Hi, I'm Ginka.
Functional Nutritional Therapist
I specialize in digestive health, helping people make sense of persistent symptoms, understand what their bodies need, and build a more capable gut.
I believe your health should support the life you want to live, not become another thing you have to manage.
And that belief comes from experience.
The Morning Everything Changed
It was still dark outside when I woke up in Munich, Germany.
For a moment, I couldn't remember where I was. My brain just stopped working.
I'd been working 15-hour days on a visual effects project, two months straight without a single day off. I loved my work, but my body was paying the price.
I remember sitting on the edge of the bed that morning and thinking: I can't keep doing this.
I'd spent 15 years working on Hollywood film productions, first in Los Angeles at studios including Sony, Disney, and DreamWorks, and later internationally.
I loved the creativity and challenge of that world. But I knew I couldn't keep sacrificing my health to be part of it.
That morning, I decided something had to change.
I'd always been fascinated by food and health. Leaving visual effects gave me the opportunity to turn that interest into a new career.
I chose to study nutritional therapy because I wanted to help others avoid reaching the point I had.
I wish someone had shown me earlier that taking care of your health doesn't have to become another full-time job.
It's something you can learn to do, with the right knowledge and practical skills, even when life is demanding.
"Ginka is the oracle of health.
I felt overwhelmed before starting with her, but the entire time working together, I felt empowered, excited and focused on my health goals. You will learn so much from Ginka and you will feel empowered in your health for a lifetime."
T-Neshia, Marketing Specialist
Why I fell in love with gut health
When I started studying nutritional therapy, I was fascinated by how everything in the body connects.
But the gut kept drawing me in.
The more I learned, the more I realized how much was happening beneath the surface. How a seemingly simple digestive complaint could involve several different functions, each influencing the others.
I wanted to understand it all.
That curiosity became my specialty, and it hasn't left me since.
One of my favorite moments in working with clients is when the pieces finally come together. When symptoms that seemed unrelated start to make sense, and we can see what may have been overlooked.
I still get genuinely excited about those moments.
Today, I combine my specialist training with the systems thinking I developed in my previous career. I look at how different parts of the body influence one another, identify what deserves attention, and consider the order in which to address it.
Because sometimes it's not about doing more. It's about doing the right things in the right order.
My training & expertise
My work is grounded in formal nutritional therapy education, specialist gut health training, and ongoing professional development.
Naturopathic Nutritional Therapy - College of Naturopathic Medicine, London (graduated with distinction)
SIBO Practitioner Training - Dr. Nirala Jacobi
Clinical mentorship - Kalish Institute of Functional Medicine
Specialized training in gastrointestinal health, the microbiome, and IBS, Kharrazian Institute
Microbiome & Gut Health Training - Dr. Jason Hawrelak
Your health should support your life.
Not take it over.
I know how easy it is to put your health last when life gets busy.
I also know how much can change when you begin to understand what your body needs and how to support it.
That's what I want for the people I work with.
Not just fewer digestive symptoms, but more freedom with food, more resilience through life's demands, and the confidence to care for their health without making it the center of everything.
Because there's so much more to life than managing your gut.