Bethany’s story…

With over 30 years devoted to helping others on their health journey, my path has been both personal and professional.

From nutritionist to mother, from birth doula and midwife’s assistant to herbalist, registered nurse, and family nurse practitioner, each step has deepened my knowledge and understanding of how people live, hurt, and heal.

Today, as a functional medicine provider and nurse practitioner, I can bring it all together — offering a truly integrative health model that blends the best of conventional medicine with evidence-based natural therapies.

I grew up in an immigrant family who knew the healing power of food, herbs, and natural remedies. From an early age, I saw the kitchen as a place of medicine making and healing— a knowledge that continues to shape my life and practice today.

As a primary care nurse practitioner for large health care organizations, I noticed patients generally did not know how to improve their health. I realized the skills my mother used to keep our family well were not common knowledge to others. I was fortunate to have learned generational healing knowledge in my family, passed down in my family not as “medicine” but as the way of life. This dates my great grandmother who was a village healer, herbalist, and midwife in mountainous Slovakia. It became obvious to me that there was a disconnect between our conventional health care model, our cultural approach to wellbeing, and the the health goal of being truly well. In the pursuit of providing integrative care and education that could empower my patients to obtain better health, I began studying with the Institute for Functional Medicine, the first and leading science based functional medicine organization.

While working as a primary care provider, I incorporated integrative approaches, but found the set up of our conventional medical system limiting. I saw first hand patients slipping through the cracks of healthcare. They received diagnoses and pharmaceuticals, but not real answers as to why, or a pathway to true healing.

Driven to change this, I founded Synergy Integrative Wellness, where your health and life experiences are truly heard and care is both science-based and individualized. My mission is simple- to empower people to heal, thrive, and live their fullest life possible.