About - Rooted Child Health

About Us

We live in an increasingly complex world. Children today are exposed to far more environmental toxins than ever before and our food system has become increasingly industrialized. These truths, along with other factors such as the interplay of genetics, chronic stress, lifestyle choices, and social experiences, can have a significant impact on a child’s health trajectory. Conditions such as allergies, asthma, eczema, constipation, anxiety, and ADHD are the body’s way of communicating that it is not getting what it needs to maintain balance. Rooted Child Health sees great value in directing time and attention to what’s going on beneath the surface. We take a deeper look at these factors and their influences, taking intentional action steps to support the body and help it achieve balance again.

About Us

Individualized Health Coaching

We recognize the uniqueness of each child and understand that solutions for healing are not one-size-fits-all.

Holistic

Kids are complex and finding health requires considering their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs in their healing journey.

Root Cause Approach

Symptoms are “messages” of an underlying imbalance; taking a deeper look will get us to the root of the problem.

Preventative

A focus on underlying imbalances or systems will build a healthier foundation leading to health resilience moving forward.

Who We Are

Heidi Haskins, MSN

Functional Health Coach

Heidi is a long-time advocate for children’s health. While working with children in healthcare for 20 years, ranging from critical care to primary care, she has come to realize that our “sick-care” model offers little for preventing chronic disease in children. While navigating through health issues within her own family, receiving extensive training in Functional and Integrative Medicine and holistic approaches, and working alongside like-minded pediatricians, she has learned that a focus on the underlying (root) cause of symptoms is vital for finding true healing.

Taking a new direction, Heidi is now using her knowledge and experience to provide coaching for parents and their children. By taking a deeper look at nutritional, environmental, and lifestyle factors, she seeks to identify and address the underlying issues that have contributed to a child’s health symptoms and provides parents the support needed to optimize their children’s health. She is a firm believer that our kids’ bodies hold an innate ability to heal, and parents CAN take better control of their children’s health if given the tools and support to do so!

Heidi holds a BA in Biology from Westmont College, a BS in Nursing from Georgetown University, as well as a Master of Science in Nursing from Azusa Pacific University. She is a Certified Health Coach through Dr. Sears Wellness Institute.

Heidi lives in Redding, CA with her husband and 8-year-old son. She enjoys being out in nature, playing music and tennis, and sharing life in community.