Hi! My name is Hope, and I’m an integrative Health Coach and functional Nutritionist. I’ve been studying, practicing, and coaching lifestyle medicine for over a decade. I work with people to leverage their inherent strengths and personal preferences to build eating and lifestyle practices that fuel optimal health and healing.
 
I wholeheartedly believe that when we make small, targeted changes to our daily habits, they can lead to profound and sustainable improvements to the quality of our lives. I use functional nutrition to address imbalances and symptoms at the root cause to minimize or eliminate dysfunction within the body. 
 
I have personally struggled most of my life with health concerns that were only sometimes resolved by conventional medicine practitioners. I am alive today because of conventional medicine interventions, and I am thriving today because of functional medicine and targeted nutrition.
 
Even as young as 6 years old, I knew that food had an impact on my health when my dad first told me about the value of eating mushrooms. I spent my teenage years as a serious athlete and always felt under-fueled. I wasn’t meeting the needs my body demanded, which left me vulnerable to injuries, slow recoveries, and less than optimal performance. 
 
After college, I spent nearly 20 years working in corporate America, where long hours, loads of stress, and counterproductive coping habits (coffee, Diet Coke, and wine) took a toll on my health. When I became a mom of twin daughters, I finally decided to make the necessary shifts I needed for my health in order to be the mom I wanted to be and have the quality of life I deserved.
 
I got my first health coaching certification from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in 2012 and haven’t stopped improving my knowledge or my health since. 
 
·  Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach – 2012 + 2023
·  Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach - 2016
·  Certified Gut Thrive in 5 Practitioner - 2022
·  Certified Gluten Free Diet Practitioner - 2022
·  In progress – Funk’tional Nutrition Academy 
 
I am married to my husband Steve, mom to my daughters Kenzie and Madi, my two dogs, Isaac and Ivy, and I live in Colorado. When I’m not working, I enjoy golfing, hiking, cooking, pilates, and watching college lacrosse.