01/18/2026
2016 was quite a year..
I graduated family medicine residency. The cute graphic they made of our graduating class had me holding broccoli. 𼌠Totally on point as I was already obsessed with using food as medicine (and was the black sheep of our clinic for actually talking to my patients about their diet).
I spent a lot of time with close friends, family, and their babies and kids. Chad and I had wanted to have a baby already by then, but my cycle was still MIA. I was happy, but also had a hole in me feeling incomplete. I started acupuncture, and began to understand that my body wasnât actually healthy (or fertile) as a 110lb vegetarian.
We moved into own house and settled in with our fur baby Bella. We had fun finding vintage furniture to fill our home. I got super creative in the kitchen making nearly everything from scratch- nut milk, juices, kombucha, yogurt, and even butter.đ§
I got a job in primary care to pay the bills but also began my certification in functional medicine which was my true calling. My first headshots were pictures my husband took of me in our front yardđ
(I used those for years).
It wouldnât be until the following year that I got my first positive pregnancy test but looking back this year was pivotal in taking me to become the mom and functional medicine doctor I am today.â¤ď¸â¨