About Taiha
Thanks for being curious enough to click onto this page, I know you probably have an errand or two to run,
yet you're sitting here reading this instead. When I click on "About Us" pages, I guess I hope to gain some
sense of what kind of person is behind the writing and work. I hope I can give you that here but I'll be honest
with you, I've been on this journey for a long time and it's really exciting. So, if you want to get to know who I
really am, you should call me and ask me about the latest gluten-free flour or what my patients look like this
week because when you do, you'll see and hear how passionate I really am about health and healing!
I grew up in Minnesota with my mom, dad and sister. Some really fun things about my childhood are: my dad
used to be a DJ for KDWB before it even went FM, my mom wore rose colored glasses and strung together
wreaths of clover for my hair. At one point, half our back yard was a vegetable garden but I was addicted to
Coke~a~Cola and Little Debbies.
I went to nursing school and graduated in 1989 and went to work for what is now Health Partners and then I
moved into private practice. I've worked in a lot of different types of medicine, I was a float nurse for years.
Everything from pediatric dermatology to occupational medicine. I guess if I had to say which experience is
most relevant in my work now, I'd choose internal medicine and allergy/dermatology. Internal medicine gave
me a rich experience in chronic illness and the allergy/derm dept gave me a really great understanding
about what shows up on the outside of the body is a reflection of what's happening on the inside.
I started working in wellness programming in 2002 after I discovered how good it felt to work with people
holistically. But I really got passionate about nutrition when I healed my own kids with food. I had a child with
severe asthma and allergies and he was at times on five meds a day. When I was able to get him off 100%
of the medication by changing the way we ate, I really had to look into the healing power of real nutrition. I
also soon discovered I had a child with food sensitivities so we've been living gluten-free for years. My other
child was malnourished and at one point even had E-coli from a local petting zoo. I attribute his complete
and speedy recovery to the food I had been using to build his immune system. He should have had
permanent kidney damage but instead, he skated through and recovered fully.
Purposeful work is really important to me, I feel my work is to be of service to my community. Illness can be
so temporary, even chronic illness. Can you believe we can radically change the course of a chronic illness
in 30 days? I get really geeked up over that type of medicine, medicine that works.
I live in Eden Prairie with my BFF/husband and my three amazing kids so if you see me at Lakewinds Co-op
in Chanhassen, say "Hi Taiha!" By the way, I consider my co-op to be my pharmacy. I think it's so important to
support them that last year I ran for a seat on the board of directors and am currently doing my best in
supporting the whole team.
Well there you have it, my journey in a really small nutshell. Thanks for taking the time to read it, now you
know more about me than some of my neighbors do!
yet you're sitting here reading this instead. When I click on "About Us" pages, I guess I hope to gain some
sense of what kind of person is behind the writing and work. I hope I can give you that here but I'll be honest
with you, I've been on this journey for a long time and it's really exciting. So, if you want to get to know who I
really am, you should call me and ask me about the latest gluten-free flour or what my patients look like this
week because when you do, you'll see and hear how passionate I really am about health and healing!
I grew up in Minnesota with my mom, dad and sister. Some really fun things about my childhood are: my dad
used to be a DJ for KDWB before it even went FM, my mom wore rose colored glasses and strung together
wreaths of clover for my hair. At one point, half our back yard was a vegetable garden but I was addicted to
Coke~a~Cola and Little Debbies.
I went to nursing school and graduated in 1989 and went to work for what is now Health Partners and then I
moved into private practice. I've worked in a lot of different types of medicine, I was a float nurse for years.
Everything from pediatric dermatology to occupational medicine. I guess if I had to say which experience is
most relevant in my work now, I'd choose internal medicine and allergy/dermatology. Internal medicine gave
me a rich experience in chronic illness and the allergy/derm dept gave me a really great understanding
about what shows up on the outside of the body is a reflection of what's happening on the inside.
I started working in wellness programming in 2002 after I discovered how good it felt to work with people
holistically. But I really got passionate about nutrition when I healed my own kids with food. I had a child with
severe asthma and allergies and he was at times on five meds a day. When I was able to get him off 100%
of the medication by changing the way we ate, I really had to look into the healing power of real nutrition. I
also soon discovered I had a child with food sensitivities so we've been living gluten-free for years. My other
child was malnourished and at one point even had E-coli from a local petting zoo. I attribute his complete
and speedy recovery to the food I had been using to build his immune system. He should have had
permanent kidney damage but instead, he skated through and recovered fully.
Purposeful work is really important to me, I feel my work is to be of service to my community. Illness can be
so temporary, even chronic illness. Can you believe we can radically change the course of a chronic illness
in 30 days? I get really geeked up over that type of medicine, medicine that works.
I live in Eden Prairie with my BFF/husband and my three amazing kids so if you see me at Lakewinds Co-op
in Chanhassen, say "Hi Taiha!" By the way, I consider my co-op to be my pharmacy. I think it's so important to
support them that last year I ran for a seat on the board of directors and am currently doing my best in
supporting the whole team.
Well there you have it, my journey in a really small nutshell. Thanks for taking the time to read it, now you
know more about me than some of my neighbors do!
| Taiha Wagner, L.P.N., TLE Nurse, Therapeutic Lifestyle Educator, Whole Food Fanatic, Cook, and Speaker |
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