nutrition / NeuroChemistry.

 

Achieving success

After over a decade of living with constant fatigue, decreased motivation, difficulty concentrating, irritability, blurred vision, gut-related issues, lowered immunity, and more...

I now understood how to:

  • accurately evaluate brain-based symptoms and create a treatment plan
  • reverse cognitive issues by creating better brain health habits
  • develop neuro performance programs to build brain resilience 
  • be a vibrant person living my life fully again

And after all that was dialed in...

The Brain Health Savvy Movement 

 

The best part of all…

I have the honor of helping women with brain-based issues, just like you, side-step years of struggle. So welcome to the BRAIN HEALTH SAVVY way of life - one that is full of vitality, enthusiasm, passion, and plenty of laughs (and a few tears) along the way.

I’m so excited that you are here and grateful that you made it.

I called my movement Brain Health Savvy as a reminder for me daily to own our decisions in creating a healthier brain, that life is good, stop playing small, create with joy, listen to your inner voice, growth equals happiness, and from time to time be ok with those meltdown moments.

Today, I have the privilege of teaching the most amazing women all around the world how to live a brain-healthy life. I'm obsessed with helping them enhance their cognitive vitality and reverse the cognitive decline by using a multitude of science-based holistic approaches, gain clarity on their personal healing journey, and most importantly support them in doing the inner work to achieve a healthier brain for life!

More than a decade later, my life is more connected and magical than it was before my diagnosis. I am healthier, happier, and run a mission-driven business that serves my community and makes me feel profoundly grateful for each and every day.

If I can pull that off, just imagine what YOU can do too!

The Brain Health Savvy Movement 

 

The best part of all…

I have the honor of helping thousands of women with brain fog / neuro-fatigue, just like you, side-step years of struggle. So welcome to the BRAIN HEALTH SAVVY way of life - one that is full of vitality, enthusiasm, passion, and plenty of laughs (and a few tears) along the way.

I’m so excited that you are here and grateful that you made it.

I called my movement Brain Health Savvy as a reminder for me daily to own our decisions in creating a healthier brain, that life is good, stop playing small, create with joy, listen to your inner voice, growth equals happiness, and from time to time be ok with those meltdown moments.

Today, I have the privilege of helping the most amazing women all around the world. I'm obsessed with helping my clients banish brain fog and create better brain health (using a multitude of science-based holistic approaches), gain clarity on their personal healing journey, and most importantly support them in doing the inner work to achieve a healthier brain.

More than a decade later, my life is more connected and magical than it was before my diagnosis. I am healthier, happier, and run a mission-driven business that serves my community and makes me feel profoundly grateful for each and every day.

If I can pull that off, just imagine what YOU can do too!

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