About Vicki Gerberich

Vicki's mission as a Certified Nutrition Therapist and Personal Trainer is to encourage and promote healthy and balanced lifestyles through nutrition and fitness consultation and education.  She emphasizes whole, nourishing foods appropriate for individual body types, physical movement, especially in the outdoors and quiet downtime spent in a calm safe place, be it nature, a community space or your kitchen table.  Vicki understands that changing habits can be difficult and also provides lifestyle management support.  

Vicki became certified as a Nutrition Therapist through the Colorado Institute of Nutrition Therapy, a comprehensive graduate level two-year holistic nutrition certification program that covers all aspects of clinical nutrition and disease management.  She is also a certified Personal Trainer and Corrective Exercise Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine.  She is dedicated to treating the whole person and developing personalized programs for each of her clients.  

Vicki’s foundation in clinical nutrition therapy and her  understanding of the role that nutrition and fitness play on the psychological and developmental systems has evolved into thorough and comprehensive prevention and treatment protocols and therapeutic programs.  Vicki has focused her work in a variety of areas, including diabetes management, endocrine health, weight management and dysfunctional eating, stress & anxiety and neurological health (depression, anxiety, ADD, and Alzheimer’s). 

Vicki is Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition and is a Professional member of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals.

My Wellness Adventure

Vicki began her journey into the health and wellness industry in a round about way.  She has a Master Degree in geography and environmental planning and policy.  She studied resource management and understood the impact that people's everyday decisions can have on the land - especially in relation to our food choices and land use practices - which ultimately affect the health and ecological balance of the Earth. 

After examining local, national and global land-use practices, and studying the growing rates of preventable diseases and obesity; it became clear that the impacts that many of the changes that are occurring as a result of societal development are not only impacting the health of our ecological systems , but also having an incredible impact on our own health and well-being!

Vicki also became much more aware of how what she ate really did affect who she was and how she acted and how she performed in her athletic pursuits.  She became more conscious about her eating and wanted to know more.  Vicki also experienced a sense of fulfillment and joy when being amongst nature and pursuing the thrills of the outdoors.  After going through her own adventures and transformations, Vicki knew that helping others achieve their own level of health and wellness was her passion.

The Journey to Earth and Water Wellness

Vicki's interests in supporting others in their health challenges and wellness goals transformed into the development of Earth and Water Wellness, nutrition and lifestyle support programs and experiences that provide nourishment for the body, mind and life.

In order to achieve whole wellness, you need a healthy mind, body and spirit.  Vicki has learned along the way the incredible impact that proper nutrition, nature and movement can have in the healing process and the health of mind and body.  Nutrition, fitness and emotional balance play an enormous role in the body’s overall health and the repair, restoration and rebuilding processes; all essential for overall wellness.  The body has the ability to heal itself and will do so, as long as it gets some assistance from you by providing it with the proper nutrients, rest and appropriate amount of movement. 

 

                      Earth and Water Wellness Mission & Vision

The mission of Earth and Water Wellness is to educate and guide individuals on their wellness adventures.  Earth and Water Wellness was created out of a desire to help people realize their full potential through a healthy body and mind; supporting individuals through their healing and building phases with the use of foods, supplements and movement.  Earth and Water Wellness believes in creating balance and harmony in the lives, bodies, and minds of individuals; to listen to their needs and concerns; and to educate, inspire and empower them to live healthier, more balanced lives.

It is not enough to eat organic foods; we must eat according to our individual bodies’ needs, we must move and we must spend time in nature, resting and rejuvenating the mind and body.  The vision at Earth and Water Wellness is to incorporate the practices of wellness into daily lives.  This is not a punishment and it is not temporary – it is a decision to achieve optimal wellness as a lifestyle. 

Earth and Water Wellness envisions a supportive community of practitioners facilitating journeys to wellness- offering complete and whole therapeutic programs for emotional and physical wellness centering around nutrition, fitness, spirit, body work, lifestyle management and the pursuit of natural balance. 

                                                                      

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