Hi, I’m nikolena- functional nutritional therapy practitoner.
For so many years, I was so sick and didn’t know it. I thought all of my symptoms were just what everyone experienced everyday. And yet I couldn’t figure out why so many others could run further and endure longer and truly pursue all of the things God laid on their hearts. I was exhausted and in pain. There was only so much that I could do every day and I felt so much shame for not being like everyone else. Then, after I had my first child, my body collapsed and I could barely cook and feed my family. I finally received medical care and underwent treatment for some major illness. But I was still a shell of myself and my body felt like a wasteland. I cried out to God for strength and healing and He took me on a path of learning how to nourish my own body. How to steward my own body. It wasn’t so complicated. I just needed real food and real God-given nutrients. I started to heal. I became so resilient. I felt healthy for the first time in my life. There were always so many burning things on my heart that I wanted to do to serve God, and I was always willing. But I finally felt ABLE and strong enough.
God has called us to whole-body stewardship. Our bodies are vessels that He created to house His spirit and to fulfill His purposes on the earth. We need to healthy in order to walk it out.
Seven years later, I am working one-on-one with others who are looking to nourish and care for their bodies. I use in-depth forms and hundreds of questions to spot hidden deficiencies and find places in the body that need rebalancing. I provide you with you at-your-pace recommendations that will show you what to your unique needs are, to build your resilience to stressors and give you energy to pursue those big dreams that were planted in your heart.
1 For we know that if the tent, our earthly home, is torn down, we have a building from God—a home not made with human hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling— 3 if indeed, after we have put it on, we will not be found naked. 4 For we groan while we are in this tent—burdened because we don’t want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now the One who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a pledge. 2 Corinthians 5