People always ask, as a Naturopathic Doctor what do you do?  Well, simply put I am trained as a primary care doctor with an emphasis on personalized natural health care.

 

In a nut shell.  I have a family practice with a clinical focus and passion supporting fertility, pregnancy, post-partum women, menstrual problems, peri-menopause and menopause.  All things hormone related!

 

I offer healthcare to people of all ages!  I provide assessments, acupuncture, naturopathic treatment options and specialty testing (blood work, hormone testing, food sensitivity testing).

 

And, everything I do is done with a whole lot of heart.

 

My approach to medicine is prevention and the treatment of the root cause of illness.  Let’s face it, masking the symptoms is just not good enough anymore.  Not when it comes to your family’s health and quality of life.

 

But what makes me ME?   Why am I the Naturopathic Doctor that I am.  This is why I do what I do, this is my story. 

 

For as long as I can remember I wanted to help people.  That part of my story was easy.  It was already written and embedded deeply in my entire heart and soul.  But help with what?  That was the real question I needed to answer to find my true purpose.

 

The only other definitive thing I knew about my purpose here on Earth is that I wanted to be a MOM!

 

In 2013, my husband and I gave birth to our first daughter Olivia.  Three years later our second daughter Lily was born.  We have two beautiful healthy little girls that keep us on our toes.  They remind me daily to take pleasures in the simple things in life.  My daughters have already taught me so much and continue to teach me about the person I want to be, the mom I want to be and the kind of doctor that I want to be.  They are my inspiration, and they inspire me every day in my life’s work.

 

Motherhood not only fulfilled my life’s dream to become a mother, it also gave rise to an innate passion to help other couples get pregnant and live this dream.  I help couples experience this most amazing, wondrous gift of parenthood.  My passion of treating fertility, has spiraled me into a whole world of hormones and treating all things hormone related including peri-menopause and menopause.

 

We often think that we have to live with the symptoms of painful/heavy menses and irregular cycles, with the hot flashes, insomnia and depression.  We think nothing can be done to reduce our risk of pregnancy loss, or to increase our chances of natural conception or increase the success of an IUI or IVF cycle.

But what if I told you, that you don’t have to live with these, something can be done … there are solutions and I am here to help you find them!

 

As a Naturopathic Doctor and a full-time mother, it has never become more apparent to me the importance of life balance and nurturing thyself.  I have struggled with creating life balance, it’s a fine line, and as women we often put our families first and ourselves in last place.  But I’ve realized that we and our families don’t benefit when we do this.  I empower people to take care of themselves, as difficult as it may be at times.  Our family deserve this and so do you!

 

And now, for the credentials.  In 2004, I received an undergraduate degree with honours in Human Nutrition from the University of Guelph and became a Nutritionist.  After realizing that being a dietician was not what I was destined to become, I moved to Toronto and completed a four year doctorate program in Naturopathic Medicine at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM). I became a Naturopathic Doctor in 2008.   I am a member in good standing of the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (CAND), the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors (OAND), the Pediatric Association of Naturopathic Physicians (pedANP), and am licensed by the College of Naturopathic Physicians of Ontario.  I have also completed additional naturopathic courses in fertility, hormone related conditions (ie endometriosis, PCOS), pre- and post-natal care, pregnancy, recurrent pregnancy loss and peri-menopause/menopause.  I am currently studying to become a NAMS, North America Menopause Society certified menopause practitioner (NCMP).

 

My promise to you is that I will be compassionate, caring and dedicated to you and your family.  You are trusting me with your health and the health of your children (and future children).  This is an honour.  And I am honored that you are sharing your story with me.  We will work together to find the answers that you need and make the right decisions for you and your family.  I will collaborate with any health care professional that you trust, and will offer you practical, holistic and evidence-based care that utilizes the best of natural medicine.

 

Together, let’s be sure that this chapter of your story has a happy ending!

 

Lots of love,