Integrative Healthcare Solutions Inc

PEOPLE NEED HELP

According to the Washington Post, one-third of Americans struggle with anxiety, stress, and depression because of the global Pandemic. Our mental health crisis was happening at alarming rates before The Pandemic, along with other health crises such as addiction, overdose, suicide, cancer, obesity, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases, just to name a few. Despite billions of dollars spent yearly on healthcare, scientific research, and having the best doctors, disease rates continue to rise. Something is not right. We're doing something wrong. That's what I kept thinking to myself in 2016 when I became sick out of nowhere, was diagnosed with Severe Crohn's Disease, and was told there is nothing else besides medication to help me. 

Despite having a healthcare background and being health-conscious, despite working for the pharmaceutical industry and knowing the best doctors and medications, despite being active and eating "pretty good," I became sick. I was not well. It was only through becoming a patient and going through our healthcare system from a different perspective that I realized we're approaching healthcare wrong in our country. As a result, millions of people are suffering. I realized deep inside that we can no longer solely rely on medications, surgery, and scientific evidence to dull, fix or prevent our problems. I was on a mission for answers because of my health crisis, and I found a better way!  A better way to treat pain, a better way to treat disease, and a better way to live our lives that brings greater health and happiness. And guess what? It WORKS, and I have the results to prove it!! I've been off all medications for three years, my MRI shows no evidence of disease, my healthcare utilization decreased 85% and 91% consecutively, and despite the stress of the Pandemic and being unemployed, I feel great! 

Why? Ultimately, I took accountability for my life, not just my health. I uncovered the root cause of why I got sick, and I've done the daily work necessary to heal my body, mind, and spirit. We cannot keep living lives filled with chronic stress and think we're fine. We cannot keep putting ourselves last in life and be happy and healthy. We are not invincible. At some point in time, we will break. I know this is true because I broke. Today, I am no longer last in my life. Each day, I work at living a lifestyle that supports my health and happiness. I have my health back, and I will never be sick like that again. Now I'm on a mission to help our community be well so more people can be happier and healthier and move on to start doing good in our communities. Isn't it time? 

DO OUR LIFESTYLES MATTER? 

Absolutely! How we live our life each day matters: what we put or don't put into our body, mind, and spirit matters. Our lifestyle either supports our health and happiness, or it doesn't. It's that simple, but we know it's not easy. We are here to help YOU. Isn't it time YOU be well?

OPIOID CRISIS GRIEF RETREAT

Our project aims to bring hope and healing to our community amid the growing Opioid Crisis. More than 932,000 people have died since 1999 from a drug overdose. Nearly 75% of drug overdose deaths in 2020 involved an opioid according to The CDC. While lots of great work is being done in our community for those in recovery or to prevent overdose, what about those that have lost someone to the Crisis? Nothing is being done to address this gap as family and friends try to deal (or not) with the pain of grief. 

I know the toll grief can take on one's life as I lost my brother to a fatal overdose in 2008. Too many lives have been lost and too many more are failing to live after losing their loved ones. Integrative Healthcare Solutions, a 501 ©(3) organization, is here to help people start their healing journey from grief. We put the whole person, first and utilize a body, mind, spirit approach. We are applying our approach to a 2.5 day grief retreat for those that have lost someone to The Opioid Crisis. People can come together and gain peer support and connection with people that know what they're going through. We provide self-care education, resources, and experiences focusing on relaxation, stress reduction, and healing. We lead and empower people to create and sustain lifestyles that support their healing. As a result of our programs, people feel better and get what they need to be well. . We decrease suffering and help people heal. We can prevent addiction, overdose, suicide and disease, improve health economics and achieve greater well-being in our community with our approach to healthcare.  Our program truly makes a difference in the lives of the people we serve. Recently, one participant told me: "before this program, I was getting ready to hurt myself. I was considering suicide because I was so overwhelmed. Now I know how to manage my stress better. I'm finally sleeping. I feel a lot better. I'm so grateful for this program."