about

Hello, friend. Welcome to Build Mind Body.

I’m Laura, a wife, mother of three, certified nutritionist, natural wellness advocate, essential oil lover, fitness instructor, and adventurer. I’m happy you’re here.

My husband, Spencer, and I created Build Mind Body because we couldn’t keep all of the knowledge we had gained to ourselves. We had to share it. I want other moms like you to know what I know about taking care of yourself and your family. I want to share incredible resources and tools with you like Essential Oils and healthy food to take charge of your health. It doesn’t have to be complicated. These simple lifestyle changes will have a profound, lasting impact. It’s not only reasonable to expect a healthy and happy lifestyle for you and your children, but it is a necessity.

I have the experience, knowledge, and passion to inspire and empower you to create a happy, healthy, holistic lifestyle at home.

At Build Mind Body you will find:
• Simple, healthy, delicious recipes
• Essential oil tips and natural remedies
• Natural wellness lifestyle tips
• Easy to follow at-home fitness workouts
• Tips for raising healthy kids
• Emotional wellness
• Relationship advice
• Adventuring and travel tips

What led me to natural solutions? Here’s how it all began…

I was probably a lot like you early on. I was interested in being healthy and made “healthy” choices whenever I could based on my knowledge at the time. In my early college years, that meant eating a token vegetable at the cafeteria and switching from 2% milk to fat free. I ate sugary cereal for breakfast with fat free milk and a side of applesauce. Confused? Yeah, me too. In my nutrition classes, I had learned that low fat diets were healthy and grains were the base of the food pyramid, and I believed it.

A couple years later. Spencer and I had been married less than a year when he became terribly sick. He stopped working, and he almost dropped out of college. We spent thousands of dollars seeing specialist after specialist and no one had an answer for us. We were devastated and scared wondering if this would be our new life together.

Then Spencer’s mom suggested he visit a naturopath. We were both skeptical, but we didn’t really have much to lose at this point. We reluctantly agreed. To our amazement, Spencer was symptom free and feeling fantastic in less than a month. We realized for the first time that the world of wellness was much bigger than we realized.

Five years later, I was pregnant with my second child and had a busy two year old getting into everything. I started to question everything I thought I knew about nutrition. I spent hours upon hours, week after week reading and researching everything I could get my hands on. I started to change our family’s diet. We noticed a number of benefits, and I was encouraged to keep going.

I decided to tackle the chemical cleaning products in my home. I wanted them out for good. All of my research led me to essential oils, and I began to clean my home with them. And guess what? I loved it.

Then, I started using essential oils for my own health needs and with my children. The more I used them, the more I fell in love. I could not imagine trying to take care of myself and my children in the best way possible without them.

Today, we’re still pursuing the best version of ourselves and a whole, healthy, happy wellness lifestyle. We have been able to improve almost every aspect of our lives and we want the same for you.

If you want to hear more of our story, you can read the long(er) version here.

We’re glad you found us here and hope you’ll take a good look around. We look forward to getting to know you better.

Here are our credentials if you are interested:

I have a B.S. in Exercise Science and am a Certified Nutritionist. I have spent over 15 years studying health and nutrition in depth with 7 years specializing in essential oils. I have been a ballet and fitness instructor for 7 years.

Spencer has a B.S. in Business Management and has spent 20 years in the sales and marketing industry. He is a certified nutritionist and holistic health coach with 7 years of experience using and teaching about essential oils.