Meet Brook Leiter

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Hey there, I’m Brook! I’ve worn a lot of hats in the last decade I’ve spent working in healthcare. From pharmacy major to Registered Nurse, ICU to labor and delivery, traveling ICU nurse to home hospice. But you’re probably wondering how I ended up here, in the health coaching scene of all places. 

 

To be honest, as much knowledge as I gained and as rewarding as caring for patients in a clinical setting was, I had this nagging feeling all along that I wasn’t truly helping patients get better, I was only managing their symptoms. I wanted more for my patients so I started looking for answers, which is when I discovered functional medicine. Functional medicine aims to find the root cause of disease and heal the body through lifestyle and diet modifications instead of accepting symptoms as lifelong burdens and managing them with prescriptions.

 

Don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful for modern medicine but I believe it should be used when necessary, not as a first-line defense. What I am saying is, after all I saw and did in the trenches, I decided I wanted to help people take control of their health to avoid preventable illness and hospitalization in the first place. So, I spent time working at a functional medicine family practice, enrolled in a Naturopathic Doctorate program, hung up my RN hat for good, and dedicated myself to holistic health coaching. But, that’s not the whole story. 

 

Did I mention I simultaneously also wore the hat of “toxic relationship frequent flier” and ultimately “abusive marriage divorcee”? For the majority of my twenties, if blame had a name it was “MEN”, as far as I was concerned. I lived broken, bitter, and binge-drinking, convinced I had to settle or stay single because “good men” didn’t exist. Turns out, men weren’t to blame, I was. Yup, you read that correctly, I said it was me. I didn't respect me, so why should they? I wouldn't learn the truth that we attract who we are, not who we want and that we accept the love we think we deserve, for nearly a decade. 

The pain and despair I experienced from the abuse I was drowning in, led me down a dark path of self-hatred that ended in me considering ending my life. That was a hopelessness I never fathomed I’d be trapped in and I knew something desperately needed to change. 

 

So, I did something crazy. I went all-in with God. Begged Him to show me He is who everyone says He is (“waymaker”, “miracle worker”, “promise keeper”) and to change me despite my circumstances. And guess what? DIDN’T HE DO IT. 

 

Walking away from my abusive marriage was the catalyst that transformed my entire life. It caused me to take an honest inventory of the quality of my life and recognize I was extremely unhealthy in just about every way imaginable: spiritually, mentally, and physically. It forced me to face my brokenness and dive inward to a depth I’d never been before.  So with God’s help, I set out on a journey to discover how to love myself for who He uniquely created me to be while learning to prioritize all aspects of wellness: mind, body, and spirit. 

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Today I am the happiest and healthiest I have ever been. I am married to one of the good ones, (cue Gabby Barret, “The Good Ones”) because I kid you not, my husband is a unicorn among men I never imagined existed. Our story is the stuff for fairy tales. I'm here to tell you, God is faithful and able. All good things come from Him and he wishes to bless his children exceedingly and abundantly more than we could ever ask, think, or imagine. The best decision I ever made was taking a chance on Him. 

 

I am passionate about helping women avoid the mistakes I couldn't recognize I was making in relationships, in mindset, in diet and lifestyle choices. There is purpose in pain, and it is all the more worth-while when we can use what we learn along the way to shed light into someone else’s darkness.  

 

I’m so glad you’re here, I don’t think that is by accident. I hope I get the chance to partner with you so that you can experience the same freedom and blessings. I can't wait to see you bloom.