OLIVIA HENSAL

Hi, I’m Olivia — & I’m thrilled that you’re here. It is my life’s mission, and my sincerest honor, to help people remove physical blocks that are keeping them from reaching their highest potential. So many people today are living numbed out, disconnected from their body, and disconnected from the world around them as a result of chronic, often debilitating symptoms. Stomach discomfort, bloating, fatigue, anxiety, acne, and brain fog are not normal, and your symptoms are not in your head, despite what your routine bloodwork and PCP may be telling you.

Amazingly, I have seen thousands of people throughout the years restore their health and vitality with root-cause, food-first medicine. Based on my experience, many chronic symptoms can manifest as a result of imbalances in the gut, the hormones, or metabolic dysfunction, sluggish detox pathways, or a high toxic burden. One thing I know for sure is they are definitely not random. There is always a reason why. The key is to find a practitioner who is willing to go deeper.

My story:

For most of my early 20s, I struggled with chronic, cystic acne. As you can imagine, as a young woman trying to establish myself in this world and in my career, this was obviously less than ideal. I would avoid leaving the house and I often felt extremely disconnected from my body as I was always in my head with anxiety wondering what people were thinking of me. When my breakouts were really bad, this only made my anxiety worse, and I would avoid social events and do everything I could to not be seen. I didn’t realize this at the time, but looking back, my skin really made a huge difference in how I perceived myself and how I perceived the world around me.

Fast forward a couple years later to when I started grad school and discovered the powerful and life-changing benefits of functional medicine. Throughout the years, I had tried everything… literally, everything for my acne. Some would work for a short amount of time but it would always come back. After graduating from The Ohio State University and enrolling in a clinical nutrition program (that really set me up to only work in functional medicine), I began learning so much more about the body. I eventually started working in functional medicine and began running gut tests, in-depth blood work, and hormone tests on myself that revealed I had inflammation in my gut, micronutrient deficiencies, and high androgens (like testosterone and DHEA) that were contributing to my acne. After implementing lifestyle, nutrition, and supplement changes that were specific to my unique physiology, my acne started to clear within weeks. As you can imagine, it was a massive f**king relief.

I have always had an innate interest in health, wellness, and nutrition, but it wasn’t until learning about the personalized nature of functional medicine that everything really changed for me. Clearing my acne helped me to gain my confidence back, lessened my anxiety, and made me realize how much I was dissociating daily as a result of trying to hide from the world.

At this point in my life, as a result of discovering the why behind my breakouts, I feel much more confident, connected to my true self, living in my purpose and power, creative, and truly alive. And I am beyond grateful I get to help others every single day discover the same.