Story of my Journey in Functional Medicine
Shereeta L. Petty-Lacy, WOMBB Process founder (Women on a Mission Building Bridges), facilitator of holistic transformation, serial social entrepreneur, and fierce Hoosier Momma of 4!
“My why began 20 years ago when I was rushed to the emergency room with my first of many bouts with GERD. I was prescribed years of Prilosec and Nexium, but was never educated about the nutritional connection to my discomfort, or the possibilities of food sensitivities/allergies. Over the years, I Experienced all kinds of related issues from hormonal to adrenal. Migraine headaches, chronic fatigue, shooting muscle pains, fluctuating weight, heavy menstrual cycles, itching skin, and horrible mood swings, all, became “normal”.“
Shereeta Lacy, CFMC
What is Functional Medicine?
Wholestic Nutrition
Welcome to Wholestic Nutrition and congratulations on taking this important step to optimal health! We are honored to be part of your healing journey. Caring for and maintaining the body’s health is an act of integrating healing modalities, not separating them. We harness the power of functional medicine to heal the unified system of your body. As a Functional Medicine Coaching, we work with you to identify and address the root causes of your health symptoms so that you can reach your wellness goals.
The concept of “functional medicine” springs from the idea that healing is an act of integration, not separation.
Our practice is unique in the Functional Medicine space because of our boutique approach. Instead of addressing different symptoms across separate areas, functional medicine seeks to address the common issues that affect the unified system of your body.
Since the founding of his practice, Sentissi and our team have helped clients heal from a variety of challenging health concerns.
No matter where you are in your healing journey, we’ll make sure we do everything in our power to find effective solutions that will empower your lifelong health.
Free Webinars
While we can’t control our genetics, many lifestyle factors within our control contribute to our state of health. Diet is considered the most significant contributing factor to chronic illness. Transitioning to a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle is likely the most effective way of improving and advancing our health.
I like to lead people through an education experience explaining the benefits of eating more whole foods while offering techniques for getting started, this is the perfect webinar for you.
In this FREE presentation, We will provide important answers to questions about Covid-19:
- Influence of Microbiota on viral infections
- How to boost your everyday immune system
- Identify comorbidities that can compromise your immune system
- Natural approaches to manage “cytokine storm”
- Explore the controversies in natural therapeutics of immune support
- The connection of the gut-lung axis for immunity
- Appropriate lifestyle choices during a “health pandemic”
Why I began focusing on pre and post operative wellness coaching?
Since I was a little girl growing up in Arizona in the early 1980’s my mom has wanted cosmetic surgery. In 2012 she finally got her wish, Gastric bypass, and later a tummy tuck and breast lift. She was so happy, at first….by 2014 my mother had had a stroke, sepsis, and pneumonia! She was rushed to emergency surgery, and was calling, desperate to reach anyone who could reach me to let me know! I am my mothers ONLY child and I was 1800 miles away!
My mother had a botched cosmetic surgical procedure. Partly just because of the surgeon that performed the surgery and mostly because there is no protocol for cosmetic surgery after care and there was no coaching available with education and support for her to know how to care for herself, Eventually she gained the weight back and her health problems were worse than before!
Through access to functional medicine health coaching with Dr Sentissi, I was able to provide a personalized diet and execercise lifestyle program that was designed for her specific needs. I quickly realized that helping her with her emotional health was just as important as the nutrition and exercise. She had previous bouts with depression and addiction so gaining the weight back made her feel even worse than before. Six weeks into coaching my Mom, she lost 18 pounds on her own, and was making her own smoothies, and meal plans! She was down to extra strength acetaminophen for pain and building momentum and progress towards being able to get reconstructive surgery! Follow our journey on my YouTube channel.
Our Principles as a Functional Medicine Coaches
- Coaches prioritize quality over quantity with their clients. A practitioner will only make recommendations after listening carefully to a client’s history, documenting their personal choices and health history.
- Assessment and prevention are prioritized over wait-and-see approaches.
- Prioritization is placed on utilizing the most modern and advanced assessment and healing modalities available.
- Clients are not made to feel that they have taken a passive role in their own health. Instead, they are to be armed with information and encourage to take an active role in improving how they feel.
We offer multiple programs to assist you on your healing journey
Wholestic Nutrition’s Customized Programs are designed to address the root cause of your symptoms and understand the underlying mechanism of your condition.
Every program begins with a 90-minute new client session and thorough health history evaluation.
Unlike your typical healthcare appointment which usually lasts only 7-10 minutes, this one and a half hour initial session allows us to go deep into your health history, lifestyle, health concerns, goals and expectations.
From there, your practitioner will recommend the appropriate assessment tests and begin crafting a customized wellness program to address your unique health concerns.
Health Concerns Addressed
Since the scope of functional medicine is broad, we address a wide variety of health concerns.
Some of the most common include:
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Celiac Disease
- Crohn’s Disease
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Pre-Diabetes
- Diabetes
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Obesity
- Anxiety/Stress
- Thyroid Conditions
Choose The Program That’s Right For You
We are an accredited health school and team of functional medicine health practitioners, coaches, and medical doctors dedicated to solving root causes, not masking symptoms by honoring the philosophy that food is medicine and offering insightful diagnostic testing, lifestyle changes and quality nutraceuticals.
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