My name is Krista! Functional Medicine Nutritionist, Clinical Herbalist and Restorative Wellness Practitioner.

I am the founder of Symbiosis Wellness. I specialize in working with individuals of all ages whom suffer from complex health challenges. I utilize state of the art functional lab testing and have extensive training in both therapeutic nutrition, functional lab testing, detoxification and application of nutraceuticals for both acute and chronic health conditions. I specialize in MCAS and histamine intolerance as well as thyroid disorders, mycotoxin associated illness’s, leaky gut and mental health and gut-brain axis disorders in both adults and children. Our work together focuses on a “test don’t guess” approach along with targeted protocols meant to address your specific terrain, history and story. This targeted approach allow us to successfully balance hormones, reduce inflammation, address autoimmunity as well as implement unique protocols for gentle and effective detoxification to get you feeling your best.

My health journey

During my health journey, I consulted with dozens of conventional and alternative health practitioners and spent many, many tens of thousands of dollars. Sadly, I never quite found a practitioner that took the time to really understand my complex health issues and do the necessary investigating required to fully address and resolve them.

Because of this, I decided to become that practitioner and I devoted the next decade of my life to constant learning, researching and mentoring with our nations top functional medicine professionals and detoxification experts. I’ve made it my life’s mission to fully explore the complexity of chronic illness and uncover the root cause(s) and barriers to an individuals own healing. I stay up to date with all current and cutting edge new research so that I can successfully identify the potential underlying causes that others have missed, order the correct tests and devise targeted and effective protocols.

Education & Trainings

EDUCATION CREDENTIALS AND DEGREES

  • Restorative Wellness Practitioner (RWP-2) 

  • Certified Holistic Nutritionist (CFNP) - board eligible.

  • Clinical Herbalist, Dr. Lori Rose PHD, AHG, BCHN

  • Certified Functional Nutrition Practitioner (CFNP)

  • Certified Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Coach (CRNC)

  • Certified Bioenergetics Practitioner - Level 2

  • Certified HTMA Practitioner

  • Certified Emotion Code Practitioner 

CURRENT MENTORSHIPS:

  • Functional Medicine and Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis with Maria Allerton CCN, FMP

  • Root Cause Practitioner Mentorship with Functional Medicine Practitioner and Detox Expert Sinclair Kennally CNC, CFMP

  • Wholistic Kids Practitioner Mentorship with Dr. Pejman Katiraei: Addressing GI Dysfunction and Mold and Mycotoxin Associated Illnesses in Pediatrics.

FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE TRAININGS AND INTERNSHIPS

  • Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Advanced Clinical Trainings: Stress and Hormone Optimization, HPA Axis Dysfunction & Hormone Metabolite Assessment with Dr. Lisa Pomeroy. 

  • Full Body Systems: Functional Medicine Approach to Nutrition with Andrea Nakayama. 

  • Hedberg Institute: Functional Medicine Advanced Trainings.

  • Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis with Maria Allerton CCN, FMP

  • Advanced Training in Heavy Metal Detoxification with Dr. Bruce Jones and Maria Allerton

  • The Functional Approach to Balancing the Adrenals and Thyroid with Dr. RIta Marie Loscalzo 

  • Gastrointestinal Healing and Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis, Restorative Wellness Solutions.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

  • National Associations of Nutritional Professionals

  • Academy for Addiction and Mental Health Nutrition

BIODYNAMIC CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY TRAININGS: (GARY PETERSON BCST, STAR INSTITUTE)

I’ve completed over 400 hrs of in person training on the following topics and techniques in Biodynamic Cranial Sacral Therapy:

  • Skills of Stillness, Being and Relationship

  • Energy Fields & Their Subtle Motions

  • Inherent Health: From Stillness to Form 

  • States of Balance and Stillness 

  • Inertia, Shapes & Augmentation Skills 

  • The Nervous System: Bodywide Intelligence 

  • Working with Trauma & Chronic Stress 

  • The Midline: From Primitive Streak to Spine 

  • The Pelvis and its Mysterious Sacrum 

  • The Sentient Little One: Aware in the Womb

  • The Occipital Triad: As Above, So Below 

  • The Cranial Base & its Connection to the Whole 

  • The Face & its Origins in Implantation 

  • The TMJ & Hyoid Bone: A Mirror to the Pelvis 

“It is far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.”
Hippocrates

conditions that I’ve Experienced during my own health journey…

  • MCAS and histamine intolerance

  • toxic mold exposure and mycotoxin associated illness

  • chronic candida

  • central and obstructive sleep apnea

  • Pyroluria

  • Graves Disease and Hashimoto’s (I was able to address this effectively without medication).

  • insomnia

  • chronic gut issues

  • H-Pylori

  • chronic parasitic infections, Blastocystis Hominis, etc.

  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

  • estrogen dominance

  • NAFLD


HOw I work

It is important in our work together for me to get the full picture of what is impacting your ability to heal. Because of this, I offer a very strategic and layered approach that includes functional lab testing as well as a comprehensive and intuitive understanding of your health history. The body doesn’t just decide to stop functioning properly. We need to assess the environment for barriers to healing and to do this we need to be thinking about heavy metal exposure, EMF’s, mold, glyphosate, etc. I want to know, “why is this person constantly becoming overwhelmed with chronic parasitic infections? Why does this person have a pristine diet yet still suffer from chronic yeast infections? Why does this child always seem like they have a cold”? There can be very simple explanations to these issues and we get down to the bottom of it.

I also pay close attention to the nuances in your life, unique stressors, family relationships and hone in on what your nervous system is asking for in order to heal. This approach allows us to get to those deeper layers of healing and really begin to create a timeline of when symptoms began and what we can do to stop the progression of “dis-ease”. We don’t skip steps and I refuse to offer bandaid approaches.

My Nutrition Philosophy

My nutrition philosophy is focused on nutrient-dense whole foods: organic, locally sourced, seasonal animal and plant foods along with an abundance of quality healthy fats. If your grandmother wouldn’t recognize it, if it comes in a package with a label on it or if it has more than one ingredient, then it doesn’t belong in your body. I have seen many symptoms “magically” disappear just by removing these interferences and instead providing the body with the nourishment it needs. In fact, it isn’t enough to just be gluten free, dairy free and sugar free, if you are still eating foods that come in a package, then you are eating foods that are depleting you.

A little more about me

I hold a B.A in Transpersonal Psychology and have over a decade of advanced training and certifications in various energy and alternative healing modalities such as Theta Healing, The Emotion Code and Biodynamic Cranial Sacral Therapy. I am also a Certified Level 2 Bioenergetics Therapist utilizing applied kinesiology (muscle testing) and medium intensity magnets to balance the pH throughout the body thus detoxifying pathogens contributing to disease.

My mission statement to you

I have spent these last two decades gathering tools to support you in reaching your health goals and my desire is to provide you with a whole systems, heart centered approach to healing, thus allowing you access to the real obstacles that are getting in the way of your health and vitality. I am able to facilitate deep and insightful inner work that will support you in fully taking the reins in your health diagnosis(s), creating possibilities for you to achieve lasting healing and feel great!

I am personally mentored by some of the worlds top Functional Medicine professionals and health experts. This ongoing education allows me to stay up to date with cutting edge new practices and provide you with the latest insights and protocols to get you the results you need to achieve lasting healing.

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