Meet your holistic healer.
CARISSA STANTON, MD
I am a holistic pediatrician, wellness consultant, and author on a mission to empower families to nurture their mind, body, spirit and environment. There is a need for trusted holistic advice, and I hope my services fulfill that need.
My knowledge and expertise extends beyond typical medicine. I have training in nutrition, integrative and functional medicine, oral function/breathing, and the emotional/spiritual aspects of health. I apply all of these to my patients and clients to treat the whole person: mind, body, and spirit. When my successful pediatric practice, Mindful Pediatrics, reached capacity I decided to extend my reach with this website and services. Now anyone can benefit from my unique holistic approach!
In my 20-year medical career I have helped countless children and families find health, wholeness, and wellness in their lives. I have even overcome my own challenges due to autoimmune, hormone, anxiety/nervous system, and irritable bowel. I am grateful for the lessons learned in my career and on my journey that I can apply to health challenges people face.
I am currently living my best life, working from home on a 5 acre "homestead" with my husband, 2 dogs, and a flock of free-range chickens. We have raised 3 grown daughters who are thriving in their lives.
I look forward to applying all of this life and work experience to help you on your holistic journey!
MY APPROACH
I have been in your shoes. I have spent countless hours researching remedies, diets, supplements, therapies, products, etc. I am a medical doctor with a nutrition degree and training in integrative medicine, and it still took me years of trial and error to find the best healing modalities and products. Now my goal is to pass my knowledge and experience unto you to help simplify and expedite your journey.
When a person has symptoms, that is the body's way of communicating there is an imbalance. I approach healing others by getting to the root of the problem. Once we identify what the body needs we can provide it the conditions it needs to be healthy. I utilize nutritional therapies, targeted supplements, lifestyle modifications, laboratory evaluation, nervous system regulation, and emotional/spiritual/mind-body modalities to help others find balance, health, and wholeness-once and for all!
THIS IS MY STORY.
In 2023 I was not well. I suffered with chronic fatigue, low thyroid, irritable bowel, anxiety, and a general lack of resiliency. I felt disempowered and frustrated because I thought I was doing everything “right” to be healthy: eating a whole-food diet, exercising, and taking supplements. At the time my only remedy was to double down these efforts to make my diet more strict, increase the supplements, and push myself to exercise more. But instead of making me feel better, those endeavors left me feeling worse.
I soon realized I needed to take my own advice as a holistic physician and approach myself as I would my patients: find the root problem. My body was trying to tell me it could no longer function in a mode of survival and perfectionism. I took the pressure off myself and focused on nervous system regulation, hormone balancing, targeted supplementation, mind-body connection, spiritual self-care, and prioritizing my needs. Along the journey I had to use numerous modalities, bio-hacks, and techniques to help my body find balance again. Even though it was not easy, I am grateful for the remarkable transformations within myself and my family. And now I can use what I learned on my journey to help others.
FIRST BELIEF
A symptom is the body's way of communicating-instead of covering it up, we need to solve the problem
SECOND BELIEF
A body will heal itself given the right conditions, it is our job to figure out what it needs to find balance
THIRD BELIEF
Wellness is simple—making it complicated and stressful is counterproductive
