Meet Dr. Quinnett Swank, EdD Founder of the ROOTED Wellness Community
I learned that knowing what to do isn't always enough.
Health information is everywhere. The harder part is figuring out what applies to you and building something you can keep doing.
I'm a Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach with advanced training in integrative and functional nutrition, perimenopause, functional lab education, behavior change, and strength training. Inside the ROOTED Wellness Community, I teach women how to put all of it to work in real life.
What I Believe
“Your body is not working against you. It's communicating with you.”
My job is not to hand you another rigid set of rules. It's to help you understand your patterns well enough to make good decisions on your own.
Why this work matters to me
I know what it feels like when the old strategy stops working.
I did what had always worked, and it stopped working. Eating less and pushing harder didn't get the same response from my body anymore. That forced me to rethink how I approached nutrition, exercise, recovery, and health.
I stopped treating my body like something to fight and started paying attention to the information it was giving me.
That changed the questions I asked. Instead of “How do I try harder?” I started asking: What has changed? What is driving this pattern? What does my body need now? What can I realistically keep doing?
Those questions became the R.O.O.T.E.D. Method. I built the ROOTED Wellness Community so more women could learn it, with live support and other women doing the same work beside them.
Education + Training
Nutrition, movement, and the science of how people actually change.
My background crosses nutrition, psychology, education, movement, and behavior change.
Nutrition & Wellness
- Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach
- Integrative & Functional Nutrition training
- Perimenopause Specialist training
- Functional Lab Testing Specialist
- Food as Medicine training
- Strength and personal-training education
Behavior & Clinical Background
- Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Nevada
- Licensed School Psychologist
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy training
- Behavior-change and psychological expertise
- Over a decade of clinical and educational experience
Academic Education
- Doctorate in Educational Leadership
- Master of Arts in Marriage & Family Therapy
- Master of Science in School Psychology
- Bachelor's degree in Adult Education
How I Teach
Practical. Supportive. Built for real life.
Pattern-Focused
We look at nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, recovery, energy, hunger, and habits together instead of chasing one number or symptom.
Practical
You need strategies that work on a normal Tuesday, not just during a week when everything goes perfectly.
Behavior-Informed
Knowing what to do and doing it consistently are different problems. The lessons teach the first. The weekly live group calls and the community help with the second.
Self-Trust Focused
I want you to be able to read your own patterns, make decisions, and adjust when life changes, without needing someone to hand you the next plan.
One Important Distinction
Coaching and therapy are separate.
My clinical background shapes how I understand behavior change, but the ROOTED Wellness Community is nutrition education and coaching. It is not psychotherapy, medical care, or mental health treatment.
Therapy is offered separately through my practice at swankcounseling.com.
Clear boundaries matter.
I don't serve the same person as both their therapist and their nutrition coach. Coaching does not diagnose, treat, prescribe, or replace medical or mental health care.
Beyond the Credentials
Support that doesn't end when the lessons do.
I'm a wife, mom, professor, podcast host, and business owner. My health goals have to fit around work, family, stress, and a schedule that rarely goes the way I planned.
That's why I care so much about sustainable strategies. A plan that only works when life is quiet isn't much of a plan.
It's also why ROOTED is an ongoing community, not a program with an end date. After the core lessons, you keep the weekly live group calls, new teaching every month, and a group of women who are still showing up. Your body and your life will keep changing. This is meant to be lifelong support through every season of it.
ROOTED opens October 26
Your body is communicating. Let's learn how to listen.
The ROOTED Wellness Community gives you the method, weekly live group calls with me, and a private group of women doing the same work. Join the waitlist to hear first when doors open.
$47/month. Cancel anytime.