meet the creator!
meet the creator!
I’m Marissa! I was born and raised in the midwest and got my B.S. in Statistics from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!). I’m passionate about gut health, neuroscience, holistic healing, and sharing everything I learn with others :)
I started The Better Gut Club to educate and empower others on their gut-healing journey as I worked to understand the root causes of my health struggles, particularly when it comes to gut health and how it impacts the entire body. I realized that most of my symptoms were connected to gut imbalances and nervous system dysfunction, often-overlooked aspects of wellness in modern western medicine.
At 26 years old, I found myself halfway through my second undergraduate program in nursing and debilitated by digestive issues, panic attacks, memory issues, and insomnia. I reached a point where I had to drop out to figure out what exactly was going on: years of physical anxiety and little sleep snowballed into gastritis, SIBO, leaky gut, and parasitic overgrowths coupled with adrenal imbalances and hypothalamic-pituitary axis dysfunction.
In the process, I was also diagnosed with autism, ADHD, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), and POTS adding more layers to my journey of understanding the endless connections in the body that research is still catching up with to this day. What started as an overwhelming health crisis has now become a mission to reclaim my well-being, and I know I’m not the only one trying to figure it out.
This is a place where I share everything I learned throughout the healing process (and everything I wish I knew starting out) because I know how first hand how gut problems can disrupt not only your digestion, but your entire existence. My hope is to make these complex issues more understandable to the everyday sufferer so that you have the tools and knowledge to take power into your own hands. So come join the club!
- Marissa, creator of
The Better Gut Club offers wellness tools and resources intended for educational and informational purposes only. They are not designed to diagnose, treat, prevent, or cure any disease, and no material presented by The Better Gut Club is intended to be used as Medical Nutritional Therapy (MNT). I always recommend seeking medical advice from your doctor or a licensed healthcare provider before starting any new dietary or lifestyle protocol.Questions? Comments? Stories? I’d love to hear from you!