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Dr. Lauren Castle

💛 DrLaurenCastle.com
💚 Founder/CEO, FMPhA.org
💙 Board Member, psychedelicpharmacist.org
💜 Board Member, ConSmaniaCR.com

03/06/2026

Feeling like a big kid today. 👩🏻‍💼 I filed my S-Corp election for Functional Medicine Pharmacists Alliance. To me, this is a clear step in marking our year of expansion. We are taking things to the next level in 2026.

When I guide pharmacists through starting their own business, these are the kind of decisions that can feel paralyzing. 😱

But, I don’t have to know how to do it all. I’m grateful to have built a team of experts who have helped guide me.

Meaghan Hurley, our Operations Director
Bryan Paumier, CPA for all things tax & finance
Jasmin Hurley (no relation, just coincidence!) and Lisa Fraley our Legal Team!
Veronica Riera-Gilley, our Executive Director
And all our regional and state leaders!

Team work truly makes the dream work!

And to my fellow Pharmacists, your dream to practicing Functional Medicine begins with taking the fist step. 🥾

Lucky for you, we’ve built not just the first step, but laid out the first 7 steps and exactly how to take them.

And if you wanna take these steps together with a cohort of pharmacists all learning and growing together in real time, our next 10-week Bootcamp begins 3/22/26.

✳️ For the Spring Cohort, we are limiting it to 7 PHARMACISTS per State in order to provide the highest touch experience possible.

So, if you want to learn more about the opportunity to be 1 of 7 pharmacists in your state pioneering the functional medicine pharmacist movement…

Comment “7” below to get the webinar and the invitation to our comprehensive business + clinical functional medicine coaching program for pharmacists 👇

02/13/2026

Get the glow 😘 bit.ly/B-School2026
{DM me if you join so I can add you to my private WhatsApp coaching group 💕}

02/12/2026

Have you ever dreamed about starting your own business? 💭

My entrepreneurial dream started in 2020 with the idea for .

But that dream also felt a little crazy! 😜
That is, until I found and B-School, and we made it a reality. 💕

If you’re curious about B-School, Marie is hosting her *free* Dream Business Bootcamp right now Feb. 10-12!

🔗 Register at https://bit.ly/DBB2026

Let’s make 2026 the year you finally start that biz 😌

01/21/2026

Becoming a Functional Medicine Pharmacist is not a one time course or certification…

It’s the journey of a lifetime that will transform you from the inside out.

So, if you’re ready to take that first step in 2026…

To invest in yourself, to build your own practice, & to be a founding member of your State Chapter with pharmacists who are changing the profession, follow me & leave comment with your State below.👇

I’ll send you a personal DM (not an automation) with all the details. 💌

12/17/2025

Science x Spirit folks, where are you on this app? 💫

12/15/2025

can I go back to Florida meow? 😸

12/13/2025

I’m excited to be part of the Practitioner CEO Summit, a free virtual event co-hosted by and for functional and integrative medicine professionals.

Across 10 days, you’ll learn:
How to grow a more sustainable practice
How to integrate AI + modern systems into clinical care
How to create leveraged revenue
How to lead your practice like a CEO
And how real clinicians are preparing for 2026

There are sooo many amazing speakers, but if I had to pick my top 3 (after my talk 😉) then don’t miss my friends , , and 🥰

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

💌 Comment CEO and I’ll DM you the link to join! Or,

1. set up your free FullScript account to access professional grade supplements:
👉 bit.ly/fmpha-fullscript

2. get your ticket to the summit:
🎟️ bit.ly/practitioner-ceo

12/09/2025

what if
different parts of you
were made to show up
in different ways
in different places
at different times
and it’s all perfect

like a treasure hunt
for puzzle pieces

🧩

12/09/2025

My lore 📜

I finished my 0-6 PharmD from Ohio Northern University in 2013. I started an internship at Walmart in 2011 and fell in love with the company and set my sights on climbing the corporate ladder. I had a pharmacist job secured before graduation, so no need for residency, but I always thought about an MS.

I got promoted a couple times to different Pharmacy Manager roles in those first 3 years (Springfield, OH then Livonia MI then Flint MI) and even though I did a Business Administration minor with my PharmD, I started researching doing an MBA or MPH since they felt relevant to my role at Walmart and my dream to become a leader.

We ended up discovering functional medicine at that time through my husband’s health issues and it completely changed my viewpoint on my career. This was the future of healthcare and I knew I wanted to be in the cutting edge. So I started researching certifications but just felt they weren’t the right fit as a community pharmacist. That’s when I found my Masters in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine through University of Western States. It was the perfect fit to be able to do it virtually, I could get credits for doing IFM modules as electives, and it would give me a deeper understanding of nutrition / food as medicine (relevant when you work inside a grocery store!)

Little did I know that degree would uniquely position me as THE leader in the company in 2019 when our new VP of Health & Wellness decided to build interdisciplinary health centers (RIP Walmart Health).

I got picked for a 3 month special assignment at the Home Office in Bentonville AR, got to meet Steuart Walton, Mark Hyman, and Dr. Oz… a literal dream come true. And then *p**f*.

January 2020 came, leadership changed, and we were all sent back home. (Hindsight tells me they new Covid was coming 👀)

But I came home from that experience and immediately started my own business for Functional Medicine Pharmacists Alliance. I knew I couldn’t wait on Walmart to make my dream of seeing functional medicine integrated into pharmacy a reality. It was up to me now.

3 years later, I had slowly stepped my way back down the corporate ladder while building our membership based so that I could leave to run FMPhA full time. And that’s exactly what I do today. 😊

Looking back at Pharmacy school, the signs were all there. I was super involved with NCPA and was a national student leadership council member. I did a rotation in association management. I considered the NCPA residency program. I considered a Fellowship with the Ohio Pharmacist Association. I was the captain of our business plan team that won the very first state level competition. I did a teaching rotation in nutrition and biochemistry with one of my favorite professors who later wrote my letter of recommendation for my MS degree application.

While you’re in pharmacy school, follow your passions. The things that light you up and feel exciting. They are breadcrumbs on the trail to your destiny. What you think is you dream is just the beginning. 🏔️

Trust the process, stay curious, and enjoy life every step of the way.

12/07/2025

If I could start over as a functional medicine pharmacist, here’s what I would do differently.

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