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Do any of the following describe you?

  • Your child has recently been diagnosed with food allergies

  • You need help training caregivers

  • You are overwhelmed with too much information

  • You need additional emotional support

  • You need help keeping your child safe from food allergens

  • You have a desire to put your life into perspective

  • You struggle to advocate for your child's specific needs

  • You seek a happy and safe family lifestyle

Did You Know?

There are 8 major food allergies:

eggs

dairy

soy

wheat

peanuts

tree nuts

fish

shellfish
But there are MANY other foods your child can be allergic to ...

WHY WORK WITH ME?

I am a mother of a 10 year old child with multiple anaphylactic food allergies. Raising her has been a life, and career, changing experience.  After a successful career in human resources management, I decided to focus my energies on helping families like mine cope with the challenges of raising children with food allergies.

I understand that learning about your child's food allergies can be overwhelming and stressful.  When you work with me, you can get personal advice from someone who has made food allergies her personal focus for over 10 years. 

  • In home consultation
  • Educating friends and family with recipes and food substitutions.
  • Making reasonable decisions with food shopping, discovering new foods and reading labels.
  • Advocate throughout child's social development:
    • How to handle playdates, carpools, birthday parties, camp, enrichment programs, babysitters, and family gatherings.
  • Help you advocate for your child during school enrollment and ongoing safety issues.
  • Making reasonable decisions during vacation planning.
  • Help you anticipate the need for communication and flexibility while traveling.
  • Help choosing restaurants and communicating with food service handlers.
  • Coping with the challenges you face

Testimonials

What did you learn:

“Today’s training really helped expand my knowledge & understanding of food allergies.  I will definitely look at labels much closer.”

What did you like:

“lots of visuals and hands on participation for the staff.”  “Informal presentation – presenter obviously very knowledgeable, enjoyed family examples.”, “Speaker was informative and knowledgeable. Training was interactive with great conversation.”

Other comments:

“I applaud you and your family.  It’s amazing how you choose to take your time to educate and advocate for others.”

“I found the training to be very helpful and informative.  Looking  <at> and comparing food labels was VERY eye opening.”

“I liked hearing your personal accounts.  As a parent who hasn’t had to deal with this first hand, it really helps me empathize with those that do.”

Testimonials from Health Coaching Clients:

“Having a <health> coach makes it a more important issue so you can act on it.  Taking step #1 is what you need!”

“With thorough questioning and direction, you realize the crux of the matter and what you need to pay attention to.”

“It’s all a process.  It has to percolate and then <the issue> needs to live a life of its own.”

“Just by talking about it, cements it into your mind.  Takes it from the back of your mind and puts it in the front.”

“Helps you realize what your intentions really are.”