Karyn began her professional career as a NICU nurse after earning her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She loved the collaborative efforts of the medical team — everyone with distinct expertise, united by a common goal of helping the tiniest patients grow strong enough to go home.

Training became her passion, and she carried it into medical sales over the next 20 years — educating doctors, nurses, patients, and salespeople in physiology, disease states, and treatment, and empowering patients to become advocates for their own care.

Karyn was equally passionate about exercise and whole-food nutrition. She became a Group Fitness Instructor, teaching weight training and cycling; she thought she had mastered healthy living, until her son was born and she developed disabling insomnia.

She tracked her sleepless nights on a calendar and pinpointed the pattern to the weeks before her period. She consistently brought that data to the many physician appointments, only to be repeatedly diagnosed with Postpartum Depression and prescribed antidepressants or antipsychotics. After 18 months and numerous physicians, she finally found an OBGYN who recognized her progesterone deficiency and treated it appropriately. She was finally seen!

Thereafter, her life, health, and family flourished. Her husband’s assignment as a U.S. diplomat brought them to Kyiv (Ukraine), where Karyn served as Health and Wellness Coordinator at the United States Embassy — working with diplomats, their families, and Ukrainian counterparts.

When Covid arrived in 2020, Karyn saw clearly that individual health was a critical — yet largely ignored — factor in mortality and morbidity. She knew that daily habits shaped true health outcomes, and she wanted to help others see that too. That conviction led her to the Institute of Functional Medicine, where she became a Certified Functional Health Coach.

Karyn partners with patients the way she once needed someone to partner with her — with curiosity, persistence, and genuine investment in their story. She knows that lasting wellness is built one daily decision at a time.