01/30/2026
People keep asking what I’ve been doing since I stepped away from clinical practice after 31 years.
For a long time, I didn’t have a clean answer.
I had the research.
I had an idea.
But I didn’t yet have the words
I’d try to explain it and end up saying something like:
“I’m doing advanced blood tests that look at your biochemistry down to the cellular level.”
That usually earned a polite nod… or a glazed look.
Sometimes they would ask, “Like functional medicine,” and I would say yes, mostly because I didn’t know how to explain what I was really trying to do
What I did know is one reason why I left.
I loved helping people, but I couldn’t ignore the fact that you can only physically see a limited number of people in a day.
This idea doesn’t fit inside a clinic schedule.
I didn’t want to help only a few people a day.
I wanted to help people understand why their health was changing — long before disease showed up.
That’s how The Root Health Project was born.
It’s about teaching people how their cells actually work — and what happens when those core systems start to struggle.
Because health doesn’t usually disappear overnight.
It erodes quietly.
Your body compensates.
Lab values stay “in range.”
You feel mostly fine… until one day, you don’t.
Just because you’re young or feel “fine” doesn’t exclude you.
By the time symptoms appear, the story has often been unfolding for years.
One of the hardest things to explain is this:
“Normal” labs don’t always mean things are okay.
Patterns matter.
Trends matter.
Groups of markers that are slightly off can signal accelerated aging or breakdown.
Cellular pathways tell a story — if you know how to read them.
When those pathways struggle, energy drops, aging accelerates, and disease risk rises.
That’s the work I’m committed to now: helping people understand those signals earlier — and showing them that, often, the body can respond when the right pieces are restored.
If this resonates, keep reading the pinned comment below. It explains why this matters so deeply to me.
Link in bio to the tools and tests I use and trust.
Keep learning.
Keep asking questions.
Keep fighting for the years you deserve.
