Resources for diabetes

The first time I gave serious thought to what we were eating was when I became a mother. Suddenly, I found myself questioning everything—where our produce came from, the safety of our cooking utensils, exposure to pesticides, water quality, and the list goes on. Swapping my breakfast from vanilla scones and lattes to oats and smoothies is a journey I attribute to my son.

Around that same time, I began practicing as a primary care physician. I noticed a striking pattern: one 80-year-old patient would come in thriving—staying active and living her best life in her retirement—while the next patient would be the same age, but wheelchair-bound and entirely dependent on her family. The difference wasn’t always socioeconomic status, but lifestyle choices were always a factor.

Driven by curiosity—and my own personal struggles with weight—I pursued certification in Obesity Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. I began helping patients prevent and reverse chronic diseases through sustainable lifestyle changes.

Yet despite my training and experience, I wasn’t in the best health myself. I found myself binging to cope and struggled to break my own patterns. That’s when I stumbled upon life coaching.

Coaching helped me calm my inner critic, silence the noise, rediscover my voice, and reclaim my power. I came to understand that while evidence-based knowledge is essential, behavior change is necessary to achieving successful outcomes. We do “the work" that strengthens our daily healthy habits, and slowly give up the unhealthy ones that do not serve us.

So, as a mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, physician, and coach, my role is to nurture, to guide, and to create spaces where people feel seen, supported, and inspired to grow—grounded in science and guided by empathy.