Frequently Asked Questions
If you are new to nutritional therapy it's natural for you to have questions. Below are the answers to some most frequent questions.
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How can nutrition help me with my health issues?
Nutritional therapy can help you to get to root causes of health issues and improve your health quality by healthy eating, sleep, better stress coping. All recommendations I make as a nutritional therapist are science-backed and based on current scientific research. 👉 Click here to learn more about my personal journey and how nutrition helped to improve my health.
Why do I feel tired, even if I sleep 8 hours?
Your energy depends on many factors, as your sleep quality, stress level, essential nutrients your body needs to produce energy. A gap in one or more of these factors can make you feel unusually tired, run-down, or fee like your energy is not restoring fully after 8 hours sleep. As a nutritional therapist I can help you to understand what may be causing your fatigue and create your personal support plan to restore your energy.
How can I feel less stressed?
Feeling stressed is an everyday reality for many people. While stressful life and work events are often outside of your control, you can change how your body reacts to stress. Various techniques as mindfulness, breathing, grounding can help you to become more resilient to stress, feel calmer and less stressed while living your busy life. As part of our wellness support sessions I teach you simple, practical mindfulness techniques to help you reduce stress and anxiety.
Is stress bad for you?
Stress is a normal reaction of your body on a potentially threatening events. Your body initiates stress response, maximizing your physical and mental performance, to help you to get out of the danger. For example, if you are being chased by a wild animal. While feeling stressed occasionally is not bad for you, and actually can help you to focus better and make better decisions, long-term (chronic) stress can drain your energy, disrupt your normal body functioning and even make you ill. Chronic stress is linked to health conditions as chronic fatigue syndrome and type 2 diabetes. As a nutritional therapist and mindfulness specialist I can teach you to feel calmer under stress and minimize the potential damage of chronic stress to your body.
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is the practice of staying present in the moment and slowing down, paying attention to your body and mind with curiosity and without judgement. Mindfulness helps you live in harmony with your body and mind, being more aware of your thoughts, emotions and physical sensations.
Regular mindfulness practice include breathing, mindful eating, mindful exercise and mindful pauses. As a mindfulness specialist I can help you to learn and adopt mindfulness techniques, helping you to reduce stress, boost energy and living calmer, happier life.
How can mindfulness help me to reduce stress?
Mindfulness can help reduce stress by encouraging you to slow down and focus on the present moment rather than becoming overwhelmed by worries or a busy mind. It helps interrupt the cycle of racing thoughts, allowing your body and mind to relax.
Practicing mindfulness regularly can help lower anxiety, improve stress control, sleep better. While mindfulness won't remove the source of stress, it can change how you respond to it, helping you feel calmer, more focused and better able to manage life's challenges.
As part of my wellness sessions, I teach you practical mindfulness techniques that are easy to fit into a busy lifestyle, so you can start seeing improvements in your wellness.
How do I boost energy when I'm tired?
There are different ways to boost your energy with food and exercise. While boosting energy when tired is something many people want, it often a short-term solution. To make sure you have enough energy to live your busy life, while staying healthy, rest is essential. Constantly being on-the go without proper rest can be draining, decrease your immunity and make you more vulnerable to becoming ill. As a nutritional therapist I can help you to boost your energy with right nutrition, sleep and rest.
How do I book a session with you?
Let's start by getting to know each other better and book a free 30-minute call. This call is a perfect opportunity for you to tell me more about yourself, share what is your happy health vision, ask questions and decide if you want to work with me on improving your energy, stress resilience and health. 👉 Click here to book your free 30 minutes call
Do I need to travel to our sessions?
All our sessions are online via zoom, and between sessions catch up are via phone call. You don't need to travel.
What happens after my first consultation?
During your nutritional consultation we will look at your health, what you struggle with and want to improve, we talk about your likes and dislikes, your life and work commitments. All these will become part of your health support plan. Within 3 days of our session you will receive your plan via email. If you have questions about your plan, you can ask them via messenger.
How long until I see results after nutrition sessions?
Everyone is different and it takes different amount of time for each of us to see the changes we want. Some women I work with can see visible first results after a week or two of following support plan. Deeper results and lasting changes take longer to come. We focus on sustainable changes to help you get results that will stay with you for long time. 👉 Click here to learn more about nutritional sessions and read sessions feedback.
How many sessions will I need?
The number of sessions is very individual, and depends on your health, life commitments and other factors. While i understand you want to see health improvements as soon as possible, I recommend not rushing things and walk your health journey with comfortable for you pace. The support sessions are grouped into programs, each program is designed to help you at different depth, the shortest program is 6 weeks long and includes 2 sessions. 👉 Click here to learn more about wellness support programs features, length and prices.
Hopefully these answers have given you a better understanding of how nutritional therapy can support your body and mind, helping you to live healthier, happier life.
If you still have questions, if you want to know how you can start having more energy and feel more stress-proof, while living your normal busy life, book your free 30 minutes call.
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