This week I am sharing a very important expert in my life, Dr. Wendy Warner. Dr. Warner has played a crucial role in my health and well-being for the past 5 years and I am thrilled to share her wisdom with my Warrior nation! Dr. Warner is a functional medicine practitioner who seeks to find the root of illness and help you to live an optimal life. In this conversation, we talk about how functional medicine works, the most common challenges she is seeing daily, the best ideas for healthy living and so much more.     Get your pen and paper ready for the ideas and wisdom from Dr. Warner’s world. It’s time to live optimally!    After 14 years of conventional ob/gyn practice, Dr Warner founded a collaborative holistic medical practice in suburban Philadelphia.  There she focused on a functional integrative approach to health and healing, working alongside practitioners from many different backgrounds and offering a wide variety of therapeutic options. In the fall of 2022, she moved her practice to fully online, providing telemedicine exclusively. She is board certified in gynecology and holistic integrative medicine, is a certified Functional Medicine practitioner, an herbalist and a mesa carrier.  She is a nationally recognized speaker and educator, and is faculty for the Institute for Functional Medicine as well as David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies.  She authored a chapter in the current edition of Rakel’s Integrative Medicine textbook, and is the co-author of “Boosting Your Immunity for Dummies”.  She is a Past President of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine.       (3:50) Dr. Warner shares her story, and her journey into Functional Medicine.   (7:00) What is the difference between traditional, integrative and function medicine?   (10:24) Dr. Warner shares her approach to helping people?   (13:22) What are some of the common themes that Dr. Warner has experienced with patients?   (17:02) How does stress impact our adrenal system and overall health?   (21:42) What tools does she employ to help people with their overall health?   (29:14) What is the future of Functional Medicine?   (34:28) Who does Dr. Warner follow, that inspire and assist in her research for her field?   (38:28) What does Dr. Warner do to help herself in her wellness routine?   (41:16) What is Dr. Warner doing in 10 years?     Connect with Dr. Wendy Warner  https://www.wendywarnermd.com/wendy-warner-md https://www.facebook.com/wendywarnermd   https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendywarnermd/ Subscribe: Warriors At Work Podcasts Website: https://jeaniecoomber.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/986666321719033/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanie_coomber/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeanie_coomberbr...