Welcome to River Tree Wellness
This is your path toward wellness and self-discovery.
Your story is the heart of your healing journey.
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.
Health challenges, life transitions, chronic pain, and well-meaning family members who give advice they heard online. Life feels upside down and without direction. You know what to do, but can’t seem to gain traction. Or maybe you don’t even know where to start. If any of this sounds familiar, you’re in a safe space.
My Journey
In 2018, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after a year of being dismissed and unheard. Symptoms were excruciating and debilitating. I was great at hiding the pain, until I couldn’t.
When the diagnosis finally came, I was alone in figuring out how to manage symptoms. There was little information, only a name given to the pain I was experiencing, and a packet of side effects that came with new prescriptions.
The toll an illness can take on mental health can be as fierce as the physical pain.
Moving from grief and frustration to patience and grace has taken years of searching, finding, failing, and learning. I have learned that in order to heal my body, I needed to heal my gut, my mind, and my heart.
On this journey, 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.
