A woman wildly passionate about educating and inspiring people to take steps to add health to their lives.
Hi friend,
I'm Tanda.
I get so jazzed when my feet hit the floor in the morning because it means another day to play, connect and teach YOU. We get this one life, this one go around, in this one body, so lets treat it well. I will be your biggest cheerleader and guide to living a life on fire.
Tanda
From Doctorate to Farm
My journey
If you asked my childhood friends if they thought I would end up at medical school and becoming a physician they might look at you sideways. But if you asked them if they thought I would end up farming organically and regeneratively with a plethora of plants and animals, they would nod in agreement. “Yes, yes, that makes sense,” they would say.
And the funny thing is, that I did and am doing BOTH, and they, to me, are one in the same. We are a microcosm (our bodies and minds) of the macrocosm (Mother Earth). We both get sick the same and we both heal the same.
I have the training and the privilege to learn and be a part of both.
First starting with a doctorate in naturopathic medicine, to heal myself, all the way to finding a 40-acre farmette in Tennessee, to heal the land. And then, to TEACH it all to YOU.
To farm: a dream since I was five years old finally came into reality in July of 2020. Forty acres of land tucked into the hillside of Pulaski, Tennessee where I raise nutrient dense food both plant and animal, practice regenerative farming, and plan to use this farm as a teaching platform to take health to the next level.
Finding and establishing Maple and Sage Farm
2017
This book was inspired by the local food in Bozeman Montana’s Farmers Market. Writing a book is a labor of love and this one is filled with the stories behind each recipe, health tips, and chock full of the how and why we should focus on eating whole foods.
Published my book, Food That Grows
2012
There really were two options for naturopaths at this time, you start a clinic or join one. So my business partner and I start Clearwater Healthcare in Bozeman Montana. This was also the year that I found Arbonne (or Arbonne found me) which, has proved to be one of the greatest gifts to my life.
Started a medical practice and joined Arbonne International
2010
City living for this country bumpkin proved to be something of a challenge, but the food scene in Portland made up for it and the friends that I found and the knowledge I gained.
Graduated from National College of Natural Medicine
2009
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2017
Dripper aromatic, milk cappuccino strong, beans, aromatic mazagran in pumpkin spice redeye instant. Flavour ristretto, redeye flavour, and siphon et, ristretto robust half and half in lungo.
Turkish froth lungo breve flavour
2013
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Turkish froth lungo breve flavour
2005
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Turkish froth lungo breve flavour
2002
Early on in my healing from an eating disorder I longed for the results of being healthy, but they seemed so far away and unattainable. Things like having a healthy relationship with food, clear skin, clear mind, joy, boundless energy and then the big one for me…longevity are what helped me heal. It took time, consistency, accountability, diligence and a COACH. That's why I'm here! We'll do it together.
Change today to live tomorrow
Key benefits of healthy living
1
Clear mind and focus
Through food choices, movement, meditation, and hormone balancing brain fog caused by a poor gut microbiome or an overcompensating nervous system will lift and focus and clarity become your new normal.
2
Healthy relationship with food
Living life with off limit or “cheat” foods is exhausting. When you choose health day in and day out and your body is getting the nutrients it needs your relationship with food begins to change.
3
Bountiful Energy
Hormones and the health of your thyroid and your adrenals are pivotal in feeling good throughout the day. Even more than that, life purpose. Your view of your job, relationships or environments can give or take away life.
4
Joy and satisfaction
Joy is an emotion that you can only experience in the present moment. The more your life becomes aligned the more joy you will experience. Studies show that joy increases immune cells and "the feel good" hormones.
5
longevity
Longevity doesn’t come in a prescription bottle or a Cheerios box claiming heart health. It comes in the everyday living, the everyday choices, and the everyday ways to add health through movement, food, meditation, sleep, breath, happiness and life purpose.
Professional bio
Tanda Cook, is a naturopathic physician, food expert, published author, international speaker, blogger, as well as a health and lifestyle coach. She is wildly passionate about educating and inspiring people to take steps to add health to their lives.
TANDA COOK
After moving to Pulaski, Tennessee Tanda discovered her true passion is connecting people to the earth, food, and their purpose through farming, sustainable agriculture, and natural medicine
Her co-authored cookbook, Food That Grows, explores the importance of eating whole foods, the current issues with how Westerners eat, and the stories and celebrations around the very thing that keeps us alive…food.
Practicing what she preaches, Tanda owns and runs Maple and Sage farm where she raises both plants and animals, practices regenerative farming and lives by the earth.
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Tanda has been traveling and speaking internationally over the past five years teaching on the subjects of health, food, nutrition, entrepreneurialism, and finding the life you love. She has a gift for explaining confusing medical terminology and concepts in clearly understood terms - empowering her audiences to celebrate healthy living through food, lifestyle and choice.
Today, clients from all over North America seek her out for counseling and retreats to experience the earth and their health in a transformed way. Her presentations are fun, energetic, engaging, humorous and educational.
Tanda received her undergraduate degree from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York and then went on to receive her doctorate from the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon.
Doctorate
National College of Natural Medicine
Portland, Oregon
Undergraduate
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York
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