Five Peaks Wellness

10/15/2025

Feeling ready for a complete health shift? Let’s work together!

Comment “link” and I’ll send you everything you need to get started 🫶🏼

10/15/2025

06/10/2025

Summer is officially here! ☀️🕶️

While I typically post wellness information here, I like to post personal thoughts from time to time as well 🫶🏼

Today our house is getting packed up and we are finally heading out of Texas 🙌

Leaving Colorado last year was a sad departure as that state truly has my heart but I will be celebrating this weekend as we drive away and embark on a summer filled adventure with the family!

As a military momma, I have been taught the great importance of independence and flexibility. I couldn’t be more grateful that those characteristics flow perfectly into my career as a functional medicine nurse practitioner!

While we transition to our next home in California, I will be taking my practice on the road. My remote and virtual work is perfectly paired with the military life.

It is hard to believe we have moved 5 times in the last 9 years 🫠 California will only be a year long “vacation” before we embark on move #6 shortly after our arrival.

As I mentioned, life becomes very pliable and opens opportunities that I never thought were possible. I feel so strongly that life is moving in the right direction and I look forward to sharing new additions to my business with you over the next few months! 🎉

With all that said, I just want to say how much I appreciate the continued support of my family, ALL OF YOU, and my clients who trust their health in my hands.

Doing what I do gives me true purpose and I’ll be riding these ⚡️high vibes⚡️ as I set sail into the next chapter of our lives.

05/29/2025

🌿 Ready to take control of your health from the inside out?

My 6-month Functional Medicine program is designed to help you heal, rebalance, and thrive—not just manage symptoms.

Here’s why partnering with me can transform your health journey:
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✅ Root-Cause Approach
I go beyond surface-level symptoms to uncover what’s really driving your health challenges.
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✅ Personalized Care Plan
No one-size-fits-all here. Your body, your history, your goals—your plan.
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✅ Ongoing Support & Accountability
You’re not doing this alone. I walk with you every step of the way with regular check-ins, messaging access, and adjustments as needed.
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✅ Functional Lab Testing
I use advanced testing to get real answers—gut health, hormones, micronutrients, inflammation markers, and more.
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✅ Lifestyle & Nutrition Optimization
We work together to create sustainable changes in your diet, sleep, stress, and movement that actually fit your life.
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✅ Long-Term Healing, Not Quick Fixes
Six months gives us the time to make meaningful progress and lasting transformation. You deserve more than a 15-minute appointment.
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✅ Education & Empowerment
Understand your body, your choices, and how to maintain your health long after the program ends.

✨ If you’re tired of feeling dismissed or stuck in cycles of temporary relief, it’s time for a deeper, holistic approach.

Let’s partner to build the healthier, more energized version of you.

🔥Schedule a free discovery call via my website (link in bio!), send me a DM, or comment “LINK” and I’ll send you information directly.

05/15/2025

Still feeling off while on birth control? Let’s dig deeper. 🔍

If you suspect Vitamin B6 depletion (or other nutrient imbalances), don’t guess—test.

Blood or organic acid testing can give real insight into what your body is missing. 🧬

🍽️ Top foods rich in B6 to include in your diet:
– Chicken & turkey 🐔
– Salmon & tuna 🐟
– Bananas 🍌
– Spinach & leafy greens 🥬
– Sweet potatoes 🍠
– Chickpeas & lentils 🫘
– Organ meat 🥩

But here’s the thing 👉 just eating healthy isn’t always enough—especially if your body isn’t absorbing or utilizing nutrients properly due to medications, stress, or gut imbalances.

⚖️ That’s where working with a Functional Medicine provider comes in. I go beyond symptoms to find the root cause—whether it’s nutrient deficiencies, hormonal imbalances, inflammation, or something deeper.

✨ You deserve a personalized, root-cause approach to your health—not just a quick fix.

DM me or follow the link in bio to book a discovery call and let’s get your health back on track—together. 💛

04/14/2025

Health care needs to evolve 🩺

I spent 20 years in the hospital working bedside acute and critical care. After witnessing how backwards it all was, I had to change the direction of how I would practice!

Nutrition, sleep, bowel habits, stress management, hydration, exercise, & health goals were never questioned. And then when I worked in conventional clinics, I realized it was no different. Here’s a pharmaceutical 💊 Good luck!

No wonder everyone is sick and Googling their symptoms online. The support is JUST 👏🏼 NOT 👏🏼THERE 👏🏼

I’m here to tell you that there is a wave of change happening and there are providers that will take the time to get you well (🙋🏻‍♀️). There is hope! We see you 🫶🏼

I practice from a preventative standpoint and look for intricacies that are trending towards disease dynamics. THIS is the time to do something about it. Reversal is possible!

Learn how to optimize your health from the ground up!

You can’t hang curtains up in your home if you never poured the concrete for your foundation. Starting from the start is where the true magic happens.

If you’re looking for a provider that takes a holistic approach, but has years of knowledge and experience behind their belt, I’m your person!

Click the link in my bio to set up a free discovery call 📞 and let’s begin this journey together

03/06/2025

Why aren’t more people talking about this?

It’s an epidemic out there and I’m going to teach you a few key factors that will help you steer clear of this devastating disease process! 👇

1️⃣ Get your fasting insulin and c-peptide markers drawn through blood work!! I couldn’t encourage this MORE! Working with a provider that tells you it’s not important? They’re wrong! Work with a provider like me who is willing to do the deeper work 🫶🏼

2️⃣ Avoid processed “foods” at all costs. This includes fast food, sodas, most things in packages, etc. As a general rule, if it’s packaged and created for convenience, it’s likely not healthy.

3️⃣ Pay attention to key symptoms of insulin resistance: abdominal weight gain (and is stubborn weight), irregular periods (if you’re a woman), fatigue, headaches, changes in thirst, or brain fog. Depending on where you are on the spectrum of insulin resistance, it is likely you won’t have any noticeable symptoms in the early stages.

4️⃣ Take a look at your old lab work. If you have elevations in glucose or triglycerides alone, I encourage you to do a deeper dive into investigating if you have insulin resistance or not.

5️⃣ Working on lower extremity exercises like squats , lunges, steep incline treadmill walking, deadlifts, step ups, box jumps, wall sits, etc will help eat up a ton of glucose with those large muscle groups!

I have helped clients not only come off of medication 💊 for insulin resistance all the way to diabetes, but working diligently together, we’ve been able to REVERSE the disease process!! 🙌

Let’s work together to get you healthy! During my consultations, I will provide you with a thorough walk through of your health. I will then send you home with bonus educational resources and lifestyle guides to help you along with your personalized plan and protocol.

Click the link in my bio and set up a free discovery call 📞 I order and interpret comprehensive blood work panels (that you can get through any LabCorp location) that goes so much deeper than you’ll get through conventional medical care. Insulin and c-peptide levels are included, of course!

03/02/2025

The downfall of modern medicine is occurring due to the sheer hubris that health is defined as the absence of disease.

Seemingly this statement holds its weight in accuracy BUT….

When the medical field ONLY looks for an overt disease process, this black and white thinking misses the big picture that disease doesn’t just show up overnight. As if you went to bed healthy and the next morning you have diabetes. That’s not logical!

So why aren’t conventional providers going the extra mile to learn more about preventative practices instead of retroactive approaches??

🤔…it all comes down to money 💰

The education system teaches us how to prescribe medication 💊 & how to bill 💵 our patients. It’s common knowledge that medical universities have pharmaceutical industry collaborations, so of course our curriculum is biased by design.

And then beyond that, insurance companies dictate how many labs 🧪 you can order when you are provider!

I’d also argue to say that the majority of medical providers don’t know much about nutrients, lifestyle modifications to try before prescriptions, supplements, environmental toxins, etc.

So is it surprising that if meds can’t be prescribed you’re told “you’re fine”??

Well, let me tell you, a CBC (complete blood count) and a CMP (comprehensive metabolic panel) are about $10 to order and tells you very little about your complete health status.

I utilize optimal ranges which narrows in the focus to see the intricate story my client’s body is telling us. The standard range is SO broad that we are missing the opportunity to catch something in its brewing state.

🤯Why wait for a diagnosable disease dynamic if we can prevent it from happening in the first place?

❤️‍🩹 Come work with me and I will show you how true health care should be! I utilize very comprehensive blood work panels and advanced tests (like the organic acids test, mycotoxins, environmental toxins test) to take a deeper dive into your biochemistry and unearth root causes to your symptoms.

You deserve to have the answers you’re seeking! Click the link 🔗 in my bio to set up a free Discovery Call (on my website) to see how I may be of service to you!

02/18/2025

“💊 Statins are commonly prescribed to lower cholesterol, but did you know they can also impact your heart health in another way?

🤔 Statins inhibit an enzyme that helps produce CoQ10, a vital compound for mitochondrial health.

💡 Mitochondria are the powerhouse of our cells, and our hearts are packed with them!

💓 Without enough CoQ10, our heart cells struggle to produce the energy they need to function optimally, potentially leading to cardiovascular issues.

⚡ So, if you’re on statins, it’s important to do a deeper dive to understand if you are at risk for nutrient deficiencies that can cause detrimental effects.

🩺 Not only should you check your CoQ10 levels, but also your mitochondrial function. Both of which I can do utilizing the Organic Acids Test (OAT). I also utilize specialized lipid, inflammatory, and detoxification markers via blood work that give much greater insight into cardiovascular risk than a general lipid panel will ever tell you!

💥Ready to work with a provider that wants to take a deep dive into your health from a functional medicine perspective? Ready to find and treat the root causes of your symptoms?

Click the link 🔗 in my bio and find the service that fits your goals (I’m a virtual practice that sees clients nationwide)

02/06/2025

Important information below⬇️Have you heard of insulin resistance? There’s lot of talk about it for good reason! But why is this important for you to know??🧐Before we get into resistance, let’s talk about insulin and what it does. To put it simply, we eat food, and then convert that food into dietary sugars for energy conversion. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas to be a messenger. Essentially, insulin is produced in response to the amount of glucose available and tells the cells to open up and let the glucose in. 🤯 But what happens when there is a chronic load of glucose and the cells are stuffed full? Here’s where insulin resistance comes into play! Conventional medicine is hell bent on either only checking a glucose (which is a terrible indicator as a solo marker) or a Hemoglobin A1c (which is a calculation of the past three months worth of glucose load). 💥But you can be experiencing the BEGINNING of metabolic disease with hyperinsulinemia (elevated insulin levels) and have normal blood glucose levels. The body will keep fighting the resistance by raising more and more insulin levels until true damage from wear and tear happens. But this can be a chronic story line for YEARS and go undetected because we aren’t checking the CORRECT LAB MARKERS! 🤯Did you know that hyperinsulinemia has direct effects on blood pressure, lipid levels (cholesterol,etc), inflammatory mediators, and destruction to blood vessel walls? It is a major risk factor for CORONARY HEART DISEASE 🫀If you want to get in FRONT of a diagnosable disease, the two lab markers that are best to check are:⭐️Fasting Insulin⭐️Fasting C Peptide 💥Just know that these markers are NOT standard of care!Really makes you wonder why? 🤨 (I’m going to leave that right there, for now) Find a practitioner that wants to prevent disease by investigating your symptoms, lab markers and finding root cause resolutions to them.Don’t let anyone in healthcare gatekeep your health information. Be empowered! You have the right to know what is going on in your own body. Don’t wait until permanent damage happens and your only option is medication 💊 Follow

11/20/2024

Hello 👋

My presence on social media has been limited lately so I thought I’d reintroduce myself!

My name is Shara, and I’m a board certified and licensed nurse practitioner. I am also certified in functional medicine as my specialty.

My true passion is holistic health and I have been living my dream owning and operating my practice, Five Peaks Wellness. I am truly grateful for all of my clients who have trusted their health in my hands! 🫶🏼

I recently relocated to Texas from Colorado and will be moving again in June. Location unknown. Military life! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Thankful for a virtual practice where my services can be offered from anywhere!

💛Three random things about me:

-I grew up on a horse 🐴 farm and have been riding horses for over 30 years!

-I have three children that I currently homeschool 📚

-I’m a true nerd 🤓 and have two bachelor’s degrees, two associates degrees, one master’s degree, and have obtained certifications in functional medicine, sports nutrition, and am currently enrolled in functional blood chemistry analysis mastery training for a certification.

Thank you for being here. I’d love to learn something interesting about you in the comments, if you’d like to share 💛

11/07/2024

2 years in the books! 🎉🥳

Taking the leap to leave conventional med to dip my toes in the entrepreneurial pool has been a wild ride!

In true Shara fashion I dove right in and never looked back 🙌🏼 I am so grateful to have put in the work to lift Five Peaks Wellness from the ground up, and I must say, I couldn’t have done that without you!

Initial support of friends and family are the true foundational pieces that help any small business grow. I am honored to have had such an outpouring of support from my tribe. THANK YOU ☺️ 🫶🏼

This last year has been nothing short of spectacular! I have met so many wonderful new clients and the feedback I receive only helps solidify the fact that this is what I am meant to do.

Functional medicine and holistic care is a true passion of mine and it’s a dream that I get to call this my job.

I’m looking forward to this next year and will be slowly unrolling some incredible new offers sprinkled throughout the next few months 🥰 Stay tuned!