Playing college basketball for four years left Cara Clark physically burnt out. She struggled with controlling her food, which led to disordered eating. Through her studies and certification in sports and clinical nutrition, she was able to manage her own eating disorder and develop a performance-based nutrition philosophy that focuses on the relationship between what we eat and how we feel rather than on calories, scale numbers, or diets. “I established my business 17 years ago based on my health mission to help people feel better emotionally and physically and to learn to eat intuitively by listening to what their bodies tell them,” she said. She has since counted Olympic athletes, NBA draft prospects, and celebrities among her clients.
But in her early- to mid-30s, after having four babies in five years, her health began to deteriorate. She started to suffer from acne, insomnia, mono, brain fog, and anxiety. “At first, I thought I was just pushing through that stage of motherhood and business ownership,” she said. “But I became really distressed. I was in a state of complete overwhelm.”
