Who We Are
Launched in 2011, Take Back Your Health™ (TBYH) began as a small health conference in Washington, D.C., focused on bringing health experts, people and products together to provide inspiration and support for living a healthier lifestyle. Since then, we have held events across the country with international attendance and are growing into a thriving community of inspiration and resources for healthy living.
In 2021, Take Back Your Health™ launched an online directory of health resources including healers, holistic health practitioners, products and companies who are doing right by our health.
Our goal is to provide a holistic health network right at your fingertips so that you never have to feel alone on this journey, confused about how to find the help that you need in your city, or unsure of your next step.
In Spring of 2024, Take Back Your Health™ will publish our first local printed TBYH Guide. The first city to have a TBYH Guide will be Charlottesville, Virginia. TBYH Guide in other cities will be available to franchise.
On our blog and in our TBYH Guides, we interview our network of health experts on everything from overcoming chronic fatigue and pain, to getting to the source of anxiety and depression, to how to live a healthy and happy life.
We cover topics ranging from integrative nutrition, detoxification and natural medicine, to biohacking, emotional health and financial freedom. We dive deep into topics like how to reduce your EMF exposure, how to increase the biodiversity of your microbiome, and how to detoxify heavy metals. We give you tools to improve your family's health, your relationships and your physical fitness...
Take Back Your Health™ means to heal your life, your WHOLE life.
We are passionate about family health and reversing the trend of chronic illness in the next generation. We offer inspiration for soon-to-be and new mothers, giving tips on raising healthy children starting from conception through toddlerhood. We share tips for creating a non-toxic home environment and cooking healthy for the whole family.
You'll find all of this and more on our website where we curate the best health-restoring resources including healers, health tips, products and services.
About Our Founder
Robin Shirley founded Take Back Your Health™ Conferences in 2011 with the hope of inspiring her community through bringing in the health luminaries who had helped her heal.
Robin grew up with chronic pain, headaches, rashes, depression, digestive discomfort and out-of-control systemic inflammation, and was diagnosed with Systemic Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis at 11 years old. She tried everything to heal naturally. Food overhauls helped a little, supplements helped a little, but nothing truly took the pain away.
At 23 years old, Robin was on track to file for disability and give up on her dream to run her own hospitality company.
Just before giving up, she was diagnosed with Chronic Lyme Disease and heavy metal toxicity. Now knowing the cause of her inflammation and pain, she was able to use her knowledge of nutrition and healing to address these specific issues.
Robin has personally experienced the power of a natural approach to reducing pain and inflammation.
This is when she was truly inspired, and with the help of family and friends hosted the first Take Back Your Health™ Conference.
After traveling commuting back and forth from D.C. to Los Angeles to host retreats and conferences on the west coast for twelve years, she is slowing down and enjoying family life on the east coast.
Robin speaks, consults and writes about The Take Back Your Health™ lifestyle and how to reduce the symptoms of chronic illness, especially in children and mothers.
