At twenty-seven I became a Chief Technology Officer managing multimillion dollar software development projects and teams of thirty people, not including a long list of contractors. My background in business, management, leadership, and organizational development prepared me for it. And I was damn good at it.

But it was slowly destroying my soul.

I spent years thrashing around knowing this wasn’t what I was supposed to be doing. I eventually hit the wall where I couldn’t go on. I was starting to feel like an empty shell, losing myself every single day I showed up.

So I walked away. The great salary, the career, the most loyal team you could imagine.

And the first question was: how do I fix myself.

I had hit complete adrenal burnout. Soul level fatigue. Lifelong patterns of anxiety, depression, urinary urgency, primary and secondary amenorrhea. I was overweight, which led to a weight loss journey that came with a severe eating disorder. I felt confused and lost. But some spark in me knew we were not meant to feel this bad. We were not put here to feel like this.

I started studying functional nutrition and herbalism at the same time. The moment I walked into my first herb class I felt like I had come home. Ayurveda stopped me in my tracks. It felt less like learning and more like remembering. I spent the next three years head down, studying, learning, practicing, experimenting, figuring out where my place in this world was.

I realized there was a gap. It wasn’t just that conventional medicine was failing people. Natural healing had become a trap too. Trends instead of clinical depth. Marketing instead of mechanism. People trying everything and still not getting answers.

This is where I am meant to stand. Helping people understand themselves and their symptoms, and equipping them with the tools and knowledge to navigate chronic complexity. And helping make natural healing potent again.

I’ve also spread my message through my podcasts. My first, Herbalism Uncensored, was a show I co-hosted with Alicia Hawes, raw real conversations about natural healing, client work, and time-tested approaches beyond the trends. Today I host my own show, Lila’s Herbal Revolution, where I explore herbalism, nutrition, natural healing, and more.