Hi there,

I’m Agnieszka, some call me Agnes and a few call me Agni. I was born and raised near the Baltic Sea in Poland. I spent my teenage years adjusting to America on the south side of Chicago and at 19 I moved across the country to California where I currently live with my husband, daughter and a couple of furry pets.

I was diagnosed with celiac disease about a decade ago and later with graves. Both are autoimmune conditions where your immune system goes rogue and attacks your body’s healthy tissues.  

I was living a pretty healthy lifestyle with celiac but graves took a toll on me. Emotionally, mentally and physically.

I was loosing lots of weight, my hands and feet were shaking and my heart was beating too fast. I was shocked and overwhelmed to find out that I have another autoimmune condition especially because I did all the “right” things, eating gluten free and living a pretty healthy lifestyle. I was completely devastated.

The intention behind my coaching business was ALWAYS to be of support to women who were struggling with their health. After my own struggle with my most recent autoimmune condition I decided to focus specifically on autoimmunity by helping women who have celiac to lower their stress and inflammation so they can create a more conducive environment for healing, reverse their symptoms and prevent additional autoimmune diseases.

Thankfully my healthy lifestyle did keep me out of the hospital, but I kept wondering how did this happen. The missing link in my health journey was the lack of awareness around stress and how it affects my gut health and therefore my immune system and overall wellbeing.

Stress is totally damaging to our health on more levels than we are aware of.

I thought I was doing all the right things. I ate healthy, I moved my body regularly, but my chronic emotional stress and sometimes negative limiting self-talk ran ramped. I grew up with the belief that stress is for the weak and to not give into the idea. Sounds crazy but it’s true. So, to be the strong woman that I wanted to be I kept going and going and going until my body literally stopped me.

It’s been quite the awaking journey and after making several changes to my lifestyle, specifically becoming aware of my emotional stress and learning how to manage it, I am happy to say that I was able to reverse all of my symptoms and get my health back. My experience has thought me to help others on a deeper and more holistic level that incorporates mind, body and spirit. I do this with my clients by including not only nutrition but also movement that is healing and restorative, nervous system regulation through breath-work and bringing awareness to thoughts/mindsets that may be creating additional stress.

It’s a bio individual holistic approach to celiac and autoimmunity that goes beyond just eating gluten free. I call it the Beyond Gluten-Free with Agni program.

Our bodies are incredibly resilient and have the ability to heal if given the right conditions.

So here I am sharing my story in hopes to help others who may be struggling with similar issues and feeling overwhelmed or alone in their struggles with autoimmunity. 

Be Well,

Agnes (Agni) Messina