Think of your body like a tree. The symptoms you feel—fatigue, pain, gut issues, hormone imbalance—are the branches. Conventional medicine often trims the branches. Functional medicine asks: what’s going on in the soil? When we improve the terrain the roots live in—food, nutrients, stress load, toxins, and lifestyle—the tree can heal itself. Functional medicine steps back and looks at the whole body and how it functions. Symptoms are the body communicating -not the true problem.

I don’t replace your doctors— I work alongside them, helping to fill the gaps they don’t have time to address in a standard visit. Your physician is the one who diagnoses, prescribes, and manages medications. My role is to support your health between visits by addressing nutrition, lifestyle, stress, labs, and patterns that influence how your body functions day to day.

If improvements in your health ever suggest that medications might be adjusted, that conversation always happens with your prescribing doctor. Any changes to medications are made by them — never by me. I help create the conditions that support your body, and your doctor guides medical decisions.

The current medical model struggles to treat chronic conditions-as this model, designed to effectively “fix” the problem-treating things like infection or a broken arm, doesn’t work with chronic conditions like autoimmunity. Autoimmune diseases make up the largest category of chronic illness; there are over 100 diseases considered to be autoimmune, and 75-80% of those diagnosed are women. Functional nutrition fills the GAP -coming alongside your health care team to help you feel your best.

Functional medicine focuses on how your body is functioning. Many people feel unwell long before something earns a diagnosis. By supporting the root areas of dysfunction — digestion, blood sugar, hormones, nutrient status, stress, sleep, and detox pathways — we often improve symptoms even without a specific label, as we look at inputs and outputs: what your body is getting, how its responding, and where things may be under supported. If your body is giving you signals, that’s enough information to begin supporting it.

Yes, we can order testing if we should need further clues. Functional Medicine is known for extensive-and expensive-testing, but at Rosemary House, labs are optional, not automatic.

We all love a lab result- It is personalized to YOU and it many times shows what is going on- or gives a good clue! Labs can be helpful to point us in the right direction, but they’re only one snapshot in time — not the whole story. I always start by reviewing any lab work you already have, and many times that’s enough to begin making meaningful changes. If there are a few missing pieces, we can often request them along with your next regular blood work, or we may decide together that additional labs could be useful, and if so, we’ll talk through options like Quest or LabCorp. But labs are never required -they are just a tool. The decision is always in your hands, and we prioritize the most practical, accessible options.

Yes, I absolutely can support weight loss — but my focus is health first.

For many years of my life, I thought that if I could get to my ideal number on the scale- everything else would fall in place, but I had it backward. I struggled with eating disorders and low self-esteem, and even though I ate more nutrient dense food than anyone else I knew- I had a hard time keeping weight off permanently. It changed when I shifted my focus. Rather than my goal being skinny- I now focused on health (mental, spiritual and physical) and vitality- and that changed my relationship with food. When together you and I support your metabolism, hormones, digestion, blood sugar, stress, and nourishment, the body often moves toward a healthier weight naturally. I love food, but as I have learned to love my body -I desire to give it what it needs for vital health-and try to avoid the things that throw it off balance. Once we have the basic healthy lifestyle and nutrition pieces in place, we can even use more targeted approaches to achieve your healthy weight.

If someone is only looking for quick weight loss, this probably isn’t the right fit. There are a lot of ways to do that- all of them not health focused. But if you’re seeking true, sustainable long-term health — and weight change is part of that — then we’re very aligned. Your body balancing to a healthy weight is often the happy side effect of this work- not the primary goal.

Yes, I keep regular office hours with both morning and afternoon/early evening appointments to accommodate busy schedules. I also offer limited Saturday appointments.

If my regular hours don’t work for your schedule, you’re welcome to reach out. We can discuss options, and if appropriate, I’ll send a private booking link to schedule your appointment.