Hi! I’m Melanie and I’m so glad you are here! I’m a Certified Integrative Health Coach with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Health Education. I spent over 20+ years working with individuals on a wide variety of health concerns and after my own personal journey with Celiac Disease, chronic inflammation, and infertility, I decided to further my education and become a Certified Health Coach through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and an AIP (Autoimmune Protocol) Certified Coach so that I can help people on a similar journey learn tools to regain their health so they feel good again. I hope my experience and training will help others on their path to living their best life. I am also a wife and mother of an amazing little girl, Hope.
In 2011, I started a journey that would take me on a path I didn’t expect. A journey that began when my husband and I started trying to get pregnant and were unsuccessful. This led to lab work, testing, and the discovery I had Celiac Disease. While having a diagnosis gave me valuable information as to what was going on in my body, I was left without many resources and with a ton of questions. I didn’t know where to turn or where to start. It was just the beginning. Read more about my Celiac Disease diagnosis and my story here.
It took struggling to get pregnant and a diagnosis of an autoimmune disease for me to really start to uncover what was impeding my health and peel away the layers. I became my own advocate, did a lot of research, worked with doctors and practitioners, asked questions, learned more about what had likely contributed to a decline in my health and fertility, and what changes I could make to optimize my health and fertility moving forward.
Looking back, my body was giving me signs and signals it was out of balance for years, even decades, I just didn’t know enough about autoimmune disease, gut health, and its connection to the immune system and our health to listen or respond.
Throughout my journey, I had to do a lot of research on my own. There was a lot of trial and error to see what worked best for my body. I realized that a lot of the power of improving my health and vitality was in my control. While that is a little overwhelming, it was incredibly empowering. My hope is that I can use my experience and education to help empower you.
The beauty of this journey is that I learned how to tune in to my body, the signals it was giving me, and how to respond. I learned what foods worked the best for my body and an understanding that there wasn’t a silver bullet that was going to work for everyone. I learned what diet and lifestyle choices could not only heal and support my body and immune system, and also what triggered flare-ups. I learned how to support my body during high-stress times and what it felt like to feel good again.
Navigating autoimmune diseases can be tricky, overwhelming, complex, and empowering. I started Melanie Snyder Wellness to share what I have learned along my journey to fertility and continue to discover today to equip people with the skills and tools needed to become their own advocates and take charge of their health. My health coaching practice, website, mailing list, and blog are designed to help people cut through the overwhelm, reconnect to their bodies, and restore balance through nutrition and lifestyle choices to achieve and maintain optimal health throughout their lifetime. We’ve got a lot of ground to cover – join our community here!
