food as medicine with Moriam Okereke
Moriam Okereke is an integrative nutrition health coach, mindfulness practitioner, nutrition truth-seeker, and all-around wellness aficionado. With her co-founder Kalaya Okereke they work to empower people who are struggling with weight loss, digestive issues, hormone imbalances and stress management and help them regain control of their health.
As a Doctor of Pharmacy, Miriam also trained at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN). She helps people engage with the outer and inner work that’s necessary to make real transformation happen. She helps patients who are truly ready to make change, who want to improve their health, but just don’t know how to start or they’re confused by all of the diet fads and trends.
“Look at where the bulk of emissions are coming from, its like 100 companies and of those its probably 20 of those major companies that are responsible for about 75% of the emissions […] The downloading of actions onto individuals and households it creates a tremendous amount of angst. ”
On today’s podcast Moriam and Nicolette discuss how Moriam used food as medicine to overcome her joint pain and digestive issues while she worked in a hospital as a Clinical Nutrition Pharmacist. From this healed place, Moriam’s interest in Plant-Based living grew and she jumped careers to launch Live Beyond Wellness. Listen in to learn directly from Moriam and discover how you too can start your journey into healing with foods, mindset, and more.