If you’re exhausted by managing multiple specialists, fighting insurance companies, and feeling unseen or dismissed by the healthcare system, I understand. I’ve spent decades self navigating a maze of complex medical challenges inside a system that often fails people like us. I’ve lived through medical trauma, misdiagnoses, medical gaslighting, and complete dismissal. But I’ve learned how to advocate fiercely, clearly, and effectively. Today, many medical providers look to me for insight because they trust my intuition, dedication to finding solutions, and depth of knowledge. My lived experience includes rare and life-threatening genetic disorders, MCAS, histamine intolerance, autoimmune disease, thyroid dysfunction, total organ removal, mold and environmental toxicities, chronic inflammation, chronic fatigue, food sensitivities, and hormone imbalance. I know what it feels like to face diagnostic overwhelm, fear, confusion, and an increasingly complicated electronic medical system while trying to advocate for yourself. My approach is grounded in both conventional and alternative fields. I hold a degree in Biology, am a former licensed massage therapist, and spent years as a top consultant in health food stores. Because my body doesn’t follow the textbook, I’ve mastered how to research medical literature, interpret complex labs, connect the dots on “weird” symptoms, prepare for appointments, communicate effectively with medical staff, and make successful recommendations for my own care. I’m a natural problem solver who has learned how to move beyond online panic searching for diagnoses and treatments, symptom spiraling, and medical desperation. My work is trauma aware, practical, deeply compassionate, and rooted in lived experience. I can help you navigate conventional medicine, functional medicine, or both…translating each approach into clear, understandable options so you can choose what fits your needs. Beyond strategy and data gathering, I understand how lonely and scary this road can be. If you don’t need specific guidance at this time and simply need someone to talk to, a peer who truly gets it, I am here for you! Please note that I do not provide medical advice, alter treatments, or prescribe medications or supplements. Instead, I act as your medical strategic partner and navigational copilot, helping you move through the healthcare system with clarity and purpose instead of fear and confusion. Areas of Navigation & Research Experience: • Medical Mystery Lens: Supporting patients with rare, paradoxical, or hard to categorize symptoms that single organ specialists fail to connect. • Anxiety Free Research Strategy: Replacing frantic Google searches and Facebook rabbit holes with peer reviewed medical data. • Multi Specialist Coordination: Organizing complex histories, medication/supplement schedules so you can communicate clearly with your providers. • Conventional & Functional Integration: Understanding how conventional labs and functional diagnostics fit together to reveal the full picture. • Medical Trauma & Nervous System Regulation: Bringing a grounded, trauma aware perspective to help reduce the anxiety that comes with chronic illness. How I Can Help You: • Appointment Blueprint: We review your history and build a clear plan so you walk into appointments knowing exactly what to ask. • Lab and Imaging Support: We look at your lab and imaging orders and results together so you understand the terminology and potential follow up questions.to discuss with your clinician. • Empowerment Script: We create communication strategies that help you speak confidently with dismissive providers or navigate confusing insurance situations. • Validating Listening Space: A safe, grounded session to vent, process overwhelm, and release the emotional weight of chronic illness with someone who genuinely understands. DISCLAIMER: I provide educational research, lab navigation guidance, and strategic preparation tools based on my personal and professional research background. I am not a physician, I do not diagnose or treat illness, and our sessions are entirely non-clinical. Please make sure to double-check the physical labels on your medications, supplements, and direct instructions from your primary medical provider before making any changes to your care plan. Related Topics: MCAS • Histamine intolerance • Medical trauma • Medical gaslighting • Invisible illness • Rare disease navigation • Complex chronic illness • Appointment preparation • Medical research translation • Mold toxicity • Trauma informed support • Chronic inflammation • Hormone imbalance • Brain fog • Colectomy and Ileostomy support • Food sensitivities • Healthcare anxiety • Patient advocacy • Chronic illness support • Lyme disease • Bartonella • Complex medical cases • Rare disease • Mental health impacts of chronic illness • Interpreting lab results • Medical research • Mentoring