Why I Created Love Yourself to Health π In 2004, I was diagnosed with a rare skin cancer that didnβt respond to radiation or chemotherapy. The only real option I was given was surgery; they could keep cutting, but they couldnβt really tell me how to heal. Deep down, I knew there had to be more. In 2010, I found the raw food lifestyle while searching for ways to support my body. I had struggled with my weight my whole life, and through that season I lost 150 pounds while also trying to get my health back. That experience changed me. For seven years, I kept the weight off. I made kombucha, sold it through a cafΓ©, shared what I was learning, and helped others understand healthy eating in a way that felt empowering instead of punishing. I loved helping people see that their bodies were not the enemy, but life kept teaching me that healing is not just about food. Grief, stress, family pain, relationship heartbreak, cancer, and survival mode all showed me something deeper: π You can change what you eat and still not feel at home in your body. π You can lose the weight and still carry the wound. π You can look like youβre doing better and still feel disconnected from yourself. That realization is what led me here. I didnβt just need another healthy eating plan. I needed to reconnect with myself, rebuild self-trust, and understand why I kept abandoning myself in the name of love, peace, responsibility, survival, and βbeing fine.β This is not work I teach from a finish line. It is work I live from the inside. My body has changed through different seasons of life, but I no longer see that as a reason to disconnect from myself. Healing, to me, is not about becoming who I used to be. It is about honoring who I am now. I believe healing is not about becoming perfect. It is about reconnecting with your whole self; body, mind, and heart. This is the core of what I teach now. π