Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Brooke Rozmenoski. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Brooke, appreciate you joining us today. To kick things off, we’d love to hear about things you or your brand do that diverge from the industry standard

As a functional nutritionist we marry what we see in our clients lab testing with nutrition, lifestyle, and movement support to help them receive individualized support that not only meets them where they are currently at in life and their body but helps them work thru the things they need to feel their best and achieve goals they may have been stuck in achieving. Many of our clients are in their 30s, 40s, 50s and come to us feeling stuck, defeated, or have been told that how theyre feeling is just a part of their age or having kids – when in reality much of it can be brought back to our lifestyle, nutrition, and supporting our body in how it was made to function and feel.

Brooke, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

Yes! I have been in the health and fitness industry for over 15 years. I started as a personal trainer with a large fitness company and after working my way up the corporate ladder thru my career there I had personal experiences happen thru that time that had me starting to question if it was the right career path for me and I was feeling myself become more passionate in more of the wellness side of the industry.

About mid way thru my career I left a pretty toxic relationship I was in and within a year of that my Dad died suddenly and tragically from a late diagnosed cancer. The whole experience had my body feeling like it went haywire, my hormones tanked, I gained weight unexplainably, and I was feeling exhausted all the time. What I didnt realize then was how much the chronic stress, trauma, and grief of those experiences had impacted my body and how much me continuing to try to move down the same path of my previous nutrition and exercise routine was actually making things worse. During that time I developed secondary hypothyroid and had to see three different physicians to get a proper diagnosis.

I started to question why it was so difficult for me to get an answer on why I wasnt feeling my best and thought there had to be more to what I was experiencing other than the answers I was getting so like my typical rebellious nature I started to explore alternative routes and ended up working with a functional medicine physician at the time.

Fast forward a few years and I had met my husband and we started trying for kids and I struggled getting pregnant with our first child. I learned so much in that time about my hormones and how they were meant to function and kept thinking “why is no one discussing this??” so after having our daughter I went back to school so I could start to support other women thru the frustrations they may be experiencing that were similar to mine.

The biggest thing I have learned in that time is there are way too many women out there feeling stuck and frustrated in their body and dieting or crushing our bodies in workouts that arent helping is still way too common of a thing we reach towards when we dont know what else to do. My practice and I support women in truly getting the answers on why they arent feeling their best and helping them to resolve how their feeling thru nutrition thats best for their body, movement thats applicable and beneficial for them hormonally, and addressing lifestyle factors that could be getting in the way. We work with women to understand their best years dont have to be behind them and they can still feel their best despite their age or how many kids they have.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

I think the biggest thing that has helped me move forward personally and professionally is the uncomfort of what happens if i quit would be worse than the uncomfort of working myself thru the hard stuff. I always am looking for ways to improve and challenge things to be better so I do believe that has helped me to become successful in the way we support women in our business and my own personal growth.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

I think a lot of the lessons I have learned have come thru challenging times, one of my biggest being that because my personality is one to challenge things to be better personally and professionally, I have had to learn how to celebrate my successes and appreciate the process along the way. It is very easy for me to accomplish something and then put my nose down and move on to the next but I personally was starting to see how much that while it made me successful, I personally needed to keep in check because it was impacting my health and specifically how I handled stressors. I was rarely taking a step away and really had to step back especially as a Mom to remember to take time unplugged consistently, be present with the moments that really mattered, and in that I was able to see and appreciate so much of what I had built and enjoy it.

Contact Info:

• Website: brookerozzie.com
• Instagram: @brookerozzie

Image Credits
Erin Goodrich with @elliefrancesphotography