Hello and thank you so much for being here!

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I'm Beth-Anne but most people call me BA ! I have always had a passion for health and wellness but over the years my idea of those things have really changed. 

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Throughout my teenage and young adult life I was very unhealthy. I started getting migraines when I was 10, I was ALWAYS sick and I was a chronic yo-yo dieter. I longed to lose weight, to look "thin" and thought that changing the outside would magically fix everything on the inside. I tried various low carb diets, tried not eating (which always led to binging junk "foodstuffs"), diet supplements, wraps etc etc. 

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My weight loss journey, the one that actually "stuck," started in 2012. Following my X-ring ceremony (if you don't know what this is, it's a bigger deal than actually graduating from university!) I saw a photo of myself and I COULD. NOT. BELIEVE. IT. It's one thing to know you have a weight issue, but to see it in a photo brought on a whole different realization. This was at my peak of my weight--5'2", 165 pounds and I was UNHEALTHY. This was probably also the peak of my depression and anxiety. I was in my third year of Nursing, spending countless hours at the library, sitting ALL the time and I was still consuming a ton of foodstuffs (this is what I call processed, junk type foods with little to no nutritional value). After seeing that photo I made some positive changes but I was very much of a disordered eating mindset. This was the first time I had ever entered a gym consistently without giving up but I would only do cardio or HIIT type workouts to lose weight. The importance for me had always been on the number on the scale, being skinny and being desirable.  I started losing weight and within 9 months I had lost 40 pounds. To be completely transparent, this was not done in a healthy way or one that I would recommend. At one point, I was standing at 117 pounds and I was SKINNY. I was proud. This is what I always thought I wanted. I was happy but slowly, I started to realize skinny didn't necessarily mean healthy. I was still sick, still depressed and still had migraines, almost daily.

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In 2013, I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I loved the patient interaction, learning about their illnesses, experiences and what shaped them. Shortly after finishing my degree, I felt very disconnected from nursing. I felt a strong pull to do something different but had no idea what. I knew I wanted to work with people and I knew it was something in the health and wellness sector. After a few years of taking classes, seriously contemplating medical school and all the soul searching, I uncovered my passions. 

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In those few years after graduation my life did a 180. I learned about myself, my limiting beliefs. I manifested and meditated. I discovered I love fitness in lifting weights.  I learned what looking after my mental and physical health really meant. I changed my diet and I found a LOVE for food. Real, healthy, FOOD! Most importantly, I learned how to have a healthy relationship with food. I was able to do this by making small, sustainable changes, forming healthy habits and being consistent. I'm not constantly getting sick, my migraines have diminished in frequency and I am truly the most fulfilled version of myself I've ever known.

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Through the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, I have been able to mix my loves of education and connection with my love for food, health and fitness. In May of 2020, I completed my program as a Certified Holistic Nutritional Consultant.

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Just as important as putting healthy beneficial things INTO our bodies, it's important to look at what we put on our bodies.  Our skin is our largest organ and absorbs a large portion of what we put on it! I work with a vegan and cruelty free health and wellness company. Their mantra is "pure, safe and beneficial" and I stand with them and the ingredients they use. 

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Looking forward, I am releasing a cookbook soon ! AND I plan to complete a personal training course so that I can confidently and more accurately speak to the fitness aspect of health as well!

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BASICALLY whatever your health + wellness needs are, I got you !