Janel
Doctor of Natural Medicine and Functional Nutritionist · Truckee, CA
My Approach
I take an evidenced based but soul rich approach to health. I offer down to earth, positive, and whole-person support. I provide attention, curiosity, and a root cause approach we are missing in today's health care system. I love bringing women together. Both in groups that I teach and for practitioners.
My Story
I am obsessed with understanding the body and what impacts it. I am always asking WHY It is my mission to help women understand their body better, how everyday choices impact their symptoms/health/genetics, and how we can use nutrition, lifestyle, systems biology, nutrients, and herbs to shift the terrain in the body towards longtime resilience and vibrant health. I believe there is a missing gap in our healthcare system and I am doing what… I can to fill it. I originally went back to school after undergrad and completed Premed requirements but decided I was more interested in a natural approach to health. I spent almost a decade at that time working in the birth world as a doula, a prenatal/postpartum yoga therapist, and a childbirth educator. Despite great docs, I noticed that women weren't being educated and empowered about their bodies and root causes were not being investigated. During this time my husband was in medical school and the medical professionals I was engaging with both socially and at work would often disregard or belittle nutrition, herbs, and lifestyle medicine and I got fed up and fired up. I was hell bent on going back to school to learn the science of how the body works, what drives health and disease, what causes symptoms, what impacts our genetic expression, how are our body systems connected, and how can we impact health with food, lifestyle, nutrients, etc. My frustration motivated my return to school, inspired my life's work, and fuels my passion around educating, supporting, and empowering women to understand their body and take smart steps to resolve symptoms, drive health, and turn on healthy genes. When not supporting women to feel better I am often out in the wild playing in the mountains, sitting by a crackling fire, or gazing at the stars. I live with my family in Truckee and believe in the power of the wild and the kitchen.
Where To Find Janel
Truckee, CA
The pin marks the town, not the door.
In the Space
Photos from Janel’s practice.
Words Janel Has Kept
Notes from clients over the years, shared here by Janel.
“"As a nurse, I appreciate Janel’s evidence-based approach and inclusion of current research and best practice. As a busy, working mother of teenagers I appreciate connecting with other women in the same phase of life and learning from them as well. And, as a spiritual woman, I appreciate that Janel nurtures our connection to our own innate wisdom" -Damara… S. Nurse Educator 2023”
“"This community is such a valuable resource! Your classes and guidance have been so helpful to me. I have learned so much from you & felt so grateful to have a better understanding of my body and exactly how to better support myself through this time in my life." -Deborah R. Physical Therapist 2024”
““Revolutionary for my life. As a nurse practitioner and endurance athlete, I thought I understood women’s health—yet no one taught me what Janel teaches. Her tools brought balance, calm, and clarity I didn’t even know I was missing. Life-changing.” — Meggie I., NP 2024”
“"I was validated, listened to, and cared for in a way that left me feeling empowered. After 6 months of working with Janel I know my body way better than before and have a full set of nutritional tools at my disposal to address my day to day health concerns, and those going into the future. Janel is my first recommendation for anyone looking to better their… health and increase their knowledge of functional medicine on a basis that is understandable and easily applied. ♥️". Jen .M. Sept 2020- Feb 2021”