Hey there, I’m Betsy! I’m a 33-year-old Certified Primal Health Coach and Certified Birth Doula out of Three Forks, Montana, and I am so grateful you’re here! As you can see, I am a country girl through and through!
After years of battling chronic health issues, food sensitivities, long-term birth control use, depression, fatigue, hormonal issues, and nutrient deficiencies, I found my way to the holistic side of the aisle in a desperate attempt to experience relief and get the answers I wasn't getting from conventional medicine. Along the way, I learned that all of these problems were contributing to a significant decline in my reproductive health!
As a woman in America, I found that there wasn't much out there for me in terms of support. We are often gaslit and not taken seriously, and we feel we need to be heard by our healthcare professionals to get to the root cause of unwanted symptoms. I wanted to become a supportive guide and voice for women feeling abandoned by a system we have been taught to admire and trust. Don't get me wrong, we have an incredible healthcare system in many ways, especially regarding surgery technology, acute care, and emergency medicine! There is so much room for respect with our healthcare system and the competent staff that operates within it. When it comes to nutrition and quality birth support, however, not enough is being done to support women to the fullest extent, so that is why I am here!
In a perfect world, I visualize myself as a coach who has the privilege of supporting women who simultaneously confer with their general practitioner, obstetrician, or midwife. In this environment, open communication and support are available from all angles and perspectives, with you, the patient, at the forefront, receiving the best care possible.
As a millennial, I was put through the wringer when it came to long-term birth control use, and I am now in recovery to regain my fertility as I look to start my own family. I have read all the books, taken all the courses, listened to all the podcasts, and experimented in all the modalities of healthcare and healing so that you can save some time and money and learn from my accomplishments and mistakes. Not only that, I have served as a midwife assistant, worked hands-on with countless women as a Birth Doula, and have truly paid attention to the lifestyle choices of moms in conjunction with their birth outcomes. Based on my observations, women with healthy lifestyles and good nutritional support have healthier babies, a more pleasant birth experience, and an easier time during recovery and postpartum. I'm here to help you achieve this very achievable reality! Now, who doesn't want that?
I have helped myself achieve a healthy cycle, healed my relationship with food, overcome carb and sugar addiction so that I could appropriately support my hormones, and am practicing healthy routines to prepare myself for an optimized pregnancy and birth experience. My only wish is to share in this journey with eager women who want to break free from the conventional nutritional guidelines that hold us back from vibrant health and reproductive success!
At a time when we are bombarded more than ever before with hormone-disrupting chemicals, terrible ingredients in our food, and pharmaceutical-driven medicine, women need nourishment, support, community, a loving ear, and dependable education around nutrition and reproductive health!
WHO DO I SERVE, and HOW?
Utilizing education around the power of nourishing whole foods (emphasizing animal protein and saturated fats), I help women in their reproductive years prepare for conception, optimize fertility, prepare for pregnancy, and support women nutritionally throughout pregnancy.
Optimizing fertility and prioritizing nutrient density results in more energy, better sleep, improved mental health, healthy blood glucose levels, optimal development for the baby, generally easier pregnancies, a reduction in poor birth outcomes, a better labor experience, and improved post-partum recovery.
Nutrition from pre-conception all the way through postpartum is so important for mother and baby, but it’s rarely talked about from a western medical standpoint, in fact, the nutritional recommendations and guidelines given to pregnant mothers is downright WRONG! Consider this my statement of defiance. Women need better nutritional care. Period.
This conscientious approach is designed to help women turn inward, access their wisdom, experience nourishment, love the beautiful bodies they are in, and heal their relationships with food as well as their relationships with themselves!
This, my friends, is how we build dignity and step into our power.
My services don't stop there.
Here are some other applications to my practice:
Recovering from birth control use
Achieving more manageable periods
Doula care services
Conception nutrition
Pregnancy health and wellness
Post-partum support & nutrition education
I am not for everyone! I am not the right coach for you if you are:
Vegan or vegetarian. Despite overwhelming propaganda lurking throughout various health communities that make us think otherwise, these diets hold little to no nutritional value to humans, so I choose not to promote them. These diets are especially unsupportive in pregnancy, as it is nearly impossible to fully nurture the high nutritional demands of a growing baby on a diet of plants.
Unable or unwilling to look inward and grow. As most of us know, it is difficult to work with difficult people. My ideal client understands at a basic level that they are responsible for who they want to be.
