Hello Steemit!

I’m Dr. Kat.

PhD, not MD.

I’m a scientist, yogi, and functional medicine practitioner,

and a mom. She's by far my greatest teacher.

My interests are vast but if I had to categorize it I would say I’m a truth seeker.

I study the nature of the universe, why we exist, and how the mind/body complex affects our experience and our health.

My mission is to teach and inspire others to know their body, mind and spirit at a very deep level.

I’ll mostly be contributing by sharing what I know about

• Gut and Brain Health
• The Microbiome and how it affects our health
• The Neuroscience of Meditation
• Consciousness and the connection between science and spirituality
• And, for fun the deck of cards - they aren’t just playing cards.

Have you heard of Functional Medicine?

Functional medicine is root cause medicine. It is a new paradigm in the way we practice medicine.

Every time I introduce myself and tell people I practice root cause medicine, my attention is draw to the irony, and in my opinion, ridiculous and absurd fact that our health care system hasn’t been practicing root cause medicine this entire time!

Instead of masking symptoms with side-effect producing drugs, I help people identify and fix the root cause to chronic health conditions like the ones listed below using state-of-the-art lab testing, detailed investigation into their health history and lifestyle, and educating them on how their body works.

It’s a smarter, sustainable approach to your health, it makes so much sense, and it leads to longer term success.

I live and work in the San Francisco Bay Area. I do all my work via video-conferencing.

Conditions I can help with:

• Inability to lose weight
• Digestive system issues
• Brain fog/anxiety/depression
• Hormonal imbalances
• Fatigue

I spent 20 years working for a Life-Science corporation and I’ve see billions of dollars and whole industries built on finding treatments and searching for cures for disease.

Literally billions and billions of dollars are spent with little to show for it.

It is my belief the elusive 'cure' is not letting disease happen in the first place with proper lifestyle choices; clean food, reduced toxin exposure, the appropriate exercise, meditation, sunlight, sleep, and time and energy nurturing healthy relationships we all have the ability to thrive well into our old age.

I have suffered through many of the same issues my clients come to me for (infertility, autoimmune). I have used the tools that I have been taught to eliminate symptoms and reverse conditions that conventional medicine would have had told you you would have had to live with for the rest of your life.

I want to share this information with you.

It is my hope you get value from this!

Here's to Steemit!

Dr. Kat