During the COVID pandemic, Ashley helped launch a Mobile IV business to support individuals outside of the hospital setting. Through that experience, she saw firsthand how many people were searching for more than temporary relief. They wanted answers, hope, and a deeper understanding of why they were experiencing ongoing health challenges.

That desire to better support people on a deeper level ultimately led Ashley to functional medicine and the Functional Nurse Academy.

After completing her training through the Functional Nurse Academy and becoming a Board-Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, Ashley founded Voice of Truth Wellness, a holistic wellness practice dedicated to helping individuals identify potential root causes of their symptoms and support the body’s natural healing processes.

One client, a woman in her 40s, had been experiencing episodes of fainting, painful menstrual cycles, and chronic fatigue. Despite seeking medical care, she was still searching for answers and was referred to Ashley by a friend. Through a functional nursing approach focused on comprehensive health history, nutrition education, lifestyle coaching, and supporting healthy detoxification processes, Ashley helped her identify potential environmental and lifestyle factors to discuss with her healthcare team, including concerns related to mold exposure and microbial imbalances. Over the course of several months, the client reported that her fainting episodes resolved, her menstrual discomfort improved, and her energy levels significantly increased.

Ashley also shares the story of a mother who was struggling with debilitating psoriasis that had greatly impacted her quality of life. Using a functional nursing approach centered on education, Ashley worked with her to support gut health, healthy liver function, nutrition, and foundational lifestyle habits. Over time, the client reported significant improvements in her symptoms and was able to return to her normal daily activities.

Throughout the episode, Ashley emphasizes that her role as a functional nurse is to educate, coach, and empower clients by helping them create an internal environment that supports overall health. By focusing on foundational areas such as nutrition, healthy detoxification pathways, microbiome health, and lifestyle, she helps clients work alongside their healthcare providers to support the body's natural ability to maintain health and wellness.

After years of serving patients in traditional nursing roles, Ashley saw how many people were learning to accept sickness, exhaustion, and chronic symptoms as normal. But through functional medicine, she began to see health through a different lens.

Her work is grounded in the idea that when the right environment is created, the body has an incredible ability to heal. That includes looking at factors such as nutrition, lifestyle, stress, environmental exposures, natural therapies, and the whole person, not just a single symptom or diagnosis.

One of those modalities is ozone therapy, which is used by some integrative and functional practitioners to support overall wellness, promote healthy immune function, support mitochondrial health, and assist the body’s natural healing processes.

We also discussed bioresonance analysis, a tool some practitioners use to help identify potential areas of imbalance within the body that may warrant further investigation.

Ashley also shared about frequency-based therapies and how some practitioners use them as part of a comprehensive wellness approach to support healing and optimize health.

For Ashley, these tools are part of a broader whole-person approach. Her goal is not to offer temporary relief, but to help clients better understand what may be contributing to their symptoms and support the body in a more intentional and personalized way.

Many of the individuals she works with have felt discouraged, dismissed, or stuck in chronic symptoms. Through her work, Ashley helps clients begin to reconnect with hope and take a more active role in their health journey.

Her approach blends science, faith, and natural therapies to help clients reclaim health, energy, and purpose.

Rather than simply telling clients what to do, Ashley educates, guides, and empowers them to better understand their bodies and create meaningful change.

With 25 years of nursing experience, Ashley brought a strong foundation of assessment, compassion, patient education, and clinical care into her functional wellness practice. The Functional Nurse Academy helped her build on that foundation and move into a new model of care that aligned more deeply with the kind of healing work she felt called to do.

Today, through Voice of Truth Wellness, Ashley is serving clients across the country and helping individuals pursue wellness through a root-cause, whole-person approach.

Her journey is a reminder that nurses have powerful skills that can be used far beyond the conventional healthcare setting. With functional medicine training, nurses can create businesses, serve clients in meaningful ways, and help restore hope for people who are searching for a deeper path to healing.