 Hey, Dr. Nicole, it is so good to see you. And I wanted to take a special time on video for all of our fans and clients and everybody to make sure and introduce you, give people a chance to see who you are, what you do, why you're one of my best friends. And also just introduce, you are in our office two days a week and you provide an incredible range of services which we'll just introduce today. But I wanted to just be sure people knew you were here, you're in the office and you're seeing patients. So tell me just a little bit before we talk about naturopathic medicine, functional medicine, what do you do? What's your story? I always love to hear like, how did you get interested in naturopathic medicine? Oh, for sure. So thank you so much for having me, by the way. So I was that kid who had super bad asthma and allergies and was always like really puffy. And I didn't understand why like at gym class, like everyone was able to run and I was always running to the nurses room because I couldn't breathe. And so it was just one of those things where I think just a series of events as I got older, I started learning, okay, like this is what exercise is, this is how it affects my body. Oh, if I went gluten free, I realized I didn't have to take my inhalers really that much anymore. So it was just like all these little steps, probably like most of our stories that sort of lead you to realize that there's a whole different world beyond just always depending on pharmaceuticals and that our food affects our body. I mean, at a very basic level, I think it was just sort of eye-opening to realize how much in our environment plays and affects our health. And so that's sort of how I got into it, just sort of watching symptom after symptom just disappear. And it was, to me, it was like magic. Yeah. Oh, I so understand. And you're, were you born in the Midwest? Is that right? Oh yeah. Yeah, I was born in Evanston. I was out through Illinois, you're Chicago, I remember us. Yeah. We connected though when I was in Colorado and you were in California, right? Yeah. But that value you bring, like I knew we clicked, we connected because I feel like gosh, people all over the US and all over the world, I love them. But there's something about that Midwestern roots that really kind of throw us. Yeah, and just we're both hard workers and I think we saw that in each other. Anyway, I just want people to know you are in the office Tuesdays and Wednesdays at our clinic and you are taking new patients and you've got such a great array of services to offer. Let's talk just a little bit about what is naturopathic medicine? What are people getting into when they schedule with you? Yeah, so naturopathic medicine at its very base is really just about being a detective to find out the root cause of what somebody's state of imbalance or dis-ease is. So, you know, we find that there's usually a couple of different roots, right? Like we see chronic infections as being a huge one, emotional trauma, toxic burden. Like we see these different things at the very root that are affecting the people's body. And so naturopathic medicine tries to use least invasive, obviously, first. So our whole thing is like do not harm. There's all these different principles and really just try to restore the body from the ground up. And so that's sort of why I fell in love with it because that's how I realized my body was healing at first was just using foods, very non-invasive. And so just trying to do that same thing with my patients, just find out how we can go from the ground up and help to heal their state of imbalance. Yeah, I love that. I know people are looking for that. A lot of people know I have a wait list. It's a long ways off. So it's neat to know that you're there. You're taking your patients and we just wanna, I really wanted people to know who you are. If you're on Facebook listening, you may notice there's other videos on my live feed and there's another interview that Dr. Nicole and I did for a lot more information. Just go to the archive videos and you can watch that there or on my YouTube channel. I'll be sharing the include the links. But tell me just a little bit more about, I know there's some real specialized things that you do that I always find fascinating. Tell me more about what do you do in a visit when you see a patient? Yeah, absolutely. So I think most of us have these toolboxes, right? And we know what tools we need to take out in order to find out what's going on with our patients. And my toolbox, I mean, I love using all the labs and specialty testing and things that a lot of functional medicine doctors do. But I also use something called muscle testing. And it looks a little bit like a magic show. But at the very base of it, I mean, our bodies are electrical and so that's why it works. And it's really a shortcut, I think, to ask the body, hey, of everything that's going on with you, how do you wanna start? What's the first thing we can do? I don't know, for me personally, what I've seen in practice is that everybody's body is sort of like a giant lock combination. And we need all of the numbers in the right order. And I feel like muscle testing just kind of helps me put those numbers in the right order so we can open the lock and find out what's going on. I've seen that the body really has an order in which it likes to heal. And so I love using muscle testing in order to find that out. And then I also use something called NET, which is neuroemotional technique. And that's actually finding, is there some sort of unresolved stress that's affecting this body's health? I think we're all really familiar with the fact that if we're driving and somebody cuts us off, we might feel it in our stomach or our blood pressure rises when we get mad. Like we know that stress has these effects on the body. And so I just feel like for some people, there is unresolved stress. That's holding them back from reaching optimum health. And so if we can do something, NET is quick, my patients like to say, it's like some crazy six years of therapy in 30 seconds. I mean, it's fast, but it's just another tool in the toolbox, if it tests and if the patient's open to just helping them achieve health a little bit faster. Yeah, I love that. And that's one reason when we met, I loved what you could bring to the office because you do things that I don't do and I do things that you don't do, but it's so complimentary. And it's, we're doing the same stuff at the core. I've experienced your NET and I know my staff has and we can all say it's very profound, it's very helpful. I see you myself sometimes. So I just wanna put a plug out for that it really does work and it's very, very effective and super helpful in the healing process. So I love that you do that. And then the other thing we offer and you're kind of at the helm of this is IV therapies, which I know a lot of people are looking for. What are some of the things that we have on our menu that we can offer to patients for IV? Yeah, so we do have an immune IV and we're not doing high-dose vitamin C right now, but we are doing around 10 grams of vitamin C a little bit more sometimes depending on the patient. I like to customize them depending on what the patient needs. But some of our IVs have like magnesium and zinc and selenium and to ring, which is so calming. And these IVs, the thing that's great about them is that we know that the nutrients have 100% absorbency. You just can't say that with supplements. I mean, depending on the person's gut or what else they might have going on, a lot of them do get absorbed really well, especially the brands that we use, but we know with IVs, it's like that extra little kick that's gonna get those nutrients into the body that much faster, which is gonna bring about healing again in a faster way. I think the theme of today is how fast and can we get you to heal, right? But IVs are another one of those things that just can do it more instantaneously. And I think we have like some wellness IVs. For some people who are working on detox, we definitely have some IVs that are geared more towards helping the liver to push toxins through. We have an anti-aging IV, which is really fun. And we have a gut IV, which I treat a lot. You've got patients because you're not absorbing. I know for years after my Crohn's disease, I had malabsorption, so I wasn't getting zinc or B vitamins or something very well. So I love that we... And the nice thing about you, Dr. Nicole, is you can really customize these. We can work together. So I've had my patients I refer to you for IV or people, if you're just wanting to get an IV, you can schedule. You don't have to be a patient. And we do customize these. So this can be very custom. If you're afraid of one ingredient or you're nervous about this or you want more of this, we can really make this to fit you, which is really exciting. So in what days is it Wednesday for the IVs currently? Right now we're kind of doing them on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. So I mean, either day works, but it's true we do have some people who are really stressed, right? Like this is a stressful time for a lot of people. And they feel that intravenous magnesium or intravenous torene and it's like this immediate calming sense. And I love when the women are like, and I'll be back in a couple of weeks because that felt amazing and it lasts. I mean, because it really gets into the cells. And so those effects, it's not like it just wears off in that day. Like it really does have a lasting effect. Excellent. Any last words of wisdom? Or people are like, oh, I don't know. If I don't know if I want to spend the money right now for both of us. You know, what would you say as far as health or healing or the kinds of people you'd recommend that you're visit our website or give you a call? Yeah, you know, it's interesting. People ask a lot of times, like, do you treat this disease or do you treat this, you know, whatever name fill in the blank diagnosis and what I just like to say is that when I use something like muscle testing, of course I am familiar with a lot of different states and different diagnoses, but when I use something like muscle testing, it doesn't really matter what you're diagnosed with because at the end of the day, your body is just displaying a set of symptoms that we like to give a name to, but really your body is gonna, it's gonna tell me what it wants and it's gonna also be obvious, not just through muscle testing, but through your paperwork or through your labs. I like to say that if five different women come in with gut imbalances or digestive issues or hormonal issues, they leave with five different protocols because everybody's body is so unique and so different. And I just feel like, I don't know if that's a word of wisdom, but I guess just to know that I really do believe the body can heal itself as long as it's given some of the right things and some of the things that are causing imbalances are able to be cleared out of the body. I just, the body restores to health really fast. Yes, I couldn't agree more and I agree. You could pretty much any kind of patient that is interested in your services, you could be of assistance. And you are seeing patients remotely if needed, right? I am, yeah. I do a lot of remote work. I was doing remote work way well before COVID, just like you were. So it was nothing new. It didn't take any huge adaptation. It was something that we've been doing for a long time anyways. I see clients all over the country. So it was definitely an easy shift. But yeah, I just feel like, I mean, things that I see a lot are definitely a lot of hormonal imbalances. I do see a lot of fertility. I see a lot of autoimmune. Unfortunately, I feel like autoimmune just seems to be growing and growing. Mold toxicity, I mean, you name it. There's just a lot of different things out there and I'm happy to meet whatever comes into my office. Awesome. Well, thank you for taking the time. If you're listening and want to know more, you can go to my website, jillcarnahan-g-i-l-l-c-a-r-n-a-h-a-n.com. And right under the services link, you'll see my link. And then right below that is naturopathic consultations with Dr. Nicole. And you can click there. You can actually schedule online. If you prefer to call, you can call our office at 303-993-7910. And there's actually an option for Dr. Nicole where you can talk to our staff, of course, to schedule. And so hopefully some of you have found this interesting and it's just a great opportunity. I love having you at the office, Dr. Nicole, in today for your time. Thank you. I love being at your space. And so if it helps to reach more people on, you know, through your office, that's great.