Functional medicine is also called "root cause medicine", while our healthcare system focuses on the disease and treatment, functional medicine focuses on the person and the root cause - digging deeper beyond prescribing a medication or procedure to just "fix" the symptom, it looks for the originating dysfunction or cause and how to support the body to heal.

No, Functional Medicine Coaching is an adjunct to your primary healthcare team. We will focus on natural and lifestyle modications to support your body and make recommendations to your primary care team if medication adjustments are needed.

Here's the deal, food is not a one size fits all prescription. Food is POWERFUL medicine. What we put in our body is information and ultimately is who we are - the literal building blocks. If you want a certain diet researched, let's talk, I will help you sift through the fad diets / shakes / supplements / influencer recommendations and find the best science backed plan for you. I'm your coach, not selling a diet, a shake, or a supplement. I'm your health advocate and fellow foodie!

Yes! We will work together to identify lifestyle factors and deficiencies that could be contributing, and work to support your body's natural ability to heal. It is an integrative approach, a stepwise process to work through nutrition, movement, stress, sleep, and  optimize your health. We will work with your primary care providers to adjust any medications as needed.

YES! If you're looking to support your body and the transitions you're going through to feel the best you possibly can, I would love to work with you!

Awesome! We can work together to identify ways to optimize your nutrition, check certain labs to prevent issues in the future and research any supplements that you might be interested in to see what is safe and backed by science.

If you have experienced this, you are not alone. There are a lot of symptoms that show up before your labs are diagnostically out of range. Functional medicine looks at wider range of biomarkers/labs that can help determine what is causing your symptoms.