I am finally full-time owner of Moving Bravely and while I work behind-the-scenes on rebranding and launching the new look, enjoy this summer series interview with Ellen Barnard of Harmony Hive. Read about her below!

TW: Grief, Loss, miscarriage, body acceptance, women's health, women's bodies, women's advocacy

About Ellen:
The evolution of my career and my personal health struggles have created a unique perspective and approach to health. I have been an athlete, struggled with PCOS, spent the typical (for my generation) years on birth control & got off of it when I realized its implications, I’ve taught myself to track my cycle through FAM, healed many health issues with nutrition and lifestyle changes all leading up to what I thought was my “healthiest” version of me. 

To then have a devastating miscarriage and be thrown into a world of unknowns and fighting to advocate for my own health. I was already a Doula and childbirth educator years before my own experience with loss and then spent the next year deep diving into what it meant to be truly healthy. To set the foundation to lower inflammation, balance my hormones, nourish & prepare my body for fertility, learn my genetic markers and other root causes for my fertility struggles. What I realized in that year was this was what ALL women should know, this is what we need before we get on birth control or diet!

I was sick of not knowing my body, not feeling empowered with the limited information I was given about health and the lack of help I was getting from the MANY providers I saw. I took my health into my own hands in many ways and chose to connect the puzzle pieces of my health journey and find providers to help me HEAL. Not to reach a destination of health but to know my body, know what it felt like to thrive so that when life changes, things shift, I had the foundation to manage my health and the tools to find the root causes of whatever symptoms I was experiencing. I was done with diets, quick fixes and weight loss.

I was certified for Nutrition coaching and took all the continuing education courses I could around fertility, pregnancy, postpartum and created the Harmony Hive to help walk women through this foundation! I created what I wish I would have had in that year to help guide me in the simplest and straightforward way possible, not to mention the most time effective way! It was overwhelming to compile the information, research, advocate and hold myself accountable. Now I am leading women all over the country in understanding their bodies, what works for them and helping transform their health and lifestyle to set them up for success.

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