YOU WERE MADE FOR MORE.
I know because I was there. At age four I was diagnosed with anxiety and in the fourth grade I was put on medicine. In sixth grade I was diagnosed with depression and OCD, and as a freshman in high school I started to develop severe migraines and experience gut issues. I was chronically constipated, had abnormal periods, was severely fatigued, and felt miserable almost every day of my life.
It took years of being told it was in my head and there was nothing I could do before I finally received my diagnosis of Lyme Disease. While I was grateful to finally have an answer, I quickly realized it wasn’t quite the answer I had thought it would be. As a nurse trained in conventional medicine, I was confused why medicine had never found these problems before. I was frustrated that for years I was told it was all in my head, and disappointed by the lack of answers and knowledge my doctors were presenting to me.
After only four months of beginning to treat my Lyme Disease, I found myself home on the couch, resigning from my dream job, and sicker than I had been my entire life. While my initial diagnosis was Lyme Disease, I found myself in a perfect storm of health issues including co-infections, parasite infections, heavy metals, thyroid disorder and adrenal dysfunction.
While incredibly overwhelmed and disheartened, there was something inside of me that told me there was more.
There was something inside of me that encouraged me to look deeper, and that is exactly what I did. I began a journey of reading and researching everything I could and and began going to various different doctors’, medical clinics, IV labs, specialists, acupuncturists, chiropractors and homeopaths. While some treatments worked and some treatments did not, I forced myself to view every experience as an opportunity to learn more. The trials, the errors, the successes, and the failures all forced me to continue to look deeper which allowed for incredible knowledge and growth to occur.
It was at this point that I began to realize just how complex the body was and how important lifestyle and diet is for optimal health. As I began to really look to the root of the problem instead of a band aid approach to the symptoms, I began to make great gains in my health. I surrounded myself with qualified professionals I could trust, changed my diet, ramped up detox, and adopted a self care routine. I began to really learn how important it was to listen to my body and focus on my needs first.
I became an active participant in my own health and invested in the healing process.
As my interest in health and wellness grew I felt myself becoming more and more passionate about sharing what I had learned with everyone. A new passion sparked in my life and I found myself enrolling to become an integrative and holistic health coach. I was beyond excited and felt that God was calling me towards a new career path in alternative medicine.
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Following my graduation from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2018, I was feeling really good. I had begun to see glimpses of the old Tristyn and it was so great to feel alive again. I was able to wean off of my anti anxiety medicine I had been on since the fourth grade, and things were moving in the right direction. When an opportunity to work at a functional medicine clinic in Minnesota arose, I decided to take a leap of faith and follow the calling God gave me to move to Minnesota and pursue this position.
Only weeks after arriving and beginning to work full time, I crashed. Anxiety spiked, panic attacks began, and my sleep became non-existent. I quickly watched all the work I had done up to this point dwindle away as I began to feel worse than I had when I started my journey in 2014. I was struggling. I had walked a journey as a “sick person” for so long that I wasn’t sure how to even function or live as a healthy person. With less time on my hands because of working, I found myself so overwhelmed trying to keep up with everything.
I was not sure how to find balance. For years I never ate out, never ate sugar, never ate anything not organic, and detoxed daily. I just didn’t have time for that in my current lifestyle, and honestly I was tired of it all. As much as I wanted to walk in freedom and claim my health, I was scared. I didn’t trust my body and I struggled to truly believe it was okay to let go and live a “normal” life. It was at this point that I had a wake up call and realized health is not just about the lifestyle you live and the food you eat.
While both of those things were imperative to my healing,
I was missing one crucial piece. My mind.
Without addressing my mind, my thoughts, and my stress, my body would never fully heal. While I believe that the work I did with the various doctors I saw was imperative to my overall healing, I now see I was missing a vital component needed to fully and completely heal. In September of 2018, I began my journey with DNRS. DNRS stands for Dynamic Neural Retraining System and in short, it is a brain retraining program designed to reorganize and reestablish neural pathways in the brain that are abnormally firing as a result of trauma. While I could go on and on about this, I will keep it short. The brain is an amazing organ and our thoughts are far more powerful than we ever give them credit for.
After a full year and a half of doing DNRS, I was able to directly look back and reflect on the major role my thoughts and emotions had on my health. I was able to recognize my toxic thoughts as they were coming in, and fill them with happier and more positive thoughts. I saw first hand how quickly the stress would derail me, and how reactive I had become to every little symptom I had. While it was not easy, it was worth it, and I saw first hand just how influential my mind was in how my physical body felt.
After years of confusion and suffering I was able to finally take control of my life and regain my health again, and because of this I am confident I can help you also! Sometimes all you need is the right person to guide and support you through this process, and it would be my privilege to help you not make the same mistakes I did. Whether you are just starting this journey or have been on it for a while, I would be honored to walk alongside you and support you as you find the freedom and health you deserve.
Learn more about how I can help you find healing
YOU WERE MADE FOR MORE.
I know because I was there. At age four I was diagnosed with anxiety and in the fourth grade I was put on medicine. In sixth grade I was diagnosed with depression and OCD, and as a freshman in high school I started to develop severe migraines and experience gut issues. I was chronically constipated, had abnormal periods, was severely fatigued, and felt miserable almost every day of my life.
It took years of being told it was in my head and there was nothing I could do before I finally received my diagnosis of Lyme Disease. While I was grateful to finally have an answer, I quickly realized it wasn’t quite the answer I had thought it would be. As a nurse trained in conventional medicine, I was confused why medicine had never found these problems before. I was frustrated that for years I was told it was all in my head, and disappointed by the lack of answers and knowledge my doctors were presenting to me.
After only four months of beginning to treat my Lyme Disease, I found myself home on the couch, resigning from my dream job, and sicker than I had been my entire life. While my initial diagnosis was Lyme Disease, I found myself in a perfect storm of health issues including co-infections, parasite infections, heavy metals, thyroid disorder and adrenal dysfunction.
While incredibly overwhelmed and disheartened, there was something inside of me that told me there was more.
There was something inside of me that encouraged me to look deeper, and that is exactly what I did. I began a journey of reading and researching everything I could and and began going to various different doctors’, medical clinics, IV labs, specialists, acupuncturists, chiropractors and homeopaths. While some treatments worked and some treatments did not, I forced myself to view every experience as an opportunity to learn more. The trials, the errors, the successes, and the failures all forced me to continue to look deeper which allowed for incredible knowledge and growth to occur.
It was at this point that I began to realize just how complex the body was and how important lifestyle and diet is for optimal health. As I began to really look to the root of the problem instead of a band aid approach to the symptoms, I began to make great gains in my health. I surrounded myself with qualified professionals I could trust, changed my diet, ramped up detox, and adopted a self care routine. I began to really learn how important it was to listen to my body and focus on my needs first.
I became an active participant in my own health and invested in the healing process.
As my interest in health and wellness grew I felt myself becoming more and more passionate about sharing what I had learned with everyone. A new passion sparked in my life and I found myself enrolling to become an integrative and holistic health coach. I was beyond excited and felt that God was calling me towards a new career path in alternative medicine.
◆
Following my graduation from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2018, I was feeling really good. I had begun to see glimpses of the old Tristyn and it was so great to feel alive again. I was able to wean off of my anti anxiety medicine I had been on since the fourth grade, and things were moving in the right direction. When an opportunity to work at a functional medicine clinic in Minnesota arose, I decided to take a leap of faith and follow the calling God gave me to move to Minnesota and pursue this position.
Only weeks after arriving and beginning to work full time, I crashed. Anxiety spiked, panic attacks began, and my sleep became non-existent. I quickly watched all the work I had done up to this point dwindle away as I began to feel worse than I had when I started my journey in 2014. I was struggling. I had walked a journey as a “sick person” for so long that I wasn’t sure how to even function or live as a healthy person. With less time on my hands because of working, I found myself so overwhelmed trying to keep up with everything.
I was not sure how to find balance. For years I never ate out, never ate sugar, never ate anything not organic, and detoxed daily. I just didn’t have time for that in my current lifestyle, and honestly I was tired of it all. As much as I wanted to walk in freedom and claim my health, I was scared. I didn’t trust my body and I struggled to truly believe it was okay to let go and live a “normal” life. It was at this point that I had a wake up call and realized health is not just about the lifestyle you live and the food you eat.
While both of those things were imperative to my healing,
I was missing one crucial piece. My mind.
Without addressing my mind, my thoughts, and my stress, my body would never fully heal. While I believe that the work I did with the various doctors I saw was imperative to my overall healing, I now see I was missing a vital component needed to fully and completely heal. In September of 2018, I began my journey with DNRS. DNRS stands for Dynamic Neural Retraining System and in short, it is a brain retraining program designed to reorganize and reestablish neural pathways in the brain that are abnormally firing as a result of trauma. While I could go on and on about this, I will keep it short. The brain is an amazing organ and our thoughts are far more powerful than we ever give them credit for.
After a full year and a half of doing DNRS, I was able to directly look back and reflect on the major role my thoughts and emotions had on my health. I was able to recognize my toxic thoughts as they were coming in, and fill them with happier and more positive thoughts. I saw first hand how quickly the stress would derail me, and how reactive I had become to every little symptom I had. While it was not easy, it was worth it, and I saw first hand just how influential my mind was in how my physical body felt.
After years of confusion and suffering I was able to finally take control of my life and regain my health again, and because of this I am confident I can help you also! Sometimes all you need is the right person to guide and support you through this process, and it would be my privilege to help you not make the same mistakes I did. Whether you are just starting this journey or have been on it for a while, I would be honored to walk alongside you and support you as you find the freedom and health you deserve.
Learn more about how I can help you find healing