Turning Point Nutrition offers health and wellness consults in Grygla

As a Certified Natural Health Practitioner and a Certified Holistic Nutrition Practitioner, Wendy works full-time with offices in Thief River Falls, Roseau and now Grygla. Located in office space off the Grain Bin Café, she is available by appointment every Tuesday in Grygla. 

Her alternative medicine practices include designed clinic nutrition, Reiki energy healing, energy testing, massage therapy and Chakra balancing. Wendy has many years of working experience in home health care and nursing homes, but says she decided not to pursue a career as a nurse as prescription drugs are not her route. She acknowledges, “It wasn’t my life path to medicate.” Believing strongly in the power of food, Wendy says she’d rather lead someone to the grocery store with a list and leans more into what herbs and plants our bodies need to heal. When she first started her business, Wendy’s diet was 80% plant based, 10% fat and 10% protein. She detoxed her body and was eating clean. She viewed her nutrition as a lifestyle vs. a temporary diet and decided to start coaching others on what she is so passionate about. She admitted to still not feeling 100% at that point, “I was agitated, crabby, my lower back was weak and I wasn’t sleeping well. I had someone do Reiki on me and it was like everything resonated and balanced inside of me; it was very easy for me to pick what wasn’t balancing me anymore.”

This Reiki experience is what made Wendy decide to get certified and start practicing Reiki and Chakra balancing, as well. She says touch is very important and we all have the ability to heal. With Reiki, Wendy places her hands on the body and uses the inside energy to activate natural healing processes and restore physical and emotional well-being. When asked to elaborate on the Chakra balancing, Wendy explained that Chakras are essentially your energy portals located at different points of the body. Your energy inside can go stagnant and it needs to be balanced in order to resonate throughout the body and radiate. “Your thoughts, your perceptions, how you communicate, how you love…it’s all connected to our energy,” Wendy described.

Along with her energy work, Wendy also does an energy/muscle test. She says it unravels what the body is hiding or needs assistance with. After completing schooling at the University of Natural Health out of Indianapolis, and doing online Reiki courses at a master’s level, Wendy says the muscle testing essentially started 13 years ago when she was introduced to it while working for a chiropractor in Thief River Falls. She traveled further down that path by obtaining training at Ulan Nutritional Services down in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

“When it comes to health, every single body is different. Everyone’s layers are different, but I like to start with someone nutritionally first by taking things out of the diet or adding things in,” she says. “At that point, we look at what needs improvement. Do we add in some massage therapy or how do we keep that person on course,” she added. Wendy encourages everyone to pay special attention to their bodies the next few months by stating that this is the time of year we get off course. “Once Halloween hits, we deplete our bodies. We’ve got all the sugars from the candy then we get into the wine, drinks and big meals around the holidays; we’re out of vitamin D because we aren’t going outside much; it’s just a huge depletion to our bodies,” she said.

Turning Point Nutrition is available to help guide your body in the right direction and give people the tools they need to use whole-foods to promote natural healing. Wendy shared the story of when her daughter was sick with thyroid and auto-immune problems at just nine years old. “We had went to the Mayo numerous times and saw every skin doctor, allergist, thyroid specialist…her dad was very white-coat. In the end, it wasn’t a thyroid issue at all; it was a heavy metal toxicity from getting her braces on. The thyroid got so overactive due to the stress of metal coming into her mouth and that’s what was needing to be treated, which can easily be done with food. Cilantro, for example, is the easiest way to pull out heavy metals and chemicals from the body,” she offered.

Wendy sees clients for an array of issues. She does not accept insurance, however, her visits are approximately $35 (based on what you receive) after the initial $100 hour-long consult.

With her office in Thief River Falls at 1571 Hwy 59 S or in Roseau at 216 Center Ave W, or, lastly, in Grygla at the Grain Bin Café, Turning Point Nutrition can be reached by calling 218-689-1050 or emailing turningpointnutritionllc@gmail.com 

Wendy encourages anyone to contact her if they would like to set up a consult and discuss issues their bodies are currently going through. She closed the interview by suggesting this route be the “turning point” for you. She knows alternative medicine isn’t always well-received, but pointed out that by visiting with her and exploring these options, “What do you have to lose?”