The story behind it all.

"Why is this happening to me?" 

 You know this question and how much it can weigh on you.  I do, too.

Like many of us, I have run the circles in health care and was always told the same thing: 

"Everything looks good."  If everything is good, then why did I feel like so crappy?

Something wasn't add up. But no matter how much I tried to get answers, I got mostly some gaslighting and I was left to wait until things were a big enough issue that it's finally the "right" issue for Western care.

Simply put, you (like me) probably saw great doctors at the wrong time. 

There is a gap in our common healthcare system - it's well trained for certain, more acute issues. If you are "subclinically" unwell, you don't fit into a box or you get put into a box that you aren't ready for... 

Looking back to when I was a kid, I was clearly dealing with some pre-diabetic/diabetic issues, I had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, I was clinically obese, I had chronic fungal and yeast infections, acne for decades, gallbladder attacks, chronic constipation, hirsutism, vaccine reactions (probably because my body was struggling so much it couldn't handle it), insomnia, psoriasis, cholesterol over 700 (not a typo)... and you know, some childhood trauma. The signs were subtle, right? 

But I "looked fine", and nothing seemed "wrong". Or I was offered, prescription drugs (like statins, spirolactone, Vioxx, Diflucan, flagyl) with no end point. But, I felt way too young for this to be my path. 

I think it's important to realize that many of the doctors we see who specialize in areas of care in managing sickness and health crisis... are not the same as a doctor that specializes in wellness or subclinical care. These are TWO different approaches, both are necessary to properly address ALL stages of care/life. Perhaps it also baffles you that we don't have PCPs/MDs who's specialty is dietetics or lifestyle care. 

In the process of becoming a chiropractor I truly learned how the body is self-healing and I got sucked back into the world of nutrition and functional medicine. The more I saw patients, the more I saw they were getting the same run-around I did. In the end, its a well-meaning but flawed system and sadly, this extends into a lot of the alternative health care fields, too. 

Finally, I found great mentors with a similar mindset but with a lot of wisdom for me to learn from.  I want you to know that it is possible to receive ethical, science-rich functional medicine care- versus some cookie cutter algorithm or MLM supplement schemes.

My purpose is clear - help women get answers, be heard, find new paths to healing. Our lives are so short and fleeting, we should all be able to live each day in harmony with our body.