SELF-EMPOWERED
HEALING
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Joanne Pizzino, MD, MPH
Medical Editor, Health&Healing
https://doctorjp.com
Board-certified in Preventive Medicine and diplomate-certified in Integrative Medicine, Dr. Pizzino now practices telemedicine in the following states: North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Texas, and New York. Visit doctorjp.com to learn more about how you and your family can access Functional Medicine more easily.
By Joanne Pizzino, MD, MPH
Medical Editor of Health&Healing

What if you are not broken, but simply bombarded by a culture that wants you to think you are, in order to market “remedies,” “treatments,” and “therapies” to you? Does it feel more comfortable to label yourself with a “known” disorder so that you can identify with others, get support, and (at last) put a name to the incredibly uncomfortable feeling that you are not like other people.
Americans have the highest costs for health care in the world, and the greatest rates of medication usage, particularly for mental health. Are we really that sick, or are these things just “corrals” we are herded into by a culture that wants us to be obedient little sheep? What if there were a way to get the guidance you deserve to optimize your unique endowments, to feel completely comfortable in your “human suit”?
Functional Medicine:
Understanding What’s “Right” With Your Body
Am I suggesting that the aches and dysfunctions of your body or mind aren’t annoying or even life-threatening? Absolutely not! Instead, I am shining a light on all the things that are going right with your body and mind. If “right things” did not outweigh whatever ails you, it would be impossible to read these sentences right now.
In Functional Medicine, we focus on function, the contribution made by a phenomenon to a sustainable system. When a function falls out of sync with all the other complex activities needed to sustain the system, we label it as “wrong” or “bad,” trying to eliminate it or cover it up. What if, instead, we re-tune its vibe to again be in harmony with the music of your unique soul? In Functional Medicine, we draw on all the things going right with your body and mind to support what needs to get back into its groove. When I review laboratory tests with people, I make a point of showing them all the things that are going right that we can use to your advantage.
Vibrant Life (R)Evolution:
Support on Your Healing Path
What might it feel like to work with a mentor, an expert guide with decades of experience identifying the root causes of what seems to be out of balance, and tuning those areas back into harmony? Vibrant Life (R)Evolution—the practice that integral psychologist Tom Ronen Goddard, PhD, and I have created— is that mentor. Vibrant Life (R)Evolution brings together Dr. Pizzino’s extensive knowledge of how physical components synthesize to create body-mind wellbeing and Dr. Goddard’s decades of experience reading the unique needs of your mind-body in the moment—where you are today—to unleash your vital life force.
Making Yourself Whole
The original meaning of “to heal” is “to make whole”—but perhaps you are not sure how to put all the pieces together. Vibrant Life (R)Evolution starts with the vision that you are already whole, and guides you in the healing process. This is the wisdom of working with a mentor with an experienced yet fresh perspective. Starting with the discernment of your passion, your deepest heart’s desire, we prune away what no longer serves this passion. We also make sure to supply the natural building blocks of what is necessary to create the strong, healthy vehicle to take you to your dreams.
Using an extensive array of laboratory testing, such as that offered by FunctionHealth.com or IntellxxDNA, we can identify the components that are in sync from those needing support on a physical level. We then combine this with the expertise of a somatic energy therapist to re-tune mental and emotional vibrations which may be contributing to keeping your system out of balance. We bring back into harmony the functions of the autonomic nervous system, which is running everything in the background, allowing your body and mind to resonate in sync.
Cover all the bases, integrating body and mind to live your best life ever. Start your journey through the body to heal the mind, or through the mind to heal the body. If you are not sure, start with a Medical Intuitive consultation to help you focus from the heart. Either way, the route runs full circle and will integrate your parts into a whole being.
A Whole Healing Experience
Let me give you the example of a composite client working both body-mind and mind-body paths. “Betty” is an-already-accomplished 30-something woman. She had created a multi-million dollar charity to help children learn better in a historic southern city. Betty coaches other entrepreneurs to realize their dreams, and felt that she wanted some help to optimize her own physical and mental well-being. Grappling with ADHD, she also wondered if she were on the autism spectrum. She knew she actually is very adept at reading others’ emotions but somehow felt uncomfortable with this.
I guided her to an on-line cognitive assessment of the functioning of various parts of her brain, CNS Vital Signs. She actually was above average on most of this, but the Perception of Emotions test did show some areas outside the norm. Rather than referring her for Asperger’s treatment, a medical intuitive reading suggested she is genuinely so gifted in this area that she cannot confine her perceptions to our culture’s limited concepts of how we “should” interact with others emotionally. She literally has an EQ (Emotional Quotient) off the charts. We worked together to address physical contributors to ADHD, and optimized her physical health for maximum performance. She works with Dr. Goddard to circumvent self-sabotaging ideas and become more comfortable with utilizing her gifts. No matter where you are starting, let go of the idea that you need to be “fixed,” or that some part of you doesn’t “measure up.” Partner with a body-mind or mind-body expert to optimize your full potential.