Meet Our Team

Robin Shirley, HHC, AADP, founded Take Back Your Health™ events in 2011 as a way to meet like-minded friends and share her passion for healing naturally. She has personally experienced the power of a therapeutic healthy lifestyle on reducing pain and inflammation from Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and chronic Lyme disease. Robin now speaks, consults and writes about the Take Back Your Health™ lifestyle and how to reduce the symptoms of chronic illness, especially in mothers and children. Robin is a mother of two happy and energetic toddlers, a passionate cook, Reiki Master Practitioner, Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and a member of the American Board of Drugless Practitioners.

Jimmy Gilker has been a traveling webmaster for over a decade now. Working in Canada, Mexico, Australia and Costa Rica along the way. He has also authored the book, The Raw Food Traveler (aka Finding the Pace of Grace). When Jimmy is not solving the mysteries of the web, he is either creating original music, growing food or enjoying the beach and sunshine in Cost Rica with his wonderful partner, Ciara.

Andrea Beaman, HHC, AADP, CHEF, is an award-winning natural foods chef, best-selling author, holistic health coach and herbalist. Almost 20 years ago, she was diagnosed with an “incurable” Thyroid disease. Andrea focused on healing her body with natural, wholesome foods, lifestyle and mindset improvements. Four months later, her readings had gone from dangerous to just above normal. Two years later, her thyroid symptoms were gone, she felt great, and was 25 pounds lighter. Andrea works with clients to help them take back control of their health, while taking your unique biochemistry and innate healing wisdom into account.

Deise (“Daisy”) Russell - “The Energy Hacker”, is a Bioenergetics Practitioner and she dedicates a lot of time to research Energy Medicine. As a graduate of the Human Potential Institute in California, Kingdom College of Natural Health, and currently enrolled at the BioRegenesis University for a Ph.D in Quantum Morphogenetic Physics, her favorite phrase is “All you need is Energy”, as Energy and Information are at the root of everything and they are the governing agencies of the matter. It is Deise’s life purpose to passionately study and research methods and technologies of energy healing that support and empower people to heal themselves. Deise has also been teaching belly dancing for almost two decades. She has studied with many famous dancers from the US and Egypt and has had over 4000 participants within her career as a belly dancing instructor. She also teaches samba, salsa, and bachata; and her favorite class is the belly dance workout as she adds fun props like veils and candles and finger cymbals bringing much joy to those who dance with her! 

Hilda Labrada Gore, HHC, AADP, is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, group fitness professional, and the host and producer of the Wise Traditions podcast. Through her work, she has the privilege of interviewing renown health experts and with people worldwide who still live according to their traditions. She has a thriving community of followers on her Holistic Hilda instagram channel, where she inspires us with her positive attitude and adventurous spirit! Hilda was born with a serious birth defect - a hole in her heart between the lower two ventricles. After open-heart surgery at nine years old, Hilda was told she could do anything she wanted to do. She really took that statement to heart! Her passion for personal health grew into a desire to help others do the same. Hilda's holistic health approach includes exposure to sun, cold therapy, an emphasis on sleep, spirituality, community, mitigating EMF/RF exposure, and more.