It really starts here. Be empowered by the TRUTH that you CAN heal! Your belief that you can heal will carry you through the ups and downs of the healing journey! Your mindset will make or break the healing experience.

Finding and working alongside a health practitioner that is competent and that you trust is crucial. I call the initial part of this ‘Onboarding’. Onboarding takes place before and during your Initial Appointment. This is where an assessment of your current health challenges as well as a thorough review of your history take place. This is a time for you to gain clarity and insight.

In Functional Medicine, it’s often said to “test, don’t guess”. ​ This is a great point. Comprehensive bloodwork and Functional Testing provide deeper insight and can reveal the root-cause of your health struggles. ​ You can eliminate a lot of confusion and take back a lot of your time when you know WHAT it is that is causing you to be sick and tailor your efforts there with pristine focus.

Foundational health includes supporting the very processes and systems that our overall health stands on. ​ Healing from chronic illness has to happen on solid ground, not on quicksand. ​ A determination (based off of symptoms, testing, and a thorough health assessment) will be made on which foundations you, specifically, will need to support the most.

Inflammation is the consequence of pathogens and toxicities that are activating the immune system causing it to release histamine, cytokines, and other immune activity. ​ Chronic inflammation is almost always paired with poor cellular health and cell signaling (your cells ability to communicate with each other). We will support the elimination of cellular debris that accumulates as well as strengthen the cell membrane to allow nutrients to come in and support cellular health.

Healthy drainage pathways include having regular bowel movements (bowel), optimal bile flow (gallbladder) and fully functioning Phase 1 and Phase 2 of liver detoxification (liver), great lymphatic movement (lymphatic system), and sweating regularly (cellular health). ​ It also includes supporting mitochondrial function which is important for mobilizing and draining toxins out of the body.

Being exposed to mold in the environment (home, work, etc.) ​ as well as common food sources (corn, coffee, dried fruit, etc.) ​ is very common and can cause many to suffer especially when there is an impaired ability to detoxify the mycotoxins (microscopic toxins released by mold species that are inhaled/absorbed/digested). ​ It’s important to start here with root-cause work. ​ Addressing mycotoxins from mold and other biotoxins will balance the TH1 and TH2 immune system.

Parasitic infections are very common in the United States and can be picked up from walking barefoot outside, eating undercooked meat, or drinking contaminated water. ​ Parasites also harbor heavy metals and create opportunistic infections like candida/yeast overgrowth. ​ There are other gastrointestinal infections like Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) and H.pylori may need to be addressed. ​ Ridding the body of pathological microbes and establishing better overall microbiome health goes a long way in fully healing from chronic illness.

Heavy metal exposure can come from drinking tap water, having mercury/amalgam dental fillings, and other exposures. ​ Environmental toxins can come from pesticides, cleaning products used everyday in the home, and even personal care products like shampoo and deodorant. ​ Binding and removing these toxic elements is crucial to healing at the root-cause level. ​ It’s all about emptying your total toxic bucket that has been accumulating toxins that you’ve been exposed to your entire life. ​ The less this bucket holds, the less likely it will overflow which leads to chronic health issues.

Stealth or chronic infections like Lyme Disease and it’s co-infections need to be addressed and are often at the root of many chronic health issues. ​ When the above blocks have been worked through, this block is completed more successfully and with more ease.