Welcome to River Tree Wellness
This is your journey toward wellness and self-discovery.
Your story is the heart of your healing journey.
Your transformation begins with self-acceptance.
Wellness Specialties
Navigating autoimmunity
Functional health - nutrition, fitness, mindfulness
Life transitions
Lifestyle and Behavior Change
Healing journeys
Fitness and nutrition goals
What is Health & Wellness Coaching?
Are you scattered when it comes to managing your own health?
Have you been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and feel lost in what to do?
Are you managing everyone else’s well-being, but leaving your own wellness on the back burner?
Health coaching is guidance to help you:
navigate the complexities of your health
discover your inner wisdom and resilience
design meaningful and sustainable lifestyle changes
cultivate a balanced approach to well-being
Health coaching is…
a partnership to empower YOU in your growth and transformation
uncovering personalized strategies for your unique journey
finding clarity to create a sustainable path forward
Health and Wellness Coach - Mind Body Green
Functional Nutrition - Mind Body Green
Weight Loss Specialist - NASM
Reiki II - Bend Reiki
Yoga Instructor - One Yoga RYT 200
Master of Arts in Teaching - Oregon State University
About Me
Hi! I’m Heather, your compassionate health and wellness coach.
The anguish when facing trauma, health challenges, or chronic pain is real. Life can feel upside down without support or direction. I know what it is to be lost, stumbling through something you don’t understand during the darkest times.
My Journey
In 2018, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, a year after being dismissed and unheard. Symptoms were excruciating and debilitating.
“You’re just getting older.” — I was only 42, active and healthy. These were far more than simple aches and pains.
I was alone in figuring out how to manage symptoms.
What do I eat when everything seems to cause flare-ups?
How do I go to work when I can’t move, and exhaustion is too much?
How do I explain when everyone says, “You don’t look sick.”
The toll an illness can take on mental and spiritual health can be even greater than the physical pain.
Through the years, moving from grief and frustration to patience and grace, I have learned to heal my body, my gut, my mind, and my heart.
I found my way to health coaching and vowed to use what I have learned to help others. No one should have to navigate their journey alone.
You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
As your wellness coach, I partner with you to discover strategies and tools for your unique journey.
We explore ways to find balance and raise awareness, using gentle practices for personal growth.
Setbacks become learning experiences crucial to your journey.
Your healing path encourages acceptance of life's ups and downs, blending challenges and successes into deep self-discovery.
A holistic approach to healing guides your journey, honoring your body, mind, spirit, and story.
Healing is accepting all the parts and pieces of us - the dark & light, grief & joy, pain & health - and allowing the gentle pull of gravity to help find your center as you learn to compassionately balance all the parts with grace.
My passion is to guide you toward optimal holistic health for your highest physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
