PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Sara Ouellette Subero, CNP, (Hons), CFNC

• Functional Holistic Nutritionist
• Vitalist Herbalist
• Holistic Child Educator
• Cellcore Biosciences Practitioner
• Certified Nutritional Practitioners Council of Canada Member
• Wife and Unschooling Mother 
• Founder, Beyond Vitality 

I am a graduate of The Institute of Holistic Nutrition, from which I hold a diploma with Honours, in Applied Holistic Nutrition. I am trauma-informed, gaining much growth and insight from a tragic event that changed the trajectory of my life. My grief and trauma spurred me to search for answers, as well as to pursue additional education in the areas of mental health, exhaustion/adrenal fatigue, bioresonance, autoimmunity disorders, chronic stealth, and parasite infections, detoxification, functional medicine, epigenetics, ancestral nutrition, and indigenous spirituality. All that said, this is what makes up “my tool kit”.

My life has been touched by trauma and illness, and I have been able to turn it into a life of mental freedom, health, and joy. When human beings experience trauma or severe life stressors, it is not uncommon for their lives and health to unravel. My great passion is bringing healing to those who are experiencing exhaustion and illness catalyzed by a traumatic event or stressful life transition. I help my clients, who include mainly mothers, children, and their families, to find healthy perceptions of themselves and strengthen their relationship with food, and their environment, to restore their vitality, and to live life feeling healthy and whole again.

Professional Experience & Background 

• Founder/Owner of Beyond Vitality – holistic health and nutrition website and online programs
• Clinical Practice – seeing clients in a variety of clinical settings as an independent practitioner
• Founder of Beyond Vitality Nature Camp - family-run Caribbean off-grid eco-lodge and retreat
• Former Athlete - elite-level runner and Quadruple Gold Level figure skater with Skate Canada
• Fitness - Certified Personal Trainer, Fitness Instructor, and Natural Movement Instructor 
• Wife and Mother of 2 spirited homeschooled children 
• Creative - author, writer, and speaker

Credentials & Education

• Certified Nutritional Practitioner (CNP) - The Institute of Holistic Nutrition – Honours Diploma – 2010 (intensive, 1-year in-class, full-time program)
• Certified Functional Nutrition Coach (CFNC) - Functional Nutrition Certification with Josh Gitalis – 2020 (1-year program) 
• Certified Vitalist Herbalist - The School of Evolutionary Herbalism – 2020 (1-year program)
• Certified Holistic Child Educator - Life Project Method - 2018 (2 months, in-person, full-time, boarding fellowship)
• Certified Nutritional Practitioners Council of Canada Member (CNPCC)
• Applied Human Nutrition – University of Guelph – 2006-2009 (3 years, full-time, on-campus)

Courses and Certified Training 

• The Institute of Functional Medicine - Introduction to Functional Medicine and Introduction to Functional Nutrition: Clinical Solutions for Addressing the Underlying Causes of Disease
• Cellcore Biosciences Practitioner Training - Roadmap to Health Training
• Cogence Functional Immunology Course (22 Modules) 
• Healthy Kids University with Aviva Romm - Healthy All Year Course (7 weeks)
• Biotherapeutic Drainage Training with Seroyal (14 hours)
• Women’s Hormonal Health Education Intensive with Flo Living
• Group Fitness Instructor Specialist (FIS), Can-Fit-Pro
• Personal Trainer Specialist (PTS), University of Guelph/Can-Fit-Pro
• Ecstatic Business Activation with Avalon Darnesh (12 weeks)
• Project Unwind - Myofascial Unwinding (2-day workshop)
• HeartMath Experience Interactive Program
• Dialectical Living - Intro & Advanced Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (24 weeks)
• Permaculture for Women Course (1-year)
• Primal Vinyasa™ Teacher Training (200 hr) 
• Forest School - Level 1 Training
• Reiki - Level I, II, and Master Certification
• Core Strength Vinyasa Training Certification 
• Official Zumba Instructor
• CPR & First Aid Certification

My in-class studies include but are not limited to:

 Macro and Micronutrients, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Ayurvedic Medicine, Nutritional Symptomatology, Preventative Health Care, The Psychology of Disease, Herbal Medicine, Life Span Nutrition, Environmental Nutrition, Fitness and Sports Nutrition, Comparative Diets, Advanced Nutrition Research, Holistic Food Preparation Nutrition, Nutritional Pathology, Professional Practice

• HSP and SPS (Highly Sensitive Persons/Sensory Processing Sensitivity/Empathic Traits)
• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) & Complex Trauma
• Natural Disaster Survivors
• Psychedelic Preparation and Integration (Plant Medicines, Altered States for Altered Traits)
• Spirituality and Existentialism
• Multiracial & Cross-Cultural Families & Relationships
• Third Culture Kids (TCKs) / Cross-Cultural Kids (CCKs)
• Acculturation Stress (Culture Shock & Reverse Culture Shock)
• Displacement/Relocation & Loss
• Expat, Immigrant and Cross-Cultural Living Adjustments & Grief
• Parenting, Homeschooling & Unschooling Support
• Psychonutrition/Micronutrient Therapy/Integrative Medicine for Mental Health
• Relationship with Food (Emotional Eating, Food Addiction/Issues, Food Intolerances/Sensitivities, Eating Parts (IFS), Eating Psychology, Food Beliefs, Body Image Issues, Cultural and Family Food Upbringing, Diet Culture)
• Grief and Loss
• Change & Life Transitions
• Athletic Support (Performance Anxiety & Issues, Rumination, Sport Psychology)
• Betrayal Trauma/Post Betrayal Syndrome
• Acute & Chronic Stress
• Mood Disorders (Depression, Anxiety)
• Chronic Illness & Pain/Survivors of Illnesses & Accidents
• Women’s Issues (PMS, PCOS, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmune, Burnout, etc.)