Hi, I’m Nae Lynn
I want to show everyone that a healthy lifestyle is achievable!
I believe you are in control of your health
My mission is to show others that we can take control of our health and well-being.
Your health is so much more than food and exercise. We are multidimensional and our health extends into all aspects of our lives: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
If we aren’t proactive and take steps to have good health, we will become a victim of illness – it’s just a matter of time. Sadly, many of you already have.
Do you know that 80-90% of diseases are lifestyle diseases?
This means you have more control over your own health than you are led to believe. I want to help you by guiding the way to health and wellness.
Health is freedom.
You don’t have to be a slave to the “sick care” system.
Join me as we learn how to go from sick care to health care.
My Wellness Blog
Journaling for Mental Health
Many feel journaling is for those people who are the creative or touchy-feeling type, but in reality, journaling can be an important part of your self-care routine. Especially during times of crisis or trauma. WebMD reports a study where those in medical conditions...
You Are Made To Move
We are made to move. Our bodies quickly deteriorate with a lack of movement. Through movement and exercise we gain strength and energy, have less stress, better moods, and greater mental focus. Movement doesn't have to be complicated. It's really about moving your...
Choose Your Hard
Choose Your Hard by Nae Lynn, wellness writer "..every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before." ~ CS Lewis - Mere Christianity This week I am visiting my...
I admit, I am a creature of habit & routines. I have this smoothie almost every day for my breakfast/lunch.
I always recommend using organic items when possible.
1 cup plant-based milk of choice
1 cup coconut milk
2 Tablespoons almond butter
1 handful spinach
1/2 cup frozen blueberries
1 Tablespoon vanilla flavor protein powder
Optional: 2 Tablespoons Chia seeds
Place all ingredients in a blender/smoothie maker and blend until mixed. Add more milk or berries to reach desired thickness. If you added Chia seeds, allow to rest for 5 minutes before consuming.
Empowering Your Journey to Wellness
Integrated Nutrition
As an Integrated Health Coach, I believe in getting to the root of a problem and working from there. I look at your health and goals in all areas of your life including:
- Nutrition
- Sleep
- Physical movement
- Stress
- Finances and career
- Relationships
- Environment
My Story
I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, in a typical, nothing exciting, family; the youngest of four kids. I was a healthy child, but weird things started happening my senior year of High School. I started noticing one quirky thing: I would get headaches when I was having a great time with friends, laughing it up. You know the kind of laughs where you laugh so hard you can hardly breathe. But during those times, when I felt fine and happy, BAM! A killer headache in the back of my head would hit me. I ignored it. I didn’t even think about what it could mean, that it could be more than just a headache.
I just kept silent, didn’t tell a soul, and lived my life, ignoring the headaches the best I could.
Fast forward, uh…more years than I care to admit, and I still do the same thing:
Ignore the headaches and pain and live my life.
But now I know what it is.
Turns out, I have Chiari Malformation: A condition where the back of the skull didn’t form properly and causes the cerebellum tonsils of the brain to move down into the spinal cord because there is not enough room in the skull. In other words, my brain is too big for my skull.
Who knew that could happen?
In the beginning of 2003, I was happily married with a beautiful two-year-old daughter. This was the year Chiari would make my eyes go crazy (Nystagmus), my headaches worsen, and new and not-so-fun symptoms popped up, giving me no choice but to seek medical help. On August 22, 2003, I had brain surgery. After a tough recovery, with some complications, I had most of my life back. Surgery doesn’t cure Chiari; it only manages it at best. But my life goes on happily with minor issues. I was even able to have another beautiful girl in 2005.
And then I gained weight. And then some more. And it was easy to blame Chiari as an excuse to not have a healthy lifestyle. After all, if I can’t even lay flat, bend over without dizziness, or tilt my head up, how can I exercise? Add in headaches, dizziness, weird head tingling, neck issues, and forget it. As an all or nothing kind of gal, if I couldn’t exercise and was forced to take rest days, then what was the point of doing anything at all?
My ignorance about a healthy lifestyle was real.
Until one November day, 2021, I got tired of being seventy pounds overweight. I got tired of the heaviness of my body. I found a healthy lifestyle that I could follow, and it changed my life! I stopped the excuses, made health my hobby, and became so excited about a healthy lifestyle that I jumped all in and drove my family crazy! I lost all seventy pounds, felt a million times better, and as a bonus surprise, my Chiari symptoms improved.
Even with a malformation illness, I have a lot of control over my health.
It is with that same passion that I love to share what I have learned about nutrition and wellness. As a current student at Institute for Intergrated Nutrition (IIN), I am continuing to learn even more.
It is my passion to educate others that a healthy lifestyle is achievable, given the right tools.
