Tired. Burnt out. Frustrated. Wondering if lasting change is even possible.
Which is why I created JOEY, I’ve lived that story, and now I help women rewrite theirs.
I’ve been exactly where you are right now.
Carly Micek, Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach®
My healing journey was far from simple. Like many women today, I struggled deeply, with anorexia, binge eating, emotional eating, severe gut issues, anxiety, and OCD. Looking back, I can honestly say: I was a mess.
It started early in my childhood after my parents’ divorce. At the time, I didn’t realize I was using food to cope, but now I wish I could go back and give that little girl the biggest hug. In high school, my struggles showed up as what I called “episodes”—crippling anxiety attacks that wreaked havoc on my digestive system. I thought it was IBS, but it wasn’t. Doctors suggested low FODMAP diets and other quick fixes, but nothing worked.
In college, the anxiety gave way to something new—the binge/restrict cycle. I would restrict all day, only to eat thousands of calories in one sitting at night. Then the cycle repeated. I knew I had a problem, but no one else did. It’s such a sneaky, isolating illness. I felt inflamed, bloated, and like a stranger in my own body. Eventually, restriction became the only thing left—leading me into full-blown anorexia. I lost 30 pounds in just two months. My friends and family finally intervened, and it was a turning point.
I started eating again, but every time I did, I felt unbearably bloated, fatigued, and hopeless. I wanted to heal, but I couldn’t figure out how. That’s when my mom took me to her OBGYN’s office, where they offered something called Bio Meridian testing—a type of bioenergetic test that measures how your body responds to stressors, detects food intolerances, nutrient deficiencies, and imbalances.
That test changed everything.
It showed me exactly what foods my body couldn’t tolerate, the nutrients I was missing, and even how yeast overgrowth was keeping me sick. Suddenly, I had answers. I started a supplement regimen and an elimination diet tailored to me. For the first time in years, I felt relief. I had energy, my body leaned out naturally, and I could finally eat without fear.
Through my struggles, I became the person I needed most in my own healing. I went back to school and became a Certified Transformational and Holistic Nutritionist, where I learned that food and lab work are just one part of the puzzle. Mental health, lifestyle, and mindset are just as important for lasting transformation.
And through it all, my sister Joey—my biggest inspiration—reminded me that without joy, none of it matters. Finding my joy again gave me the strength to recover fully and build a life I love.
Now, I’ve dedicated my life to helping women heal from the inside out. I’ve been exactly where you are, and I know how confusing, exhausting, and isolating it feels. That’s why I’ve created a step-by-step framework that combines lab testing, nutrition, supplements, and mindset coaching to help you reclaim your health and your joy.
If you’re ready to finally stop guessing and start healing, let’s do this together. 🤍
My journey has been anything but simple.
I’m committed to helping women reconnect with their bodies, rebuild trust within themselves, and return to the joyful, grounded version of who they were always meant to be.
My mission is to provide compassionate, personalized support that honors the whole person, mind, body, and spirit, so healing becomes not just possible, but sustainable. Because you deserve to love how you feel free, and deeply at home in yourself.
THE JOEY MISSION
My Healing Journey → How I Help My Clients
I help my clients the way I helped myself, through real, lived experience. My healing journey led me to a path that blends science, self-trust, and soul work. Now, I guide my clients through the same foundational practices that helped me heal my digestion, reconnect with my body, and build a joyful, intentional relationship with life.
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Mind-Body Connected Tools
For years, I ignored the signals my body was sending. I pushed through workouts I didn’t truly want and faced burnout, anxiety, and overwhelm because I wasn’t tuned in to what I needed. The turning point came when I stopped resisting and began listening.
Through practices like meditation, breathwork, prayer, and mindful movement, I started understanding my body’s messages. These tools aren’t just habits, they’re deeply healing practices that support both mind and body.
How I help you: I provide simple, accessible tools such as journal prompts, affirmations, and breathwork techniques to help calm your nervous system and reconnect with your inner guidance.
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Visioning & Taking Aligned Action
For a long time, I felt disconnected from the person I truly wanted to be. I struggled with clarity and felt stuck in patterns that didn’t serve me. The turning point came when I started envisioning the version of myself I wanted to become and taking intentional, aligned steps to make her a reality.
This wasn’t about forcing change or quick fixes. It was about manifesting a life and self that felt authentic, joyful, and empowered. By connecting deeply with my vision and moving forward with purpose, I began transforming my habits, mindset, and relationship with my body and life.
How I help you: I’ll support you in clarifying your vision for who you want to be and guide you in taking purposeful, aligned actions so you can step confidently into that version of yourself and create lasting transformation.
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Functional Support & Supplements
I came from a place of deep confusion, exhaustion, and disconnection, unsure how to move forward. It wasn’t until I embraced functional testing, food sensitivity panels, and targeted supplements that I started to feel like myself again. These tools didn’t just support my gut health, they helped me feel more grounded and clear.
While functional testing is optional, it’s highly encouraged because it provides profound clarity and direction. This isn’t guesswork, it's personalized insight that can be truly transformative. I promise, with this step, positive change is possible for you too.
How I help you: I’ll support you through a gentle elimination and reintroduction process to uncover hidden intolerances.
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Authentic Joy Practices
The most transformative part of my journey was remembering who I truly am, beyond routines, diets, and to-do lists. Healing was about welcoming joy back into my life.
When I began inviting joy through conscious practices, meaningful connection, and self-discovery, I shifted from simply surviving to truly living. This is the heart of JOEY: helping you reconnect with your authentic self. Because when you live authentically, everything else naturally falls into place. And maybe, just maybe, joy is exactly what you’ve been missing.
How I help you: Together, we’ll create space for joy and purpose in your everyday life, because true healing isn’t just about what you eat, it’s about how you live.
Growing up didn't make sense. Parents got divorced, disordered eating habits started to show themselves, and negative coping mechanisms where the only thing I could do. Although times where tough, I always had my partner in crime, my sister Joey. Joey was the light at the end of the tunnel. She's the joke cracker in inappropriate, but necessary moments, the only person I know who can put a smile on just about any face, and the one who taught me how to be joyful in any circumstance. Joey knows herself. She's so authentically herself it's almost annoying, and she made me hungry to have and enjoy life like her.
Her journey however was far from joyful. Growing up in the midst of severe bullying, depression, anorexia, and bulimia you'd think she'd have a different outlook on life. Through years of quiet suffering, many tears, and probably some unhealthy coping mechanism too, she finally found hope. Joey came back to her authentic self. She started to study the bible, got back to hobbies that filled her with joy, and started living a life God says we can (which is in an abundance to the fullest until it overflows!). Through other self discovery practices along her journey, Joey has become a powerhouse of positive energy and hope to anyone stuck in a dark, seemingly endless, place.
I believe through Joey's testimony and journey that coming back home to yourself is possible.
She taught me that healing isn't always pretty… There will be ups and downs to your story, but it's how you take those downs that create your testimony. Through my own journey and Joeys, were proof that lasting transformation is something that can happen to anyone. I now guide others through their own journey to finding themselves again and having that unexplainable joy Joey is through and through.
The inspiration behind JOEY
This is your invitation to come home to yourself.
You don’t need to have it all figured out. You just need a place to start, and someone to walk beside you. If any part of my story resonated, I’d be honored to support you on yours.