About

Helping You Take Care of Yourself and Your Family.

I am many things. Health Coach. Blogger. Lawyer. Writer. Wife to John. Mother to Sarah. Doggie-mom to Emily and Samantha. Daughter to Richard and Lucy. Sister to Jennifer. Friend to many great people. Colleague. And Over-Achiever. These are some of the hats that I wear, and I like them all, for many different reasons.

Broadly speaking, everything I do — as a health coach, blogger, lawyer, and writer – helps people take care of themselves and their families.

Health Coaching. You can learn more about my health practice by clicking on my Health Coaching page.

Legal Services. As an attorney, I offer these services: wills, trusts, and estates; residential real estate transactions; small business formation and transactions; and legal research and writing services, for other attorneys. For more about my law practice, visit www.SpannhakeLaw.com.

For more about me and my experience, see my public profile on LinkedIn.

You can reach me at jamie@spannhake.com or toll-free at 866.234.2138.

More About Me: My path to my present place in life has been circuitous, but (I think) interesting. I was born in Japan, grew up in Mississippi, spent a short amount of time on the west coast, and have been in the New York City metro area for the past 15 years. I graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1995 with a B.A. as a double-major in art and musical theatre. After a short jaunt as a graphic designer at a major corporation, I pursued an acting career for three years. Then I decided to do something totally different: I attended Brooklyn Law School, graduating magna cum laude in 2003. While practicing law in  Manhattan at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, I graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and received my certification as a Health Coach from the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. I founded my health coaching practice — The Nourishing Balance — in 2006 and started this blog in 2009. In November 2011, I opened The Law Office of Jamie J. Spannhake, Esq., serving clients in New York and Connecticut.