About Me

My story starts as an active youth, into sports, camping and exploring. I maintained straight A's through-out school. But I was also underweight - even though my diet consisted of lots and lots of candy, my activity levels kept me thin.

Getting into my teenage years, I struggled with my self-image. I also had a growing mental health issue in the form of undiagnosed social anxiety disorder. This lead to lots of dark times and stuggles with mental health that I didn't yet understand. There was a period in my life where I wouldn't even leave my room.

When it came time to head to post-secondary education, life decide to send me down a different path. In addition to my mental health struggles my mother was diagnosed with cancer and my dad was disabled. Those, combined with not being a "well-off" family, I chose to stay home while my sisters attended college, letting them school without worrying about our parents.

But I chose to make the best of a bad situation. While everyone else was discovering cat videos on the internet, I was busy learning as much as I could. I got opportunities to learn from, work alongside and befriend many professionals in their fields. I wanted to better myself, and be better than my situation was allowing me to be. I also learned that I like to help others.

During the start of COVID-19 I chose to try posting on social media as a means to further push myself out of my comfort zone. The combination of my love of knowledge and helping others was unexpectedly popular as I suddenly gained 200000 followers in a few months. In fact the growth was so fast it was too much for me and I had to take an extended break from social media to focus on regaining my health. I even gained the most weight I ever had, topping out at 240lbs before recovering and dropping back down to a healthy 160lbs.

I came back from that break with renewed vigor and quickly started to grow faster than my peers, but this time I was mentally ready for it. I reached out to many of your favourite creators to create a network of shared knowledge, creating a private group where we're all able to discuss topics and help each other out. Many of the collaborations you see today are the result of me bringing everyone together in the interest of bettering everyone's health.

Also born of this effort was the In Moderation podcast I do with Liam Layton, also known as theplantslant. We have a focus on providing information in a fun way, because we want you to be physically and mentally healthy, not just scared of everything.

Many ask me what my certifications are. And to that I can only say I didn't get the opportunity to do any official schooling. But I made the best I could of my situation, and my passion and drive for knowledge and helping others has earned me recognizition from everyone from doctors to chemists.

As someone who knows the struggles of health, I try my best to bring out the best of others in a positive manner. You can't have health in a negative environment.