About Abby

Hello! I’m Abby Hand, proud Owner and Health Consultant at Hand Wellness, PLLC. I’m also a Masters prepared Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach – with about a million more training programs on the brain. My number-one character strength is love of learning! I leverage this asset to help myself, my family, and my friends make informed decisions about their health and wellness. With Hand Wellness, I get to reach beyond my community to help you, your family, and your friends explore what it means to live a life bursting with health and vitality. Find your strengths at the VIA Institute.

“No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.” -Maimonides

Hand Wellness specializes in helping women with autoimmune disease regain their health and wellbeing. Why? Because I’ve been there! I know just how hard it is to live with an “invisible illness”.

I also know that symptom reduction, improved quality of life, and even remission, are possible through lifestyle and behavioral change. I’ve seen it, I’ve studied it, and I’ve lived it. I believe, too, that the principles I use to manage my own autoimmune disease can be applied to a huge range of chronic conditions – from diabetes to high blood pressure, Hashimoto’s, PCOS and beyond.

Philosophies

  • “No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.” -Maimonides
  • Chronic disease can be managed, even resolved, through diet and lifestyle
  • You cannot supplement your way out of a bad diet
  • Walking is a gateway drug to exercise
  • “Discipline equals freedom” – Jocko Willink

Qualifications

  • [2014] Registered Nurse (RN), University of Texas at Austin
  • [2015] Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) with a focus in Maternity Nursing, University of Texas at Austin
  • [2019] Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach (FMCHC), Functional Medicine Coaching Academy

Experience

  • Consulting
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Endocrinology
  • Health Coaching
  • Functional Medicine
  • Global Health
  • Labor & Delivery
  • Research
  • Rheumatology
  • Women’s Health
  • Next… Epigenetic Health Coaching!

Lasting change is hard.

You don’t have to do it alone.

Let’s build something together!

Free Meet & Greet
Abby and husband, Bowie, support each other in the management of their autoimmune conditions. They don’t do it alone, and you shouldn’t have to either!