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The Story of Thrive
Amber’s inspiration to open a wellness center in Northeastern Pennsylvania came from her graduating students asking where they should work. Amber realized there was a great need for a holistic healing wellness center in the area. Thrive’s doors opened November 17th, 2011 with the support of an incredible team of staff and practitioners. Thrive actively served and supported the community until October of 2020, when the brick and mortar location closed due to the pandemic. Thrive has now converted to an online platform making it possible to support individuals with all types of wellness needs around the world.
Amber’s Journey to Healing
Amber’s experience with holistic medicine began at the age of 5 when she was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, an Auto-Immune disease that causes the immune system to attack the soft tissues within the joints. After being in and out of hospitals for two years, her mother had given up hope as she watched Amber’s condition deteriorate to the point that she was relying on a wheelchair to try and maintain a normal lifestyle. At the age of 7, a friend of the family suggested she be taken to see Dr. Sylvester DeVaux, a Naturopath who would change the course of her life forever.
Dr. Devaux would travel to the United States a few times a year from Saint Lucia to help those seeking holistic and alternative therapies. Dr. DeVaux had 2 visits with Amber and made recommendations using modalities such as Iridology and Nutritional Muscle Response Testing (both offered through Thrive). Within three weeks of starting nutritional changes and supplementation, her symptoms began to subside and she started on a path which led to a full recovery. Through working with Dr. DeVaux, Amber learned the lessons of persistence, dedication and belief in the body’s innate wisdom as well as the healing power of nutrition and supplementation.
The process took several years but Amber was completely cleared of Rheumatoid Arthritis by the time she reached her teens. Dr. DeVaux and his practices of holistic and natural ways of living became Amber’s life long inspiration and when a dear friend fell ill with Cancer in the Spring of 2002, Amber decided to pursue her certifications in Holistic Health Care and Holistic Nutrition to offer support. During this time she was working as a research associate for a biotech company in Washington D.C. and for many years continued her education and training in supplements and nutrition, using the knowledge she learned only to help friends and family.
In 2009, Amber was invited by Dr. Victoria Goldsten, Founder of The Washington Institute of Natural Medicine in Washington D.C., to begin teaching for the Institute and she began seeing clients professionally in Pennsylvania.
Message from Amber
Holistic medicine saved my life. I can say this with full confidence, because the path I was on was not a good one. Most people who are my age (now 47 as of 2025) who was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis at age 5, have had multiple joint replacement surgeries. They have suffered with a lifetime of pain, multiple comorbidities, and have been on medications their whole life.
Because of holistic medicine, I have lived a life free from chronic physical pain and disease. It also has offered me many gifts, such as a greater awareness of my body, and an unshakable faith in the power of the body to heal itself when given the right tools.
Starting at the age of 5, I began to feel very sick. I remember the very first day I woke up with pain. Every part of my body ached. Normally I could just run down the stairs, this day, I had to sit on my butt and slowly lower myself down each stair. Now looking back, I see that I felt like an old person who’s body was stiff after a long day of work. It is odd to remember being 5, and having my body feel like I feel in my 40’s two days after a super intense workout.
Within a few months of starting holistic protocols, my body changed, my pain went away, and I learned that everything I put into my body affects how it responds. Its always a choice, every day. I learned that when you are sick, you MUST be mindful of every choice. And when you are well, you must live in awareness to maintain balance in your health.
I welcome you to come on this journey with me to achieving greater wellness in your life! Let me help you learn the ways of living, what supplements to take, what foods to eat, and what to pay attention to in order to support your body in restoring health and balance.
With love and gratitude,
Amber
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Amy P.
My interview with Amber was not only easy, but very informative as well. I was given a straightforward guideline to how to proceed and offered support throughout the entire process! There was no strong-arming, but a gracious and simple approach based on what I wanted to do with the information given to me. The commitment of support, when I am able to begin this program is unquestionable!
Amy F.
“Thank you for helping us refine this. I am still working with Amber and in the beginning stages of my journey but, already, she has taken the time to hear me and listens to everything I have been saying and going through. She has put the right tests and protocols in place to start my healing journey. She is the first person in two years of having my symptoms, that has given me actual answers to all my why’s, making me feel seen and understood. I look forward to continuing my healing process with her and for having the knowledge and the resources that will benefit me for the rest of my life. Amber has taught me that it is definitely not wrong to listen to my body and to keep searching for that person who will validate that I am not wrong or making things up when something doesn’t feel right. I am so happy to have found her.”
Dan F.
“Where to begin? I started working with Amber in the spring of 2022, at a time when I truly wasn’t in a good place. As a busy business owner, I was overwhelmed by stress and not showing up as the husband, father, or leader I wanted to be. Through our work together—focusing on meditation, supplements, and practical stress-reduction tools—everything began to shift. Nearly four years later, I can honestly say I am thriving both in business and in life. Amber is a true blessing. We still meet bi-weekly, and her guidance has become a meaningful and sacred part of my ongoing journey. I’m deeply grateful for the impact she’s had on my life.”
Nyree R
Amber is absolutely WONDERFUL!!!! She is kind, generous, compassionate, empathetic, patient and very knowledgeable and informative. No matter what time I reach out to Amber she is available, and if she cannot immediately respond to you, she definitely will get back to you in a decent amount of time. She is reliable and dependable. Amber really CARES about YOU and your well-being. I am honored to have Amber be a part of my journey.
M.S.
I began my journey with Thrive in 2014 with little knowledge of holistic
health, and it completely changed my life. Through personalized testing,
targeted supplements, and PEMF therapy, I experienced healing I was told
wasn’t possible.
Within months, long-standing hormone imbalances resolved, allowing me to
conceive my first child. Chronic vulvodynia that specialists said would
require lifelong medication was eliminated in days with PEMF therapy and
resolved again just as quickly after returning postpartum. After nine
months of debilitating back pain that physical therapy couldn’t touch, my
pain was gone in two weeks. Even years-long lockjaw, headaches, low energy,
and GERD resolved.
Thrive didn’t just improve my health, it gave me my life back! 10/10
recommend!!
William M.
“We are beyond thankful for all of Amber’s guidance! She is extremely professional & educated! Our weekly calls were exhilarating yet worrisome … especially when she was able to find the root of William’s most recent health issues within a few weeks—when our doctors (local as well as Univ of Pa) were overlooking the cause of his serious condition as well as not taking into consideration his additional long-term health challenges. Their knee-jerk reaction to any/all health issues is debilitating chemotherapy treatments that ended with multiple hospital stays in serious condition each time he followed their recommendations. We are truly sad to have ended our relationship/guidance with Amber (financial reasons), but we are so thankful for the time we were able to spend. If/when we hit the lottery, we’ll be back full-time!”
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