About Me

Hey there! My name is Hannah, and I’m the founder of Penny Health.

Throughout my life I have been praised for my positive attitude, even in the toughest times. Those closest to me didn’t even know the daily health struggles I faced.

Since age 14, I felt like I was the perpetual patient. I spent a lot of time in doctors’ offices seeing many different specialists for my long list of symptoms. Just when I would recover, I had a limited amount of time before I would come down with something else. At times it was minor, at other times it was quite the opposite.  I always thought this would be my life. A revolving door of doctors, shelling out money for appointments and medications, all while never really feeling my best.

Through self-reflection, I determined that my health really began to deteriorate around the time I began my career. At the time, I was enduring an overwhelming amount of stress. I was forced to go further down the path of exhausting all of the pharmaceuticals that conventional medicine could offer. Many times, the testing my doctors ran came back inconclusive, only for them to recommend more prescription drugs for me to try.

I went to one appointment that changed my outlook. The doctor discussed a much more invasive form of medication as the next step in battling my worsening Ulcerative Colitis symptoms. This was something that could alter my ability to later on have children. Not only that, but it included a laundry list of potential and severe side-effects. My intuition told me there had to be a better way. Against doctor’s orders, I kept on for 2 years taking the same medications, feeling worse and worse until the thought that ‘my life didn’t have to be like this’ materialized into something monumental. Once I found holistic health, I dove right in.

At age 26, I felt ready to dig myself out of this deep hole. I didn’t want to suppress my symptoms anymore. I felt like there was a much deeper reason for feeling so sick. I committed to intense lifestyle changes and over time, I became my own health advocate. I adopted true healing strategies and found what worked best for my own body. I began to experience what felt like exponential healing and was able to taper off of all symptom and immune-suppressing medications that I was taking daily for Ulcerative Colitis, severe allergies, arthritis, carpal tunnel, migraines, and neck/back pain.

Finding the root causes to why I was developing chronic illnesses in the first place has been instrumental to my health journey. I confronted the inflammation in my body through nutrition, therapy, and lifestyle interventions. The healing modalities I explored allowed me to experience such a metamorphosis in my own life that I became motivated to share my personal story on a larger scale. It is here that I will be open about my own journey in finding the key to health and vitality.

My mission is for you to see that healing disease and finding the root cause of symptoms is possible. Not only that, but it doesn’t always have to be an expensive endeavor, as many healing modalities cost (less than) a penny and are available to everyone. Although necessary at times, we do not need to surrender all power to the medical model.

I hope to help others reconnect with the innate power our bodies hold to heal. Holistic health principles should have a place in everyone’s life on a daily basis no matter where you are in your journey. Healing is available to everyone; it is just a matter of investing the time and consistency to find it and to maintain it. By sharing why I chose to pursue holistic methodologies in a last ditch effort to save my own health, I hope to educate and empower others to a better life.

You can find me on instagram @Penny-Health or contact me here.