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Young Woman Enjoying Nature — Batavia, IL — Balance Wellness Centers

A Functional Medicine Approach to Wellness

Functional Medicine focuses on identifying and treating the ROOT CAUSE of disease. Most of what we are going to be looking at are how our food and lifestyle choices facilitate healing and wellness. Our gut houses a large majority of our immune system. Therefore, we keep a strong focus on gut health. You may not know that you are eating inflammatory or trigger foods and that they can exacerbate disease symptoms. Simply removing these foods can help facilitate healing. Rather than focusing on diagnosing DYSFUNCTION within the body, Functional Medicine works towards achieving optimal FUNCTION.

Are you ready to feel better? Are you Experiencing Any of these Symptoms? Call Balance Wellness and Let us help you!

  • Brain Fog
  • Joint Pain
  • Moodiness
  • Hormone Imbalance
  • Poor Sleep
  • Anxiety
  • Unexplained, sudden, stubborn weight gain
  • Digestive Issues, bloating, gas
  • Fatigue
  • Allergies
  • Food Sensitivities
  • Autoimmune Disease

Why use a Health Coach?


Health Coaching has been shown to improve outcomes in patients with cardiovascular risk factors, such as diabetes and hypertension. Research has shown that clients could maintain most of the improved clinical outcomes even one year after they complete health coaching. Clients are more likely to make lasting, sustainable diet and lifestyle changes after working with a health coach. Additional benefits of making these diet and lifestyle changes are:

  • Improved Mood, Mental Focus, and Stress Management
  • Increased Energy Levels
  • Clearer Skin
  • Relief from Digestive Issues
  • Decreased Belly Bloat
  • Decreased Aches and Pains

Meet Our Founder Ashley 

In early 2016, I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's. For most of my life, I struggled to maintain a healthy weight, despite living a very active lifestyle and eating a clean diet. I suspected Thyroid disorder for years but was told time and time again that labs were "normal." My symptoms continued to get worse, peaking in 2015. Not getting any answers through conventional medicine, I turned to Functional Medicine. Functional Medicine gave me the answers I needed to begin my healing journey. I have followed Detox, Elimination, AIP, Candida, FODMAP, and Keto food plans throughout the healing process. It has been my experience that true healing encompasses mind, body, and soul. I developed a meditation, positive imagery, and belly breathing practice as a part of my healing process, and I encourage all of my clients to utilize these tools as part of theirs. I could get my Hashimoto's into remission through diet and lifestyle modification.

I have been passionate about health, nutrition, and wellness for a long time. That passion motivated me to do much research during the early stages of my Hashimoto diagnosis. Through this research, I discovered a Functional Medicine Health Coaching program offered by FMCA. I saw this program as the perfect opportunity to apply my passion for health, wellness, healing, and helping others. One of the biggest challenges I faced as a newly diagnosed autoimmune patient was having many questions but no natural support system. When I realized that Health Coaches help to fill that void, I knew it was my calling. 

 

The key to success is working with each individual and allowing them to work at a realistic pace. My major components are stress, emotional and mental health, exercise, dress, silence and meditation. There is an abundance of stressors in our everyday lives, some obvious, some hidden. I work with my clients to identify the stressors that keep them sick and develop a plan to help reduce stress and promote healing.


Don't Take Our Word For It. Check Out These Amazing Words From Our Clients

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    Ashley is so helpful and has a no-pressure, cooperative approach. I used the detox she recommended and was able to learn healthier eating habits while also increasing energy!


    -Jennifer L 

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    I worked with Ashley during an elimination detox to determine which foods were causing inflammation. For an experience that could have been pretty daunting and overwhelming, Ashley was there with me every step of the way, offering check-ins and support. Ashley's specialty is her understanding and knowledge of the body and her ability to break down information and make it understandable. I trust her through and through and am grateful for the information I learned about myself through this process.


    -Michelle P 

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    My introduction to Ashley at Balance Wellness Centers was through a mutual friend already using the service. I had seen phenomenal results in my friend and decided that it was something worth investing my time in.


    I was not disappointed. Every consideration has been paid to find the right solution for me. There were no canned scripts or standard items. It was an educated and considerate recommendation that considered my position, point of view and previous attempts and experiences with trying to diet.


    My main goal was to lose weight, and after working with Ashley, I have not only lost weight (the first week alone was 10 lbs), I feel better and have the confidence and support to complete a permanent lifestyle change for the better.


    -Matthew R

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    Ashley is so helpful and has a no-pressure, cooperative approach. I used the detox she recommended and was able to learn healthier eating habits while also increasing energy!


    -Jennifer L 

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    I worked with Ashley during an elimination detox to determine which foods were causing inflammation. For an experience that could have been pretty daunting and overwhelming, Ashley was there with me every step of the way, offering check-ins and support. Ashley's specialty is her understanding and knowledge of the body and her ability to break down information and make it understandable. I trust her through and through and am grateful for the information I learned about myself through this process.


    -Michelle P 

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    My introduction to Ashley at Balance Wellness Centers was through a mutual friend already using the service. I had seen phenomenal results in my friend and decided that it was something worth investing my time in.


    I was not disappointed. Every consideration has been paid to find the right solution for me. There were no canned scripts or standard items. It was an educated and considerate recommendation that considered my position, point of view and previous attempts and experiences with trying to diet.


    My main goal was to lose weight, and after working with Ashley, I have not only lost weight (the first week alone was 10 lbs), I feel better and have the confidence and support to complete a permanent lifestyle change for the better.


    -Matthew R

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