The beginning of my career was wonderful: I happily delved deep into immunological research on blood cells and blood cell pathologies. I led research on the effect of using therapeutic ultrasound on the biological functions of human hematological cells in the resourceful laboratories of the Cancer Research Institute of Bar-Ilan University and Meir Hospital in Israel.
However, being a part of this scientific environment, I was witnessing that although science rapidly evolves and positively affects the healthcare system, the nature of human diseases rapidly changes as well, and unfortunately not for the better. Acute diseases become outnumbered by chronic diseases at an alarming rate, and often allopathic medicine cannot offer much help. It wasn’t until I visited a qualified nutritionist for mitigating my own health issues, that I decided to reroute the focus of my career to a more integrated and practical angle of health care – Nutritional Therapy.
I graduated from the London College of Traditional Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (LCTA) of the East London University with a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition and Health Coaching. Since then I successfully started to build my clinical experience practicing in all areas of Nutrition. After relocating to the USA, I complemented my nutritional training with the American Fitness Professional Association’s (AFPA) certification in Holistic Nutrition, while continuing practicing nutritional intervention in all of the life cycles, specializing in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME), Fibromyalgia, stress and stress related illnesses, sleep problems, digestive imbalances, and weight management.
While still residing in London, I was offered a job as a nutritional consultant in a multi-disciplinary clinic of healthcare practitioners: psychologists, psychotherapists, counselors, life-coaches, and osteopaths. We helped clients with addictions, trauma, anxiety, depression, and stress-related digestive disorders. It was during this job that I first realized that solely addressing cellular processes through biochemistry would not result in the long-lasting health benefits desired. The accepted nutritional philosophy at the time was and still is a solid base for approaching health, but it lacks the connection between mind and body. Thus, I continued my search for other complimentary modalities, both ancient and contemporary.
During this journey, I began educating myself in the field of body-mind connection. I fell in love with the work of Dr. W. Dyers, Louise Hay, Gregg Braden, Joe Dispenza, Ester Hicks, and David R. Hamilton. Soon after, I discovered beautiful Donna Eden and her incredible manual of Energy Medicine, which led me to the field of Energy Psychology. Through studying Dawson Church’s and Nick Ortner’s EFT techniques, my perception of the powerful connection between body and mind when approaching well-being has changed: it opened me up to new horizons that I had yet to explore.