Mission
My goal is to approach each person as a whole – body, Mind, HEart, and spirit.
I intend to support you with the tools to be your own healer, through holistic forms of medicine paired with conventional care. Your body is so intelligent. Many illnesses improve by slowing down, connecting, and caring for ourselves.
About me
My early college studies in psychology planted the seed for exploring how the body and mind affect health. How do our bodies connect with thought and emotion? I attended medical school because I saw how behavior powerfully influences health and wellness.
Although I traveled the path of conventional medicine, I turned to integrative and holistic healing to tend to my own health during medical training. Forms of healing like acupuncture, therapy, and plant medicine helped me appreciate that we are more than the sum of our parts. They guided me to reconnect with myself. Now, herbalism rooted in the Wise Woman Tradition of Healing, Sacred Plant Medicine, and Mind-Body Medicine are all essential tools that I use when working with patients and clients.
An important part of connecting to my whole self was tuning into my menstrual cycle. Growing up, I often ignored it. My doctor prescribed me the pill when I had an unplanned pregnancy at age 16. After several years, I developed awful side effects. A new doctor offered me more prescriptions, which felt like bandages, not solutions. I stopped the pill, started researching, and listened to my body. After learning how to appreciate my cycle, I focused on promoting more embodied reproductive and general health for my patients.
Contact me with any questions, or to learn more about the clinic!
Background
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Residency in Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Internship in Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Doctor of Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Yale University
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Mold Literate Certified with Dr. Jill Crista, 2024
Inbodied Life Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Training with Lauren Taus, 2023
Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield, 2021 - 2023
School of the Sacred Wild Certification in Holistic Healing, Traditional Herbalism, and Sacred Plant Medicine, 2021 - 2023
Board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, 2019
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Looni: Menstrual Health Products, Community, and Education; Medical Adviser
MYA Network: Physician Member; Communications Team
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of teachers, experts, authors who I have learned from either directly or indirectly
Marysia Miernowska; Herbalist, School of the Sacred Wild
Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield; Psychologists and Mindfulness Meditation Teachers
Neda Dardashti; Healing Practitioner
Samantha Zipporah; Fertility, Sex, and Cycle Educator
Aviva Romm, MD; Physician, Herbalist and Midwife
Robin Rose Bennet; Herbalist
Rosemary Gladstar; Herbalist
Matthew Wood; Herbalist
Stephen Harrod Buhner; Herbalist
Martín Prechtel; Writer, Artist, Healer
Lisa Hendrickson Jack; Fertility Awareness Educator
Toni Weschler, MPH; Women’s Health Educator