Holistic Athlete Nutrition – Real Food – Faith Based – Whole Body Health
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Welcome to holistic nutrition for athletes! Here you will discover the power of nutrition. How to feel better, be a healthier athlete and feel better about yourself should not be a mystery. We show you how to fuel your body, mind, spirit and sport using real food, mindful eating principles and strategies that fit your lifestyle for your life.
Symptoms like chronic GI distress, arthritis, pain and fatigue are indicators that something is out of balance and out of God’s order. It is often a result of acute or chronic stress.
My goal is to uncover the real reason why you don’t feel well:
how you got here, and not just introduce you to the power of nutrition for athletes, but help your body heal from inside out, peeling the layers of the onion until you are more than well again.
The ‘secret’ is in addressing nutrition, inflammation AND stress, especially the wounded memories from childhood.
Unresolved emotional wounds cause stress.
Stress triggers comfort food eating, extreme athletics, disordered eating and binge cravings. It’s a coping tactic….but that underlying stress of trying to fit in this world, trying to train away the pain and trying to do it all yourself leads you to get sick.
As the stress continues, you make not-so-healthy food choices, you increase inflammation, you mismanage blood sugar and create dysbiosis and leaky gut. It’s a recipe for illness.
The challenge is: noone ever taught you the power of nutrition or real food for athletes.
No one taught you how to cope with stress better! You just deal with it and stress piles up while your body slowly falls apart.
Heck, I didn’t learn that until I was sick with adrenal exhaustion in 2000! Training was my only stress relief – more stress = more training. One day I woke up and my body ached, I had weird symptoms and I was sooo tired. Sound like you?
What I had to learn (and will teach you) is:
– how did I get here?
– how to eat more real food,
– how to balance your blood sugar (and hormones and microbiome),
– how to lower your inflammation, and
– how to manage stress better so you can feel like yourself again or even better.
Because if we don’t help with the stress part, you will just repeat the illness cycle. You don’t want that!
You want to feel whole and like yourself again! And so do I! And we’ll do it so it becomes your new healthy lifestyle that you can continue for years to come. No fad diets. Just real food and what your body and soul need.
Discover the power of nutrition for athletes, so you can get more out of your body and life, the way God intended.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24: “May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together—spirit, soul, and body— …”
Joanna built me the most amazing nutrition plan …!
I’d love more people to know the power of nutrition! BC
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“If anyone can fix me, Joanna can.
She always knows what questions to ask to get to the cause of the issue, then find the easiest and most appropriate answer.” Jeff G
22 years ago, after my first Ironman triathlon, I kept training 2+ hours per day to cope with stressors as my body was shutting down. I was wired, tired and everything hurt. I needed to learn how to fuel my body, eat real food instead of energy bars and coffee, and manage my stress differently.
I had to learn how I got sick, the “how did I get here?” question, so I could really recover and be my new best self and athlete again……and remember who it was God created me to be: a playful, curious daughter of God, a problem solver and athlete.
I learned that my body could heal! And I want to help your body, mind and soul heal through the power of nutrition for athletes and sometimes prayer!
Are you ready to discover the power of nutrition for athletes and your whole body?
“Joanna has been such a bright light in my life.
She has brought me reassurance and comfort for who I am while offering encouragement and suggestions that are realistic and come from experience. … She has made me a better athlete and healthier in every way possible.
If you could use improvement in any part of your health or life, I recommend sitting down with Joanna.
You will not regret it! She is the true definition of a life coach. <3” – SS
Why we are different
I intuitively know which questions to ask to uncover the true reasons behind your symptoms.
I create a safe space so you can be heard and tell your story and unload that stressor.
You learn how and when to eat for your body, your training and recovery – beyond basic nutrition for athletes.
We’ll help you discover many hidden blessings and revelations about yourself in your own personal whole-body health journey. Plus, I make taking care of you easier and realistic , more than just eating kale or wheat grass shots every day.
What do you have to lose but the symptoms?
I offer personalized sessions because no 2 people are alike even with the same symptoms!
Do you want to feel better? Then let’s get started with a chat!
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” I feel like l have found my healthy-eating zen. I don’t even want junk anymore….and I love knowing when my body is hungry or tied, and why…I feel so much better! You are the greatest!
I cannot thank you enough.” – Dana S
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Programs currently available:
Be Whole™ – Guided journey to fuel your whole body, mind, spirit and sport so you love your body, self and life with more joy. We include plant-based, anti-inflammatory and mindfulness principles as well as eating disorder recovery methods. We also include prayer ministry as needed.
Table To Race™ – Holistic sports nutrition to fuel your race without GI distress, IBS, cramping or fatigue. Get your nutrition into shape to burn body fat for fuel and master your nutrition and hydration.
Eating Disorder Recovery Coaching – Using the Be Whole principles to help you uncover true reasons behind your disordered eating and get you to whole-body health. Learn to love your body, food and life.
Prayer Ministry/ Emotional Healing – Trauma-informed release techniques and prayer so you experience more peace and joy in your body, mind and relationships. Encounter the life as God intended!
Joanna’s specialties include chronic pain, arthritis, GI distress, IBS, extreme fatigue, inflammation, auto-immune issues, eating disorder recovery and sport nutrition.
“Joanna changed my world for me!!!
I now race with no gut issues!!!” – Mindy S
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“Joanna made sure to individualize my nutrition plan to fit my exact needs. I completed another Ironman without GI distress… I PR’d by over an hour and placed 3rd in my AG and 8th OA female ….” – Stephanie K
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“If you have IBS, you have to work with Joanna.
I have worked with 4 other nutritionists.
No one was able to fix my IBS until I met Joanna.”- Jeff G
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“Your an amazing accomplished athlete so you understand what your
clients are physically experiencing during training/racing but the thing that puts you above all the others is your nutrition knowledge.” JL
Other programs available:
Culinary Sports Genomics – We can use genetic profile (gene SNPs) to create personalized meal plans for optimal performance and well-being!
Detox Plan for Athletes – Re-calibrate your body for better performance with this 2 week ‘plant-based challenge. This is not a diet or calorie restricted plan. Offered as a group plan, too.
Sweat & Electrolyte Testing with Levelen – Optimize your hydration with this sweat testing. Use NIMPA for 15% off the testing and products. Schedule a Table To Race session to review results.
Fuel your body, mind, and soul, not your symptoms.
“Joanna made sure to individualize my nutrition plan to fit my exact needs.
I completed another Ironman without GI distress… I PR’d by over an hour and placed 3rd in my AG and 8th OA female ….” – Stephanie K
*Note: Single sessions also available – please inquire about single sessions.
**NOTE: We are NOT in network with insurance. Payments shall be made in full before or at the time of service rendered. Please check with your insurance provider before you come in to see if services will be covered.
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