Hi! I’m Esther Chulsky. You can think of me as a guide, educator, consultant, and coach—someone to walk alongside you on your health journey.

I’ve always been intrigued by health and healing. I began my career as a Registered Nurse at St. Louis University Hospital, working on geriatric medical-surgical and cardiology step-down units. I later continued my education at Columbia University in New York City, where I became a Nurse Practitioner.

I spent the next several years working in primary care, caring for adults with a wide range of health concerns and chronic illnesses. I loved getting to know my patients and helping them navigate their health.

Then my own health journey changed the course of my life—both personally and professionally. 

In March 2020, I went from being a vibrant young woman—playing basketball every week, hosting friends, attending lectures, and working full-time at a very busy medical practice—to becoming severely ill—cognitively, emotionally, and physically.

What started out as a relatively mild case of COVID-19 left me bedridden and too weak to even lift my head a few months later. Among many other symptoms, I experienced incapacitating insomnia, profound cognitive difficulties, memory problems, and a severe distortion of my taste and smell that caused an almost constant offensive odor. For years, even reading and processing words on a page was extraordinarily difficult.

What followed was a five-year-plus journey through severe Long COVID and recovery that forced me to confront aspects of myself and my life I had never before had reason to examine. Along the way, I discovered Functional Medicine, Transforming Touch, and many other pathways toward healing. My recovery changed not only my health, but the way I understand health and healing.

Today, I bring together my medical training, my continuing education in Functional Medicine, my Transforming Touch training, and the perspective gained through my own experience to facilitate insight for others. I don’t believe there is one path to healing or one definition of what healing must look like. My role is to listen, help you make sense of what you’re experiencing, offer information and perspective, and discover with you what may be possible.