Today we’d like to introduce you to Brooke Smith.
Brooke , we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
My story is one I think many people can relate to, not really knowing where you’re going, but trusting God and taking the next step anyway. I’ve walked through a lot of hard things: loss, grief, and the kind of hardships that quietly shape you. But through all of it, there has been a resilience to keep going, and that’s exactly what I’ve done.
I studied Agricultural Communications & Journalism at Texas A&M and have spent the last 10 years in marketing. But I always sensed there was more — passions God had placed in me that I hadn’t fully stepped into yet. That clarity came through my own health journey. I was overweight, dealing with anxiety and depression, and was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease in 2018. I didn’t know what any of it really meant, and it sent me on a lengthy, eye-opening journey to understand my own body. I learned it was about so much more than medication and exercise, it was what I was putting into my body, what I was putting into my mind, and the community around me. I eventually received my Holistic Health Coach certification, and something shifted within me.
I’ve also struggled deeply with body image and learning to choose kinder thoughts about myself and others. That struggle led me to write a children’s book, ‘Emersyn Chooses Kind Thoughts and God’s Truth’, which helps young girls identify the difference between other people’s thoughts, their own thoughts, and what God says is true. It has been such a gift to share.
All of this, my health journey, my faith, my desire for young women to know their worth has led me to create a faith-based health and wellness course for moms and daughters called, ‘Rooted Together’. It covers everything from periods to emotional health, nutrition, movement, and what we allow into our minds. It was born out of a simple wish: that my mom and I had known more about how to care for our bodies, minds, and souls. We don’t learn this in school, and parents are often too overwhelmed to know where to start. That gap is exactly what I’m here to help fill.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It definitely has not been a smooth road, nor do I foresee one ahead. To get to the “gold,” it takes grit. It takes continuing to move forward even when it feels like something has pushed you back 21 steps.
The hard things have a way of trying to derail you. A health scare, a loss, a season that just won’t let up. In the last three years alone, I had my first panic attack a month after moving to Austin. I was in a car wreck in 2024. In 2025, I launched my book and then promptly shrunk back in fear about being seen and whether any of it was even good enough. And that’s just the last three years.
In the past eight years, I’ve lost someone to suicide. I’ve lost a friend in a tragic accident. Much of that time was spent simply trying to stay afloat, learning how to keep going even when the darkness felt greater than the light.
But I’m reminded that it’s not.
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” — John 1:5
And that doesn’t even include the challenges that come with the work, the “no’s,” the closed doors, and the moments when people didn’t quite understand what you are trying to build. One of the hardest lessons has been realizing that their lack of understanding isn’t personal. Sometimes it simply means you’re still finding the people who are meant to connect with it.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
Author + Holistic Health Mentor
Visionary of Rooted Together: A mother-daughter health and wellness program
I’m an author and holistic health mentor. My work focuses on helping people understand that health isn’t just about nutrition and movement — there are many pieces that influence how we feel and function. I help guide people in understanding those pieces so they can make more intentional choices for their health. I also created Rooted Together, a program for moms and daughters, because so many of the things we learn about health come later in life, and I wanted to create a space where those conversations and foundations could start earlier.
Risk taking is a topic that people have widely differing views on – we’d love to hear your thoughts.
I definitely believe I’m a risk taker, although five years ago I probably wouldn’t have said that. It takes guts to create a program, to write a book, and to move to a new city when you don’t know what’s going to happen next.
If we don’t take risks, get uncomfortable, and allow ourselves to grow, we end up staying in the same place. I believe we’re all called to different times, places, and purposes in our work and lives. Growth often asks something of us, not to harden us, but to soften us and stretch us in ways we may not have chosen on our own.
Instead of looking at risk-taking as something negative, I’ve been trying to see it as an opportunity to learn and grow.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.mustardseedhealthandhealing.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mustardseedhealthandhealing/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Mustard-Seed-Health-Healing-61550740600042/
- Other: https://www.amazon.com/Emersyn-Chooses-Kind-Thoughts-Truth/dp/1625863004
Image Credits
Mackenzie Smith Photo Book, Celina St. Hilaire
