Ellena is a Functional Nutrition Practitioner and Gut Health Expert who helps families find and heal the root cause of their acute and chronic complex illnesses so they can thrive, not just survive. Through her bio-individual holistic health and lifestyle programs and education, she has helped people of all ages find their balance and start to enjoy life again. 

Ellena has studied health & wellness for over 20 years alongside experts in the fields of mind/body modalities, functional nutrition, gut health and microbiome balancing, mood disorders, unresolved trauma in the body, and lifestyle medicine. 

When she is not working with clients, you can find her in her kitchen tending to her ferments and crafting nutrient-dense foods for her family. She also loves tending to her summer garden, collecting eggs from her pet chickens, hiking the many mountain and lake trails of western Colorado, and of course, spending time with her two beautiful grandbabies!

For more information and to read her health journey story, you can find her About Page here: https://betteryourbiome.com/page/about