My expertise lies in rebuilding the Gut-Brain Connection using a truly holistic set of protocols. More than anything, I want you to BEFRIEND your body. No matter what kind of suffering you are going through, no matter how many interventions you’ve tried- your body is working TIRELESSLY on your behalf.

I have a MS in family therapy, and am certified in Tension and Trauma Release Exercise, as well as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Certified Block Therapist and a Gut and Psychology Syndrome Practitioner. This diverse combination of educational credentials plus 5+ years of mentorship and clinical experience working with medically complex clients makes my practice uniquely holistic.

I worked for years as a licensed trauma therapist, and I know first hand the pain we go through when trying to navigate complex chronic illness. I was diagnosed with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome in 2016 and struggled with anxiety, dysautonomia, and chronic fatigue myself.

My path to health was long, and arduous, but I believe now that getting sick was the best thing that ever happened to me. I came through the darkness and into a life more whole and purposeful than I ever could have imagined. I believe with my whole heart that this is possible for you, too.

Talks:

High-Calorie Malnutrition: The Hidden Epidemic Behind Chronic Illness

In a world overflowing with food, how can so many people still be starving at the cellular level? This talk uncovers the widespread yet often overlooked phenomenon of high-calorie malnutrition - where people consume plenty of food, yet remain profoundly nutrient-deficient. We’ll explore how modern diets are rich in calories but poor in bioavailable nutrients, and how chronic stress, toxicity and poor digestion impair absorption. You’ll walk away with a clear understanding of how to resolve these long standing deficiencies by deeply nourishing your body.

Eating for Human Design: What Evolution Teaches Us About Healing

What if the key to healing chronic illness isn’t in futuristic medicine- but ancient, evolutionary based wisdom? In this talk, we’ll explore the archaeology and biology that clarifies how our ancestors ate and thrived in a pre industrial and even pre agricultural world, and what this reveals about the nutrition our bodies can heal with today. Drawing from evolutionary biology, modern indigenous diets, and nutritional science, this session reveals how real healing begins when we reconnect to the foods that shaped human biology. We’ll break down how modern food systems have hijacked our instincts- and how to reclaim nutrition that actually works for your gut, brain, and hormones.

The Biology of Being Stuck: Understanding The Cell Danger Response and Nutrient Solutions

If you feel like you’ve tried everything and you're still not getting better, this talk is for you. We’ll unpack the groundbreaking science of the Cell Danger Response (CDR)- a protective mechanism triggered by chronic stress, toxins, infections, and trauma that causes the body to get “stuck” in survival mode. This session breaks down how the CDR affects mitochondrial function, digestion, mood, and detoxification- and why healing won’t happen until the body feels safe again. You’ll learn targeted nutrient and lifestyle strategies to signal safety to the body and support the shift from protection into repair.

How I Healed MCAS Through the GAPS Intro Diet

Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) is not a life sentence– it’s a signal from a body that it is overwhelmed by toxicity, inflammation, and gut microbiome dysregulation. In this talk, Jen shares how the GAPS Intro Diet offers a strategic path to recovery by calming the immune system, sealing the gut lining, and re-establishing a healthy microbial foundations. Learn how this targeted, step by step nutrition protocol can downregulate histamine responses and help the body return to safety and balance.

The Gut-Collagen Connection: Hypermobility, MCAS, and Microbiome-Based Solutions

Why do so many people with hypermobility also struggle with histamine issues? Why are hEDS and MCAS so often diagnosed together? In this eye-opening session, Jen explores the profound link between connective tissue disorders, gut dysbiosis, and mast cell activation. You’ll learn how gut-based inflammation drives collagen degradation and nervous system instability- and how probiotics and targeted nutrition can shift the terrain toward stability, strength, and long-term resilience.

The Biology of Release: How the Body Heals Trauma

Trauma isn’t just a story stored in the mind- it’s a biological imprint stored in our tissues. In this session, Jen breaks down the somatic science of how trauma gets “stuck” in the nervous system, why talk therapy alone often isn't enough, and how the body releases stored survival responses when it finally feels safe. Learn the physiological stages of trauma resolution, how fascia, the vagus nerve, and the diaphragm play key roles, and how you can gently support this release process with daily practices that restore trust in the body.

Rewiring Your Story: Transforming Limiting Beliefs

What if the thoughts that shape your life aren't really “you”- but survival strategies encoded in your subconscious brain? In this talk, Jen reveals how chronic illness is often entangled with subconscious belief patterns rooted in trauma, fear, and self hate. You’ll learn how beliefs about safety, worthiness, and ability are stored in the brain- and how to shift them using simple tools. Discover how self-perception and neuroplasticity can combine to rewire the stories that keep us stuck in sickness.

Instagram: @wholebodyhealingwithjen

Website: www.wholebodyhealingwithjen.com

Amanda is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and master’s-level integrative practitioner specializing in highly sensitive women with complex chronic conditions, including MCAS, POTS, hypermobility, neurodivergence, nervous system dysregulation, and trauma histories. Her work bridges mental health, functional medicine, and somatic approaches to address root causes across biological, neurological, and psychological systems.

She holds master’s degrees in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine and Rehabilitation Counseling and is licensed in Florida as a Mental Health Counselor. Amanda also has advanced training in emotional healing modalities, neuroscience, blood chemistry, functional lab interpretation, and HTMA analysis.

Having personally navigated significant chronic health challenges and recovery, she brings both clinical expertise and lived experience to helping medically complex, highly reactive individuals move toward stability, resilience, and long-term healing.

Talk: Survival Biology: How Nervous System States Drive Metabolism, Immunity, and MCAS Symptoms

Website: www.thehealerrevolution.com

Courtney Jacobs, NTP is the Founder of Final Key Wellness and a Functional Nutritionist specializing in thyroid disease and chronic illness recovery. With 18 years in the health field, she is known for helping hundreds of clients achieve remission from hypothyroid and hyperthyroid conditions by addressing the true root causes of dysfunction.

She is the creator of the Final Key Method™, a root-cause healing approach that focuses on immune triggers, gut health, metabolic and hormonal balance, nervous system regulation, and environmental stressors that interfere with thyroid healing. Courtney’s work is especially impactful for individuals who have tried everything yet continue to struggle with fatigue, weight changes, brain fog, and persistent thyroid symptoms.

Her passion for this work stems from her own recovery from complex chronic illness. Today, she is a trusted voice in functional health, offering both hope and a clear path forward. When the root causes are supported, remission is possible.

Talk: How to Get Remission From Thyroid Issues 

Remission from hypothyroid and hyperthyroid conditions is possible when the root causes are properly identified and supported.

In this talk, Courtney Jacobs breaks down why so many people stay stuck with thyroid symptoms despite years of treatment and what is often overlooked in conventional care. You will learn the most common root causes driving thyroid dysfunction, including immune triggers, gut and nutrient imbalances, blood sugar and hormonal disruption, nervous system dysregulation, and environmental stressors.

Instagram: @courtneyjacobs.finalkey

Website: www.finalkeywellness.com

Natalie Earle is a virtual Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and GAPS Practitioner, with a decade of experience helping clients reverse chronic conditions through root-cause nutrition. Her work focuses on gut health, chronic fatigue, autoimmune and hormonal issues, and complex nervous system disorders like MCAS, POTS, and Long COVID. After her own health collapse stemming from nervous system dysregulation, toxic exposure, and the Standard American Diet, Natalie turned to microbiome restoration and nutritional therapy to heal. She now combines personalized food and nutrient protocols with nervous system support to help others rebuild their energy, immunity, and hormonal balance.

Talk: The Sulfur–Histamine Connection: Why These Two Pathways Often Collide

We’ll explore how sulfur and histamine in your body can overlap and cause nagging symptoms. By understanding how these two pathways collide, you’ll gain practical insights to support your health.

Instagram: @nutritionwithconfidence

Website: www.nutritionwithconfidence.com

Suzanne Balestino RN, BSN & Functional Medicine Consultant has been in healthcare for over 25 years. She has also been trained and works with chronically ill adults and children to help them put nutritional, lifestyle, nervous system, & natural detox practices in place to put chronic symptoms and disorders into remission. Her passion comes from years of debilitating disorders with her own daughter and now puts these protocols in place for others! Her daughter now lives a happy & healthy life without the symptoms that caused her distress for over 7 years! Suzanne enjoys yoga, cooking, & quiet walks on her property in Easton, Ma.

Talk: Calm Kids, Confident Parents

How to implement gentle nutritional changes for your family while navigating the school and medical system with complex kids.

Instagram: @homegrownrn

Website: www.homegrownrn.com

Heather is the head Nutritionist and Certified GAPS Practitioner at Grounded Approach. She began specialising in Histamine Intolerance & MCAS 7 years ago after helping her husband cure his severe migraines that he had for over 15 years. While she uses the foundations of the GAPS diet, she understands that those with overreactive immune systems and high histamine levels need a slow and gentle approach. Her practice is dedicated to helping the most sensitive clients heal their immune systems by healing their gut.

Instagram: @groundedapproach

Website: www.groundedapproach.com

Kate Pope is a Mom, Holistic Chef & Nutritional Therapy Practitioner & Certified GAPS Practitioner (NTP, CGP)

Through her cooking and nutrition courses, she educates families & communities on the importance of local food systems & cooking meals at home for physical, mental, and emotional health. 

From 2016-2021 Kate worked as a private chef in Seattle, WA and the Big Island of Hawaii.

She founded Regenerative Cooking School in 2019 so that she could reach more parents + families around her message advocating gut health & real food for children.

Kate helps babies and mothers start solids “the gut health way,” and teaches moms how to use food as medicine to reverse symptoms like eczema, allergies, and digestive issues.
You can work with Kate in her signature course, Mama-Baby Biome or Baby Biome First Foods Plan. With her husband Alex, they’ve self-published 3 cookbooks: Cooking: An Act of Love, Every Meal Healing & A Guide to A Regenerative Thanksgiving.

Talk: Mama-Baby Biome Insights

Instagram: @wildnutritionist

Website: www.RegenerativeCookingSchool.com

Mike Welch is a personal trainer, Acrofit certified instructor, and Neuromeditation level 3 certified instructor with an AAS in Exercise Science. His comprehensive knowledge of anatomy, physiology, integrative movement and energetic practices provide the spiritual and physical underpinnings of our work.Mike shifted his career into the world of fitness after he was laid off from his high stress job in the tech industry. He pursued exercise and lifestyle changes as a remedy to his mental health challenges including PTSD, depression and anxiety. Mike found some aspects of the fitness world lacking in it’s understanding of the nervous system and subtle bodies, and began exploring meditation and spiritual practices. He has been trained as a Neuro Meditation Instructor Level 3 through the Neuro Meditation Institute.

Talk: Moving from Rumination to Relief: Neuromeditation Techniques for Everyone

Learn how to bring your mind from narrow and anxious to open and spacious using neuroscience based techniques from neuromeditation. Mike Welch will introduce you to the basic neuroscience of brain retraining and take you through four of the primary styles of Neuromeditation- helping you understand and personalize the right meditation techniques for you.

"I was passed from doctor to doctor without ever getting much relief all the while losing hope and becoming more and more depressed. It was only when I took my healing into my own hands that everything changed.”

Certified health coach Melanie Cross, trained and supervised directly by Jen Donovan in the Rebuild Yourself methods. Melanie was trained at the Trinity School of Natural Health and certified as an EFT Practitioner after her personal experience healing Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, lyme, mold toxicity, and more and is ready to help you with your journey, no matter where you are starting from. “I decided to turn my pain into purpose by becoming a health coach so that I may help guide others on their own health journey. I believe that everyone has the potential to heal given the right tools and guidance.

Talk: From Survival to Safety: Using EFT to Change the Body’s Response to Symptoms  

Many people living with chronic symptoms understand what to eat, follow supportive routines, and know the nervous system matters — yet their body still reacts automatically to sensations with fear, urgency, or shutdown.

This talk explores what happens in the first moments a symptom appears and why those seconds strongly influence how the brain interprets the experience. You’ll learn how common reactions like bracing, fixing, or disconnecting reinforce a survival response, and how EFT (tapping) can be used to create a different experience.

Through a brief guided exercise, you’ll experience how staying present with support helps the body register safety, reduce escalation, and gradually shift its baseline response to stress and symptoms.