Hi, I’m Rachael, a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Restorative Health Practitioner (RHP-1), and founder of Wild Science Nutrition.

I’m a born and raised California girl who grew up in the 90s, fueled by video games, Cheez-Its, and very little concern for what my choices might mean later.

In my 20s, I was active, social, and always on the go. I played soccer, snowboarded, drank a lot, slept very little, and lived by the “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” mentality.

By my 30s, I thought I was healthy because I worked out hard and looked fit. I loved intense exercise, especially Orange Theory, but eventually I became addicted to the adrenaline. I was also heavily dependent on caffeine, regularly skipped breakfast, experimented with intermittent fasting, and binge drank on the weekends.

Around the same time, my digestion started falling apart. I was bloated, uncomfortable, and never knew what foods were actually bothering me.

So I kept cutting things out.

I tried vegan, vegetarian, paleo, and carnivore diets. I removed entire food groups, craved them, “cheated,” felt guilty, and started over again. There was never any clear direction, and after a while I wondered what the point was. I was restricting more, enjoying food less, and still felt terrible.

I felt completely lost.

My cycle became irregular and eventually disappeared. I dealt with hormone issues, joint pain, severe neck pain, daily headaches, poor sleep, painful periods, frequent UTIs, digestive issues, skin breakouts, bleeding gums, cavities, and infected root canals.

For years, I treated every symptom like a separate problem. No one helped me see how they might be connected.

Eventually, I discovered there was much more happening beneath the surface, including gut dysbiosis, blood sugar dysregulation, food sensitivities, hypothalamic amenorrhea, chronic stress, two infected root canals, and a severe tongue tie that contributed to years of neck tension, headaches, poor sleep, and postural issues.

I had spent years overriding my body with exercise, caffeine, fasting, restriction, and alcohol.

Finding a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner helped me begin sorting through the mess. She helped me understand that healing was not about the perfect diet, workout, supplement, or protocol. It was about supporting the foundations I had ignored for years.

That experience is what led me to create Wild Science Nutrition.

Today, I help people connect the dots between their symptoms, understand what their bodies may be trying to tell them, and build a more personalized path forward.

I do not believe health requires perfection. I still love margaritas, chips and salsa, fried cheese curds, and bread pudding. I just no longer believe one meal, one missed workout, or one imperfect weekend defines my health.

Stay wild. Stay nourished.