Background
Not feeling your best? Poppy gets it. She was sick for many years and worked with doctors and natural healers to recover her own body from debilitating health challenges. She will preserve with you and guide you to overcome barriers to feeling well in your own body. No judgment here, just observing, learning and problem solving together in a positive and supportive relationship. Work together with Poppy to find doable changes that will lead to long term health gains for your body.
Ready to take your physical training to the next level? Poppy can help you incorporate nutrition strategies to increase muscle gains, improve endurance, minimize post-workout recovery time and speed injury recovery. Poppy has a long history as a successful athlete winning multiple NCAA All-American titles and National Championship with the UC Davis Women's Gymnastics Team.
Education: Health Coach pending certificate from Food Revolution. Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (#952195, since 2004). University of California San Francisco Medical Center Dietetic Internship. University of California Davis BS in Nutrition Science Biochemistry.
Experience: 10 years working in the hospital setting practicing clinical nutrition on all units including ICU, transplants, surgical, medical, hospice, etc. Another 10 years of experience teaching community college nutrition courses. Recently started charging private clients in 2025, but she has been successfully advising/supporting friends and family members in their goals towards better health for many years.
Additional Skills: Trauma informed care. Neurodivergent informed care.
Collaboration: willing to collaborate with your professional team (doctors, physiatrist, therapist, social workers, case managers, you name it) as deemed necessary or appropriate.
Availability
Approach
Grow your wellness habits to nourish your life. I teach natural and lifestyle approaches to heal and maintain your body. Together let's utilize the lifestyle and nutrition sciences as medicine to get you well and saying healthy. If the American status quo of eating/ living is making you sick, then let's work together on personalized adjustments to food, supplements, movement, thinking and sleeping to support your body's natural healing powers. If you want a healing coach, you just found me.
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Modalities
Insurance accepted
Aetna, Cash Pay, Golden Rule, Kaiser, Optum, Oxford, Select Health, United Healthcare, United Medical Resources (UMR)
Seeing clients in
AZ, CA, CO, CT, HI, IN, MA, MI, NJ, NY, OK, OR, PA, TX, VA, WI
