Hi, I am Kirsten!

I am the founder and nutritionist behind all of Green Thumb Health and Nutrition.  I love to use food to build health within myself!

I haven’t always been interested in food this way. I use to read a lot about food and nutrition because I wasn’t happy in my own skin. I was trying to loose weight. From my late teens through my young adult life I was chasing an ideal body and not celebrating what I had. I would push it to extremes like marathon running to half iron distance triathlons…

I would deprive hoping to achieve a certain body image.

It wasn’t until after our 3rd child that my body started rebelling and I was having trouble coping with life. I had lost my energy, positivity and optimism that I once had. I knew I needed to make a change.

I was diagnosed with Hashimotos Thyroiditis- which is an autoimmune disease where your immune system attacks your thyroid. I remember sitting my Doctors office crying. Tears of joy as there was finally a reason that I was exhausted and not coping with daily stressors.  Also tears of frustration as there was nothing to do according to my Dr. that I could do to support my body. I just had to ride the roller coaster of my body going through periods of hyper and hypothyroidism. Waiting for another autoimmune disease to come.

I was frustrated when in life is there a hole in your boat, do you wait for it to sink. I started reading articles, books, listening to podcast after podcast, talking to people, to anyone who had anything to offer. 

I decided the only hope I had was a drastic lifestyle change; at the time we had three kids under 4. I was fortunate I was able to step away from my then career and reduce them number of hats I wore. I stayed home with our kids and focused on the food we ate and really diving into my emotional health, habits, relationships; with people, food, alcohol, exercise, myself, etc. 

It’s has been a journey! One of the most rewarding journeys of my life. I am still on it learning everyday! How to balance it all. How to really listen and trust myself. Most of all to treat myself with kindness and passion!

Thank you for your interest!

Kirsten

XOXO

Education

Honours Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology

Natural Nutrition

Culinary Nutrition Expert

Functional Nutrition Coaching