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NEW!! Awesome Immunity Workshop - Protect Your Body and Stay Healthy
Our immune system is designed to protect us and keep us healthy but sometimes it doesn't function quite the way it should.
For many people, colds, flus and infections can take a hold all too easily and drag on longer than we would like. Particularly going into the cooler months, it can be helpful to make some changes that will give our immune system a boost and to build a personal "war chest" for those times when we feel like we are getting sick.
For others, they deal with other immune system conditions like allergies, asthma or autoimmunity. To feel better they need to figure out the cause and how to fix the problem.

So where can you start to get your immune system functioning just the way it should?

In this workshop we get back to basics:
  • Get an overview of our immune system and understand how it operates to protect us.
  • Learn what we do that compromises our immune system and leaves us vulnerable.
  • Look at the role of chronic inflammation and how it impacts our immune system functioning.
  • What steps you can take to improve your immune system  and protect yourself with nutrition, essential oils and lifestyle.
  • Design your own personal immune boosting program and tool kit that fits your unique situation.

NEW!! Mind & Mood Workshop - Understand How Nutrition Impacts How You Feel & How You Think
If you think about it, you already know that food makes a difference in how you feel and your brain functioning. If you’ve ever been really hungry, you have probably experienced feeling grumpy and angry, plus it’s hard to focus and you make more mistakes. If you’ve never been really hungry then just ask anyone you know who’s been on a very calorie restricted diet and they will confirm…It is just not fun! 
So maybe it makes sense to you that healing your body is a key step in healing your brain as the two are so intimately connected! Learn how nutrition effects the neurotransmitters in the brain and, as a result, your mood.
Find out how hormones, including your sex hormones, interconnect to impact emotions.
Explore the effect of genetics on brain health.
Amanda helps you connect all the dots to show you the role nutrition plays on your mental state and what you can do with diet to improve your brain health.
Get the tools for fostering your own healing without the use of chemicals!
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Make Lasting Change and Create New Habits
Are you someone that makes New Year’s resolutions? Or have you decided that resolutions won’t work for you?  As a nutritionist, I am committed to helping people make lasting change in their lifestyle and behaviors and I want to share techniques and approaches that have proven really effective. So if you would like to shift some things in 2017, I invite you to come learn exactly how your old, stubborn habits work, how you can disrupt those routines and how to build new ones that serve you better!

Dieting Is Making You Fat! - Get Off the Diet Roller Coaster
Have you tried a ton of different diets and nothing seems to work?
Do you feel that you don’t eat that much but you still can’t shake off the pounds?
Do you feel that you would have more success if only you had more will-power?
 
It’s time to get you off that diet roller coaster!
Find out how dieting is making you fat and explore some of the myths that keep us hooked to it.
Learn some real secrets to weight loss that are easy for everyone to implement.

Detox the Gentle Way
Would you like to do a cleanse but worry that it will be too restrictive and challenging?
Find out how to detox the gentle way!
  • Understand why you might need to detoxify.
  • Find out the benefits of a cleanse.
  • Learn about body systems and how to support them.
  • Discover how to clean up your diet and eat your best.
  • Learn what can you do to support natural healing of chronic health conditions.
  • Understand how to cleanse in a way that supports your body and provides long-term benefits.

​Nutrition & Your Sex Hormones -  For women
As women we are used to the constant fluctuation in our sex hormones and all that that entails….BUT did you know that many of the symptoms that we have come to take for granted can actually be alleviated by natural means? So let’s stop suffering and do something about it!
Learn about your sex hormones from a nutritional perspective.
  • Find out how your body makes your sex hormones.
  • Understand some of the causes of hormonal imbalance that you may not have thought about and some that may surprise you.
  • Get some easy to implement tips on how to begin to reinstate hormonal balance.

​Nutrition & Your Sex Hormones - For all
Conventional medicine uses a replacement model of endocrinology where you measure hormones, you see what’s low and then you replace them with that given hormone. BUT…this doesn’t fix the underlying problem and sometimes it makes it worse by upsetting the body’s feedback mechanisms.
Come learn about how nutrition can support the natural balance in your sex hormones for a healthy, vibrant, fun life.

What’s the Matter With Wheat?
Learn about the changes to wheat cultivation and why there is so much fuss about gluten.
Discover the body chemistry changes from eating wheat.
Find out the four areas of health where it can have an impact.

Understanding Inflammation Workshops - Avoid Chronic Disease and Age with Vitality
Health has changed dramatically over the last 100 years.
Chronic disease is now what we're used to....BUT it's not normal!
48% of all Americans and 22% of children now take one or more prescription drugs.
What can we do to avoid being one of these statistics?
We will learn about inflammation, the role it plays in chronic disease and how to reduce it naturally.

Nutrition for Anti-Aging - Can We Turn Back Time?
We are all getting older, every minute of every day!
We call this aging but what do we mean by anti-aging?
Is it lengthening our lifespan?
Is it improving our quality of life?
What does anti-aging mean to you?
We will take a look at some theories around aging and find out what we can do nutritionally to support your body through the aging process.

Nutrition 101 - Suitable for all including children 10 and up
Are you confused about how to eat healthily?
Find out the basics building blocks of creating healthy meals.
Discover how nutrition can help you perform at your best.
Learn about how our body processes and responds to different foods.
Hear guidelines on what to eat and tips to put together a healthy day.

​Holiday Food Survival
Are you ready for the holidays? 
They are fun but they can also be stressful or even overwhelming. Whichever it is for you it can take a toll on your health.
If you’re tired of feeling unhealthy or gaining 5 lbs. each holiday season (and never losing it again), come join us to put together your personal plan and learn some great tips on how to survive the holiday food season.

​What People Are Saying!

Organized, much information to better eating habits and why. Very interesting.

Loved seeing you shine, Amanda! You have so much to offer the world & I'm grateful that you are -- in a way that is so full of joy, freedom, ease & authenticity. Lovely!

You rocked it! Such good information and advice!

Excellent teacher and very knowledgeable.

Enjoyable and informative!

Amanda gave a clear and information packed presentation that helps you to examine your possible next step in supporting your hormones nutritionally.

Amanda you gave a great talk that gave a lot of food for thought!

Your talk so timely and helpful! You're a wealth of information! Thank you!

​Amanda's presentation was very informative and beneficial.

​Very well versed and a relaxed style of instruction. It was helpful talking to a health professional. I feel more empowered!

​Amanda is a thoughtful, articulate, instructor. I was very impressed with her presentation. I will definitely take more of her classes. Many specific ideas about how I can change my lifestyle. Sheila P

Very informative and easy to talk to. Food info to consider. Sara F

Very organized and knowledgable. Good ways of presenting. Amazing how toxic our food is.

Amanda covered all the bases and provided and intro to understanding inflammation. She knows her material. An eagle eye view of what inflammation is, what causes it and what you can do to prevent it. Mary P

Well informed good teacher. Rebecca G

She is very professional, knowledgable and personable. There is so much we can do to take care of our health. Kate B
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