Shelly Wilkinson received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Brigham Young University in 1999 and worked as an Emergency Room nurse in Salt Lake City, UT. In 2003, she graduated with her Master’s degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the University of Michigan. Shelly has enjoyed working in urgent care, family practice, and private practice ever since.
Shelly is a devoted wife and grateful mother to 5 handsome boys. She feels lucky to live the busy yet fulfilling life of a mother.
Shelly became interested in the field of medical aesthetics many years ago. She initially trained under her father, L. Douglas Israelsen, who was a renowned Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon who performed thousands of cosmetic procedures over his 45 year career. Shelly has also received specialized training to become certified in cosmetic injections, such as Botox, Facial fillers, and Sculptra (a collagen stimulator). She enjoys improving the overall sense of well-being of her clients as she helps them look and feel their best.
Shelly is also certified in NAET, an alternative medicine treatment for the elimination of allergies. She loves helping her clients naturally improve their quality of life through this amazing technique developed by Dr. Devi Nambudripad.
Shelly has pursued further training in Acupuncture and other alternative techniques and has developed a healing modality combining pearls from her Eastern Medicine training called “Embracing Light Technique”. She offers courses to teach these pearls to her clients so they have tools to help themselves at home on their healing journeys.
One of Shelly’s latest passions and certifications is helping to prevent chronic disease through the researched-based use of bio-identical hormones. In the first year of taking hormone clients, Shelly’s hormone practice grew from zero clients to more than 200 clients because of her ability to educate and empower her clients. They feel great, have energy, and see their chronic disease risks decrease.
Susan Hale received her nursing degree from the University of Utah (1995). Her interests and experiences lead her to pursue a Masters of Advanced Holistic Nursing from Florida Atlantic University (2023), completing board certifications in Holistic Nursing (AHN-BC) and Health and Wellness Nurse Coaching (HWNC-BC). Advanced Holistic Nursing Practice is based on caring, and empowering clients to improve their internal and external environment to promote the body in self healing. By utilizing alternative and non-invasive modalities, energy and emotional re-balancing techniques, one can experience restorative healing by developing and strengthening coherence, connections of the mind and body.
Other certifications include: HeartMath (Health Professional Series Certification), a breathing technique that helps you tap into the power and intelligence of your heart – your heart’s intuition – which awakens you to the best version of yourself. This is a grounding technique that complements free flow of energies for healing. Hearth Math which is a breathing technique
Aromatherapy Certification: Essential oils are the pure extracts of natural substances created by plants. Essential oils can be diffused, absorbed through the skin, or taken internally. Single or blended oils bring light and energy that can be used to relax the mind, strengthen the immune system, improve circulation and respiration, promote digestion, increase energy and muscle function, cleanse and protect the skin, and support emotional resilience.
NAET® Certified: Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Techniques (NAET®) is a method that helps to balance energies in the body using a blend of acupressure, allopathy, chiropractic, nutritional, and kinesiological disciplines. Unsuitable energies can come from food, chemicals, pathogens, environmental elements like grass, wood, rocks, radiation, etc., physical sensitivities like heat, cold, humidity, dampness, wind, dryness, various vibrations, etc. An allergy is an unusual sensitivity to a substance that may produce a variety of symptoms. In essence, NAET® can assist your body in befriending your nervous system by turning unsuitable energies or blockages into beneficial healing.
Megan Jackman received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2002. She has work experience in the newborn ICU, postpartum, recovery room, and ambulatory care. For the past several years, her primary role has been the IV nurse for pre-operative patients at St. Mark’s Hospital. In 2021, she began a master’s degree program at Frontier Nursing University and graduated summa cum laude with her family nurse practitioner degree in March of 2024. Megan is dual board-certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FNP-C) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (FNP-BC). She is married and has three children who keep her busy.
Several years ago, Shelly successfully treated her oldest child with NAET and acupuncture for severe seasonal allergies. Since then, Megan has regularly seen Shelly for the treatments and services she offers. From these interactions, Megan enrolled in and trained in the same modalities Shelly took part in, including NAET, acupuncture, bio-identical hormones, acudetox, and facial aesthetics/cosmetic injections.
Megan is passionate about preventative health care and being able to offer these services to individuals who could benefit from them. She is dedicated to continuously learning and increasing her knowledge about preventative medicine. Megan is excited about joining Wasatch Medical Spa and working with the fantastic staff and prospective clients.