I’m a board-certified naturopathic doctor with a kinesiology background, focused on the systems that drive how you feel every day: metabolism, digestion, stress, sleep, hormones, genetics, environment, and movement.”
College of Naturopaths of Ontario, Reg#: 4464
Doctor of Naturopathy, Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine
Hon. Spec. Kinesiology, Western University
I have always been drawn to health and fitness. If I had to guess why, I’d say it traces back to some of my own health challenges as a boy and young man. Through personal experiences, I came to understand that health is our greatest asset. It influences not only how long we live, but how much capacity we have for meaningful work, strong relationships, and fulfillment throughout life.
There’s a proverb that captures this well: “A healthy person wants a thousand things; a sick person only wants one.” My goal is to help people avoid learning that lesson the hard way—and to support those who already have.
When we work together, you can expect a respectful, judgment-free process. I’ll help you stay accountable while recognizing that you’re human. If setbacks happen, we’ll reassess, adjust the plan, and keep moving forward with clarity and compassion.
My goal is to help you build a resilient foundation of health – that’s stable energy, metabolic flexibility, restorative sleep, appropriate stress response, balanced hormones, consistent digestion, high physical ability, and adaptability using an evidence-informed approach tailored to your body and your life.
Outside of Practice
I’m big on living an active lifestyle, start most days with a good coffee walk, I’m very curious and enjoy lifelong learning, take any good excuse to travel with friends and family, love cooking, and spending time with people who keep me grounded and laughing.
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I’m always thinking about how to balance ambition with sustainability — doing meaningful work, staying curious and present, and still having energy left for relationships, movement, and the simple things that make life enjoyable.
Why I do this work
In my final interview for Naturopathic College, I was asked, “If you could work to improve one problem in our medical system, what would it be?” My answer was simple: Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE) — the number of years a person can expect to live in full health.
I believe our physical and mental health are our greatest assets. They determine not only how long we live, but how much capacity we have to pursue meaningful work, relationships, and fulfillment throughout our lives.
There’s a proverb that captures this perfectly: “A healthy man wants a thousand things; a sick man only wants one.” My goal is to prevent people from ever having to fully understand that statement firsthand.
Today, Canada and North America are facing a worsening chronic disease burden—much of which is preventable.
At least 80% of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes, and 40% of cancer could be avoided through a healthy diet, regular physical activity, and avoidance of tobacco use. (PMID: 16271649)
Modifiable risk factors account for ~37-42% of the burden across nine major chronic diseases. (PMID: 30658065)
Almost all adults (95.2%) have at least one modifiable risk factor for chronic disease, highlighting the substantial opportunity for prevention (PMID: 30658065)
~26% of Canadians have Metabolic Syndrome. (PMID: 41032639)
~33-50% of Canadians have Fatty Liver (Hepatic Steatosis). (PMID: 39631459)
Part of the problem is that people don’t realize they’re part of these statistics until a slowly developing, mildly annoying dysfunction crosses the line into a diagnosable disease. That uneasy feeling — knowing something isn’t right, but not knowing where to start or what kind of care to seek — is what ultimately guided me toward a more comprehensive, preventative, root-cause approach to care.
Naturopathic medicine helps fill this gap in the Canadian public healthcare system by emphasizing prevention, early risk identification, and upstream intervention—before disease becomes advanced, costly, and life-limiting.
My focus is on identifying modifiable risk factors early, interpreting subtle signals, and translating them into practical, personalized action plans that people can actually sustain. Rather than waiting for disease thresholds to be crossed, we can work upstream—preserving energy, function, and quality of life, and extending not just lifespan, but healthspan.
Based on recent Canadian data, HALE is ~71 years, while life expectancy is ~82 years
(PMID: 30397156)