As a motivational speaker, published author, certified wellness coach and person living with MS, Barbara Appelbaum of Appelbaum Wellness is inspiring hope through mindful health and a meaningful life. By combining healthy living, spirituality, and neuroscience principles, she helps people understand how to be proactive in their health care versus reactionary in their sick care, so they can feel great in their body and in their life. Her greatest wish is to never hear a person say, “I should be taking better care of myself.” 

Barbara is a member of the National Speaker’s Association, holds two master’s degrees, and is a certified member of the International Coach Federation, International Association for Health Coaches and American Association of Drugless Practitioners. She is a Certified Wellness Coach and Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. She is also a consultant to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Wellness Initiative and an Ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Greater Illinois Chapter.