Meet Our Instructors
Founder, Director & Lead Instructor of the Funk’tional Nutrition Academy
Like many who become health practitioners, I first got into this field as a way to heal myself. After years of struggling with eating disorders, I went to dietetics school to become a dietitian to “fix myself.”
While I will always remain deeply grateful for the strong science foundation my college provided me (LOVE me some O-Chem!), walking away with a Nutrition & Dietetics degree didn’t solve any of my eating, digestive, or health problems. In fact, they got worse. (Awkward.)
Erin Holt
Around this same time, I was also studying meditation, energy medicine and yoga. Through these “alternative” modalities, I was finally able to dissolve my 13 year struggle with disordered eating and start to feel like myself.
I recognized that this unconventional approach could help others, too, and knew I needed to integrate this into the way I practiced.
But back in 2010, functional medicine and functional nutrition weren’t nearly as popular as they are now. There was no perfectly laid out path for what I could do. Since there were no clear next steps, I had to bushwhack my way and piecemeal my continuing education. Basically, I just figured things out along the way.
In 2014, I had my daughter. And promptly got pretty sick. It took me a solid YEAR before any healthcare provider actually listened to me. Through the tumultuous journey to find a diagnosis and through the years of research and self-inquiry that it took to heal, I realized massive gaps in the conventional healthcare model–these were the gaps I set out to fill with my own work.
It was my goal to create healing space, support, and solutions for people struggling in the same way I did. The people who were being failed by the conventional approach to health. Turns out, there was a real need for it, because my word of mouth referrals quickly spread, and my business quickly grew.
Having made a name for myself in the functional nutrition space through the Funk’tional Nutrition Podcast, a lot of practitioners began reaching out to me to ask “Where did you learn everything you know? What program did you take?”
I always have to chuckle. It’s SO much more than one program. As a questioner and lifelong learner, I’m always seeking more ways to further hone my skills and find new avenues for deeper learning.
After earning my B.S. in Nutrition & Dietetics, I went on to become certified as a health coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. I completed an apprenticeship and yearlong training in Energy Healing with Elizabeth Guilbeault, and at the same time completed my yoga teacher certification. I happily received my IFNCP certification through IFNA and completed a year-long mentorship and certification for Functional Medicine through the Kalish Institute. I earned my Spiritual Coaching Certification through Institute of Spiritual Coaching with Jessica Flanigan along with a Transformational Eating™ certification through her as well. I’ve completed many programs through the Kharrazian Institute, including a yearlong clinical mastership. I’ve studied courses in Advanced Gastrointestinal & SIBO Case Management, Diabetes & Dysglycemia, Autoimmunity Clinical Strategy, and Neural Reprogramming—to name a few. I received my Health Transformation Accelerator Certification with Dr. Alex Golden and Megan Blacksmith. I’ve been certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Neural Energetic Wiring, Hypnotherapy, Quantum Time Technique & EFT. I’m currently enrolled in a yearlong training program at Stanford to further my education in mind-body medicine. I’ve invested in top business and mindset coaches and have relentlessly studied entrepreneurship and marketing—so I can put all of my education and knowledge into actual practice.
It took me over a decade, and well over $200K in piecemeal trainings and mentorship.
My original goal with creating the Funk’tional Nutrition Academy was to save other practitioners the time, money, and frustration associated with figuring this stuff out on their own.
Back in college, I remember telling an advisor what I wanted to do after graduation. She told me “this career doesn’t exist.” That’s the moment I knew…I will have to build it myself. And that’s exactly what I have spent the past 12 years doing.
I am sharing all I have learned—through continuing education, clinical experience, and growing a business—with you here, in the Funk’tional Nutrition Academy.
As I continue to learn and grow—as a functional nutrition practitioner, entrepreneur, coach, and person —so, too, does this program.
Rachel Heintz, MS, RD
Rachel is a registered dietitian with years of clinical experience working as a Lead Functional Medicine Practitioner in a prominent functional medicine clinic, and is now Lead Practitioner for The Funk’tional Nutritionist, and an instructor at FNA. As an IFM Certified Practitioner and a graduate of the very first cohort of Funk’tional Nutrition Academy, Rachel is well aligned with the philosophy here at FNA.
Because of her extensive experience working with thousands of patients applying functional medicine modalities and high-level labs, Rachel serves as a clinical mentor in the Funk’tional Nutrition Academy. FNA students have the opportunity to work directly with Rachel to review case studies, client labs and treatment strategies during our complimentary clinical office hours. Meeting with Rachel gives you the confidence and insight to better support your clients!
Rachel graduated from California Polytechnic State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition Science, Applied Nutrition, along with a minor in Biology. She continued on at Cox College in Springfield, Missouri where she completed her Masters Degree in Nutrition, along with her Diagnostics and Dietetic Internship. She currently lives in San Jose, CA with her husband and two pups.
Rachel offers complimentary discovery calls with prospective students during our open enrollment to help them learn more about FNA and give them an opportunity to ask questions to an FNA grad and instructor—all in one. To schedule your discovery call, you’ll first need to fill out the application form and we’ll be in touch with next steps!
EXPERTS IN THEIR INDUSTRY
Visiting Faculty
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Anti-Aging & Longevity
Led byDr. Kara Fitzgerald, ND, IFMCP
Dr. Fitzgerald has conducted primary research on dietary and lifestyle interventions that influence both gene expression and epigenetic clocks. As the thinking around biological age assessment continues to evolve and expand, find out what her latest recommendations are for biological age assessment including third generation epigenetic clocks as well as non DNA methylation-based assessments. Discover the specific parts of her multimodal intervention that appear to be most influential on moving the needle on DNA methylation and epigenetic age. Not least, understand the promise of epigenetics more broadly, such as what can be revealed in the placental methylome and how epigenetic signatures can already be used to identify early-stage cancer.
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Liz Wolfe, NTP & Certified Personal Trainer
Liz Wolfe helps women 35+ silence decades of diet and health confusion to finally own their health and fitness so they can age like the badasses they are. She’s a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Certified Personal Trainer; a best-selling author and podcast host; founder of the IdealAge brand of supplements; and creator of the Own Your Metabolism program and the Own Your Fitness app.
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Carrie Jones, ND, FABNE, MPH
Carrie Jones, ND, FABNE, MPH is an internationally recognized speaker, consultant, and educator on the topic of women’s health and hormones with over 20 years in the industry. Dr. Jones graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon where she also completed a 2-year residency in women’s health, hormones, and endocrinology. Later, she graduated from Grand Canyon University’s Master of Public Health program. Dr. Jones was one of the first to become board certified through the American Board of Naturopathic Endocrinology and currently serves on the board. She was the Medical Director for the DUTCH Test for several years and is a Clinical Expert for the Lifestyle Matrix Resource Center and Under Armour. Currently, she is the Head of Medical Education at Rupa Health and host of the Root Cause Medicine Podcast. For FNA Carrie drops her expert knowledge during a high-level Masterclass on hormonal health.
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Mark Pimentel, MD
Mark Pimentel, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and of Gastroenterology at Cedars-Sinai. Dr. Pimentel is also the Executive Director of the Medically Associated Science and Technology (MAST) program at Cedars-Sinai, an enterprise of physicians and researchers dedicated to the study of the gut microbiome in order to develop effective diagnostic tools and therapies to improve patient care. Dr. Pimentel is also a Professor of Medicine at the Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA.)
As a physician and researcher, Dr. Pimentel has served as a principal investigator or co-investigator for numerous basic science, translational and clinical investigations of IBS and the relationship between gut flora composition and human disease. This research led to the first ever blood tests for IBS, ibs-smartTM, the only licensed and patented serologic diagnostic for IBS. The test measures the levels of two validated IBS biomarkers, anti-CdtB and anti-vinculin.
A pioneering expert in IBS, Dr. Pimentel’s work has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Physiology, American Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Gastroenterology and Digestive Diseases and Sciences, among others. Dr. Pimentel has presented at national and international medical conferences and advisory boards. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology,) a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society. Dr. Pimentel completed 3 years of an undergraduate degree in honors microbiology and biochemistry at the University of Manitoba, Canada. This was followed by his medical degree, and his BSc (Med) from the University of Manitoba Health Sciences Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where he also completed a residency in internal medicine. His medical training includes a fellowship in gastroenterology at the UCLA Affiliated Training Program. For FNA Dr. Pimentel brings his expertise on SIBO & IBS research, testing & treatment options.
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Yael Joffe, PhD, RD, FACN
Yael is globally acknowledged as a leading expert in the field of nutrigenomics. In 2000, she was part of the team that built the first lifestyle genetics test, and since then has been responsible for the building of many others. She is the author of four books, The Power of Genetics, It’s Not Just Your Genes, Genes to Plate, and SNP Journal. Yael has been published in multiple peer-reviewed scientific journals, hosts the Power of Genetics podcast, and is a highly regarded speaker in genetics. Yael built the first online nutrigenomics platform for clinician education and has developed and supervised genomics courses around the world. She has trained thousands of healthcare practitioners globally, also teaching at Rutgers University and the Maryland University of Integrative Health.
In 2018, Yael founded 3X4 Genetics and now serves as its Chief Science Officer. The company’s practitioner-focused genetics platform offers comprehensive genetic testing, reporting and recommendations, clinician education and mentorship, and practitioner community. 3X4 Genetics is setting the course for how peoples’ genetics will effectively inform every daily decision to improve health and optimize everyday performance. For FNA Yael presents a fascinating lecture on how clinicians can bring the world of lifestyle genetics and epigenetics into your practice.
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Deanna Minich, MS, PhD, CNS, IFMCP
Deanna Minich, MS, PhD, CNS, Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner (IFMCP), is a nutrition scientist, international lecturer, educator, and author, with over twenty years of experience in academia and in the food and dietary supplement industries, currently serving as Chief Science Officer at Symphony Natural Health. She has been active as a functional medicine clinician in clinical trials and in her own practice (Food & Spirit™). She is the author of six consumer books on wellness topics, four book chapters, and over fifty scientific publications. Her academic background is in nutrition science, including a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Illinois at Chicago (1995) and a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Medical Sciences from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands (1999). She has served on the Nutrition Advisory Board for The Institute of Functional Medicine and on the Board of Directors for the American Nutrition Association. Currently, she teaches for the Institute for Functional Medicine, University of Western States, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and Institute for Brain Potential. Through her talks, workshops, groups, and in-person retreats, she helps people to practically and artfully transform their lives through nutrition and lifestyle.
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Lara Briden, ND
Lara Briden is a naturopathic doctor and bestselling author of the books Period Repair Manual and Hormone Repair Manual — practical guides to treating period problems with nutrition, supplements, and bioidentical hormones.
With a strong science background, Lara sits on several advisory boards and is the lead author on a couple of peer-reviewed papers.
She has more than 20 years’ experience in women’s health and currently has consulting rooms in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she treats women with PCOS, PMS, endometriosis, perimenopause, and many other hormone- and period-related health problems.
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Beth Segerholm, DNP, FNP-BC, IFMCP
Dr. Beth Segerholm is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She has had six years of experience as an orthopedic/medical-surgical registered nurse at HonorHealth Shea in Scottsdale Arizona. She also has had three years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner in Family Medicine in Scottsdale, Arizona where she helped create and manage a clinic focused primarily on Preventive and Functional Medicine. Currently she works for Root Cause Medical Clinic, a collaborative functional medicine practice, in Saratoga, California as their lead medical clinical. As a Family Nurse Practitioner she has worked with all ailments, but her areas of expertise are optimizing cardiometabolic, microbiome/gut, and hormone function. She is a member of the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), and has completed the IFM certified practitioner program. For FNA Beth presents to students how to understand cholesterol through a functional medicine lens.
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Carolyn Stone, ND
Dr. Stone is a licensed naturopathic physician in the state of Arizona and owner of Stone Naturopathic. She has a passion for helping women with thyroid disorders who are looking to get their life back. She was tired of seeing women brushed off by their health practitioners or given unnecessary treatments and as a result made it her mission to serve these women in the way they deserve. Helping others return home to their true selves is her ultimate goal. For FNA Dr. Stone delivers a Masterclass on lab considerations & treatment strategies for Hashimoto’s.
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Jessica Flanigan, Clinical Nutritionist
Jessica is an authority on the autoimmune, paleo movement, and well beyond. For 25 years she has been a clinical nutritionist and worked extensively in private practice with medical doctors, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and bodyworkers. She’s the author of The Loving Diet, which she created to help clients have a more comprehensive plan for healing. Using Loving as a way to better health, The Loving Diet is a revolutionary approach to healing. Within FNA, Jessica presents a powerful lecture on Restrictive Healing Diets & Orthorexia.
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Toréa Rodriguez, FDN-P
After completing her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry, Toréa has embodied transformation and self-discovery. She’s worked at some of the leading dot-com Silicon Valley companies, has held executive positions, and she used to be a professional pilot flying jets for private families and charter companies out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Her diagnosis of two debilitating autoimmune diseases brought her back to biochemistry, not only achieving full remission, but also certification as a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner. During that time she discovered her love of coaching. Today, she coaches her clients through their own unique transformational experience that helps restore health, vitality, and balance the immune system so that they can focus on their dreams without sacrificing their health. Based on a three-part lecture series, Toréa presents her expertise on Mold & Mycotoxins in an FNA master class.
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Lara Adler, CHHC
Lara is an Environmental Toxins Expert & Educator and a Certified Holistic Health Coach who teaches health professionals of all types, and individuals with health-based businesses, to better understand the role of environmental chemical exposures in causing or contributing to chronic health issues, so they can more comprehensively support the clients/patients they serve. She trains practitioners to become experts in everyday toxic exposures so they can improve client outcomes without spending hundreds of hours researching on their own. Lara presented to FNA students a master class all about environmental toxin exposure and what we're being exposed to, how it can affect our health, what we can do about it, and how to minimize anxiety and overwhelm when working with clients/patients.
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Kaely McDevitt, RD
Kaely is a Registered Dietitian specializing in women's health. She owns a virtual private practice where she and her team help their clients overcome hormone and digestive issues through personalized nutrition. Having experienced the pitfalls of a conventional approach to women's health first hand, Kaely is passionate about empowering women to take the driver's seat over their health and well-being. Kaely offers up her expertise on Drainage Pathways for FNA students in a master class.
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Allie Mason, Social Media Strategist
Allie is Founder & CEO of Something Greater Social, a boutique social media agency serving purpose-driven, conscious entrepreneurs leverage their expertise to build an organic online presence and thriving, loyal, Instagram community driven by authenticity, expertise, and valuable content. In her master class for FNA, Allie teaches everything you need to know to master your Instagram marketing without compromising your integrity or authenticity.
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Meg Doll, RHN
Meg is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Certified Spiritual Coach, and Somatic & Recovery Coach dedicated to empowering women through their self-love and self-healing journey. Meg helps women heal their relationship with food, helps them get to the root of their health issues, and teaches them how to heal through learning to love themselves. For FNA, Meg brings us her expertise on Hypothalamic Amenorrhea & Hypothalamic Amenorrhea recovery in a master class.
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Christine Dyan Thomson, RDN, LDN
Christine is the Owner/Founder of the Manipura Centre, an online centre that provides education, resources, and support to Registered Dietitians who want to better market themselves so they can increase their earning potential by charging what their services are worth. Christine is also the creator and host of the Make More Money as a Dietitian Podcast.
For FNA Christine teaches the mindset basics of what it really takes to create sustainable change so you can make more money as a dietitian. Learn more about her signature programs and download the popular free workbook “How to Calculate Your Rate as an RD Entrepreneur” here.
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Meg O'Neill, Marketing Consultant
With 20 years of marketing and social media experience up her sleeve, Meg O’Neill has mastered the art of conjuring brand magic on social media. From local startups to national names, Meg has helped turned them into social media sensations.
Meg is the go-to for showing businesses how to transform their audience into a thriving, buzzing community. Think of her as the architect of digital excitement, crafting spaces where your brand and its followers can have a fabulous time together.
In the world of social media marketing, Meg is more than a consultant; she is a visionary, a strategist, and your brand's best friend. For FNA Meg teaches you how to create marketing magic by finding a way to attract your clients in a way that feels true and right for you.
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Carli Genet, LICSW
Carli is a licensed clinical social worker in the states of NH and ME and a graduate of the UNH Masters in Social Work program. She provides trauma-informed individual and couples therapy and specializes in intensive EMDR therapy for adults. She uses an attachment lens to support clients in healing long-standing relational wounds and patterns through change-focused therapy. She incorporates both physical and mental treatment modalities including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Interventions, Motivational Interviewing, meditation, mindfulness and yoga. For FNA Carli showcases her expertise on trauma-Informed care & EMDR, how to assess, respond, and refer when trauma affects your client’s physical healing.
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Scott Holt, Marketing Strategist
Scott Holt is a hands on creative lead, art director, designer and marketing strategist. He honed his chops for 20+ years as a designer and creative leader for agencies and clients both small and large — from Twin Barns Brewery to Timberland Boots. He is the founder of Obie, a design studio created to get back to personalized design, working one-on-one with our clients to develop brand identities from the ground up...and have fun doing it. For FNA Scott teaches students how to build a brand identity and create an aesthetic to reflect your message.
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Amy McKelvey, Herbalist
Amy McKelvey is an integrative herbalist and natural products consultant passionate about sharing herbal knowledge. Her work is focused largely on promoting a proactive approach to wellness that advocates listening to the body and weaving in the herbal traditions of generations of women healers to our meals and medicines of the everyday.
In her work with local community groups, holistic practitioners, and mental health experts, Amy helps to shine a light on the tangibles effects that cultivating a deep connection to the land and the natural world of plants has on easing stress and mitigating chronic disease risk.
Amy is a member of the Women’s Medicine Collective, the American Herbalist Guild and the Founder and CEO of her vital way, a practitioner recommended wellness brand that sells Non-GMO, clinically validated herbs and supplements, at efficacious dosing – direct-to-consumer. A mother of two fiercely fabulous daughters, an avid gardener, chicken mama, as well as a consumer advocate, Amy has been featured in SHAPE, Seventeen Magazine, Wander Wellness Magazine, Whole Foods Magazine, Vitamin Retailer, Yoga Digest, Natural Practitioner, Natural Solutions, SKIN, Inc. and on numerous blogs and podcasts.
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Aycee Brown, Human Design Expert
Aycee Brown is a psychic channel, Pisces, and Emotional Projector. She maps out ideas, concepts and spiritual information in a way that eliminates confusion and any feelings of doubt or worthlessness. Aycee trusts that you can return to feeling empowered and embodied in your being, because she has witnessed this in her own personal transformations through this work.
You can listen in to her thought-provoking conversations on her podcast, “Is My Aura on Straight?,” where she connects with other thought leaders who inspire and expand. Aycee also holds space on a collective Human Design podcast, “Each Other,” with some of her closest peers in the HD space, each with a different Design Type.
And, through her Essentials, you can explore Astrology, Human Design, Numerology, and how to claim your divine talents in her highly anticipated, Psychic Essentials. For FNA Aycee teaches practitioners how to understand and use your Human Design, find strategies to move forward to your destiny, and how to use your inner authority to make better decisions for your business.
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Leah Levitan, LMT, MLDT
Leah is a licensed massage therapist, Vodder Method certified lymphatic drainage specialist, and online educator. In her Austin clinic, she assists and supports women as they navigate their unique healing journeys. She approaches the body with brain-based myofascial bodywork and Manual Lymphatic Drainage to harness the healing power of the lymphatic system. that have proven to be a valuable missing miss to their migraine, autoimmune, chronic fatigue, EDS, hormone imbalance, and endometriosis symptoms. She is the founder of Lymph Love Club, which started out in 2020, with some silly videos that contained tips and tricks for her clients to help them keep up the lymph work at home. The response was overwhelming and it turns out that chronic folks who've slipped through the cracks also needed this medicine, and were ready to learn about, rebuild trust, and take ownership of their body's innate healing capabilities.
With all the healing journeys she's witnessed first hand, she started to build out her first online course (Intro To Lymph Flow) and has become a women's health + self-love advocate in the process. Through her own self healing journey of transitioning off of birth control and reversing her dense breast tissue with MLD, she's helped raise awareness about breast and reproductive health to help others gain autonomy in their healing. For FNA Leah delivers a Masterclass on optimizing lymphatic health.
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Grace Liu, PharmD, AFMCP
Dr. Grace Liu PharmD is an IFM-trained functional medicine practitioner and founder of The Gut Institute. She is a clinical pharmacist with a doctorate in practice for 20+ years and specializes in complex disease management. Dr. Liu PharmD consults and helps clients gain optimal performance through rebuilding the microbiome after damage from modern living. She uses nutrigenomic tools and other advanced functional lab testing to give the solutions, strategies and treatments that reverse modern gut dysbiosis and disease.
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Naomi Katz, Intuitive Eating Coach
Naomi Katz is an Intuitive Eating, body image, & self-trust coach for grown-ups who already know what’s best for their own bodies. She supports and hold space for folks who are ready to reject diet culture so they can reclaim their autonomy and consent over their mind, body, and life. Within FNA, Naomi presents a lecture on a Practical Intro to Intuitive Eating.
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Megan Blacksmith, FDNP, NLP Trainer
Megan Blacksmith is a holistic health coach, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, speaker, NLP Trainer and mindset ninja. She is the co-founder of Zesty Ginger and the Zesty Ginger podcast. She trains coaches, practitioners and leaders with the tools for faster (inner) transformation without fighting themselves along the way through Functional NLP, a combination of the principles of NLP, functional medicine and compassionate coaching.
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Kristen G. Roberts, Esq., Intellectual Property Lawyer
Kristen G. Roberts, Esq. is a California-based intellectual property attorney who helps business owners build a bridge from their brands to their bank accounts. Consistently recognized and awarded as one of the top intellectual property attorneys in her area, Kristen is highly experienced in the fields of trademark and copyright registration, licensing, enforcement, and litigation and has closed transactions with companies like Walmart, Target, Lululemon, Chipotle, and more. In recent years, Kristen has helped Web3 business owners protect and strategize their IP in the ever-shifting world of the metaverse. She's also worked as an adjunct law professor, teaching various intellectual property courses, and is heavily involved in giving back to her community - serving as a commissioner for the City of San Diego's Redistricting Commission and now as an executive team member of TEDXSanDiego.
Kristen is passionate about giving back to creative communities, specifically those from historically marginalized backgrounds, and her firm's client roster boasts both startups as well as billion-dollar companies.
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Cat Simmons, MS, RD, CDCES
Cat Simmons is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) and has spent most of her career in the functional laboratory diagnostic space. Her educational background includes a dual appointment in exercise physiology and dietetics with a master’s degree in metabolic physiology. She has a decade of experience in advanced laboratory interpretation, education, and counseling in addition to clinical practice. She takes a functional and integrative approach to health with a firm belief that “all disease begins in the gut”. Her research interests and passions include insulin signaling, nutrient metabolism, and weight loss physiology. Cat is also a certified diabetes care and education specialist. In clinical practice, Cat specializes in cardiovascular prevention, sport performance nutrition; gluten sensitivity, celiac and autoimmune nutrition; the gut-brain connection, and of course all things related to the digestion, the microbiome and intestinal health where she has chosen to “niche down”. As a clinician and educator, not only is Cat a member of the Medical Education team at Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory, but also the interdepartmental team coordinator playing a pivotal role in education program design. Cat is a graduate from the University of Florida. She moved to Colorado in 2007 to attend graduate school at Colorado State University.
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Brittany Andrejcin, Business Success Coach
Brittany supports health and wellness pros in applying business strategies and optimizing their use of Practice Better so they can tap into unlimited possibilities and potential with their business.
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Dr. Cristin Zaimes, Pelvic Physical Therapist
Dr. Cristin Zaimes holds a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Simmons College and has specialized in the field of orthopedics and pelvic floor dysfunction for over 20 years. She opened Oceanside in 2011, when her frustrations with the healthcare and medical system became overwhelming to her as a practitioner and she broke away to create an environment that supported healing and thrived on providing the best clinical care.
She has extensive advanced training in pelvic floor, bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction for all people. She believes in allowing all those against whom the traditional medical system has biases, to have access to care that supports, connects and empowers. Dr. Zaimes spends much of her time advocating for patients through community connections, workshops and speaking engagements.
In the clinic, Cristin uses various methods of treatment to guide symptom resolution and help patients return to their best physical self. Multiple forms of manual treatment such as massage, myofascial release and dry needling can be incorporated into her sessions. Movement is the key! She is passionate about facilitating movement and a healthy lifestyle, including stress management, optimal nutrition and emotional health. She believes in a team approach to health and strives to connect patients with the right providers and resources to support their healing. She is passionate about many topics that are not well supported in traditional medicine which is sad but true. Menopause, postpartum care, menstrual health, hypermobility syndromes and how to be healthy for life!
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Lera Mikhailova, Holistic OB/GYN NP
Lera Mikhailova is the founder & CEO of Whole Womanhood, a holistic practice integrating functional medicine + nervous system repair + feminine alchemy.
Her goal is for women to dive into root cause medicine & feminine energy together to feel truly aligned, alive, & resilient.
She is a board certified OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner, doula, & mama with a background in Neuroscience, Physiology, & Behavior. Her expertise includes hormones & fertility, gut health, detox, & nervous system dysregulation.
She fuses these specialities with an immersion into embodiment & movement practices that reconnect women to their sacred feminine wisdom, pleasure, vitality, & ability to lead a turned-on life.
Her spicy, no-BS approach combines joy, evidence based data, movement, biochemistry, & rewilding - resulting in thousands of women feeling the transformation that comes with feeling heard, seen, & deeply supported. She is dedicated to helping women feel audacious in creating lives they love - in bodies they understand.
She works with women one on one, through group immersives & retreats, & via her soon to be released online program, Hormone Alchemy™.
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