Hello! I’m Abby Hand, Preconception Health Consultant, and soon-to-be published author. I help couples over 35 improve their health before trying to conceive (TTC). My process uses positive lifestyle change and health optimization grounded in current research, traditional medicine, and natural philosophies. I also incorporate biometric tracking, epigenetic data, and other valuable tools into a complex systems approach to coaching. What makes my practice extra unique is that I draw on my own autoimmune disease and pregnancy experiences to empower folks and help them navigate perinatal and chronic disease care. Preconception health is my passion and I strongly believe optimizing the health of both parents prior to conception helps build strong families and communities, creating a healthier, more resilient world.

While my own experiences inform how I work with clients, I also have an extensive formal and informal educational background. I earned my undergraduate degree from Vassar College (Geology, with a focus on Environmental Studies) and a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas (with a focus on maternal health). I’ve also worked in the medical field for over 15 years, including as a nurse in Labor & Delivery, Functional Medicine, and in Precision Medicine. On top of that, I’m an Apeiron Certified Epigenetic Coach, and a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, and am currently working on my Women’s Herbal Educator certification.

Most importantly though, I’m the mom of an amazing little boy and partner to an incredible husband. Our family (including three dogs), splits our time between Austin and the Texas Hill Country, where we hone our skills of self-sufficiency and work to restore the health of our land. We believe personal health cannot be truly obtained without also addressing environmental health. I’m happiest when I’m tromping around in the woods looking at plants with my guys.

National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach

I believe taking good care of ourselves is integral to positive change in the world, and my passion is helping busy people prioritize their needs so that they can feel alive, connected, and confident to take on all that we collectively face.

The goal of health and wellness coaching is to help you tap into what matters most to you and find personalized strategies to improve your health and wellbeing, however you define it.

I am intuitive, compassionate, and driven to help you achieve your goals.

I am a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach and completed my training through the University of Arizona’s Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine.

Certified Personal Development Coach @ Amanda White Coaching LLC

Hi there! I’m Amanda and I am at my highest energy when I am making a difference in other’s lives. My coaching focus is on the connection of the mind and body and helping those who want to level up and build routines and habits that will lead to success. I will guide you out of stress and overwhelm into an actionable plan so you can live your best life using a holistic approach.

Working in the administration branch of the healthcare field since 2000 I have had the honor of meeting some amazing people who are attempting to manage a lifelong illness or debilitating conditions with medication. I have also lost loved ones due to medical conditions that could have been avoided had they been guided.

Building healthy connections is so important for your overall mental and physical well-being, no matter if that connection is to family, friends, or nutrition.

My personal experience has provided me the knowledge of what it takes to realign and release anything that is no longer serving you. Learning these amazing skills will lay the foundation for success in all areas of your life.

I’m excited to be a part of this wonderful group of healers and look forward to connecting.

**Functional Plant-Based Chef and Food Doctor

**Update for 2022

Avril is now pursuing her passions in a new direction and is no longer available for food or health coaching. We hope to share updates on her new project in the future.

Feel free to get in touch with us for alternative options.

Avril Amaya is a multi-passionate ‘food doctor‘, plant-based chef and educator, health and nutrition coach, lover of Nature and animals, and poet/singer/dancer.

She has been practicing and sharing food-as-medicine for over six years, working with individuals, teaching workshops to groups, and chefing/teaching at international retreats. She began her personal chef and health-consulting service in 2013 in Miami to assist people with healing, in addition to co-running a popular vegan pop-up restaurant there for a year.

After traveling the world for a decade, studying with masters in yoga, meditation, permaculture, Qi Gong, Thai massage, and Reiki, and healing herself from constant illness and a life revolving around doctor visits, she has found vibrant well-being and is passionate about spreading health and happiness, through deep connection to Self and Nature, and with the support of real foods and plant-based nutrition.
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Equipped with a Harvard degree and a high-speed blender, Avril passionately shares the benefits of a fruit-and-vegetable-based lifestyle in Austin and beyond.

Colleen Flynn is a Functional Nutritionist and the founder and owner of Nutritional Zest, LLC, a private nutrition practice based in Austin, Texas, where she was recently voted one of the top three nutritionists in the area by Austin Fit Magazine. She is also an instructor at Restorative Wellness Solutions, a program that bridges a multitude of functional nutrition approaches to elevate practitioners’ ability to solve the most challenging client symptom presentations.

She is a whole food and wellness enthusiast who is passionate about the body’s innate intelligence to respond to well-crafted holistic health practices. She excels in helping women and men reconnect with their bodies while empowering them to nourish themselves in an enjoyable, sustainable way, and to thrive through implementing wellness routines that suit their unique needs. Specializing in gut health, digestive disorders, energy regulation, and the mindset necessary for lasting health and habit change, Colleen utilizes the principles of functional nutrition to dig deeper into her clients’ chronic health complaints to discover the root cause and to create detailed protocols to bring them back into balance.

Colleen’s interest in holistic nutrition and her journey to become a Functional Nutritionist began with the reversal of her own health issues through various nutrition and wellness practices. What started as a personal calling evolved into a mission to empower others to take control of their own well-being.

Crystal is a mindset and habit coach. She works with each client to uncover emotions, learned beliefs, and fears that are holding them back from being the dream version of themselves. Crystal takes a holistic approach to help clients by diving into all lifestyle factors, imagining possibilities, and empowering them to live their fullest potential.

Crystal takes a mind, body, soul approach for her personal well-being by practicing self-coaching and Pilates on a daily basis.

Crystal is a certified life and health coach. She has been a mentor and leader for over 16 years, mostly in the Fashion and Retail Operations Industry where she led 100’s of people to strive for the next level in their careers while achieving ambitious revenue goals. In addition, Crystal has spent numerous years as a project manager lead and in training and development.

Crystal has a passion for helping and supporting others and consistently goes above and beyond to make a positive impact in other people’s lives.

Dude is a lifelong health and wellness enthusiast and amateur athlete.  Before a brief cross country season in college, Dude was a 2x state champion in the mile, the two mile, and the mile relay. After his first marathon, Dude became interested in Ultramarathons and his endurance career peaked in 2006 when he ran 16 ultramarathons in one year.  Dude has also done some fairly extreme self-supported distance challenges, including two double crossings of the grand canyon, and a 143 mile 3 day adventure in the High Sierra in California. He has also summited the 3rd highest peak in North America, and many smaller mountains.

Like many people in today’s society, by mid-life Dude found himself drifting away from being active as the pursuits of career and family consumed so much time and attention.  By 2012, Dude was 50 lbs overweight with aches and pains all over, culminating in a back injury that left him debilitated on the floor, unable to move.

The injured back was a wake up call that led Dude on a personal journey back to health and wellness. He lost 50 lbs, started running again, placed 3rd in the Speedgolf World Championships, and earned a Health Coaching certification from the Primal Health Coach Institute.

Dude now coaches people how to regain their health after a lifetime of office work and modern lifestyle that keeps us sedentary, indoors, and eating processed foods.  Dude has made the journey himself and has tremendous passion for people who find it difficult to extract themselves from the modern traps that keep us unhealthy. His mission is to find these people and guide them back to health and vitality.

Dude has been on several podcasts, which you can find here:

• Endurance: Dude Spellings: A Primal journey from carb addition and 212lbs to 165lb fat burning beast
• Dude Spellings, Part 1: Cold Exposure Benefits And Balancing Training And Life Stress
• Dude Spellings, Part 2: Destroying Self-Limiting Beliefs And Flawed Childhood Programming, and Crossing The Grand Canyon With No Food!
• The Journey to Self Discovery and Healing with Dude Spellings
• Dude Spellings: Losing Weight, Keeping It Off, And Transforming Health Through Extreme and Exciting Personal Practices

Nutritionist and Functional Medicine Health Coach
@ Flourish Nutritional Therapy Consultants

Specialty: Fatigue, Digestive Problems and Auto-immunity

Passionate about empowering people to take control of their lives and regain health and vitality.

She is committed to providing clients with safe and effective quality care using a collaborative and individualized approach to each clients journey toward optimal health. She takes pride in offering a genuine niche of connecting with her clients as well as dedicating time to listen to each individual’s personal story and history as this is extremely important to an accurate assessment and treatment approach.

She has over 22 years of experience in healthcare, is board certified in holistic nutrition, a certified function medicine heath coach, certified in fitness nutrition, certified fitness trainer and a registered medical assistant.

She is a wife, mother, nana, nutrition & fitness fanatic. She loves the outdoors, being challenged and helping people find inspiration and hope to be their best self possible.

Functional Medicine Health Coach @ Wellnessprout LLC

I have been a Registered Nurse since 2005 and a Board-Certified Lactation Consultant since 2011. Over the years, I have worked in a variety of areas including Postpartum Care, Neonatal Intensive Care and Post Anesthesia Care. I founded Mommy’s Angels Postpartum Care Services, LLC in 2010 and have been teaching mothers the art of breastfeeding ever since.

I lived what I thought was a healthy lifestyle and for the most part considered myself “healthy.” However, I regularly experienced different symptoms that I thought were “annoying but normal” and assumed they were “things that I just had to live with” such as debilitating pre-menstrual cramps and headaches that I managed by taking round the clock Ibuprofen. After moving to Austin, I started experiencing seasonal allergies that developed into a year-round challenge that required regular allergy medication and occasional steroid inhaler use. I also experienced extreme fatigue, which I attributed to being a working mom. When I brought these symptoms up with my doctors, I was assured that all my labs were normal and was told not to worry.

My journey into holistic health began with the devastating news of my mother’s diagnosis of endometrial cancer in 2011. I started researching ways to help her through chemo treatments. A few years later, I worked with a naturopath who helped me balance my hormones and address my gut health. After several months of working with him, I was amazed that I no longer required my regular allergy medications or Ibuprofen to manage my symptoms. I am happy to say that I have since overcome all those “annoying” issues and am living my best life!

I was so fascinated by what I learned through the years that I decided to further my education by joining The School of Applied Functional Medicine and began training to become a functional medicine health coach. I completed my studies in 2021 and have been applying the knowledge I have learned to help my clients as well as friends and families achieve great improvements in their health. I look forward to helping you on your journey to optimal health!

Jessica is a Holistic Nutritionist with a master’s degree from the University of Natural Medicine and the Head Witch In Charge at Rune Haus. She holds certifications in health coaching, clinical herbalism, and Ashtanga Yoga.

Jessica’s 10+ years of firsthand experience and exploration in her own health journey as well as her education as a nutritionist and herbalist allows her to to help guide others on their own paths.

Her practice is rooted in flexibility and without dogma, combining food-medicine with lifestyle habit reshaping to help you find balanced, lasting health. She believes health is a deeply personal journey and so your food relationship and nutritional needs are as well.

Jessica works with you to navigate your unique path to wellness by building practical templates of well-being that you can access anytime throughout your life.

Results Coach @ Root Your Radiance, LLC

Helping purpose-driven professionals detox destructive patterns so they can heal their lives and thrive.

Laura Bautista is a Board Certified Holistic Practitioner & High Performance Health Coach. She suffered from severe autoimmune issues and career burnout for many years. Her practice has evolved into helping purpose driven professionals detox destructive patterns so they can heal their lives and feel more free. She has over 10 years of holistic health education, advanced training, certifications, and clinical experience in personalized “root cause” healing. She works closely with certified holistic practitioners looking to grow their confidence, revenue, and quality of life without hustle and in full integrity.

Through 1:1 Concierge-Style Coaching, Business Accelerator Programs For Certified Health Coaches & Practitioners (The Prosperous Practitioner School), & Radiance Revolution Luxury Nature Retreats, she supports people in freeing themselves from false limitations, struggles, and abundance blocks. She is also an Amazon #1 Best-Selling Author & an International Public Speaker.

Lyn McCright, MPH, ANP, GNP, CNS, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC is the owner and director of

Advancing Holistic Health Coaching Program

Online Health Coaching Program and Nurse Coaching Program – with National Board Certification (AHNCC)

Executive Nurse Coaching DBA

For Nurse Executives and their supervisory staff

Lyn McCright Consulting, PLLC

Private coaching practice with focus on health professionals

Lyn is a Board Certified Health and Wellness Nurse Coach and Advanced Holistic Nurse (American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation). With an MPH in Nursing from the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health, she is an Adult and Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and a Clinical Specialist in Community Health Nursing. Lyn received her BSN at the University of Arkansas Medical Center (now UAMS).

She began coaching more than 30 years ago, teaching resilience based on the Principles of The Resilience Paradigm in her private practice in Monterey, Calif. She later founded Health Consulting and Lyn McCright Consulting in Texas.
Lyn is the leader of Central Texas Chapter, American Holistic Nurses Association.

Published Articles & Podcast

https://www.nursecoaching.com/about-us/resources/

Nutritional Health Coach

Healthy lifestyle design. Women’s & family nutrition. Autoimmunity. Meal planning.

Megan is passionate about helping people take charge of their health. She works with her clients 1:1 and in groups, and through the self-paced online programs she’s created: Dinner in 10 – which teaches a meal prep system to make dinner in 10 minutes 5 nights a week. And The 7-Day RESET – a guided whole-foods-based cleanse.

Megan is dedicated to helping her clients feel more empowered to make choices that keep them feeling their absolute best and allows them to get the most out of life. Because, as she says,

it’s not just about eating more kale because it’s “healthy”… it’s about what being healthy allows you to do!

Since completing her certification through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York in 2010, Megan has worked with women and men to help them transform their health. Whether it’s to manage a health condition, lose weight, cut cravings, boost energy, or be more productive. She works with her clients to create customized plans and design routines and lifestyle habits that fit into their lives, exactly how they live them right now.

Before becoming a health coach, Megan graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor’s of Science in Journalism. She puts her background in writing and communications to good use through her blog where she publishes new recipes and tips weekly.

Megan is a native Texan, born and raised in Dallas, though considers Austin home now. She and her husband Ross have twin daughters, Maddie and Charlotte. And many of their favorite things to do involve cooking and eating.

Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner, Holistic Health Coach, Group Fitness Instructor, Hormone Guru

Have you ever gone to see your healthcare provider with bothersome symptoms only to be told, “everything looks normal” ? OR – you are offered an antidepressant, sleeping pill, or some other drug? Or maybe you are told, “it’s just part of life.”

There is a difference between normal and optimal. If you are not even feeling “normal”, then something is definitely off and you have the right to be heard! Your body has an amazing power to heal itself – but only when you give it what it needs and get to the root cause in a holistic way.

Megan is a Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner, Holistic Health Coach, a Group Fitness Instructor and is certified in Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy and Mind-Body Medicine. She helps women get answers to their unexplained symptoms that are likely related to hormonal imbalances (yes, she helps men too!). Too many women are feeling symptoms such as

• fatigue,
• weight gain,
• brain fog,
• anxiety and/or depression,
• insomnia,
• digestive issues/IBS
• and many many more –

and are being told it’s part of being a woman, or they have to just live with it. They aren’t getting help.

Megan truly listens to you. She provides comprehensive testing where results are viewed from an optimal point of view. YOU are ⅔ of the picture – the lab results just help fill in the gaps. She makes sure you understand your results and what the improvement plan is every step of the way.

And, she offers free consultations so you can get to know each other first.

Integrative Pediatric Rheumatologist

Dr. Saimun Singla is board-certified in general pediatrics and pediatric rheumatology. She opened her practice called Rheum to Grow in Houston this past summer and extends her services to children/adolescents from Austin and surrounding areas (telemedicine or in-person).

Her services include integrative pediatric rheumatology consults as well as general integrative care for kids with chronic conditions. She is also happy to provide consults to patients that have established pediatric rheumatology care elsewhere, and only want integrative aspects addressed.

Her practice makes every effort to expedite consults, especially for new pediatric rheumatology consults. Currently, she has same-week availability.

Website: www.rheumtogrowtx.com

Health and Wellness Coach @ Lemons to Mint

Holistic Health + Chronic Health Challenges + Chronic Fatigue + Work-Life Balance

Shelly is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and National Board Certified coaching candidate who has experience navigating her own complex health and healing journey. She helps others explore their whole health in regards to their mind, body and spirit looking through a holistic lens. Her coaching style is highly individualized and specialized in coaching those navigating chronic health challenges.

**2022 Update!

Shelly is now focusing on her new passion project: Fetch Worthy Dog Training.

Support her there and gain access to a fun, effective, and positive training resource for your dogs!

visit: FetchWorthy.net

Susan Rinkus Farrell is a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner, Continence Specialist & Certified Health Coach and she’s passionate about breaking the silence surrounding the stigma of bladder control problems in women.

She’s the founder & owner of Healthy Bladder Solutions for Women Health Coaching.

“As a nurse practitioner health coach, I help women to recognize their ambivalence to change, empower them with knowledge through empathetic support, and guide them to create space for transformation to take back control of their life from embarrassing bladder control problems.”

Susan helps her clients address their ambivalence to change and together they create a personalized HealthyBladder program.

My personal experience of becoming my own most complicated patient, helped guide me to the path of becoming a health coach. You can read more about Susan’s journey here >>> https://www.healthybladdersolutions.com/about

Susan’s been an advocate for women’s health since beginning her nursing career in 1985 as a high-risk labor & delivery nurse and then opening Healthy Bladder Solutions for Women in 2007 as a nurse practitioner where she offered biofeedback and electrical stimulation therapies for women experiencing bladder control problems.

She was selected to be on the Project Advisory Council for the National Association for Continence.

Susan transitioned her clinical practice into a virtual health coaching practice where she offers private and convenient one-on-one and group health coaching sessions.

BSN, RN, NC-BC

Teresa earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boise State University in 1993. In her early career she worked in a variety of clinical areas including ICU, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, psychiatric, pediatrics and currently Post Anesthesia Recovery.

She is a Board Certified Nurse Coach on faculty at Advancing Holistic Health Coaching Program. She coaches client’s privately and in small groups using the Principles of Resilience. She is the co-leader of AHNA’s Austin Area Chapter where she is a frequent presenter for monthly meetings, annual conferences and retreats. She has been featured on podcasts, radio shows and webinars bringing the Principles of Resilience to healthcare providers worldwide.

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