Today we’d like to introduce you to Patricia Espinoza.
Hi Patricia, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
My birth parents were missionaries in Africa when I was born. When we returned to the USA, my father started churches on the East coast, but passing away during my childhood. All throughout my life, my faith in Jesus Christ has been the foundation and guiding force of my life. When my mother remarried in my early teens, she had 6 children and my step-father had 4 children. I put myself through college and then married. My son was born with SMA which falls under the Muscular Dystrophy umbrella of diseases. I learned how to become his advocate for special needs and proudly went to his college graduation where he graduated Magnum Cum Laud. We moved to Mexico for 4 years where I studied for my Masters and he started his business. For short periods, I worked overseas in Africa and the Middle East in higher education. In recent years, I discovered the health advantages of choosing a gluten-free, dairy-free and toxin-free lifestyle in my search for health following autoimmune disease and a cancer diagnosis. My passion for health grew when I volunteered as a group leader for the HealingStrong organization over the last 7 and ½ years. I went back to school to become certified as a Holistic Nutritionist and Wellness Coach. Since then, I have seen many people who desire to improve their health through a change in lifestyle and eating habits, while battling many different types of health conditions. Together, we have found healing solutions that have led to better health.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
No, my life has not been a smooth road but one full of challenges and crises. As a teenager, I was groomed to be a leader in my family as well as my future. After I married and had my son, we discovered very early his diagnosis was fatal and shortly after, our marriage broke up. I was a single parent, advocating for my son in the public school system and fighting for his life in hospitals more than 15 times over the course of his early years. I learned how to be a caretaker instead of reaching success in a career and honestly, that has been the making of me into a better person. I struggled to fit career and caretaking for my son together for many years and this naturally took a toll on my health. The cancer diagnosis was a wakeup call for me to make drastic changes in my lifestyle to improve my health. And by the grace of God, and the encouragement from others, my health has improved as well as relationships with family and community. Life is full of challenges for most people, and change is inevitable. But our attitude toward our circumstances and our faith in a loving God can turn that around in miraculous ways. I have seen and continue to see God at work in my life. I choose gratitude and thanks on a daily basis.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
• I am very passionate about health that developed from my personal experiences as a cancer survivor with autoimmune disease.
• I am a Holistic Nutritionist, Wellness Coach and Clinical Herbalist with a faith-based perspective.
• I specialize in coaching individuals 40+ years of age, assisting them to reach their health goals. As a Wellness Coach, reaching health goals is done based on the client’s goals – not mine. As a Holistic Nutritionist, I give recommendations based on diet and lifestyle evaluation, lab assessments, and intake analysis by teaching healthy eating through a healthy menu and nutrients, with advice on basic wellness supplementation and a follow up program that leads to client support and success.
• What sets me apart from others is the personal investment I make into the success of my client’s goals to achieve their success. I listen intensely and ask lots of questions to understand how best to serve my clients. And I spend many hours researching and developing a personalized protocol for them. Their personal commitment to making healthy changes is vital to their success. During the follow-up sessions, that protocol is adjusted to continue their personalized success.
• I am most proud of assisting people to be healthy and vibrant again, regardless of their age! So often, the stress of life takes a toll on our health, whether it is gut issues, not sleeping well, diets and/or drugs not working anymore and generally feeling out-of-sync. Targeting the root cause of these issues can bring back health and vibrancy once again, as they commit to making important changes for their health.
• The initial session with someone leads us toward what issues need to be addressed in the short-term and in the long-term. Sometimes there are pressing symptoms that must be eased first, before reaching the root cause of health issues. Working with the client and other parts of their medical support, together we find ways to bring health into balance and reduce stress. Additionally, I can offer supplements, along with labs and their assessments. Whatever the health condition or nagging symptoms, we can come up with healthy solutions that work together with their current prescriptions and doctor recommendations.
What matters most to you?
What matters most to me is to see my clients overcome their challenges and live a healthier, more joyful life. The reason why goes back to my personal experiences. The doctor told me my son’s disability would end his life before he was two years old. As his mother, I fiercely wanted him to have the health he needed to survive, and by God’s grace, my adult son is thriving! My own health became paramount to me, after hearing the “C” word. And by God’s grace, again, I discovered ways to holistically turn the tables on disease. For almost a decade, I have witnessed many people who turned their diagnoses to health by changing their lifestyles. These are the success stories we don’t hear every day, but they exist by the thousands in our country! When someone finally grasps the huge health benefits of the recommended changes to their lifestyle and diet and committing to make those changes, it becomes a way of life for the better. It becomes the healthy life they thought they would never have. Each person deserves taking the credit for the changes they have made to improve their life. I’m there to encourage, to coach and to acknowledge their determination to succeed! And the joy of being a part of their journey is what matters most to me.
Pricing:
- • Initial consultation $75/hr. with a discount for vitamin and mineral supplements
- • We can meet in-person or Zoom 1 – 3 times a week, depending on their preference
- • Recommended is the 6-wk program of 2 sessions/week for $63/hr. (advance payment required)
- • 3-month program of 2 sessions/week for $58/hr. (advance payment required)
- • 6-month program of 2 sessions/week for $48/hr. (advance payment required)
Contact Info:
- Website: https://WellnessLifestyleHolistic.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090168129164
