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Today we’d like to introduce you to Susan Valandra.

Susan , let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
My story begins with a tipping point. At age 23, I was camping and woke up feeling as though, I had been stabbed. Little did I know at the time, I was having a severe gallbladder attack due to my poor diet and food allergies. I tried everything Western Medicine offered me to fix my stabbing pains (including pain medications and invasive procedures), but to no avail. I knew there had to be a better answer! That’s when I dove into natural medicine and holistic nutrition and learned that food is medicine and there is a better way to a healthy, happy and energetic body.

Fast forward 9 years later and now I’m a Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist helping people to energize their nutrition and lifestyle. I’ve spent the last several years honing my expertise and have over 1000 hours of study just in Holistic Nutrition and over 1000 hours in clinical practice. My mission as a Holistic Nutritionist is simple, to help guide active individuals on how to find their health and happiness via nutrition and lifestyle. I do this through educating my clients on holistic nutrition and lifestyle principles and through teaching holistic nutrition at the Energetic Health Institute. I specialize in working with active individuals and athletes, who want to get the most out of their performance and increase their energy production!

Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
With any journey, I’ve had my fair share of trials and tribulations. The first struggle I encountered was having the courage to take the leap from leaving a steady, corporate job to pursue my own Holistic Nutrition practice full-time. It took a lot of hard work and dedication to build up the courage to pursue my dreams. I knew if I never tried, I would always wonder what my life could have been like. I knew that if I didn’t try to achieve my dream of being a Holistic Nutritionist, I couldn’t fail, but I also had no chance of succeeding. Instead of letting the fear of leaving my job to paralyze me from launching my business, I found solace in the adventure of trying something new and giving my dreams a chance to be fulfilled!

My advice to other women who are starting their journey would be to believe in themselves. Surround yourself with the people who love and support you and your dreams. There are so many naysayers in this world, who will tell you that you’ll never make it, or to tell you your dream is impossible. Don’t let the fears and judgments of others hold you back from being your authentic self and pursuing your dreams!

what should we know about Nutrition 27? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
As a Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist, I work to empower people to energize their diets and lifestyle. The basis of everything I do in working with clients is education. Knowledge is power! And I believe empowering people to make smart choices in both their diet and lifestyle are the key to long-term success!

I offer several nutrition and lifestyle consulting packages and tailor every nutritional plan to fit the client’s needs. With all of my clients, I include food allergy testing. I’ve found it absolutely necessary to know which foods are making a client sick, so I can help them remove the foods from their diet. This is a foundational concept to teaching people how to use food as medicine. In my packages, there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach and every client gets their own unique set of guidelines and support.

I’m most proud of how dedicated I am to my client’s and the support I offer them. I only take on a certain amount of clients at once because of how much time I offer each client for support. My nutritional plans and guided support have changed the lives of so many people already and I’ve found so much success in helping people energize their health and lifestyle! I’m so grateful to be able to help people improve their lives and well-being!

For good reason, society often focuses more on the problems rather than the opportunities that exist, because the problems need to be solved. However, we’d probably also benefit from looking for and recognizing the opportunities that women are better positioned to capitalize on. Have you discovered such opportunities?
I feel there are countless opportunities women are well-positioned for in today’s current society! The problem is that society isn’t doing the right things to empower women to pursue their dreams. There is no reason in today’s day and age that a woman cannot do what they want to do. I believe that if a woman is driven to pursue her dreams, in any field of practice, she can do it with an empowered mindset, surrounded by supportive people!

Pricing:

  • Nutrition Essentials Package – $1499
  • Nutrition Pro Package – $2299
  • Nutrition Elite Package – $3299

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Susan Valandra, BCHN

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