About Paige
Progress over perfection.
For most of my life, my interest in health was almost strictly about how I looked. I thought I was doing the right things: weekly Pilates, very little sugar, a mostly vegetarian diet. And by most measures, I looked fine. But in my early 40s, things started to quietly unravel. I was exhausted in a way that sleep didn't fix. I was intermittently depressed and anxious, not feeling like myself. My body was changing in ways I couldn't explain. And I developed a persistent, mysterious pain on the left side of my body that no one seemed to have answers for. I was seeing my regular doctor, a naturopathic doctor, a private practice doctor, and a chiropractor, trying different combinations of things and not getting anywhere.

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What I didn't know then was that almost everything I was experiencing had a name, a reason, and a path forward. Some of it was perimenopause, which I hadn't even known was a thing, let alone something actively affecting me. Some of it was that my diet and exercise routine, despite seeming healthy, weren't actually meeting my body's needs. Some of it was blood work that was off and wasn't being caught. All of it was compounded by how little I understood about how connected these things are.
That's what led me to enroll in the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, not with the intention of becoming a holistic health coach, but because I needed answers. What I found there, combined with years of continued reading, research, and lived experience, changed everything. I learned how powerful foundational lifestyle shifts can be, and I was struck by how little practical guidance exists for women on how to actually apply this knowledge in real life.
What struck me just as much was how long it took and how much misinformation I had to wade through along the way. I look at everything critically. And I realized that most women don't have the time or energy to sift through all of it, let alone sort the good information from the bad. That's what ultimately led me to coaching.
I don't want to suggest I've figured it all out. I still have personal goals I'm working on, and I probably always will. I've grown to embrace that. Health isn't a destination, and neither is this work. Progress over perfection is my guiding mantra, and I hope that you also find the beauty in it.