My name is Theresa Malionek and I am a certified Integrative Nutrition Holistic Health Coach. I help people who want to create a healthy lifestyle for themselves and their families.

I grew up eating healthy foods and had few sweets. My mom prepared meals with whole foods and we very rarely had processed foods. My brothers and I ate salad that included raw garlic and parsley among the usual vegetables you find in a salad. When we complained about the garlic, my mom would talk about its benefits, “garlic is good for you, it kills germs."

Our morning orange juice was laced with cod liver oil. And our lunch bags always contained a healthy sandwich, apple, pear, banana, or orange.  

My mom did her best to make sure we ate healthy.

As kids, whenever we came down with a cold, sore throat, or the flu, my mom was right there with some natural or herbal remedy to make us better. Remedies she learned from her mom that were part of her Polish upbringing.

My mom loved Jack LaLanne and his exercise programs and when he started juicing she got a juice machine. Needless to say, every morning we had a juice drink, which of course contained garlic!

Natural health is part of my life.

As an adult with a busy life, I moved away from a healthy lifestyle and had a very severe outbreak of eczema that covered my entire body. I had eczema all my life, but this outbreak was the worst outbreak I ever experienced. The pain was so bad that I scratched myself to sooth the hurt and ended up with huge nasty, infected cuts on my legs.  My doctor gave me steroids, but the eczema didn’t go away and I continued to scratch the area. Something wasn’t right. I wasn’t getting better. I decided to go back to my roots and read every thing I could about eczema and its causes and how to treat it naturally.  I found a holistic nutritionist who specialized in Chinese medicine and worked over the next year to heal my body.

I stopped eating processed foods, ate only whole foods, took some supplements, drank a lot of water, learned to manage stress and in the process I healed myself!

I began to understand the connection between food and health. As I got older, I saw many of my childhood friends with weight issues, arthritis, diabetes, and even cancer.  When I lost a close childhood friend to cancer, I wanted to learn more about the connection between food and health.

I became fascinated with the connection and I enrolled in the Institute for Integrative Nutrition Health Coach Training Program to learn more. I learned over 100 dietary theories from some of the world’s leading health and wellness experts. I learned how to lead a healthy lifestyle in a busy, hectic world. And I learned about bio individuality and the importance of an individual approach when working with clients.

I helped myself. And now I would like to help you achieve your health and wellness goals.