Our role is asking important questions: Intake & Assessment.
We listen to complaints. We ask about what IS working.
We dispel medical myths and partial truths that keep people from healing and recovery. We also demystify medical terminology regarding diagnosis & prognosis while sharing options for natural, non-pharmaceutical relief.
Our role is to promote a holistic approach.
Holistic health is an approach to wellness that considers the whole person—body, mind, and spirit—rather than just focusing on specific symptoms or illnesses. It aims to achieve optimal well-being by integrating various forms of care, often including natural therapies, lifestyle changes, and emotional well-being.
Sometimes, we need only to listen.
Back to Basics: we are the reminder to slow down – simmplify
What can you not do now that you could do before? Remember that a test or image are a Moment in Time.
Western medicine tends to isolate body parts. Holistic medicine works with systems.
You are not your diagnosis.
Nature is slow. Rehab is boring.
Ours tends to be a “microwave society” that wants immediate results.
As the world of mainstream health doubles down on being a medical industrial complex, we must utilize our Oral Traditions to
Medical industrial complex
The “Medical Industrial Complex” is a network of corporations, healthcare providers, and insurers that dominate Western medicine. From a holistic health perspective, this system prioritizes profit over wellness, often limiting medical freedom. It tends to favor pharmaceuticals and invasive treatments over natural, preventative approaches, constraining doctors to standardized protocols rather than individualized care. This often leaves patients in a cycle of symptom management, rather than addressing root causes for long-term health.
Obviously, the disconnect is multi-factorial.
It is not our focus to change the healthcare system.
What YOU can do
Re-define your expectations
Learn how to work within the system
Find alternatives and supplements to the system
Although we want to make a difference in the world, our own community is a great start.