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title: Carol Gardner is Using Her Nutrition Knowledge to Bring Health and Awareness
description: Carol decided to enroll in SWIHA’s Holistic Nutrition Wellness Practitioner diploma program to learn more about nutrition for herself.
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# [Carol Gardner is Using Her Nutrition Knowledge to Bring Health and Awareness](https://www.blog.swiha.edu/carol-gardner-is-using-her-nutrition-knowledge-to-bring-health-and-awareness)

 Written by [Taylor Jablonowski](https://www.blog.swiha.edu/author/taylor-jablonowski) | 7/25/19 10:00 PM

In 2013, Carol Gardner was in hospice care from a lifelong battle with lupus and a twenty year battle with a rare form of Multiple Sclerosis. It was a fight she was determined to win, and says: *“I researched nutrition on my own and created a meal plan that reversed the damage caused by both illnesses.”*

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Two years later, she decided to enroll in SWIHA’s [Holistic Nutrition Wellness Practitioner diploma program](https://swiha.edu/holistic-nutrition-wellness-practitioner/) to learn more about nutrition for herself. Carol tells us: *“Dee McCaffrey's course convinced me that I could help others with this newfound knowledge.”* Carol says that the greatest lessons she learned in her program were how to write articles, how to speak with clients, and the vast amount of nutrition information she gained.

*“When I graduated, I thought I was going to save the world!”* she divulges, *“The truth is that it's not that easy. You can't just take your knowledge, create a website, and expect clients to find you. It takes a lot of work. I knew I was on the right path after I got a business coach. I learned how to market my business.”*

Carol now owns and operates [Healthy With Nutrition](https://healthywithnutrition.com/): *“My services are Wellness Packages, an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Course, Essential Oil Education, CBD Oil Education, EFT sessions, REBT sessions, and Holistic Psychotherapy sessions. The skills I learned from SWIHA support the most important aspect of my business, the Wellness Packages and the Anti-Inflammatory Diet Course.”*

*“I am also working with SRUK (Scleroderma and Raynaud's UK) to find natural ways for people with Scleroderma to manage their symptoms,”* she continues, *“There are no treatments or cure for the disease. I also have the disease.”*

Carol shares, *“I am meeting professionals in my field. My network keeps expanding every day. I have doctors asking me for nutrition advice. I also have clients from Ireland, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.”*

For aspiring holistic entreprenuers, Carol says her best piece of wisdom is to be patient and find a mentor: *“It's a big world out there and it's difficult getting your online business noticed.”* To learn more about how SWIHA supports its graduates for life, visit [Our Success Center!](http://oursuccesscenter.com/)

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