My Story
Like yours, I have my own unique health story. My own journey has had its ups and downs over the years. While having kids, I became sick, tired, and non-functioning. I visited the doctor’s office and hospitals more often than I would like, seeking answers that never came. After desperately pouring out my frustrations and trying to describe the symptoms I was dealing with, I would receive the following conclusion, “It’s all in your head” and suggestions for pills. Been there? Luckily I never stopped searching, eventually entering a world I never experienced before, functional and integrative medicine, where I have found incredible healing and answers!
With my foundation in conventional medicine as a registered nurse for nearly 20 years; and my continuing research, education and personal healing with alternative medicine, I will help you find answers and better health.
Education/Career
I received my nursing education at San Diego State University, San Diego, California and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2004. I went on to work as a registered nurse in a variety of settings for nearly 20 years within Scripps and Palomar Health in San Diego County. Areas I have worked included: Cardiac Care Center, Acute Rehabilitation, Center for Integrative Medicine, and Home Health.
I am a certified Autoimmune Paleo Coach, completed in May 2021. Soon after, I trained and became certified as an Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner in January 2023.
“We live now in a world with a lot of information at our finger tips. And with that, comes a feeling of being overwhelmed, so many diets, plans, and protocols. Begin in the garden.”
Marin Pierce RN, BSN, IFNCP, AIP Coach
Marin Pierce RN, BSN, IFNCP, AIP Certified Coach
Memberships
IFNA Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy
You are taking responsibility for your health in a society that says ‘Just take a pill and stop for fast food on the way home from the pharmacy.’ From that perspective you realize that adjustment here is not just re-organizing your schedule or your kitchen or your food budget… It’s also about shifting what you see as normal. It is OK to have meltdowns, because, in all honesty this is going to be one of the harder things you’ve ever done.”
Mickey Trescott and Angie Ault | AutoImmune Wellness Handbook