Dr. Braun’s practice is family oriented, and she welcomes patients of any age, with any ailment. Being a mom of two school-age kids, the owner of a clinic, and running a fulfilling practice for the past 15 years, Dr. Braun understand what it means to be busy without much time to rest. Dr. Braun’s goal in practice is to support women and their families, to strive for and be inspired to reach their full health potential - and thrive in the busy-ness of their lives…not just survive!

Alongside her general practice, Dr. Braun has a passion in supporting those in peri-menopause and menopause. She understands the complexity of this stage in life for women – from preventing osteoporosis to supporting breast health to aging gracefully without disease. Dr. Braun remains up-to-date in the latest research in this field and has been extensively trained in Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy.

Dr. Braun also takes special interest in digestive issues such as IBS and IBD, thyroid health, immune conditions (inflammatory conditions, auto-immune, allergy and immunodeficiency), pain management, mental health, stress management/adrenal health and healthy aging. As we age, our prevalence of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, chronic pain and other ailments increase, and it is Dr. Braun’s aim to prevent these issues from progressing and restore health.

While studying molecular biology and biochemistry at SFU, Dr. Braun learned an appreciation for science and research. Inspired by her mother who was diagnosed with cancer in her early 40’s, Dr. Braun held a one-year student position at the BC Cancer Research Center doing research with chemotherapy medications and their effectiveness in treating certain cancers in mice. It was here where she realized that the treatment of cancer, or any ailment of the body, is best to come from it’s prevention. To do approach this, one needs to understand how to remove obstacles to health and restore optimal function of the body, rather than focus treatment on the disease. This led Dr. Braun to further her education and start a career in naturopathic medicine.

During her naturopathic studies, Dr. Braun joined a medical brigade in Ometepe, Nicaragua. Although the days were long and the patient line-ups were endless, Dr. Braun saw that healing goes well beyond medication or dietary & lifestyle changes but extends to the need for community and connection. Healing must encompass the whole of a person, body, mind and spirit.

Dr. Braun employs botanical medicine, nutritional supplementation, vitamin injections, acupuncture and cupping, Bowen therapy, diet and lifestyle counselling, pharmaceutical medicine, homeopathy, laboratory testing and pap examinations. Dr. Braun is also certified in both Aesthetic/Cosmetic and Therapeutic Uses for Neuromodulator/Botox injections (migraines, hyperhidrosis, and temporal-mandibular joint dysfunction).

Dr. Braun’s aim as your naturopathic doctor is to search beneath the surface of your health challenges to find and treat the root cause to provide realistic solutions that will heal and prevent future illness. She will give you space and time to freely discuss your health concerns and educate you about your illness and how you can work towards health.

She is dedicated to the practice of assisting patients as they overcome any obstacle to health. Through the stories of her patients, she has come to know that the human body is capable of incredible healing and one’s journey to great health can reach far and beyond their expectations.

Dr. Braun is registered with the Canadian Naturopathic Physicians of BC (CNPBC) and is a member of the BC’s Naturopathic Doctors (BCND).

For more information, please visit www.drkristabraun.com

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Danae always envisioned her career to be within a setting where she could support others along their health journey. She imagined being in a position that encouraged healing and personal growth.

Growing up, Danae was always super active. She basically did it all, but as she got older started focusing on the sport of soccer. Danae played collegiate throughout her university years while studying Sports Sciences, eventually obtaining her Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Victoria.

During this time, Danae started struggling with her digestion. She felt like she had hit rock bottom and was worried this was going to be her new normal. After many tests and doctors visits, Danae was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease — an auto-immune condition affecting the digestive tract. Upon reflection, she noticed that throughout the diagnosis process diet and nutrition were never mentioned. This seemed strange to her… How could food not impact a gastrointestinal disease? This question was what lead Danae to learn as much as she could about nutrition for managing her disease; soon after she realized this was how she was going to help people feel like their best selves.

She became a Certified Nutritional Practitioner at the Institute of Holistic Nutrition, and is now certified with the Canadian Associated of Natural Nutritional Practitioners as a NNCP. Danae has a special interest in topics of digestion, blood sugar management, adrenal and stress support, and easing the menopausal transition. Danae also takes the support she offers to her clients to another level with personalized meal prep delivered right to your door!

When she isn’t practicing nutrition, you can find Danae spending time outside hiking, at the gym lifting weights, hanging out with her two dogs, and of course… In the kitchen whipping up new recipes!

Danae is so excited and ready to share her education and life experiences in a transparent and authentic way. She will help you form healthy and sustainable habits that will become a new way of life.

She knows what it feels like to be at the start of your health journey and understands that it change can be intimidating. She is grateful to be a trusted guide for you on your health journey.

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With all the challenges we are facing these days, having support can make a world of difference. Whether you are coping with overwhelming daily stressors, anxiety, depression, or trauma, connecting with a counsellor helps to build your resilience and lessen any distressing symptoms that are interfering with your functioning.

Kate infuses caring authenticity and an inviting warmth into the counselling relationship that allows clients to relax into the therapy process. She provides a safe space to develop more self-awareness and insight through mindfulness, while infusing self-compassion and small doses of laughter into therapy sessions. Kate’s therapy approach incorporates mindfulness, cognitive behavioural therapy, and somatic therapy (bodily awareness) to create a therapy experience that is tailored to the challenges of each individual client. Kate seeks to collaborate with clients to find coping techniques that work for you and your specific needs.

Kate is a registered clinical counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, she holds a Master’s of Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University, and a Bachelors degree in psychology from SFU. She has applied training in Mindfulness-Based Somatic Therapy for treating trauma and exploring how past experiences manifest in the body, as she believes the key to healing lies in the mind-body connection. Kate has also trained with the Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute (CTRI) and the Crisis Centre of BC in mental health concerns and suicide prevention. As a parent, Kate has a special interest in perinatal mental health- pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and parenting- to inspire parents or soon-to-be parents to bring mindful awareness into their daily lives. She has experience and training from the Pacific Postpartum Support Society, certificate training in Maternal Mental Health from Postpartum Support International, and education from Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Trainings.

We invite you to explore how Kate’s unique experience, education, and approach can provide a pathway to healing on your journey towards mental health. Learn more about Kate and her counselling services at: https://www.coastalcalm.ca/ or book a free consultation.

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Dr. Mikayla strives to help you feel your best! She has a particular interest in fertility care and women’s health and also focuses on gut health, mental/emotional health, including stress and fatigue and more in her practice. She works with menstrual and hormonal concerns in all phases of life from puberty through to menopause. She has experience working with conditions such as PMS and PMDD, PCOS, endometriosis and infertility. She loves providing naturopathic support for women and men interested in family planning from trying to conceive, pregnancy preparation and natural fertility support to advance fertility care, including IUI and IVF treatment preparation and postpartum care. She uses naturopathic medicine as an adjunct to patient’s advanced fertility treatment to optimize outcome success. She has gained considerable knowledge and experience through her learning alongside experienced Naturopathic Doctors to help support both women and men through their fertility journey.

Dr. Mikayla strives to teach and empower patients to play an active role in their health, while being an advocate along the way. She is passionate about helping patients of all backgrounds and works to support and enhance all aspects of your health.

Treatments offered: diet and lifestyle counselling, nutritional supplementation, botanical medicine, acupuncture and cupping, IV therapy, pharmaceutical medicine, laboratory testing, pap examinations

Areas of Interest: women’s health, fertility care, digestive health, mental health, stress management

Dr. Mikayla is registered with the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and is an active member of both the British Columbia Naturopathic Association (BCNA) and Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (CAND). She attained her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology prior to completing the Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine program at CCNM-Boucher campus in New Westminster, BC.

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As a registered clinical counsellor, Ashley supports her clients in navigating the very thoughts, feelings, and behaviours that are immobilizing and keeping them from living freely. Whether one is feeling stuck for reasons beyond their knowing or has encountered unexpected life circumstances, Ashley is motivated to help her clients address challenges and creating lasting changes.

Ashley practices from a place of curiosity and compassion and seeks to find what is unique about each and every individual whom she supports. She offers a non-judgmental and trusting environment, where her clients are seen and heard as they are, and where they feel safe to engage in self-exploration. Her practice is grounded in the notion that while we are all whole, the burdens that come from anxiety, depression, trauma, grief/loss as well as various other life stressors, will often allow us to lose sight of our wholeness. Through a supportive and collaborative approach, Ashley works with her clients to break through barriers and find their way back to a place of resilience.

While Ashley’s work is holistic in nature and incorporates a number of therapeutic modalities (such as, solution-focused therapy, emotion-focused therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, and narrative therapy), her practice is rooted in the polyvagal theory, which considers how the mind and body are interconnected. As such, clients who work with Ashley also learn about how the body can store past and current stressors/traumas and impact health and wellbeing. Ashley is passionate about exploring practices that promote both cognitive functioning as well as physical wellbeing.

Ashley holds a Master’s Degree in Counselling as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Counselling Psychology. She has over 10 years of experience in supporting individuals, youth and families/caregivers with various mental health challenges.

Areas of Practice Anxiety and/or Panic Depression Grief & Loss Marriage and/or Relationship Issues Couples Counselling Trauma Counselling Adolescent Issues Parenting Issues/Teen Conflict Family Issues School/Workplace Issues Personal Growth

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As the mother of two energetic boys, one who was not a perfect sleeper, Dr. Peddle knows what it means to be tired. This is why she has focused her practice on helping TIRED MOMS. Fatigue isn’t just a drain on energy, it also impacts your hormones, digestion, mood, immune system, ability to heal and more. It’s true that it takes a village to raise a child, but it also takes one to support a mother. Dr. Peddle is here to be part of your village.

Her passion is Women’s Health and how it changes and evolves over the lifetime. Specifically, she loves working with families preparing to or trying to conceive and during pregnancy. She has helped hundreds of couples improve their health and fertility and supported them through pregnancy using Naturopathic Medicine. Dr. Peddle believes that knowledge is power and as such she provides women with opportunities to learn more about pregnancy support, information and informed choice. She enjoys helping patients grow their families and to support them and their children through every stage of life. Dr. Peddle has also worked with countless women, supporting them through peri menopause, PCOS, endometriosis, PMS or PMDD and more.

In addition to working with women through the various stages of life, she also have a special focus on digestive health, thyroid health, adrenal health, fatigue and the mind-body connection that underlies our wellness.

Dr. Peddle was born and raised in Victoria, BC and has always had an interest in healthcare. When she was 17 years old, her father passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He spent the last week of his life in Hospice where he and her family received attentive and loving care from the staff. This was when Dr. Peddle realized that health is so much more than just the absence of disease.

After completing her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, Dr. Peddle considered a career as a midwife and joined a medical team in Guatemala. It was there that she was captivated by Naturopathic medicine and decided that this was her calling.

Dr. Peddle is a member of the BC Naturopathic Association (BCNA), a board certified Acupuncturist, a Bowen Therapy Practitioner, she has her prescriptive authority and has received additional training in Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy and Thyroid health.

Dr. Peddle is committed to facilitating a stable, empowering and supportive environment for her patients. She consides the larger issues surrounding health and wellness, such as the impact that lifestyle, emotion and stress can have on the development and progression of disease and understands that health is so much more than just the absence of an illness. It is Dr. Peddle’s purpose to help you achieve wellness in the most complete sense of the word and her goal is to help you understand why you are feeling the way you are and for you to become an active participant on your healing journey.

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Dr. Jenna Scott’s mission is to empower you in your health journey through guidance and education. She believes that those who have their health can fully engage and be present in their lives. Dr. Jenna believes that every individual deserves to experience the power of naturopathic medicine. At its core, naturopathic medicine provides the opportunity for individuals to deeply connect with themselves and their bodies and from this connection, wellness can flourish.

Dr. Jenna aims to create a therapeutic space in which you are heard and seen. She promises to work as your guide to help you thrive in health and beyond. Dr. Jenna has a general medical practice, with a special clinical interest in burnout treatment and prevention, hormone health (fertility, PCOS, PMS, peri-menopause/menopause, thyroid) and mental health (mood disorders including anxiety and depression).

Dr. Jenna is registered and in good standing with the College of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia (CNPBC), and is a member of British Columbia Naturopathic Doctors (BCND) and Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (CAND).

Dr. Jenna received her Bachelor of Health Sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia and her Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine at the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine (now CCNM-Boucher). She grew up in a small town on the Sunshine Coast, where her values of community and connection to nature were cultivated. When she’s not in the clinic, Dr. Jenna can be found exploring nature with her dog and creating delicious food in the kitchen.

For more information, please visit https://www.drjennascottnd.newzenler.com or visit her social media pages @dr.jennascott

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Dr. Margarita Yanchuk is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor that sees patients of all ages with a wide range of health concerns.

After completing her Bachelor of Kinesiology degree with a Minor in Psychology at UBC, Dr. Yanchuk completed her four-year naturopathic medical degree at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine- Boucher, where she was awarded the Clinical Excellence Award for her comprehensive treatment plans, diagnostic skills, and supportive patient care.

Dr. Yanchuk has a special interest in pelvic floor and reproductive health and has completed additional training in chronic pelvic pain, urinary and bowel incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse. She is trained in using electromyography (EMG) biofeedback, a non-invasive technique that has been used in the management of various conditions, including pelvic floor dysfunction.

She has also received specialized training in cosmetic acupuncture and breastfeeding/chestfeeding support. She has experience in perinatal health, pediatrics, and tobacco/marijuana cessation. Other areas of focus include gastrointestinal health, genitourinary infections, contraceptive care, mental health, and stress management.

Dr. Yanchuk is detail-oriented and dedicated to providing compassionate patient care. She values transparency and open dialogue to empower patients to make informed decisions about their health and to develop feasible, effective, and safe treatment goals. She is an advocate for collaboration with other healthcare practitioners to bridge the gap in health inequalities and has committed volunteering time working at a harm reduction site and as a yoga teacher at Inspire Health, a non-profit organization providing cancer care services.

Dr. Yanchuk is registered and in good standing with the College of Naturopathic Physicians of BC (CNPBC) and is an active member of the British Columbia Naturopathic Association (BCNA) and Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (CAND). She is committed to advancing her knowledge and skills through continuing education and research.

Outside of clinical practice, Dr. Yanchuk enjoys knitting for her family and friends, making herbal tinctures, pinching perogies with her husband and tending to her community garden plot.

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