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"I am a passionate functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner."
Marlen Brauns
My greatest satisfaction in life comes from motivating people to overcome their health challenges. I specialize in addressing fatigue, severe toxicity, emotional difficulties/behavioral issues, and the long list of symptoms that accompany these conditions. I use a multi-modality approach to identify the underlying causes of health challenges, and then strengthen your bodily functions, energy field, and meridians to allow your innate healing capacity to do the work for you. We remove the junk (toxins, mold, parasites, chemicals, etc.) and provide space and initiation so that you can recover and transform. With deep transformation, you will then feel strong and vibrant again with long-lasting effects.
First and foremost, I will take a comprehensive survey of your health history. This is done solely to obtain first-hand information to help us understand the underlying cause of your health challenges. Unlike most other health professionals, I focus heavily on this important step. Depending on your preference, at this stage I can also run some functional lab tests that are easy to perform in the comfort of your home. I also offer Bioenergetic scanning based in Traditional Chinese Medicine (a 5000-year-old concept) and German New Medicine. Correlating the results of your labs and intake form with your symptomatology, we will together create a health plan personally tailored just for your needs and create the outcomes that you are looking for.
Sometimes, choosing a health plan can be overwhelming when evaluating choices from several health practitioners.
In our current medical system, and even the alternative health systems, they tend not to look at the bigger picture, your individual make-up, or your symptom history. We think that by quickly fixing a presenting health symptom, everything will go back to normal and we can return to life as usual. We think that neglecting our dreams and passions while hoping that one day it will all magically work out is the norm. We think that living in cities full of smog, insane stress, yoga classes turned into power-workouts, man-made electricity filling every single space, and a never-ending rat race to work more, make more, get more, be more is normal. The truth is it's not. Emotions are not meant to be suppressed day in and day out, compassionate communication is hardly taught anywhere, and human connection with nature seems to lose its value by the day. Yes, some people may be born with some extra vital reserve, but as generations unfold, we become more depleted on a cellular level. People are living longer, but we forget to look at the quality of life of those extra 20-30 years. Most of that time is spend on medications, between one operation and another, or better yet, in an old people's home or hospital awaiting death for years as your health deteriorates. It takes some investigating and more updated technological methods to see what your weak links may be and how to work with them to learn, be empowered, and gain tools to bring about lasting changes that will improve your personal life and that of your loved ones.
I will be addressing your diet/nutrition, exercise, sleep, relaxation, and potential supplementation for pathogenic infection, digestive issue, mineral deficiencies, toxicity, emotional support, deeper sleep, and hormonal imbalance. The herbal and natural supplements I suggest are recommended for short term use. However, in cases where these supplements are used for a longer period, it is best to choose supplements that have been supported by scientific evidence and that I have used personally and researched in-depth for your ease of mind.
Furthermore, I draw from my own life journey, from which I have gained an enormous amount of tools by working through my own challenges with different coaches and approaches. While growing up, I was always curious about why events turn out the way they do. This curiosity sparked a drive in me which led me to explore the realm of health and healing. I traveled the world and different cultures for several years and gained many insights that I could not have found in our Western society and lifestyle. I have tried many different diets, cleanses, exercises, and healing modalities that work for some but not others. I also was very fortunate to find an excellent spiritual teacher and life coach who taught me extensive techniques in relaxation, meditation, and energy cultivation and helped me put my life challenges in a more aligned and integrated context. I also practice an amazing form of Qi Gong to charge up my energy field and boost yours too, thus healing and alignment are achieved quickly.
I am also gifted in feeling and reading between the lines, being able to see the bigger picture, and taking some of the weight off your shoulders so that you can trust and relax, transform and heal. I am here to support and guide you and I don't take this opportunity lightly. In addition, I have access to clinical advisors, mentors, doctors, and am part of the paid Association with FDN-P's.
