Denise Locsin is a Holistic Health Coach, a registered nurse and massage therapist. Her gift and expertise is helping people make the complex of getting healthy simple. Her passion is gut health and families. Denise has over 29 years in the Holistic Health world and has discovered through research and her own life story exactly what it takes to live a life full of energy, mental clarity, vibrant health and joy. She helps people find their love for eating healthy, living a balanced life and impacting their families to do the same. She believes when you create a system in your life for health that is simple, fun with a focus on healing the gut all other health challenges will go away and health will be effortless. She is also the owner of Hi5 Produce, Yoke Training System and Gut Health Masters. Let me tell you a little about me so you can feel comfortable and confident. I have been passionate about health since childhood, probably because I struggled with my own health as a child. I had a take charge personality so I figured I had to learn how to make myself healthy. I became an RN, a massage therapist, and a holistic health coach. With my husband Dan, who is also passionate about health, we built a 25-year-old corporate wellness company based in the Silicon Valley. We wanted to help people be healthy at work by providing healthy fresh fruit, snacks and education. My husband is a kinesiologist and personal trainer and fitness has always been an important part of our family. We have 4 adult children who also share our obsession and love for health and fitness. Based on my history you would think that I had all the answers to great health. Oftentimes you can be so busy helping everyone else that you forget to take care of yourself. When I started to have digestive problems I didn’t really know how to get to the root cause so I treated symptom after symptom with supplements, herbs, diet, more exercise and the latest health trend. My body was trying to tell me there was a problem with subtle signs, but I had no way of knowing what the signs meant. Digestive issues led to fatigue and an ulcer which ultimately caused gastric lymphoma. If I had functional lab tests back then that could have looked at all aspects of how my body was functioning and I could have caught the areas of weakness early on. I visited several naturopaths, acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists and doctors, but each one focused on their specialty without looking at all the systems of my body. I would get some relief but I was left frustrated. I researched and read hundreds of books and articles only to be overwhelmed with the flood of information. I knew there was a missing piece, but at the time I didn't know where to go for help. After several years of rebuilding my body and health I am even more committed to helping people get and stay healthy. Even the rebuilding phase was overwhelming but this time I spared no dollar to find out how I could build my health foundation. I visited a holistic hospital in Mexico called Sanoviv that taught me how to be healthy by focusing on body, mind, spirit, biohacks, dental, air, water and medical. I visited Sanoviv 4 times in one year and stayed 1-2 weeks each visit. I still go each year for my refresh and reboot. How could I create Sanoviv back home? In the states health is often treated symptom by symptom instead of cohesively looking at the whole body. Once I discovered FDN, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition, I realized it was possible to get to the root cause of a health challenge and heal the whole body. Because being healthy is about optimal function in every cell and organ of your body so that you can have abundant energy, mental clarity, free from pain, prevent disease and enjoy life without fear. I am still learning and growing as I am still on this journey just like you. But the future looks brighter and brighter as we continue to discover more ways to understand our body and amazing biohacks to make it even more exciting.