Healing apothecary kitchen with fresh herbs, garlic, ginger and nourishing foods

Nourishment
as Medicine

Women's Health Done Differently

Whole foods, ancestral wisdom, and mindful nourishment to restore balance and support your body's innate ability to heal.

Whole Foods
Root Cause
Nourishment
Balance

Our Philosophy

We believe nourishment is medicine.

Nourishment includes the food that we eat, the way we breathe, move, rest, gather, and tend to ourselves through the seasons that change us.

Through medicinal foods, meditation, movement, and intentional care, we help women feel deeply resourced in body, mind and spirit so they can meet life's transitions smoothly.

When we are truly nourished we don't just move through life. We become more intimate with it, more awake to its beauty, more grounded through its challenges, and more fully alive within it.

Fresh herbs and botanicals arranged in a warm green apothecary setting

Rooted in care. Guided by nature.

Who We Are

Nourishment as Medicine is a collaborative wellness space for women in every season of life. Rooted in the belief that food, warmth, minerals, movement, education, and intentional care can support the body's innate capacity to heal and thrive.

We bring together functional nutrition, food as medicine, contemplative practices, and ancestral wisdom. Whether you're here for a recipe, a meditation, a little inspiration, deeper understanding, community, or one-on-one support, this is a place to be NOURISHED — body, mind and spirit.

Our Practitioners

Krystal and Carisa bring two distinct perspectives to whole-body healing, united by one belief: true nourishment tends to the whole person. From functional nutrition and root-cause support to meditation, movement, energy work, and care through life's transitions, our approaches complement one another to support the whole woman—body, mind and spirit.

Krystal Chesnutt

Work with Krystal

Functional food as medicine support for gut health, blood sugar, menopause, autoimmune challenges, chronic symptoms, and whole body healing.

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Carisa Banuelos

Work with Carisa

Pre-conception, birth prep, postpartum nourishment and in-home care, depression and anxiety support, meditation and energy work.

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