Meet Your Team
Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition
Autoimmune Paleo Certified Coaches
We understand your autoimmune challenges.
We understand you because we are you.
Mary’s Story
Hello and welcome – I’m Mary! A few things about me – I love four-legged furry pals. I enjoy learning new things. I researched and taught myself to use a real food diet to balance my blood sugar and reverse pre-diabetes. I continue to use diet as a strategy to manage life on the autoimmune spectrum.
Maybe my story will sound familiar to you. I was always diligent about getting my yearly checkups. My doctor would tell me my blood sugar had crept up a little higher over the previous year. I didn’t know what that meant and I wasn’t given any resources to understand it. So, for twenty-some years I kept eating the same old nutrient-poor highly processed foods and didn’t give it another thought. Meanwhile, my thyroid function began to decline, and I developed symptoms that seemingly had no cause. Then I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic. Boy, did that get my attention! The inflammation my poorly controlled blood sugar created wasn’t doing my thyroid any favors. So, yeah, it was time for a change. And that’s what kicked off my move toward supporting folks like us by using functional nutrition and lifestyle strategies to reclaim their vibrancy.
Shannon and I created Evergreen Wellness Academy to provide you with a resource for the support and education we didn’t receive as we struggled with managing our autoimmune-related symptoms. I’m sorry you needed to find us, but I am so glad you are here.
Shannon’s Story
Hi there, I’m Shannon – avid reader, outdoor enthusiast, sports fan and autoimmune warrior. I started my career as a pharmacist where I noticed diet and lifestyle was often being overlooked in my patient’s medical care. My passion for nutrition really started at the gym, where I noticed improvements once I adopted a more whole foods style diet. At the time, I was primarily focused on gyms gains, but would soon find out just how important changing my nutrition would be to my overall health.
After years of struggling with fatigue, insomnia, and a variety of other symptoms, I finally received a diagnosis of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. While it was a definitely a relief to get a diagnosis, it came with little information and no support. I was left wondering “Now what?”. It was around this time that I decided to follow my passion and pursue a career in functional nutrition. Through my certifications, I became much more knowledgeable about the complexity of autoimmune disease and the many factors that contribute to it. I was also much better equipped to advocate for my own health and help others to do the same.
Along with Mary, I formed Evergreen Wellness Academy to share what we’ve learned on our health journeys and provide the care and support we wish we had received. My goal is to help clients be proactive with their health and provide the tools to manage autoimmune disease so that everyone can live the vibrant life they deserve.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide you with a different approach to addressing autoimmune-related symptoms.
- An approach that provides space to share your story and honors your experience.
- An approach that believes you know your body better than anyone else.
- A multi-faceted approach that addresses not only nutrition but also lifestyle and environmental factors because autoimmune disease is complex.
