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Summer Skin Care Special, Well Woman Exams and More 

In This Issue
Keesha Out of Town
Summer Skin Care Special
A Note From Keesha
New 4-Minute ROM Exerciser
Dr. Gillian's Corner

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Keesha Out of Town

 

Keesha will be out of town from June 15-29th. She is taking the Fern Life Center group on their Peru vision quest. Dr. Gillian will be taking calls all month for any emergencies or medication refills. She will also be seeing patients on Thursdays and Fridays each week as usual. Please do not hesitate to see her if you need medical assistance if you are Keesha's patient. If you need emergency medical care please go the emergency room of your nearest hospital. Fern Life Center will remain open for all other services and for supplement refills. If you have lab work that you have had done and want to know the results before Keesha gets back into town, please do not ask the front desk for your test results. Make an appointment with Dr. Gillian so she can go through it with you and formulate a plan of care for you. Have a great June everyone!

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Summer Skin Care Special

Save 20% on all holistic skin care services in June and July

 

From Ayurvedic Luxury Facials to our relaxing Body Treatments including waxing. Pamper yourself and your skin this summer. 

 

To find out more about our various holistic skin care treatments click here. 

 

A Note From Keesha 

 

Dr. Gillian and I recently attended a functional medicine conference in Arizona on cardiac medicine. Of course whenever I attend a functional medical conference I know I will be receiving more education and research than I can digest in the moment because it feels like I am drinking from a fire hose. The chairman of our board at the Institute for Functional Medicine is Dr. Mark Hyman. Dr. Hyman is former President Bill Clinton's family physician these days and has been very prominent in getting the word out to medical schools about functional medicine. Functional medicine differs from western medicine in a couple of key ways:

  • It treat the root cause of disease and does NOT chase the symptoms.
  • Supplements are not covered by insurance and medications, (which cause even more symptoms), are.
  • Lab work beyond routine blood work is not covered by insurance in many cases, even though most routine blood work will show that someone who feels lousy is doing just fine.

So we heard part of our key note address from Bill Clinton, who cannot say enough good about how his health is now better due to functional medicine. This made me very hopeful that within the next decade so many medical providers will be doing functional medicine and so many people recovering their health because of functional medicine that it will no longer matter what the powerful lobby groups for big pharmaceuticals and insurance companies do on a governmental level, medicine will change through supply and demand on a grass roots level.

 

One of the pearls I took away from this conference is that I would like to create more community at Fern Life Center so that the people on this path of taking back their own health can support each other. We find that many times we are teaching the same thing over and over to individuals. How amazing would it be to have GROUP VISITS where people could ask the questions that another part of the group didn't even know they wanted to ask, but needed the answer? So we are launching insurance paid group visits at Fern Life Center. For all of you that have had an ALCAT or APOe genetic test and are confused about how to live your life with this information, we are going to have 2 hour groups visits where we can answer questions, give recipes, teach and teach and teach for more than one person at a time. For those that want to lose weight or know more about your Ayurvedic dosha or have a history of cancer and want to do all you can to prevent recurrence, we will have groups starting.

 

Please watch for us to launch the times and dates for these new groups. We are very excited about this because we will be able to build a closer community at the clinic where you can help support each other on this amazing path of real healing.

 

Here's to your health!

ROM Machine

Announcing Our New 4-Minute ROM Exerciser and New Infrared Sauna

 

Check out my blog post with all the details by clicking here.

  

Ready to get in shape in just 4 minutes? Here's how you can make use of our new ROM:

 

We have an introductory special of 5 sessions for $20 - for first time customers only, (first time to the ROM and sauna therapy, not first time to clinic).

 

OR for the ROM only

$12 drop-in usage

 

OR for the ROM only

$999 for a year-long unlimited membership


OR for the ROM and Sauna

$179 unlimited for one month for both together

$18 drop in for both together

$1700 for a year-long unlimited membership for both

 

Call the Front Desk with questions or for more information.

Dr Gillian EhrlichDr. Gillian's Corner 

 

Announcing Well Woman Exams 

 

Hey Ladies! Fern Life Center is thrilled to be expanding our services - we now offer well woman exams!

This annual exam is central to our collective health. It is the time to come in and cover territory we often miss in a problem-centered visit. Customized to your age and needs, and of course your Ayurvedic constitution, there are 3 components to this visit:

 

1. The interview discusses cycles, hormones, mood, sleep, digestion, relationships, nutrition, exercise and safety, all specific to reproductive health.

2. The exam is a full physical including blood pressure, breast and pelvic exam and any appropriate screenings, such as pap smear or sexually transmitted disease testing.

3. The wrap up pulls together a plan, which may include referrals for further screenings as necessary, like lab work for thyroid, cholesterol or anemia, and mammogram or bone mineral density testing.

 

Of course, because our annual wellness exams are conducted Fern-Life-style, we review the meaning of the cycles of our lives, healthy daily routines that truly prevent disease and how to use the power of our hearts and minds to ensure our lives nurture sustainable health and happiness.

 

A few favorite quotes about us women....

 

From Dr. Maya Angelou: "We have to value ourselves not for what we look like or the things we possess but for the women we are."

 

And From Marilyn Monroe: "I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." 

To Your Health, 

Keesha Ewers

ARNP, Functional and Ayurvedic Medical Practitioner

Founder and Medical Director of Fern Life Center

Founder of the Healthy You! Radio Network

Host of the Healthy You! Radio Show

 

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