Meet Your Functional Health Coach
Elizabeth Baker, PA
Founder, IlluminatedRoot Wellness
My name is Elizabeth. Before founding IlluminatedRoot Wellness, I spent more than twenty years as a Physician Assistant in emergency medicine. I loved the work, the intensity, the privilege of caring for people on the hardest days of their lives. But over time, I saw a pattern I couldn't ignore: we were treating and stabilizing, but rarely truly fixing. We were quieting symptoms without ever asking why they appeared.
When I got sober, I expected to feel better, and emotionally, I did. But physically, my body was struggling in ways no one could fully explain. That experience led me back to the basics: food, nutrition, and the biochemistry of healing. What I learned changed everything, and it became the foundation of the work I do today.
Educational wellness consulting available globally. Licensed clinical services available within licensed states.
Her Story
A Health Crisis That Changed Everything
Less than ninety days into her own sobriety, Elizabeth's body went into crisis. A sudden bowel obstruction led to major surgery, rapid weight loss, and daily pain. Every test came back normal. No cancer. No clear diagnosis. Just a body in distress and no roadmap for how to rebuild it.
Without insurance and without answers, she and her husband started with what little they had. And in that season, she noticed something she couldn't unsee: what she consumed changed how she felt, physically, mentally, emotionally, even down to her sleep. That realization opened the door to a completely different way of understanding the body, and it became the foundation of everything IlluminatedRoot Wellness stands for today.
Elizabeth knows firsthand how much the body needs support after years of physiological stress. Sobriety is a miracle, but it's also a rebuilding process. Her mission is to help others in recovery find their way back to health by addressing the foundation first, together, and never alone.
Body, Mind, Spirit and Community
This Isn't Just a Business. It's a Community.
True healing requires tending to the whole person. You can support your biochemistry, your sleep, your nervous system, but without connection and spiritual grounding, the foundation stays incomplete. That's why community is at the center of everything we do.
You are not alone
You are supported
You are understood
You are part of something bigger
Healing Is Not Linear. But It Is Possible.
And you don't have to do it alone. Book a call with our team to talk about where you are right now, and how IlluminatedRoot Wellness can walk this healing journey with you.
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