Functional Nutrition

It’s disheartening when one of your greatest assets—your empathy for seeing and caring for patients with deep compassion—actually works against you. I know this because I’ve personally experienced ...

It’s my mission to educate practitioners (and truly, the rest of the world!) about the benefits of Functional Nutrition. I know it’s how we can empower both patients and practitioners, and how we c...

By now you likely know how strongly I believe in the Functional model. I know practicing Functionally is the way we can change lives—both yours and the people you want to help!Using the Functional ...

I’m regularly asked how to create happy clients when we’re constantly asking them to do things they don’t want to do, and in the end, we’re not really giving them what they want.Here’s what I mean…...

Empathy is a buzzword in the medical and health fields these days. And for good reason! Empathy allows you to connect with your patients in a way that diagnoses and lab results miss. Empathy create...

If there’s one thing I’ve heard time and time again from practitioners, it’s how they wish they felt more like the expert their clients are looking for.I get it.I didn’t always feel like the expert...

Recently, I heard Andrea mention (with a chuckle) that her boyfriend eats marshmallows. And, like you, I thought WHAT? How can this world-renowned Functional Nutritionist and thought leader in Func...

As practitioners, we all share one deep desire—to help people get better.I’m sure that’s at least partly why you’re here!We all want to use our knowledge and skills to help clients finally get to t...

Listen to this post instead!I’m often asked just how I get my clients to comply with my recommendations.Practitioners want to know how to create compliance even when what they’re asking their clien...

Recently, I had the opportunity to address the topic of accountability on stage at a health event. In writing my speech, I realized that the conventional approach to accountability is often practic...

If you’re actually practicing as a diet and lifestyle counselor, a nutritionist, or any other healing professional, you’re going to make mistakes.You’re going to recommend something to someone with...

I remember when I was a kid my parents would tell me that “on the inside, we’re all the same.” What I’ve come to understand as an adult, and especially in the work that I do, is that this assertio...