Equipping Women to Rise Through Every Season
Christ-centered support for real women in real transitions — connect with trusted providers, events, and faith-rooted resources.
From Surviving to Thriving
Why She Strong Exists
Across our community, women are silently navigating postpartum, perimenopause, and menopause — often without answers or support. She Strong was created to meet this moment with truth, care, and connection.
We provide vetted local providers, practical education, and faith-rooted resources so women can find clarity, strength, and hope.
Quarterly Lunch and Learn Events
Vetted Directory of Trusted Local Providers
First Hand Stories of Healing and Hope
Faith Rooted Resources
Meet Our Founder
Calah Milliman, Vero Beach Moms Non Profit
She Strong was born from a place of personal experience and deep conviction. After walking through her own health challenges, Calah Milliman came face to face with the gaps so many women encounter — a lack of clear guidance, whole-person care, and safe space to ask hard questions.
As the founder of Vero Beach Moms Nonprofit, Calah had already built a mission around walking with women through motherhood. But this next chapter — the one about hormones, healing, and being whole — needed its own space.
That’s why she launched She Strong: a wellness initiative built to inform, support, and uplift women through every season of their physical and emotional health.
With Christ at the center and community at the table, Calah continues to lead with faith, courage, and a heart for women to be well — inside and out.
The Seasons We Don't Talk About
Focused support across life stages
Postpartum
Resources and local support for the early months of motherhood: pelvic health guidance, lactation help, emotional support, and community connections tailored to new parents.
Perimenopause
Practical strategies for hormonal shifts, symptom management, and daily wellness — evidence-based guidance that helps women feel understood and in control during transition years.
Menopause
A provider network specializing in hormone optimization, nutrition, and movement to help women reclaim vitality and purpose in later stages of life.
Trusted Providers.
Compassionate
Care.
Local professionals who walk beside women at each stage
A curated, vetted list of local practitioners — from pelvic health to nutrition, therapy, and hormone care — offered so community members can find care rooted in expertise and compassion.
Crystal Divers
Crystal Divers is the founder of JoyFit A Movement Studio in Vero Beach, where she's building a community centered on strength, joy, and sustainable movement.
With nearly a decade of experience as a certified group fitness instructor across multiple formats—including strength training, dance, barre, and mat Pilates—Crystal understands firsthand how movement transforms not just bodies, but lives.
As a former exhausted mom who discovered her own path to wellness through group fitness, Crystal is passionate about creating accessible, empowering spaces where women can reclaim their health and find genuine joy in how they move. Before founding JoyFit, she was an award-winning high school teacher, bringing the same dedication to encouraging growth and building confidence into every class she leads.
Debbie Ekland, M.S., CCC-SLP
Debbie is a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist with over 17 years of experience, and the heart behind Bridge the Gap — a mobile and virtual support service designed to empower mothers and young families.
Her calling into this field began with a personal story: as a child, Debbie developed a stutter after a fall. When her parents brought her to a speech pathologist, they were told she simply needed to slow down when she spoke. And it worked — her fluency improved. That simple moment left a lasting mark. Debbie never forgot the power of being heard and guided — and it’s what led her to pursue speech-language pathology in college.
Since then, she’s worked in public charter schools, outpatient pediatric clinics, and private homes — always with a mission to support children’s communication and development, and to equip parents with tools they can trust.
As a motherhood educator, Debbie specializes in postpartum support, helping moms feel less overwhelmed and more confident as they navigate their baby's first year. Her signature Bundle of Joy Package offers milestone tracking and parent education from day one, creating space for bonding and healthy development.
Teresa Eury, MPH, RDN, LDN
Teresa Eury, MPH, RDN, LDN, is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist, and mom of two boys who keep life anything but boring. She knows firsthand how hard it is to juggle hormones, health, and the chaos of everyday life (while still wanting to enjoy tacos on a Tuesday).
With her mix of science, humor, and real-life strategies, Teresa helps people simplify nutrition, calm digestive drama, and feel human again, without giving up the foods they love.
She’s also the author of Silly Acts and the Attack Against My Nutrient Grabber: Gabrael’s Diagnosis with Celiac Disease, a children’s book that brings hope, laughter, and clarity to families navigating celiac disease.
She believes wellness is about balance: nourishing your body, feeding your soul, and yes, making room for chocolate.
Joy Nottage
Hi, I’m Joy Nottage. I’m a wife, mother of 5, and "Gigi" to 3 awesome boys and 1 beautiful girl. Believe me — I understand the challenges of balancing personal well-being, work, and family!
At one point in my life, I was overweight, had very little energy, and way too many things on my plate. I was running myself ragged — and one day I realized that SOMETHING had to change. Through a baby-step process, I began to lose weight, build muscle, feel energized, and FINALLY start living a life I loved.
It was during that journey that I discovered my passion for fitness. I became an ACE-certified personal trainer because I knew there were others out there just like me — and I wanted to help them.
NJoyLife Personal Fitness was created for ANYONE who wants to be healthier and more fit, but just doesn’t know where to start. I teach people how to lose fat, build muscle, and eat for the body they’ve always desired — and I empower them to become more than they ever thought possible!
Lauren Sloat, DNP
Born and raised in Vero Beach, Lauren Sloat has been in healthcare for over 10 years. She holds a Doctorate in Nursing and has been practicing locally as a nurse‑practitioner for the past 5 years.
With 3 years of experience in rheumatology, Lauren took a bold step in 2024 and opened her own practice — Lo Med.
She’s passionate about helping people feel better in their own skin — inside and out. Her offerings include hormone replacement therapy, medical weight loss, thyroid optimization, comprehensive lab analysis, anti-aging treatments, and aesthetic care.
Lo Med is a wellness clinic in Vero Beach that provides personalized care for men and women seeking support with hormone balance, weight management, and overall health and vitality. Services include bioidentical hormone replacement (for women and men), medical‑supervised weight‑loss programs, thyroid optimization, lab-based hormone and wellness evaluations, anti-aging treatments, and aesthetic procedures. Lo Med offers both in‑person and telemedicine visits, striving to be a consistent, trusted resource for clients seeking to feel confident, energized, and in control of their health journey.
Rachel Toperzer, LCSW
Hi! Allow me to introduce myself — my name is Rachel Toperzer. I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the proud owner of Growing Emotions Mental Health Therapy.
I was born and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, but I’ve called Vero Beach home since 2015. After graduating college, I moved here to help care for my grandmother. I grew up visiting this area to see my grandparents and have always loved our little town. Not long after moving, I met my now‑husband — and we couldn’t think of a better place to raise our two beautiful kids.
Being a mom can be super hard — trust me, I get it! That’s a big part of why I opened my practice: to support and care for this community we’re raising our families in.
Growing Emotions Mental Health Therapy provides compassionate, effective services for infants, children, adolescents, and their families. The practice offers trauma-informed support for anxiety, depression, and emotional regulation, while equipping parents and caregivers with tools to strengthen family connection and reduce stress. All services are rooted in creating safe, nurturing environments where healing and growth can thrive.
Heather Zevin
Dr. Heather Zevin is a pelvic health and orthopedic physical therapist who is passionate about supporting women through pregnancy, postpartum, and every stage of life.
After her own experiences becoming a mother, she recognized how many women weren’t getting the care they needed—and it inspired her to focus her career on pelvic health.
With over 20 years of experience, Heather combines her background in orthopedics with her training in Pilates and dry needling to help women build strength, improve movement, and feel at home in their bodies again. She especially enjoys working with clients who are navigating hip, back, or pelvic pain, incontinence, or pelvic floor dysfunction.
Heather continues to stay inspired and up-to-date by attending events like The Endometriosis Summit and Pelvicon, and she loves bringing fresh ideas back to her community in Vero Beach. Her goal is simple: to elevate pelvic health care and help women feel strong, supported, and resilient.
Additional Providers:
Tara Durden
Registered‑dietitian–led nutrition therapy offering personalized care for gut, hormone, and overall wellness
Kirra Milto
At‑home dumbbell workouts and nutrition guidance for women, helping build strength, confidence, and healthy habits.
Charissa Wright, APRN
Nurse practitioner offering women’s wellness and prenatal care with compassion and clinical clarity.
Jennifer Vega
Regenerative‑medicine and wellness clinic offering hormone therapy, weight‑management, and aesthetic services.
Allison & Madison Votzi
Facials, body care, and confidence-boosting wellness including sauna and cold plunge therapy.
Abbey Bradshaw
Mindset coaching that builds mental toughness, resilience, and confidence to overcome.
Renesse DePasa
GLP-1 weight loss care helping women curb cravings, lose weight, and feel in control.
Milagros Pichardo
Membership-based adult care with a focus on prevention and access.
She Strong Luncheons
Gather, grow, and walk in wellness — together.
More than a meal, She Strong Luncheons are intentional spaces for women to pause, connect, and receive support for the real-life changes their bodies and hearts are facing. Each event offers:
Christ-centered encouragement and community
Expert insights on topics like perimenopause, menopause, mental health, hormone balance, and more
Access to trusted local providers who are walking alongside us in every season of womanhood
Practical tools women can take home and apply immediately — for their health, family, and daily life
She Strong Luncheon — Next Gathering
Date: Sunday, January 25th
Time: 1 pm
Location: Vero Elite, 1060 6th Ave, Vero Beach, FL 32960
Real Women. Real Struggles. Real Strength.
"Anxiety, miscarriage, and the faith that brought me back." — Mary Rutherford
Read Mary's story below.
If you have a personal story about motherhood, mental health, hormonal struggle, or faith journey — we’d be honored to feature it and amplify voices of recovery and resilience.
Hi Mamas! My name is Mary Rutherford! I am 39 years old and an incredibly proud mother of two boys and two fur baby girls! My sweet boys are 100% boy – wild, crazy, loving, and oh so fun! They are full of joy and I pray they continue to hold onto their sweet innocence for as long as possible. Not only am I a mom, but also a wife. I am incredibly lucky to have been married to my best friend for 16 years and counting. He loves and supports me unconditionally.
As a child I struggled with anxiety and even the most simple situations would cause my heart to race, my stomach to turn, and my body to tense up. I was making myself sick in order to avoid situations that triggered these feelings. Over time, I learned to manage, but never had the full escape from anxious feelings. Fast forward many years to my third pregnancy that was completely unexpected. We weren’t financially prepared, the stress built up, and we worried endlessly about what the future would hold. But, in all things, faith and love got us through and we were excited for the slight change of plans. That is until I lost the baby 12 weeks into my pregnancy. As the most heartbreaking thing I experienced, my anxiety went through the roof and I blamed myself. I read books, got a new dog, and tried to escape the heartbreak. I had all the love in the world from family and friends, yet somehow still felt internally isolated.
I know how it feels to struggle, break down, and feel lost. I also know that there are ways to be supported, uplifted, and feel like you belong no matter what you’re going through. It took time for me, and I still struggle, but I have a beautiful community to stand beside.
Motherhood is constantly changing and I’m blessed to share this journey with so many amazing women!
Community Partners
This mission moves forward because of generous hands and open hearts.
We thank our community partners for making these gatherings a reality.
Proudly Supported By:
East Coast Boba Co.
Indian River Healthy Start Coaltion
Tipsy Gypsy
Vero Fitness
Spradlin Consulting
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