Finding the padding: I am a nutrition health coach specializing in the GI microbiome. I am a health explorer, experimenter, and boundary pusher in my own life. I strive to create art out of my daily life. (I don’t expect my clients to do as I do, and I let them know that, because I do a lot of weird shit. Still apologizing. Also self deprecation is one of my main social strategies… I guess a protective way to get in front of criticism.). I spend too much time helping my clients weed through misinformation and overwhelming nutrition information, unfortunately. But I meet them where they’re at, and tune into them deeply. I don’t want to spend all of my time debunking other people’s work, though. (People pleasing. I don’t want to do a lot of things but I feel like I do them because that’s why they’re paying me). I had a final straw moment when I worked for a very well known “biohacker”, whom I had admired for a decade. (Now this makes me sick! I’m still angry!). That experience is shaping how I have been moving forward… A little vague because it still feels cautious. I have definitely been a people pleaser for far too long. (admittedly I still am. I can name it now, but I see how deeply rooted this is).