Hi, I’m Steph Swarts, a certified naturopathy practitioner and registered massage therapist passionate about helping people live their best lives. My journey has been shaped by overcoming personal health challenges and discovering that difficult experiences can be powerful opportunities for growth.
Growing up, I faced significant life changes, including my parents’ divorce and the challenges of adolescence. My profound personal transformation began with confronting an eating disorder I had hidden for nine years. I was first triggered when just a teenager, and not until I was in my early 20’s did the turning point come when I realized I needed and wanted support and healing. I reached out to a co-worker in a healthy-eating program, which became my gateway to understanding nutrition. This experience sparked a deep passion for health and wellness, driving me to spend hours reading and learning about nutrition and how it had the potential to heal me. Alongside this, addressing any mental and emotional issues was the nail on the coffin to my eating disorder. You can read more about this in greater detail on my blog. To this day I have a strong passion to help teens and young adults overcome their challenges with eating disorders and to educate people on how to properly nourish themselves.
Like many teenagers, I also struggled with acne, which led me to use Accutane. While the medication cleared my skin, its effects were temporary. Not until years later, on my 35th birthday, I had enough of the cystic acne and unexplained breakouts. I committed to understanding my skin health on a deeper level and within weeks I discovered certain foods were at the core of my triggers. Within just weeks my skin made a profound change as it cleared up and began to glow. I stopped covering it up with makeup for the first time since I was a preteen. Within this blog you will discover what I did to clear up my acne-issues once and for all.
Around the same time that I cured my acne, I had been dealing with additional health challenges. I was finding it harder and harder to maintain my weight and had symptoms of hypoglycemia. During an episode, my symptoms included a racing heart, shakiness, and difficulty concentrating – issues that significantly impacted my daily life if I wasn’t always carrying sugary snacks around.
In 2020, a breakthrough moment changed everything. During a workout, I experienced a severe hypoglycemic episode that prompted me to research and discover a holistic approach to managing my symptoms. By making specific dietary changes, I not only resolved my hypoglycemia but also experienced unexpected benefits: my energy skyrocketed, my weight stabilized, and my persistent allergies disappeared.
My journey has taught me that health is deeply interconnected. The same dietary adjustments that helped my hypoglycemia also addressed my allergies and overall well-being. It also aligns with my acne healing and plays a part in my mental well-being or breaking free from any type of food addiction. And as a whole, spiritual health is at the core. This revelation was transformative, showing me that personalized, holistic approaches can create remarkable health improvements. Discovering firsthand that mental, spiritual and physical health are all interconnected, I have been able to utilize this knowledge within my marriage and motherhood. The experience of pregnancy and becoming a new mom caused a deep passion in me as well to understand how a woman’s body works. I studied doula care in 2013 and since then have specialized in prenatal and postpartum care within my RMT clinic.
Through my blog, I aim to share the tools, insights, and hope that have been instrumental in my personal transformation. I believe that everyone has the potential to reclaim their health and live their best life. My mission is to provide support, inspire hope, and share the knowledge I’ve gained through my own remarkable journey.
Stay curious, keep seeking wisdom, and never stop growing.
