For Patients

Everyone’s path to integrative medicine is unique — from those who have been empowered to proactively manage their health early in life, to those who find a more integrated approach only after feeling discouraged by previous treatments. All of our speakers agree that one thing is clear: most of the modern healthcare system fails to address the whole patient, especially when it comes to chronic illness. As a patient, where do you begin?

Our speakers have decades of experience transforming patients lives, and have advice for taking health into your own hands, finding a practitioner and building a trusting relationship.

Get started by watching Holly Lucille discuss the role YOU play in getting results. 

• John Weeks

  A true healthcare system would invest in healthy living

  John Weeks shares his thoughts on the healthcare system, and why he feels the investments are being made in the wrong areas of care.
• Jared Skowron, ND

  Being a parent in today’s society

  As a parent and naturopathic pediatrician, Dr. Jared Skowron knows what it’s like to raise a child today and the societal issues afflicting them. Dr. Skowron speaks out about the challenges and traps these issues pose.
• Alyssa Wostrel

  Building patient advocacy groups

  Alyssa Wostrel wants to show the healthcare system who is most important: the patients. Through various patient and practitioner advocacy groups, she promotes the idea that this will act as the spark of change.
• Joseph Pizzorno, ND

  Challenging myths of old age and disease

  Dr. Joseph Pizzorno spent the majority of his career as a naturopathic physician challenging conventional medical wisdom. Now he challenges the idea that old age and disease need to co-exist.
• Moira Fitzpatrick, ND

  How to find the right naturopath

  Dr. Moira Fitzpatrick understands the frustrations patients have in the “pill for every ill” model. Here she gives advice on how to find the best natural solution.
• Tabatha Parker, ND

  Integrative medicine is a two-way street

  Dr. Tabatha Parker talks about the inviting space that integrative medicine offers patients who are frustrated with conventional healthcare. Respect and understanding are valued by both patient and practitioner.
• Jared Skowron, ND

  It’s time for a better approach to child health care

  Dr. Jared Skowron’s passion in life treating children in ways conventional treatment alone does not. Dr. Skowron proposes a different path of natural and conventional medicines combined to produce real results.
• Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO

  Taking health into your own hands

  Choosing the right healthcare provider is important. Dr. Lise Alschuler stresses the importance of trust and relationship when exploring natural medicine, and explains how picking a practitioner is really creating a partnership.
• Molly M. Roberts, MD, MS

  Tapping into your own wisdom

  Dr Molly Roberts believes no one is broken. Instead she focuses on helping patients believe in themselves.
• Jaclyn Chasse, ND

  The importance of finding a doctor you trust

  Dr. Jaclyn Chasse explains why only a qualified doctor you trust can help navigate the sea of noise that’s out there.
• Karen Lawson, MD

  The patient-doctor relationship shouldn’t stop at the door

  Dr. Karen Lawson believes that the patient-doctor relationship shouldn't stop as soon as you leave the door. She finds that coaching the patient is the best way to build on that bond.
• Brad Jacobs, MD, MPH, ABIHM

  The questions your practitioner should be asking

  The answer to the root of your problem is not always as clear as one item or one field of study. Dr Brad Jacobs persuades us to look at all the aspects of our lives.
• Holly Lucille, ND

  True healing takes commitment from the patient

  Dr. Holly Lucille doesn’t mince words when explaining the importance of investing in your own health. Integrative practitioner provide more than advice, she explains. It’s a partnership that, in time, yields huge results.
• Karen Lawson, MD

  You are your own health expert

  Dr. Karen Lawson believes that each and every one of us is our own health expert. She urges all patients to move forward with that knowledge and pave a new path, one that respects and takes into account every aspect of the patient’s being.