Awareness is the first step to change

Barbara Maida Certified Wholistic Counselor

Member of the American Association for Drugless Practitioners, Graduate of the Apprenticeship Program at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Food and Healing, Certified in Natural Remedies and Alternative Medicines, Whole Systems Nutrition and Application in Counseling, Graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, Graduate of the Helix Training Program in Healing and Psychotherapy, and the French Culinary Institute.

Barbara Maida has been a Holistic Counselor for over fifteen years. Specializing in nutrition and whole foods, Barbara supports her clients in changing their dietary habits to transform their lives. Having grown up in her father's restaurant, Barbara developed a passion for cooking early on. She began following recipes and filling orders but it wasn't long before her natural creativity inspired her to explore her talents further. Barbara began taking cooking courses, creating her own recipes and eventually established her own catering business. As her passions in the kitchen grew, her knowledge of the ingredients and her understanding of nutrition grew with it. She quickly noted how different people responded to different foods, while everyone seemed to prefer recipes made from whole foods. Recognizing food as the simplest way to affect one's health and make people feel good, Barbara was compelled to learn more about this connection. Already managing her own catering business, Barbara decided to expand her pursuits and began her education in nutrition and holistic health. Barbara Maida has spent the past 20 years exploring the relationship of food to health and the past fifteen years relaying all she has learned to her clients so they too may begin living to their fullest potential. Unlike others in her field, Barbara has made no universal declaration about what dietary lifestyle is best for every one, she works on an individualized basis helping her clients establish what is best for them and then works closely with them to achieve their goals. While studying nutrition and holistic health she realized the connection of emotions and the impact they have on our health. She then began studying psychology, hands on energy work and homeopathic and herbs remedies to improve the emotional health of our bodies.