Brenda Fullick Wise, LMT, graduated from Body Wisdom Massage School in Urbandale. She is currently enrolled in long-term craniosacral therapy coursework through the Upledger Institute.

She completed the flower essence practitioner training offered through Spirit-In-Nature Essences and went on to take classes through Alaskan Essences. She incorporates essences from multiple product lines the custom blends for each client. She also creates some of her own flower essences.

Brenda received her Reiki I and II attunements from Reiki Master Cindy Chicoine in Urbandale (http://www.healingpartners.biz). 

She is a gardener who attended local herbalism classes for years before attending regional workshops with internationally respected herbalists, including plant whisperer Matthew Wood (www.woodherbs.com), fourth-generation Appalachian herbalist Phyllis Light (www.phyllisdlight.com), clinical herbalist and researcher Dr. Christopher Hobbs (www.christopherhobbs.com), Native American herbalist Karyn Sanders (www.blueotterschool.com) and aromatherapist Kathi Keville (www.ahaherb.com).

She is currently geeking out over the clues found through neuroscience about how we can resolve our chronic physical pain.

Brenda has experience working with medically fragile people as a CNA in assisted living and in-patient hospice settings.

She is a member of the Associated Massage & Bodywork Professionals, United Plant Savers and the International Alliance of Healthcare Practitioners.

She holds a bachelor's of science in journalism degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and attended the graduate program in literary nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.