I’m a Med-Psych physician drawn to life’s deeper questions—what it means to heal, to grow, to live well. Through stories from medicine and everyday experience, I explore the human condition and the pursuit of a meaningful life offering insights to help us all navigate our own journeys with more wisdom and compassion.
As a dually-trained physician, I provide integrated, evidence-based care that bridges the gap between mental and physical health. My practice is built on a comprehensive framework that addresses the complex interplay between a person’s internal well-being and their external environment.
My approach is guided by three core principles:
- Whole-Person Integration: I synthesize medical and psychiatric diagnostics with the foundational pillars of Lifestyle Medicine—nutrition, movement, sleep, and social connection—to address root causes rather than isolated symptoms.
- Collaborative Partnership: I honor my patient’s autonomy and expertise in their own life. For me, treatment is a collaborative process aimed at evoking an individual’s intrinsic motivation for sustainable change.
- Systemic Awareness: I recognize that individual health is inseparable from the health of our environments. My care model includes an awareness of systemic factors, from the healthcare system itself to environmental exposures, and I advocate for practices that support both personal and ecological well-being.
My ultimate goal is to foster a therapeutic relationship built on trust and authenticity, empowering individuals to move toward a state of holistic health defined by purpose, meaning, and vitality.
My Approach to Your Health
A Philosophy of Integrated & Authentic Care
My treatment philosophy is built on a foundation of authenticity. I believe that genuine human connection is where healing begins, and I am committed to being fully present and transparent in our work together. Before you are a patient, you are a person with a unique story, and my primary goal is to understand that story. I meet you exactly where you are—without judgment or expectation—and we will only work on a path to change when, and if, you are ready.
Integrated Care for the Whole You
As a physician board-certified in Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, and Lifestyle Medicine, I do not see physical and mental health as separate. My approach is designed to understand their intricate connection. Together, we will build your care around the evidence-based pillars of lifestyle—nutrition, movement, restorative sleep, and social connection—while also exploring the deeper needs for purpose, meaning, and belonging. I believe true health is not created in a vacuum; it is cultivated in the ecosystems we inhabit, and our work may also touch on environmental and regenerative health practices.
A Partnership Built on Respect
I know that lasting change cannot be prescribed; it must emerge from within. My role is not to direct your life, but to act as a collaborative guide. Heavily influenced by the principles of Motivational Interviewing, our partnership will be defined by:
- Collaboration: We are a team. You are the expert on your life; I bring medical and psychiatric expertise to the table.
- Evocation: My goal is to help you discover and articulate your own powerful reasons for change.
- Autonomy: You are in control. I will always respect the direction, pace, and timing of your journey.
Ultimately, this is care that is person-first, not patient-first. It is motivated by meaning, not just metrics. Health is not something I do to you—it is something we discover and cultivate together.
My Mission: Reconnecting Medicine to Life
I believe modern healthcare too often fragments the human experience, treating the mind and body as separate entities and the patient as a collection of symptoms. My work is dedicated to challenging this paradigm. As a physician with combined training in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry and board certification in Lifestyle Medicine, I practice a form of care that is integrative by design and humanistic at its core.
My practice is rooted in a commitment to authenticity. I believe true healing requires a space of psychological safety and trust—one where honesty can uncover the pathways to wellness that fear and convention often obscure.
My approach is guided by my belief in these fundamental, interconnected truths:
- The Mind and Body Are One System: I address health not as a series of isolated issues, but as an integrated whole, viewing mental health as inseparable from physical vitality.
- Health is Built on Foundational Pillars: I utilize the powerful, evidence-based tools of Lifestyle Medicine—nutrition, movement, sleep, and connection—as the primary levers for creating sustainable well-being.
- Change Arises from Within: I know that lasting transformation is not imposed; it is evoked. Honoring each individual’s autonomy and intrinsic motivation is, for me, the most effective and ethical path to health.
- Humans Need Healthy Systems: I recognize that individual wellness depends on the health of our social, medical, and ecological systems, and I advocate for a world that supports clean air, water, and compassionate, efficient care.
My mission is to provide care that is person-first, rooted in trust, and motivated by meaning. I am not here to fix problems, but to partner with individuals as they discover their own profound capacity for healing.
Treatment Philosophy: Biodiversity, Mind–Body, and the Continuum of Environments
I hold that human health cannot be separated from the ecosystems in which we live. Biodiversity—the variety of life within and around us—serves as both a metaphor and a literal determinant of well-being. Diverse microbial communities, varied foods, and richly interconnected natural systems nurture resilience in the same way diversity of thought, emotion, and relationship nurtures psychological health.The mind and body, like ecosystems, thrive through interconnection and balance. A monoculture—whether in diet, routine, or thought—breeds fragility. In contrast, cultivating biodiversity in movement, nutrition, rest, relationships, and meaning fosters adaptability, vitality, and resistance to disease.
I view the boundaries between indoors and outdoors not as a wall, but as a permeable membrane. The natural world is not “out there”—it is continuous with us. Light, air, soil, water, and green space permeate our homes, clinics, and bodies. In treatment, I encourage practices that blur this artificial division:Bringing nature indoors through air quality, natural lighting, and plant life.Taking the self outdoors through mindful movement, time in green or blue spaces, and seasonal rhythms.Designing lifestyles where daily transitions between environments reinforce a sense of belonging to the whole.Healing occurs most powerfully when patients reclaim their place within this continuum. Just as biodiversity stabilizes ecosystems, so too does connection to the living world stabilize mind and body.
To separate human health from ecological health is to miss their mutual dependence. Treatment, therefore, extends beyond symptom relief to fostering diversity, resilience, and reciprocity within the self and within the environments we inhabit.