Founder Health Journey

For over a decade, I thrived in a fast-paced, high-pressure career—leading teams, landing major clients, and pushing myself to perform at the highest level. On the outside, I looked like the picture of success. But inside, my health was quietly unraveling. Chronic fatigue, digestive issues, joint pain, brain fog, and anxiety became my new normal. I told myself to push harder, to be more disciplined. I saw doctor after doctor, ran labs, and followed mainstream advice—but nothing ever stuck. My labs were “normal.” My symptoms were dismissed. And I was told that maybe it was just in my head.

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The truth is, I had spent most of my adult life being told that narrative. I was diagnosed with ADHD at a young age and had been on stimulant medications and sleeping pills for as long as I could remember. It was the only way I knew how to function—chemically managed, bouncing between being wired and exhausted, high-performing by force, not flow. I never thought to question it. In fact, I built a life around it. The medications helped me succeed on the outside, even as my internal world became increasingly fragile. As the physical symptoms escalated—fatigue, brain fog, insomnia, panic—I was told it was just more stress. More overwhelm. Another chemical imbalance. Antidepressants were added to the mix, like patching a leak without checking the foundation. But deep down, I knew this wasn’t just anxiety or burnout. I knew I wasn’t broken—I was biologically out of balance. Something was happening in my body that no one was looking for. And the more I followed the conventional path, the worse I got.

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My breaking point came during a severe health collapse. My body spiraled into chaos—rashes, blood sugar crashes, insomnia, neurological symptoms, food sensitivities that made every meal a gamble. I developed a full-body intolerance to life itself. I was reacting to everything—food, smells, stress. The final blow came when I was exposed to toxic mold in my environment, and my symptoms escalated beyond anything I’d experienced. My mind and body were in complete overload, and no one had answers.

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It wasn’t until I found Functional Diagnostic Nutrition that the pieces finally came together. Advanced lab testing revealed what conventional medicine couldn’t: mold toxicity, gut dysbiosis, chronic infections, liver congestion, hormone dysfunction, and deep micronutrient depletion. These weren’t separate issues—they were signs of systemic breakdown, rooted in what I now understand as metabolic chaos. Functional wellness didn’t treat me like a list of symptoms. It treated me like a whole system.

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With a personalized roadmap, we rebuilt my foundation—starting with detoxification pathways to clear mold and environmental toxins. We mapped out food sensitivities and repaired my gut, layer by layer. We stabilized my blood sugar and hormones. We replenished minerals and nutrients my brain and mitochondria were starving for. And for the first time in my adult life, I got off the medications I thought I’d need forever. My brain didn’t need to be managed—it needed to be supported.

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That journey is why I created ThriveLab. Because I know firsthand how it feels to be doing everything “right” and still feel off. I know the silent suffering that comes when no one can tell you why you’re unwell. And I know how transformative it is when someone finally connects the dots.

Today, I help high performers decode their body’s signals, identify hidden stressors, and implement strategic, root-cause plans to restore energy, gut health, hormonal balance, detox capacity, and mental clarity. I built the programs I wish I had—ones that don’t guess, don’t gaslight, and don’t overlook the complexity of being human in a high-stress, toxic world.

 

Because real healing doesn’t come from chasing symptoms. It comes from solving the right problems.