My passion

Hi! I’m Len Schulze.

I’m a holistic nutritionist, and it’s my passion to help others regain health and well-being naturally by balancing body, mind, and spirit.

My daughter’s story

Testing confirmed that Sophie suffered from significant gluten and chemical sensitivities. Within days of starting her on a strict gluten-free and chemical-free diet, Sophie was able to sit still and was happier and calmer. Six weeks later the changes were so dramatic that I felt that I had a new child.

Despite a demanding career as an accountant in corporate America, I considered myself healthy. I exercised regularly and followed the official food and nutrition guidelines of the day. Yet over time my health and well-being declined. The stress of work and family, poor sleep, and nutritional deficiencies led to hormone imbalances, adrenal fatigue (very low energy), leaky gut and anxiety.

The standard one-size-fits-all solution offered by a general practitioner only made my symptoms worse. I then began a quest to find out why I was told that my tests were “normal” but I still felt awful.

Restore internal energy – spirit

Finally, I discovered a wonderful practice called Qi Gong. This ancient practice is part of traditional Chinese medicine. It involves movement and visualizations that calm, cultivate, and rebalance your internal life-force energy.

Incorporating all these aspects — body, mind, and spirit — into my healing resulted in my feeling energized, happy, and healthy. For optimal health all three must be in balance.

Years earlier I graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with an economics degree. I went on to earn a master’s in accounting and pass the CPA exam. I worked for years as a corporate accountant. It seemed normal to continue doing accounting work, especially with all this education.

However, it was time to re-examine my priorities and passions in life. After seeing first hand the power of healing through food and natural wellness techniques in both myself and my daughter, I was inspired to go back to school to earn a holistic nutrition degree.

I now focus my energy on helping other to rebalance, rebuild, and restore their health and vitality from the inside out. I know that changes in nutrition and lifestyle can create positive, healthy changes in people’s lives. These insights and successes sparked my desire to serve others by sharing the lessons I’ve learned along my path.

I believe that each person is a bio-individual. This means we each have specific nutrient needs based on genetics, past and current health challenges, childhood and current food intake, stress level, age, pharmacological intake, and activity level. There is no one-size-fits-all health and wellness regime. Each of us has lived a unique life so each one of us has varying health and wellness needs.

I believe that when you are in balance and tuned into your body, your body’s innate intelligence will guide you to the right foods and the optimal amount – without counting calories or fat grams.

I believe that if you’re craving certain foods or you’re finding yourself eating uncontrollably, your body is out of balance. Cravings are a symptom of a deficiency somewhere in your life — either nutritional or emotional.

I believe that in order to achieve optimal health you must address the body as a whole and not try to fix symptoms. Symptoms are our warning sign that something is out of balance.

I believe that our bodies have an innate intelligence to rebuild, rebalance, and thrive if given the correct building blocks. I call these building blocks my “Pillars of a Radiant Life.”