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Chronic Disease

Today, inflammation runs rampant—and so do the medications used to suppress it. There’s a wide array of anti-inflammatory drugs available for pain, autoimmune disease, asthma, skin conditions, and more.

But natural and holistic medicine takes a different approach. Instead of masking the symptoms, it asks:
What’s causing the inflammation?

The answer is usually multi-factorial, and often includes:

  • Poor diet
  • A stressful job or home life
  • Unmanaged anxiety or trauma
  • Lack of quality sleep
  • Sedentary lifestyle
  • Neglect of basic self-care

If you choose to embark on the healing journey of naturopathic medicine, you must be willing to commit to healthy lifestyle choices at least 80% of the time. True healing requires consistency, not perfection.

Because holistic healing means looking at the whole picture—not just the symptom, you also have to look at the story behind it.

A critical contributor to chronic disease are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). These include trauma, neglect, or even accidents that place emotional or physical stress on the developing body. This is especially significant during childhood because children are not small adults; their organs and systems are still developing. Stress or disruption during critical developmental windows can impair the function of an organ system for the remainder of a person's life.

Organ System Maturation Timeline:

  • In Utero – 2 years old: Adrenal and kidney maturation

  • 2 – 7 years old: Immune system, digestive system, and thyroid

  • 7 – 12 years old: Lungs and bronchial-associated lymphatic tissue

  • 12 – 18 years old: Endocrine system

  • 18 – 22 years old: Cardiovascular system

  • 22 – 25 years old: Nervous system

In my clinical experience, I’ve seen a childhood surgery before the age of two—show up 30 years later as adrenal fatigue or kidney insufficiency on blood work. This is one of the reasons I rely so heavily on biotherapeutic drainage. These remedies have the unique ability to address and correct developmental disruptions years—even decades—later, helping restore normal function at the cellular and organ system level.  You can read more about it in the book Begin Again.