In this episode, I talk with Helena Jean-Louis about why she uses the GI Map with every client, and how it drastically changed her own health! Helena Jean-Louis’ passion for off-the-beaten-path adventures and love of learning led her to healthcare solutions that revolutionized her life and the lives of her nutrition clients. Her answer to her health problems was education. Her certifications as a functional nutritionist and Reiki Master are reflections of her belief that life prepared her to become a compassionate and experienced women’s health specialist. Today, Helena is the founder of Femme and Feminine, a robust intercultural nutrition practice. Helena guides and educates women suffering from digestive, hormonal, and autoimmune disorders, drawing on her vast personal and clinical experience...and some humor, too! Additionally, Helena holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and is a professional coach through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching. On the rare occasion that Helena takes time off from her nutrition work, you’ll find her mindfully walking near the ocean or listening to French and Caribbean-inspired music. Contact Helena through her website, www.femmeandfeminine.com. --- Have you joined the party in the Private Test Don't Guess Facebook Community yet?! Jensen can be found @testdontguess Grab this FREE Guide >> The Unlicensed Practitioners Guide to Functional Lab Testing Are you HTMA-curious? >> Instant HTMA Professional Course Details 

In this episode, Stacey Koziel shares all about her experience going through Emily Morrow's Functional Blood Chemistry course!  -- Have you joined the party in the Private Test Don't Guess Facebook Community yet?! Jensen can be found @testdontguess Grab this FREE Guide >> The Unlicensed Practitioners Guide to Functional Lab Testing Are you HTMA-curious? >> Instant HTMA Professional Course Details 

In this episode, Emily Ames and I talk about how you can start transitioning from working with clients 1:1 to offering a course, and still use functional labs to get those bio-individual results with clients! We talk about the different benefits of online courses and the best way to start creating your first one! Emily is a Nutritional Therapist turned Online Course Coach.  Her specialty is supporting holistic practitioners, nutritional therapists, and those in the health and wellness space build their online businesses and reach larger audiences via online courses.  She graduated from Gettysburg college in Political science and has a corporate career background in fundraising, Recruitment, knowledge management, and operations.   Her passion is to empower holistic practitioners, health coaches, and nutritionists to share their knowledge and expertise and also help them avoid 1:1 burnout.  She loves teaching others about passive income and how to streamline their business so they can actually enjoy their work + life! Through her work, she believes she is able to not only help women build their businesses but also bring greater healing to the world through her students' online courses. She lives in Nashville and loves live music and trying all the great food in the city. www.tohealthwithit.com @tohealthwithit -- Have you joined the party in the Private Test Don't Guess Facebook Community yet?! Jensen can be found @testdontguess Grab this FREE Guide >> The Unlicensed Practitioners Guide to Functional Lab Testing Are you HTMA-curious? >> Instant HTMA Professional Course Details 

In this episode, we get to hear about Sarah King's experience starting at IIN, continuing her journey to the NTA, and now moving forward into starting a Master's program in Nutrition and Functional Medicine. We talk all about the different aspects she has incorporated from each one, her goals for the future, and her excitement for starting to add HTMA to her practice! Sarah King is Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach from Cincinnati OH who currently lives in Orange County, CA. She is starting her master's in nutrition and functional medicine in October with University of Western States. She specializes in relieving digestive dysfunction and improving poor gut health and offers holistic wellness services in order to eliminate uncomfortable symptoms like bloat, acid reflux, constipation, low energy, anxiety, PMS, and more. Website - www.simplysking.com Instagram - @simplysking ---- Have you joined the party in the Private Test Don't Guess Facebook Community yet?! Jensen can be found @testdontguess Grab this FREE Guide >> The Unlicensed Practitioners Guide to Functional Lab Testing Are you HTMA-curious? >> Instant HTMA Professional Course Details 

In this episode, Sarah Lawley Chernick and I talk about her favorite functional labs to use with PCOS clients, and discuss why she finds a certain salivary hormone test to be her preference over doing the DUTCH to look at hormones! Sarah Lawley Chernick is a functional nutritionist that focuses on helping  people heal from digestive issues, hormonal imbalances, fatigue, and more. After overcoming her own health struggles of chronic gut issues and PCOS, she became incredibly passionate about helping others support their body naturally with dietary and lifestyle changes, functional labs, and targeted supplementation. Sarah also has a masters degree in psychology and is a registered yoga teacher, so she is educated and passionate about helping her clients understand the impact of stress and the  mind-body connection. Aside from nutrition, Sarah is also passionate about traveling and embarked on a solo backpacking trip through Europe a few years ago. Website: www.nourishhealbalance.com Instagram: @nourishhealbalance -- Have you joined the party in the Private Test Don't Guess Facebook Community yet?! Jensen can be found @testdontguess Grab this FREE Guide >> The Unlicensed Practitioners Guide to Functional Lab Testing Are you HTMA-curious? >> Instant HTMA Professional Course Details 

In this episode, I chat with Alexandra Bucko, NTP about her experience being diagnosed with lupus, and then focusing her practice on working with other chronic and complex cases. She feels that using labs are crucial to really getting to the bottom of what is causing her clients symptoms, and we talk a bit about our shared love for free webinars from the lab companies!  Alexandra Bucko is a nutritional therapy practitioner from Chicago currently living and working in Croatia. She is in the middle of completing a Masters in Human Nutrition, and predominantly sees chronic and complex illness cases. Aside from eating healthy, Alex loves to travel, lift weights, do yoga, and spend time at the beach. Her favorite food is anything with potatoes, and she loves trying new foods! Website: www.throughhealthandback.com Instagram: @throughhealthandback -- Have you joined the party in the Private Test Don't Guess Facebook Community yet?! Jensen can be found @testdontguess Grab this FREE Guide >> The Unlicensed Practitioners Guide to Functional Lab Testing Are you HTMA-curious? >> Instant HTMA Professional Course Details 

In this episode, we chat with Leslie Bumpas about how she uses all kinds of functional labs in her practice to support mature women overcome the hurdles of aging. She is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Master Restorative Wellness Practitioner who feels there should be no fear about aging: no dementia, no frumpy, dumpy, and old. She's been incorporating a unique approach to anti-aging that few in the healthcare world have access to. Products mentioned (not an affiliate!) Shower filter Bath Filter  Leslie's Contact Info: www.redeemingwellness.com Free Supplement Guide Instagram -- Have you joined the party in the Private Test Don't Guess Facebook Community yet?! Jensen can be found @testdontguess Grab this FREE Guide >> The Unlicensed Practitioners Guide to Functional Lab Testing Are you HTMA-curious? >> Instant HTMA Professional Course Details 

In this episode, Kim Perez shares her passion for empowering women with the knowledge and tools to feel their best postpartum! She shares how she primarily uses HTMA to help balance women's minerals and teach stress coping strategies in this essential time! Kim Perez is a Functional Nutritionist who guides and supports women through the transition into motherhood and beyond. Her personal journey- especially the challenges she faced postpartum and the healing she embarked on once she became a mom- lit a fire in her to more deeply help other women through this often difficult and unsupported season. Kim is passionate about addressing the root causes of symptoms like fatigue, anxiety, and painful periods and restoring vibrant metabolic health and mineral balance. She aims to help women befriend and trust their bodies, while guiding them to nourish themselves more fully so they can function their best- especially in the face of the many demands of motherhood. Through her 1:1 work, group programs, and online education, Kim carries out her mission of teaching and empowering moms so they can have the energy they need to show up fully in motherhood and be as resilient as possible to stress. When she’s not working, you can find her spending time with her family, reading, or outside simply enjoying nature. Website: http://rootandbranchnutrition.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/rootandbranchnutrition --- Have you joined the party in the Private Test Don't Guess Facebook Community yet?! Jensen can be found @testdontguess Grab this FREE Guide >> The Unlicensed Practitioners Guide to Functional Lab Testing Are you HTMA-curious? >> Instant HTMA Professional Course Details 

In this episode, I chat with Amanda about her journey of finding out she had breast cancer, and then choosing to fight it naturally by using functional lab testing to guide her treatment plan! Amanda is a wife and mother of 3, who homeschooled her kids all the way through and got into functional nutrition to support her own health. She is from Arizona originally and moved to Texas by way of Illinois for 9 years, where her kids were all born. While homeschooling them, she found a passion for whole-food nutrition and holistic wellness and began my studies under the Nutritional Therapy Association and Restorative Wellness Solutions and now works in private practice with clients who want to address their health concerns naturally.  She recently battled breast cancer (diagnosed at 43) and won the fight without chemo or radiation. That journey gave her a deep desire to work with people who want to prevent cancer, are currently battling it or trying to prevent a recurrence. Food is powerful and is an awesome tool in a cancer battle. Fun fact: She has 5 dogs and a cat, (that's more than the number of people in her home!) all of which are rescues and they keep her home loud and busy! Website: www.wellnesswithamandak.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wellnesswithamandak_fntp/ -- Have you joined the party in the Private Test Don't Guess Facebook Community yet?! Jensen can be found @testdontguess Grab this FREE Guide >> The Unlicensed Practitioners Guide to Functional Lab Testing Are you HTMA-curious? >> Instant HTMA Professional Course Details 

In this episode, I talk with Master Restorative Wellness Practitioner, Ellen Syversen about her experience with all 4 levels of RWS, how she uses functional labs in her practice, how she structures her packages, and how she approaches tough cases!  Ellen offers a free, confidential, no obligation, 20-minute phone consultation for potential clients, and she also offers long distance consultations all over the world via Zoom and phone. Ellen is available for speaking engagements and workshops and can be reached at [email protected]. Her website is pathwaysforhealth.net. If you're interested in joining Restorative Wellness, you can thank Ellen for sharing about her experience by joining the upcoming class on Mastering the Art & Science of Gastrointestinal Healing starting August 30, 2022 using her affiliate link!  -- Have you joined the party in the Private Test Don't Guess Facebook Community yet?! Jensen can be found @testdontguess Grab this FREE Guide >> The Unlicensed Practitioners Guide to Functional Lab Testing Are you HTMA-curious? >> Instant HTMA Professional Course Details  -- More about Ellen! Ellen Syversen has a master’s degree in public health from Tulane University School of Public Health and over 20 years of experience as a certified health educator. Her passion for nutrition started as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger, West Africa where she worked on maternal and child health issues as a Nutritionist in a rural village for two years and traveled throughout West Africa. Prior to starting a nutritional therapy practice, Ellen managed and directed the OSU Lane County Extension Nutrition Education Program and conducted numerous seminars county wide. Combining her background as a health educator with her training as a Nutritional Therapist & Master Restorative Wellness Practitioner, Ellen offers clients holistic, functional nutrition counseling, therapy, and education with the goal of correcting imbalances in body chemistry and achieving optimal wellness naturally. Some of her areas of expertise include chronic fatigue, food sensitivities, digestive dysfunction, hormonal balance, and blood sugar issues. Ellen loves to practice what she preaches and enjoys getting people excited about expanding their food horizons and using natural supplements, diet, and lifestyle approaches along with the appropriate testing to restore health and wellness. When not seeing clients, she loves to spend time with her husband, two teen girls (18 and 21), friends and their dog Ginger doing outdoor activities like kayaking, hiking, camping, and skiing. She loves to travel, read, do HIIT and Zumba workouts, cook delicious nutrient dense meals, bake healthy treats, soak in her hot tub, and spend time with friends over dinner and a glass of wine. One of her favorite things to do in the summer is attend outdoor concerts and dance like crazy!