About Kara
My name is Kara Fischenich. I am the herbalist and integrative nutritionist behind Thistle Patch Wellness. I started this practice because I know there is a better way to achieve wellness and healing. I have a passion to help individuals find true
healing by working with herbs, nutrition, and lifestyle changes. Like many practitioners in the same or related fields, it was through my own healing journey that sparked my passion for nature and nourishing foods.
As a young teenager, I struggled with debilitating illnesses. While I sat on a hospital bed being prescribed medications, I vividly remember thinking to myself, “there has to be a better.. a more natural way to heal”. I am thankful for allopathic medicine and the western medical system as it helped keep me alive, but these systems didn't bring me back into wellness or truly living. What put the light and enjoyment back into my life was connecting to nature, working with herbal remedies, nourishing my body, and adopting new lifestyle routines.
Inspired to help others heal, I studied (and continue to study):
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Bachelor of Science in Integrative Nutrition from Huntington University of Health Sciences (HUHS)
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Certified Nutrition Response Testing Practitioner trained by Ulan Nutritional Systems
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2 Year in-person Apprenticeship with Herbalist Lise Wolff
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1 year online intensive with herbalist jim mcdonald
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I have also learned a great deal from: Matthew Wood, Phyllis Light, Margi Flint, Lucy Jones, and Sajah Popham among many others (including clients, students, and the plants themselves!)
I am a life-long student, there is always more to learn and understand about the human body and of nature.
I sense this is just the beginning.