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Nicole Liammari
Founder & CEO, WellieWay
Founder & Chair, WellieWay Kids Foundation
Nicole is the Founder & CEO of WellieWay™ and the creator of Rootin’ for Poopin’™ and The WellieWay Method™ — a lifestyle-first approach helping families transform their wellness naturally and sustainably.
Her work began with her own journey. After decades of battling asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome, CRPS, a major car accident, and a spinal injury, Nicole found herself trapped in a medical cycle that managed symptoms but never restored health. When traditional approaches failed, she turned to research, rebuilt her wellness from the ground up, and discovered the power of rhythm, nourishment, and lifestyle foundations.
That transformation became her purpose.
What began as My Gut Hut/PrimalRoot Wellness has now evolved into WellieWay™ — a national movement and education company helping families create real, lasting change through simple, natural daily habits. Her programs hold a 98% success rate, rooted not in quick fixes but in teaching families how the body actually works.
Nicole is an international best-selling author, a recipient of the Brainz 500 Global Award, and a recognized leader in children’s and family wellness. She also founded the WellieWay Kids Foundation™ (non-profit sector), dedicated to ensuring underserved families gain access to natural wellness education — because she believes wellness is a right, not a privilege.
Known for her bold honesty, research-driven clarity, and heart-led leadership, Nicole is a trusted guide for families seeking real answers and sustainable solutions. She lives in Central Florida with her family and loves cooking from scratch, fresh-milled baking, the beach, traveling, and reading the latest health research.
Lou Paradise
Leadership Advisor & Chairman of the WellieWay Kids Foundation
Lou is a pioneering force in regenerative and natural biomedicine, with over 35 years of experience leading research and development in innovative pain and wound-care solutions.
As a Marine Corps veteran and lifelong advocate for holistic healing, Lou’s work has transformed lives through his commitment to addressing health challenges at the root—safely, effectively, and without harmful side effects.
A former Chief of R&D for a leading natural transdermal biomedicine company, Lou brings decades of expertise in cellular healing, integrative healthcare, and community advocacy. His leadership and mentorship continue to inspire the next generation of wellness innovators.
At WellieWay, Lou serves as a guiding voice in shaping our mission and community impact, helping families and children access safe, effective, and sustainable paths to lifelong well-being.
As the company continues to grow and expand, I am so excited to introduce our team members who bring a wealth of expertise and passion to our mission.
I have carefully selected these amazing humans to join me in providing exceptional support and guidance to the community. Their diverse backgrounds and dedication to our cause ensure that we can offer even more comprehensive and personalized solutions to meet your needs.
Additionally, we also have an on-call Physician Assistant to help with clients as needed.
Dr. Amber Jewett, DC
Pediatric & Family Chiropractor | Holistic Wellness Advocate
Advisory Council Member
Dr. Amber Jewett was born and raised in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. She earned her undergraduate degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic. She is currently completing her Pediatrics Diplomate through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA), advancing her training to better support pregnant women, infants, and children of all ages.
Dr. Amber takes a whole-body, individualized approach to care—combining gentle chiropractic techniques with nutritional and lifestyle guidance to help each patient thrive. Her work focuses on restoring proper nervous system function and easing body tension to help the body self-regulate naturally.
She regularly supports mothers through pregnancy and postpartum, as well as babies experiencing challenges such as constipation, latch difficulties, plagiocephaly (flat head), tethered oral tissues, and torticollis. Her gentle, intuitive touch helps little ones find comfort and balance, while empowering parents with knowledge and confidence along the way.
Outside of practice, Dr. Amber enjoys life by the water—spending time with her husband and their three dogs, scuba diving, and surfing. Passionate about holistic family wellness, she is honored to bring her expertise and compassion to the WellieWay community.
Megan Walker, RD
Registered Dietitian | Advisory Council Member of the Wellieway Kids Foundation
Megan Walker is a Registered Dietitian whose journey with WellieWay started as a mother searching for answers to help her child with persistent constipation, Megan felt she had exhausted every option until discovering WellieWay.
Today, Megan works with clients experiencing a wide range of health concerns and conditions. Her approach focuses on balance, realistic lifestyle strategies, and a “food first” philosophy whenever possible. She is passionate about helping individuals and families find sustainable solutions that fit into real life.
Outside of her professional work, Megan enjoys expressing her creativity through hand embroidery and spending time outdoors with her husband and their two children—doing just about anything together, as long as there aren’t too many bugs.
Megan is incredibly grateful and excited to be part of the WellieWay community and part of the Advisory Council.
Janet Taves, RN
Registered Nurse | Advisory Council Member of the Wellieway Kids Foundation
Janet is a mom of four and a former Registered Nurse whose passion for health and prevention has shaped both her career and her family life. She began her nursing journey at the Mayo Clinic, working on a medical unit where she cared for patients with a wide range of conditions and diagnoses. That experience strengthened her belief that true wellness begins with prevention and healthy daily habits.
Outside the hospital, Janet combined her love for movement and community by working at a local running store where she taught a “Learn to Run a 5K” class and helped others train for a 5k while she herself also trained for half and full marathons. Encouraging people to care for their bodies through lifestyle and activity became a natural extension of her work in healthcare.
Ten years ago, Janet and her husband moved to Colorado, where she continued serving families through both home hospice and postpartum nursing. During her time on a postpartum unit, she became deeply passionate about supporting mothers and babies in the earliest moments of life. She helped her hospital achieve Baby-Friendly status and contributed to an Evidence-Based Practice project focused on the importance of skin-to-skin contact in the operating room for C-section mothers, which she later presented at a national conference in Florida. Janet also became a Certified Lactation Counselor in order to better serve the families she cared for.
Janet’s connection to WellieWay became personal when her own daughter went through the WellieWay process with Nicole and experienced incredible change. Seeing the impact it had on her family deepened Janet’s desire to support other parents on their journey toward healthier kids.
Today, Janet stays home with her four children and enjoys using the knowledge and experience from her nursing career to care for her family and encourage others. She has also taught newborn care and breastfeeding classes at a local pregnancy center and loves helping parents feel confident, informed, and supported. Janet is excited to be part of the WellieWay mission and to help families take meaningful steps toward lasting wellness.
Kimberly Mantilla
Clinical Psychologist | Advisory Council Member of the Wellieway Kids Foundation
Born and raised between New York City and Puerto Rico, Kimberly has dedicated her career to understanding and supporting child development. With over 20 years of experience, she began as a teacher in Puerto Rico before earning her degree in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University. Her extensive background ranges from treating childhood trauma to helping adults navigate life's complexities.
She often says "the Universe brought her to WellieWay," and for good reason. When her son struggled with ASD/ADD, Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), and encopresis, she sought a holistic approach to bridge the gap between psychological support and gut health. After seeing her son’s transformative progress through Nicole’s expertise, Kimberly joined the team to pay that success forward.
Today, she balances her role as a corporate consultant with her passion for helping families find the same breakthroughs her own family achieved.
Courtney Crowe
Creative Director & Treasurer of the WellieWay Kids Foundation
Courtney Crowe joined WellieWay after a deeply personal connection to its mission. Through her child’s journey with constipation, she met founder Nicole, whose holistic approach brought remarkable relief and sparked Courtney’s passion to bring her creative expertise to the WellieWay movement.
With a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of South Alabama, Courtney has built a distinguished career in visual storytelling, blending artistry and strategy to craft meaningful, impactful brand experiences. Her background includes creative work with Walt Disney World Entertainment and over two decades on the faculty at Sheffield School of the Dance, where she continues to inspire through movement and design alike.
As both Creative Director and Treasurer, Courtney combines visionary creativity with keen attention to detail—ensuring that every project, design, and initiative reflects WellieWay’s integrity, transparency, and heart.
At home, Courtney and her husband, Bo, enjoy raising their three children—twins Max and Lily, and their youngest, Brody. Her creativity, empathy, and unwavering commitment to helping families thrive are at the core of everything she brings to WellieWay.
Marie Curcio
Research & Content Director
Advisory Council Member
Marie Curcio, mother of Nicole Liammari, has healed herself of multiple health issues and helped countless others achieve success on their wellness journeys.
It was nearly 40 years ago that Marie turned away from conventional medicine. It wasn't helping her daughter's asthma, nor was it helping a son with Kawasaki disease (which causes blood vessel inflammation and can lead to heart complications). She used natural healing methods to help rid her children of their respective disorders.
She also helped care for her parents in their older years, utilizing a natural protocol - which made a dramatic difference in the length and quality of life for Marie's mother, who was diagnosed with cancer.
Marie's own wellness journey had similarly significant effects. She was able to better manage and avoid surgery for multiple conditions, including thyroid disease and spinal issues that had been causing her enormous pain and suffering. She also rounded out her training in natural/alternative methods of wellness with classes at Clavton College of Natural Health.
A trauma survivor, Marie is 100% a believer in the mind-body connection and its ability to allow vou to live an autonomous life when it comes to vour health and wellness.
Marie credits her success with the teaching and works of natural-health proponents, such Ram Dass, Eckhart Tolle, Don Miguel Ruiz, Wayne Dyer, Joe Dispenza, Alberto Villoldo, Deepak Chopra, Sadhguru, Carl Sagan, Andrew Weil, and more.
In addition, since retiring in late 2024, Marie also specializes in creating gentle, natural oils crafted specifically for babies, blending the science of wellness with the art of care. Her passion extends beyond alchemy into the world of artistry, where creativity and innovation intertwine to inspire and nurture. This unique blend of skills allows her to bring both beauty and healing into the lives of those she serves.
Christine Knight
Teacher | Author | Secretary of the
WellieWay Kids Foundation
Christy Knight has spent 24 years teaching, encouraging, and lifting up the next generation, and her heart for women and families runs deep. She’s the author of two books on biblical identity and mindset renewal, and she leads an online community of women who are learning to rebuild their lives with hope, joy, and practical tools for emotional and spiritual strength.
Christy’s journey with WellieWay began as a desperate mom. Her daughter battled chronic constipation for twelve years - every medication, every protocol, two hospital cleanouts, and still no relief. Nicole’s program changed everything. Within weeks, her daughter went from constant struggle to full healing, medication-free and thriving in a way Christy had prayed for years to see. Christy also faced her own health challenges after a hysterectomy, and the WellieWay approach helped her recover, stabilize, and feel like herself again.
Christy brings both lived experience and a heart full of compassion to the WellieWay board. She believes every family deserves to walk in the kind of healing and hope she experienced first-hand, and she is honored to help support that mission.
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Courtney Enriquez
Research & Content Director
Advisory Council Member
Hello! Hi, my name is Courtney Enriquez and I am a mother of three beautiful children. My husband and our family live in beautiful SoCal and have now begun our new journey with helping families who are struggling with severe and chronic constipation.
Our journey of constipation started with our first-born child Alora, at the age of 7 months old. At the beginning of our journey, we were seeing multiple gastroenterologists (pediatric and adult), pelvic floor therapists, motility specialists and more.
Throughout our 3-year journey, and what was really the turning point for us, was when the specialists in the motility department at CHOC Children's Hospital in Los Angeles told me “Not to worry about the gut
health at the moment,” and to keep pushing medications through out daughters cecostomy tube, which had completely stopped working, her body was not responding to any medications anymore.
I had been talking to Nicole with PrimalRoot Wellness (now WellieWay)for a month at this time, and once the doctors at CHOC Childrens Hospital told me those words, my husband and I immediately decided that we had nothing to lose in joining Nicole’s program. If we did not take another approach, I could not imagine the amount of unnecessary trauma an surgeries they would have put her through.
After one week into Nicole’s program, our daughter started pooping on her own. 3 months later, we removed her cecostomy tube.
We are now sharing our story and showing parents a new way to resolve their children’s constipation and grateful for the dedication and time Nicole and her Team has given us. Most importantly, that she was able to restore our daughter’s life back.
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