Candace treats each patient as a whole; taking into account the interactions among genetics, environment and mental factors that can influence long term health.
She has extensive training in medical weight loss management, IV nutrition, Herbalism and Nutrition and is in the process of obtaining her Doctoral degree from Aspen University. Candace is no stranger to health care and the many disparities that exist as it pertains to people of color and other minorities. Being a patient herself as she continues her fight with metastatic breast cancer, she believes she’s in a unique position to help bring about the necessary changes to make health care affordable, holistic and humanistic.
Candace believes that small simple shifts can have an enormous impact on health.
Her Mantra is “Small Change =Big impact.”
Candace lives with her husband Marc and four children in New York. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, being in nature, singing, doing DIY projects, gardening, herbing, learning, teaching and watching HGTV.
Wellness didn’t come easy for me. It took a cancer diagnosis for me to realize I needed to take better care of my health. I remember exactly where I was when I was told I had cancer.
It was the day after thanksgiving 2017. I had previously done an ultrasound and a biopsy to determine if the lump that was in my right breast was a cyst or some benign tumor. To be honest I wasn’t worried. I refused to believe that someone who was always so active, ate healthy and so young could be diagnosed with cancer. That wasn’t even a thought.
So, you can almost imagine the astonishment and total disbelief when I heard the words cancer, and one of the most aggressive and deadly ones. I sat in the bathroom for almost an hr before I could speak. Matter of fact I think I even chuckled when my doctor told me the news. Going through the next phase of my life and all the life altering processes that came with that diagnosis wasn’t easy. But the life I have now even amidst fighting cannot be compared to the life I had before that was full of stress and anxiety. Change was necessary.
I’m Candace – an energetic mom, wife, nurse practitioner, health coach and cancer fighter.
seriously!
and the lifestyle you want,
I believe you can have the body you want
but it wasn't always so easy...
Everything I’ve done and what was done to me all sums up to this moment. People always tell me, you’re glowing or you’re so strong but it wasn’t always easy and some days are good and others not so good but what I have learnt and still learning to do is to find the skills needed to function in a healthy way that has a positive impact on my mind, body and spirit.
This by far isn’t an easy process, trust me I know.
It's not always easy to prioritize your health and wellness- especially in a busy and demanding world! But if we don't make time for our health, who will?
Yes there are age related changes that occurs to our bodies that we cannot avoid. But I’m talking about he things that occurred that I thought I had some control of.
I was tempted to say "age", but age has nothing to do with it.
I use to be an avid sport player and ran track for most of my life until, well, life got in the way.
READY TO DIVE IN? This is a good place to start
What I didn’t realize was that the way I handled stress in my failed marriage, my childhood traumas and adult choices all affected me to the point where I made myself sick. I come from a culture that doesn't talk about therapy, and mental well being. You learn from an early age to tough it out. Well toughening it out leads to stress on our bodies and mind and eventually brings about disease. Many of which could have been avoided.
I want to share what I have learned over the years and in my training to help you achieve that too. Health and wellness is the biggest self care act you can do for yourself. It will not only will it benefit you, but it would benefit others around you and in your families and loved. You can only give of yourself truly if you’re functioning at 100%. Anything less is an injustice to you and your loved ones.
Health and wellness isn't about restrictions or rules- wellness is about freedom, peace of mind and joy.
No two people are alike, as unique as the sands of the sea or the stars in the sky, we are all different.
Our minds, the way we respond with our emotions, our bodies and the way we’re shaped, are all different and that’s the beauty of us.
However, there are things we can do as no matter how different we are that we can all can relate to.
Here's what I believe
We have to start speaking positively to and about ourselves, leave no room for negativity and doubt about who we are and what we can accomplish.
Speaking positive affirmations everyday can help us to overcome our attitude of self sabotage and negative thoughts. Be kind to ourselves, we have been through a lot.
Attitude is everything
What we put in to our bodies is what we will get out of it. We have often heard the analogy; when we buy a car we put the best gas and oil in it, we do regular maintenance because we realize the value and know that if we take care of our cars that it will reward us, less likely fro breakdown, however if we don’t there’s a good chance we can always trade in or replace a car that is damaged.
Yet with our bodies we tend to neglect good care. And in our case, we only have one. We need to treat food as medicine and medicine as food.
Food is fuel
Do something active that you like. You don’t necessarily need to join a gm or have a personal trainer to have fun exercising.
If you love to dance, then let dance be your cardio, if you love to swim, then get in the pool, if you love to walk, then make it family bonding event. If you love to hike, then get your boots on. If you love to cycle, then get spinning or ride the bike that catching dust in your garage. The attitude of fitness is based highly on you view point.
