The Team

Changes in daily life over the past century are fueling the growing burden of chronic diseases, derived from an evolutionary mismatch between past human environments and modern day living.  Today we are increasingly overfed yet paradoxically malnourished, sedentary, sunlight deficient, stressed, sleep deprived and socially isolated.  Among the afflictions of affluence are obesity and metabolic syndrome with its associated cardiovascular co-morbidities, chronic pain, addiction, and numerous mental health disorders including major depression, generalized anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.  Further exacerbating these issues is the fact that our current medical system has evolved over the last few decades into a complicated morass of inadequate “sick care,” rather than a system that promotes prevention, health, and well-being.  Physical and mental health are inextricably intertwined and are the result of a complex interplay of genetics, environment, behaviors, and social and economic standing.  In an age of sitting indoors at desks, looking at screens, inundated with social media full of staged photos creating a sense of inferiority, when stress is at an all-time high, there is unprecedented need for interventions that help people regain hope and achieve their highest potential, to feel and be the absolute best version of themselves.