About Monica

I thought healing was about doing more, learning more, and pushing harder.

My body didn’t agree with me, AT ALL.

Years of chronic stress and the silent aftermath of longterm abuse taught me my system wasn’t broken — it was just good at protecting me.

That shift changed everything.

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Now I help people reconnect with their bodies through incremental changes in nutrition and nervous system regulation.

And I write to expand my thinking, test ideas in real life, and share what moves the needle — without perfectionism or pressure.

My Approach

I live and work in the wonderful, scientific land of CURIOSITY.  

I support cellular health with nutrition and I feed my nervous system consistent signals of safety.

Are you ready to explore with me? 

This is what I call honest work, and I’m here for it.

When your nervous system is dysregulated, your body isn’t resisting you. It’s protecting you.

That’s why my work focuses on two essential foundations:

  • Nourish → Learning what the body needs. 
  • Reconnect → Supporting the body so it can use what you give it. 

When you bring these two things together you shift out of survival mode and into healing.

Why I Do This Work

My path into this work wasn’t just academic—it was personal.

For years, I lived in a system where my voice, my boundaries, and my sense of stability were consistently overridden.

I experienced the effects of chronic stress and dysregulation—long before I had language for what was happening.

Like many people, I tried to solve it by doing more, learning more, and pushing through.

Healing began when I learned to support myself:

My body wasn’t broken—it was responding to signals.

My Training

I bring together clinical education and lived experience:

  • Master’s degree in Nutrition
  • Functional Diagnostic Nutrition (FDN) Practitioner
  • Integrative Nutrition Health Coach (IIN)
  • Training in Motivational Interviewing
  • Somatic work and nervous system regulation 

This allows me to work at the intersection of:

  • physiology
  • behavior
  • personal experience

Who This Is For

My work is for you if:

  • you feel stuck despite doing all the “right” things
  • your body feels unpredictable, reactive, or exhausted
  • you’ve done mindset work, but your body isn’t following
  • you want a grounded, body-based approach to healing

This is not about quick fixes.

It’s about building stability—so change lasts.

What I Offer

I work with clients through structured programs like The Nourished Journey, where we focus on:

  • restoring nervous system regulation
  • rebuilding cellular energy
  • creating sustainable, supportive daily practices

This is steady, supportive work—not overwhelming, not extreme.

A Different Way Forward

You don’t need to push harder.

You need to stabilize. Your body needs signals of safety. It knows what to do. 

JOIN THE JOURNEY