When people come into my office, they generally don't FEEL good. They may feel anxious, tired, sad, or down. They often describe feeling stuck in their lives, stressed, or dealing with swinging moods, alongside physical symptoms like insomnia, body pain, hormonal imbalances, gut issues, autoimmune flares, or fatigue.
It Usually Starts With a Timeline
My first question is almost always: when did this start? Most patients can pinpoint it. There's usually a long stretch of prolonged stress, followed by one especially stressful event where everything "started to go wrong."
Stress always changes the body. Prolonged elevated cortisol:
- Increases blood sugar
- Decreases immune function
- Increases inflammation
Reading the Signs
Part of my job is helping balance the body's chemistry. Your sleep patterns, cycle, mood, energy, digestion, and elimination all tell the story of how your body is functioning and where things are stuck.
When symptoms are vague, I often recommend testing, like the DUTCH hormone test, food sensitivity testing, an organic acids test, or a neurotransmitter test, to understand what's happening on a biochemical level.
How I Approach Treatment
Treatment is individual, but a few things come up again and again:
- Cortisol first. The body prioritizes making cortisol so we don't die. When it's out of balance (which is true about 99% of the time under stress), we don't make our other hormones in the right amounts. I use herbs like Ashwagandha and other adaptogens (Rhodiola, Eleuthrococcus, Schisandra, Astragalus) to help rebalance cortisol.
- Then digestion. If you're not digesting food or absorbing nutrients properly, you can't make your hormones. A warm, anti-inflammatory diet with dark leafy greens, root vegetables, and soups helps reboot digestion.
- Finally, the mind. This is the step I see skipped most often, and it's the most important. In over a decade of practice, I've never seen someone fully heal by addressing physical symptoms alone. This requires mind-body tools, like homeopathy, acupuncture, meditation, theta healing, and subconscious reprogramming, to shift emotional patterns and rewire the connection between brain and body.
When you address all three, mental, emotional, and physical, together, that's when real healing happens, and you step toward the best version of yourself.
Frequently Asked Questions
What usually causes people to suddenly feel anxious, tired, or "off"?
Typically there's a long period of prolonged stress, followed by one especially stressful event where everything felt like it started to go wrong. Prolonged elevated cortisol changes the body by increasing blood sugar, decreasing immune function, and increasing inflammation.
What tests can help figure out what's going on biochemically?
When symptoms are vague, tests like the DUTCH hormone test, food sensitivity testing, an organic acids test, or a neurotransmitter test can help identify what's happening on a biochemical level.
Can addressing physical symptoms alone fully resolve how I'm feeling?
Not usually. True healing typically requires addressing mental, emotional, and physical aspects together, using mind-body tools like homeopathy, acupuncture, meditation, and subconscious reprogramming alongside physical treatment.