Our family got fed up with confusing health advice.
Wake up. Feed the kids cereal. Guzzle coffee. Shove a protein bar in your mouth. Drive the kids to school. Drive to work. Inhale lunch to meet deadlines. Lose focus. Scroll scroll scroll. Pick up the kids from school. Go tooth and nail to get your oldest to eat dinner.
A healthy home-cooked meal…? With what time? Forget it. Quality time with your partner? Forget that too. Scroll scroll scroll. Toss and turn. Repeat.
This lifestyle has become the norm, but it’s not normal and not natural. Our family gets it. We got stuck in that cycle too. It didn’t feel so good.
You don’t need a doctorate degree to know that chronic health conditions are more common than ever. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies, hormone imbalances, gut issues, mental health challenges, infertility, nervous system dysregulation, allergies, and more wreak havoc on our communities.
We woke up to the reality of the healthcare system and wellness industry in America. We couldn’t sit by and watch our loved ones struggle to navigate inconclusive doctors appointments with pill pushers telling them to “just relax.”
Meanwhile, half of the wellness community on the internet is pushing ketosis-inducing diets to restore metabolic health while the other half screams vegan, celery juice, and fruit cleanses.
The one thing most parties can agree on is greens are good for you. But if your family is anything like ours (we have 3 little girls!), you know that cooking enough vegetables and then getting your kids to actually eat them isn’t always realistic. So we created MicroPower - to make nutrition simple for the whole family.
Greens are good for you.
Society views healthy eating and exercise as extras. This isn’t the “normal” part of most people’s days and thoughts. It’s a privilege to “have time” to exercise and prepare nutritious meals or “to afford” healthy food and gym memberships.
I have seen this repeatedly in my practice, Calm Pelvic Health. 95% of my patients want to know “how long do I have to do these exercises?” or will observe “I feel great, but when I stop working on my exercises I start to notice my symptoms again.”
Well yeah… because these are things we need to be doing DAILY. If you are not prioritizing your nutrition, movement, and health, then it is not a matter of IF you will have health complications but WHEN.
We need a massive mindset shift. We need to view nutrition and movement as daily parts of our routine. It needs to be a high priority and not the first thing to go if you fall off schedule.
These need to be as routine and prioritized as brushing your teeth. We don’t say “oh well if I have enough time later I might try to brush my teeth.” ….NO you make time to BRUSH YOUR DAMN TEETH.
We aren’t naive and understand that life gets busy and it can be difficult. That is why we have made it our mission to make nutrition, health, and movement as simple and accessible as possible.
-Dr. Allison Beaulieu PT, DPT
Meet Our Team
Nate
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Dr. Nate is a physical therapist, father of three beautiful girls, and the founder of MicroPower.
Through his PT practice he found a passion in fostering the physical well being of people from all walks of life. He soon realized that our physical health is only one component of our overall well being, and the need for maximizing our nutritional intake is equally significant.
This led to his discovery of the magical plant we know as microgreens. Such a small plant that packs such a mighty punch. He started a vertical farm in his home and began selling microgreens to his local community, at farmer’s markets, restaurants and to health conscious consumers.
Though this was a successful endeavor, there remained a void left by the fact that these microgreens only reached a niche community, and didn’t satisfy the goal of providing simple access to powerful nutrition for EVERYONE.
Enter, MicroPower… A powder that can be mixed into any dish, drink, or taken in capsule form. A natural method for any person at any point in their lifespan to take charge of their health and well being.
Nate is ready to share this passion project with the world.
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Nate’s home away from home is the disc golf course. You can also find him mastering human movement through calisthenics, or taking a good ol’ fashioned run in the woods.
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Raw sunflower microgreens, fresh off the grow tray
Allie
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Allie, or Dr. Allie as her patients know her, began her path to be a physical therapist with a degree in Exercise and Sport Science at the University of Georgia. She went on to graduate with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Georgia State University. To better serve her clients, she has completed extensive, specialized coursework to assess and treat pelvic floor dysfunction. Dr. Allie loves to learn and continues to seek every opportunity to grow as a clinician through additional coursework, mentorship, evidence-based research, books and even podcasts! Her special interests include pregnancy and postpartum care, breastfeeding support, chronic pelvic pain and dyspareunia.
Dr. Allie, former athlete and band geek, was born and raised in a suburb north of Atlanta, Georgia in Gwinnett County. Following her studies, she has returned to Gwinnett to serve the women in her community. She is joined by her husband Nathan, a fellow physical therapist and avid disc golfer and two young daughters, Penelope and Sophia. They love exploring new parks, playing, singing and dancing to music and enjoying life as a family.
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Allie is a certified yoga instructor and still practices to this day! She also loves going on hikes and playing outside with her three athletic and adventurous daughters.
Sarah
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Sarah Lock is the creative mind behind the branding and marketing of MicroPower. As the founder of her own multimedia marketing agency, Root Bound Media, she is psyched to tell MicroPower’s story and support a mission that she is equally passionate about: empowering people to make health and wellness an integral aspect of daily life.
Sarah graduated from Georgia State University in 2021 with a Bachelors in Music Technology. Although the medium has shifted, Sarah still uses her education and aptitude for digital media technology in her daily work with wellness and lifestyle brands.
After years navigating her own health challenges, Sarah started The Wellness Wave podcast and received her Integrative Nutrition Health Coach Certificate from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She is so excited to see where MicroPower’s journey takes the whole family and how we impact the lives of our communities!
In her free time, Sarah loves visiting trendy cafés, rearranging all of the furniture in her apartment, shooting film on her Canon AE-1, and spending quality time with her partner, friends, family, and pets
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Find Sarah at the Pilates studio or on a riverwalk trail - really on any walk or hike with an incredible view.
Her ideal way to move is functionally and gently - to lengthen & strengthen!
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She’s a matcha girl - through and through. Throw some microgreen powder in there, and it’s a party.