DR. HEATHER TALLMAN RUHM is a Board-Certified Family Physician who focuses on whole- person health and patient education. She draws on her conventional western training along with insights and skills from functional, integrative, bioregulatory and energy medicine practices. She believes in the innate healing capacities of the human body and supports the power of self-regulation to help her patients recover and access vitality. Dr. Tallman Ruhm was born and raised in Montana. She graduated from Montana State University with a BA in Human Sciences and later the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard where she received her Master's in Public Policy. She attained her MD degree from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and completed her Family Medicine Residency in Colorado and Alabama. She has practiced integrative medicine for over two decades, primarily in New Hampshire, but started this path at the Whitaker Wellness Institute in California. She was also a college professor for over a decade. Alongside her part-time clinical practice, Dr. Tallman Ruhm currently enjoys research and public speaking in her role as Medical Director for the Documenting Hope Project which sets out to help children heal from chronic illness through two IRB approved studies that focus on Total Load in children. Epidemic Answers, the sponsoring Non-Profit for this important research, provides a vast library of resources to parents and health practitioners which includes practical tools for restoring and maintaining health, vitality and resilience in all children. Resources available through Epidemic Answers and the Documenting Hope Project include, a Healing Together membership community for parents, an extensive library spanning over a decade, with webinars as well as diagnosis based actionable checklists for parents to use to help their children heal from root causes while lowering total load. While caring for herself and others, Dr. Tallman Ruhm keeps total load and foundational supports at the forefront - which includes everything from the importance of food, sleep and fresh air to movement and nature, creativity and the exploration of new forms of communication. https://documentinghope.com/ https://epidemicanswers.org/ https://www.nhhealthwellness.com/ https://www.drtallmanruhm.com/