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When individuals thrive, families thrive, and when families thrive whole communities thrive
We are here to empower you to take action of your own story and transform your life by lifting those toxic burdens on your body and home to help you not only survive the day to day, but thrive in order to be the best version of yourself for you and your loved ones. Find family-friendly and budget-friendly keto, paleo, and whole-30 recipes, meal plans, functional medicine education, recipe e-books, and a sense of community. For a deeper dive, sign-up for our wellness fundamentals group course or book your free introductory consult.
Keto and paleo family staples
Keto Buns
If you are keto, paleo, gluten-free, dairy-free or just hungry these are for you! Check out our Youtube video in our link in our bio to watch just how simple these are to make!
Chipotle Chicken
The sweet blend of the caramelized onions with garlic and chipotles peppers make this dish so delicious. Not only is it delish but it can be used in so many different ways from tacos to nachos, in soup or on pizza.
Keto Blueberry Muffins
These keto and paleo friendly blueberry muffins are super simple to make and great brunch side or a pull-out-of-the-freezer breakfast or snack. You would never guess they are grain-free, sugar-free, and dairy-free.
Paleo Breakfast Burrito
Make the homemade paleo tortillas a staple in your house for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. These burritos are gluten free, grain-free and can be made dairy-free if omitting cheese. Make each one to meet the needs of all the different taste buds.
Glorified Cabbage Salad
Eating a wide variety of foods helps our bodies get all the essential nutrients it needs. It’s what we like to call “eating the rainbow.” This dish is a little bit salad and a little bit slaw. We love that it’s a tasty and versatile side to any meal.
Homemade Bone Broth
Bone stock is rich in iron, vitamins A and K, fatty acids, selenium, zinc and manganese. Add some anti-inflammatory vegetables to your soup and you just upped your game. Try making bone broth at home. It’s great for your immunity and easy on the budget.
Eating sugar-free never
tasted so sweet
Whether you are new to grain-free and sugar-free baking or an old pro this downloadable keto and paleo-friendly dessert e-book will keep your loved one’s spirits up and blood-sugar down. It comes with all you need to know about switching over to a grain-free pantry and why it’s important to ditch that refined sugar in our diet. Choose from 17 of our favorite dessert recipes that are sugar-free, grain-free, and dairy-free without compromising on flavor!
Empower yourself through education
We love to teach here at Rise to Thrive. Let us share our expertise, tips and tricks to help you and your family with your health concerns. We will offer virtual Zoom classes on important health-related topics, recipes, eBooks, blog articles and share our favorite books, podcasts and kitchen tools. Hopefully we will be able to have live group classes in the near future!
Learning new wellness ideas and recipes can be exciting and fun, but can also feel hard. We promise to try to keep things simple, understandable, and family-friendly with our recipes, functional medicine education and eBooks.We will be mindful of your time while offering ways to take action on what you learn here. Education is powerful, but the secret weapon is taking action on new lifestyle ideas and habits, to Thrive not just survive your life.
Reduce the toxic burden on your health, home and body
The amount of toxins in our homes and environment can keep us from healing and reaching our potential being. They can create stress on our hormone and nervous systems. Swapping out our toxic home and personal care products can seem daunting. That is why we are here, to help you along the way. Taking the guesswork out for you by showing you the products we have come to love and use for our own families.
Find support and strength
in others.
Meet our team
Carrie, Danielle, Jodie, Justin and our families, have all personally experienced the health struggles that come with autoimmune diseases, PCOS, anxiety, chronic fatigue, gut digestive issues and diabetes – at times feeling hopeless. But together have found that there is hope in healing through the power of functional medicine, whole food diets, mindfulness, quality sleep and non-toxic living.
We are a group of individuals, here to share knowledge and inspiration for those seeking healing balance in body, mind, soul and spirit. Our team is here to share our expertise to support you on your health journey and to ultimately help you improve your peace and joy and connect with yourself and family on a level you haven’t in a long time.
Strengthen Your Health and Immune System: Practical Tools to Thrive
Join Dr. Justin Metzger Pharm.D., and Dr. Carrie Carlson DO, FAAFP, IFMCP, from the Rise To Thrive Wellness team, as they present a live zoom class about the foundations of optimal health and well-being. They will help you understand why food, stress, sleep, movement, community, and relationships play an interconnected part on our health. We will also cover how our immune system protects us against foreign invaders and what impacts our immune system especially during a pandemic like we’re experiencing today.