Meet the Authors

Dr. LaReesa Ferdinand is Chief Executive Wellness Coach/Consultant of The Estrogen Doctor Company, LLC. She is a board-certified OB/GYN and a women's hormonal health expert with a wealth of experience spanning almost two decades. Dr. LaReesa helps women improve hormone balance to live more productive, powerful, and performance driven lives through perimenopause and beyond. Her results driven solutions are highly sought after in her business and speaking engagements.

Dr LaReesa graduated summa cum laude from Xavier University of Louisiana, her doctorate at LSU Health Sciences Center, and Internship/Residency training at University of Florida Health Sciences Center-Shands Jacksonville. She has completed an Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory Fellowship at the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention of Atlanta, GA, and a former associate professor and site director affiliated with University of Central Florida College of Medicine. Her advanced ant-aging training includes hormone replacement protocols, metabolic and nutritional medicine, and epigenetics.

Her passion is to expand her reach in the pursuit of the Future Female of health. She believes every woman deserves to live a healthy beautiful life and age gracefully doing so. She lives near Orlando, Florida. She is married with one child and enjoys relaxing with family, reading, traveling, and mentoring young women.

Dr. Gus Vickery is a board-certified family physician who specializes in personalized health consultations focused on total body and mind optimization. He is also a speaker and the author of Authentic Health, released by MJ Publishing in May 2018. In 2005 he founded Vickery Family Medicine, which has since grown to multiple medical providers serving in two locations including The Clinic at Biltmore, an innovative direct-to-employer clinic for The Biltmore Company.

Dr. Vickery offers personalized health consultations both virtually and in-person at his office in Asheville, North Carolina. He uses advanced biometrics, genetics, hormonal assessments, metabolic and nutritional assessments, and other advanced diagnostics to determine the proactive and comprehensive strategies that will help his clients experience their best health and lifespan. More information is available at

Dr. Stephanie Rimka, BA, DC, BCN is a holistic brain optimization specialist focusing on integrated neurotherapies to identify and address the root cause of mental illness, learning disorders, and chronic illness. Dr. Rimka is the winner of the People’s Choice Award 2020 for Best Mental Health Practice in Buckhead via Atlanta Best Media Group. She graduated from Albion College, Albion MI 1995 (BA); Life University, Atlanta, GA, 2000 (DC); BCIA certified (BCN); Wahls Protocol certified; Scientific Advisory Board Member for New U Life Corporation; CEU Certified Chiropractic Instructor State of GA.

Dr. Rimka is active in private practice, teaching courses in her E-Learning Center, leading healing retreats internationally, teaching colleagues, and, most importantly, raising her teenage son Bennett. She loves motorcycles, warm beaches, bon fires, and group experiential learning.

Elena Villanueva is an internationally recognized health coach and crusader for ending the global mental health crisis and educating the public and other health professionals that mental health conditions are actually ‘brain health’ issues and when the underlying causes are found, the brain health conditions can be reversed.

Elena’s expertise is in helping individuals find and address the underlying cause of their depression, anxiety, memory loss, Parkinson’s, and other mental health disorders and disease.

Elena and her team have helped thousands to restore their health. Dr. Villanueva and her team help people support and restore many health conditions that include chronic mental health disorders and disease, autoimmune disorders, Lyme disease, gastrointestinal disorders, male and female hormone imbalances, Type II diabetes, genetic defects (including MTHFR), insomnia, metabolic syndrome, and other health conditions.

Dr. V is passionate about learning and utilizing cutting-edge technology for uncovering the root causes of chronic illness and disease. By using a data-driven and genetic data approach, she and her team analyze underlying issues with their clients to precisely create personalized programs that target and heal the source of chronic conditions.

It was through her own experience in suffering severe mental and physical illness where the traditional western medicine approach had no answers or solutions, that she developed a keen passion for the non traditional approach of holistic medicine.

Dr. Villanueva is a native Texan and has a strong enthusiasm for participating in almost anything outdoors with her best friend, husband, and partner, Greg, and their dog Riley. When she’s not educating and coaching, you’ll find her mountain biking, hiking, camping, wake surfing, skiing, and spending as much time outdoors as she can.

If she doesn’t know you already, she can’t wait to meet you and start your journey of healing.

Kent Holtorf, M.D. is the Medical Director of the Holtorf Medical Group. He is also the Founder and Director of the non-profit National Academy of Hypothyroidism and Integrative Sciences (NAHIS), which is dedicated to the dissemination of new evidence-based information to doctors and patients on the diagnosis and treatment of hypothyroidism and advanced integrative diagnostic and treatment protocols.

He has personally trained numerous physicians across the country in the use of bioidentical hormones, hypothyroidism, peptide therapy, stem cell therapy, complex endocrine dysfunction, and innovative treatments of chronic fatigue syndrome, weight loss, fibromyalgia, and chronic infectious diseases, including Lyme and related diseases.

Giselle Koy is a transformational coach who channels soul-fulfilling destinies for visionaries. She is known for helping people step into their full power on the world stage. Her gifts of divine clarity serve many people in positions of power. She speaks on “Turning Your Spiritual Gifts into Wealth” and has given keynote presentations on stages such as Paleofx, Cosmic Awakenings, Conscious Media Festival and others.

As a certified Epigenetic Coach, Giselle speaks on the topic of Spiritual Epigenetics, an area where science and spirituality meet. She trains people to be more lit by combining spirituality with high performance training techniques, to look and feel younger and better than they ever have.

Giselle is the Founder of the Conscious Media Festival and Conscious Visionary Women, as well as a member of Vanity Fair's Founder Fair. She is the host Giselle Koy Podcast, speaking with thought leaders about the New Human Emerging in this accelerated time of Earth’s Ascension.

Giselle also serves as a divine channel, authoring six books on the subject of spirituality and the ascension process of Planet Earth. She has authored titles including ``The Modern Muse,`` ``The Buddha Field,`` ``ICONSCIOUSNESS,`` ``The Platinum Ray,`` ``The Golden Christed Ray`` and ``The Codes of Immortality,`` all available on Amazon. She loves to connect people with their highest calling and guide them to live at Creator Level.

Dr. Janice Hughes is an Executive Coach and Business Advisor with one of the most impressive track records in the healthcare arena. She has worked with thousands of doctors from all walks of life, helping them overcome personal and professional challenges to reach greater levels of success. Janice’s blend of intuition, practicality and incredible focus has made her a role model for professional women. It is those same skill-sets which she has translated into her key role as the Director of Investments for Curemark LLC. Curemark is a start-up biotechnology company which has matured into a major force in the area of autism and other neurological disorders where there is an unmet healthcare need. And along the way increase the value of the company from 20 Million to a valuation of over 150 Billion.

Janice brings to her work a sense of urgency and intensity. Throughout her career she has worked in environments where convention meets unconvention, at the crossroads where health, science, and humanity all meet. This has allowed her to break through many barriers, both real and imagined. Her work underscores her life in that anything is possible, no is just a two-letter word, and with good leadership and a great idea one can change the world. Janice is committed to helping others create financial vitality to ensure they live long and prosperous lives! To learn more about her work, go to https://www.drjanicehughes.com/

Dr. Amanda Krueger has been owning and operating her own clinic since 2017 and been in practice for 15 years. She is currently finishing up her 300 hours in the DABCI program and will be eligible to sit for The Chiropractic Board of Clinical Nutrition (CBCN) and The American Board of Chiropractic Internists (ABCI) next Spring. Dr. Krueger has spent her life continuing her education and getting to the root cause for patient’s care. She recently finished her Nuerofeedback training and is a certified level II epigenetics coach from Apeiron. She has a fabulous husband and two wonderful children; two year old son and an eight year old daughter. Her passions include riding her horse with her daughter, competing in eventing, and living a life full of laughter and joy. Dr. Krueger is a strong Christian that focuses on biblical teachings and most importantly relationship.

I am a Doctor of Chiropractic, am certified in neurofeedback, and am an Epigenetic Human Potential Coach with Apeiron Academy. I am also the mother of three boys, I have two dogs and three cats. I love to cook, hike and learn. I love audiobooks about health and self improvement and always have one I am listening to. I look forward to the opportunity to help you optimize your potential.

I have always had a passion for treating women who had chronic health issues. Most of these women were self-starters, intelligent and driven women. Many were sidetracked and settled for less than they knew they could achieve. Chronic health problems coupled with feelings of anxiety and depression plagued many of my clients. Soon their lives revolved around their health issues rather than their desires.

Dr. Dale Foster is co-founder and President of NeuroSource, LLC, a functional neuropsychology practice providing brain health services in Memphis, TN since 2004. He is a clinical neuropsychologist with over 30 years of experience helping clients optimize their brain function and quality of life. He holds a Diplomate in Quantitative EEG, is a BCIA Board Certified Senior Fellow 3 in Neurofeedback, and is certified by the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. He has conducted pioneering research and published on neurofeedback and continues to be active in the application of cutting-edge neuroscience in the promotion of brain health. His research publications helped establish the standards for practice in the application of neurofeedback for post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. As an experienced meditator and meditation teacher he integrates traditional brain fitness techniques with modern neuroscience. He is the author of the 2020 book, The Goldilocksed Brain: How to tune your brain for happiness, where he describes his integral approach to health and happiness through an optimized brain.

Jill Wright is an entrepreneur and CEO with 33 years’ experience leading Executive Shine, a national corporation recognized by Forbes and the Harvard Business Review. Jill has expanded Executive Shine to multiple airports, built a team of over 100 professionals, all while transforming the culture of client based services through the development of unique talent, and the power of authentic connection.

Tracy Gapin, MD, FACS is a board-certified urologist, world renowned men’s health & performance expert, professional speaker, and author. He has over 20 years of experience focused on providing Fortune 500 executives, entrepreneurs, and athletes a personalized path to optimizing their health and performance.

Dr. Gapin incorporates precision hormone optimization, peptide therapy, state-of-the-art biometric tracking, epigenetic coaching, and cutting-edge age management protocols to help men not just optimize their testosterone levels but radically upgrade their health and vitality and reverse aging so they can be the most amazing version of themselves.

Dr. Gapin’s first book, Male 2.0: Cracking the Code to Limitless Health and Vitality explores cutting-edge strategies to optimize men’s health. As a renowned speaker, Dr. Gapin shares his signature talk with medical audiences and men’s health organizations: A Data-Driven Personalized Approach to Optimizing Mens’ Health.

Dr. Charlie Ware is an international lecturer and researcher, renowned for developing products and wellness programs for several Fortune 500 companies.

Dr. Ware is the former Senior VP of BioLogics and a former Director to one of the leading health and beauty companies in America. He is also the trusted US representative to the National Coalition for Good Governance of Nigeria.

As a clinician, Dr. Ware specializes in Functional and Restorative medicine as well as Epigenetics and Genomics.

Dr. Ware regularly works with CEO’s, entertainers, Grammy award winning musicians, Oscar winners, NFL, NBA, MLB and other professional sports stars. His passion can be best defined as “Developing concierge, precision, high performance programs designed to optimize performance”. Dr. Charlie Ware has managed to distil complex and innovative concepts like epigenetics and genomics into bite sized, actionable pearls of wisdom. His method helps people take back control of their health and feel like themselves again.

Dr. Ware learnt early that persistence and inspired action can turn a seeming disadvantage into the opportunity to be and do more. Healing Blends Global is after all the result of his own struggle with the sickle cell trait and the ensuing journey to live without limits, despite the odds.

Dr. Ware’s brainchild Healing Blends Global is quietly revolutionizing the way users think of and consume nutritional supplements. Healing Blend’s flagship product EvenFlo is at the cutting edge of the Sickle Cell Disease movement and is clinically proven to be 97% effective at preventing sickle cell crisis.

This is great news for Sickle Cell warriors since there are only a few options for treatment available in the market.

Dr. Ware is one of the most loved faces and voices in the all-natural and alternative healing world.
His Facebook Lives attract thousands of proactive health seekers and those who suffer from diseases largely overlooked by mainstream healthcare.

With the gratitude of his patients and the support of his customers, Dr. Charlie Ware is now an authority and an advocate giving people the tools they need to write new, empowering chapters of their own lives.

Born in Toronto Canada, Christina is a successful entrepreneur, mentor and coach. Over the last 30 years she has created several multi-million-dollar companies running the gamut from a personal computer company, a real estate development firm; a retail chain of art galleries, a furniture manufacturing and interior design company. Christina has a wide range of experience in startups, developing dealer networks, developing franchise organizations and is experienced in organizing, structuring and positioning companies for Initial Public Offering. Christina was nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year award (Canada) in 1995.

After her many successes in business; Christina made a conscious choice to shift her focus to one with a stronger bottom line than simply commerce for commerce sake. Christina’s life mission has always been to continually mentor, coach and support others in reaching their full potential while guiding them towards enjoying a joyful and happy life; so, this was an easy transition.

As a psychotherapist, holistic life coach and energy psychologist, for the past 25 years, Christina continues to demonstrate her dedication to serving and empowering others to take responsibility to live their best life. She is a co-founder of Eudaimonia Center; a learning center offering extensive training programs for individuals to optimize personal performance levels which lead them to live extraordinary lives using specially designed curriculum's, processes and methodologies to optimize their full potential.

FEDERAL AGENT TO EPIGENETIC PERFORMANCE COACHING: Terry’s route to epigenetic performance & lifestyle coaching emerged from a lifetime of reaching for his own biological optimization. As a lifelong athlete he was tickled to refer to himself as a “professional athlete” because, as a Federal Agent for 24 years, he got 4 hours per week to work out. An insatiable curiosity and a passion for the hard sciences built a basis of knowledge that is very valuable in identifying patterns and trends and the significant anomaly in client’s challenges in achieving their own best life.
While his talents for investigation and analysis were critical to success as a Federal Agent, the study and practice of Gestalt as learned in Organization and Systems Theory became increasingly important as did the advanced interviewing body of knowledge in relating to others in a deep way.

Terry understands first-hand how a stressful and taxing career can challenge your body and mind’s ability to perform at its highest level. Identifying the links between a client’s current lifestyle and impediments to optimization is just a first step in the epigenetic coaching model. Terry works with clients worldwide and resides in Maryland with his wife and son. He enjoys nature, CrossFit, rucking and studying all things related to performance, analytics and biohacking.

Dr. Cleopatra is The Fertility Strategist and Executive Director of the Fertility & Pregnancy Institute.

The mission of the Fertility & Pregnancy Institute is to see what others can’t using the best of love, science, and commitment to help ensure that your fertility keeps up with your high-achieving life so that you get to have as many superbabies as your heart desires.

Dr. Cleopatra is a scientist and university professor specializing in fertility, pregnancy, and how health is transmitted from one generation to the next. To date, she has received nearly $3 million in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and others. Dr. Cleopatra has been cited over 1,000 times in the past 5 years alone. Dr. Cleopatra teaches women about the primemester—the magical and powerful window of opportunity before pregnancy—when we literally have the power to change the quality and expression of the genes that we pass down to our babies and grandbabies. Using the science-based, big-hearted PrimemesterTM Protocol developed and refined by Dr. Cleopatra over the past 24 years, the Fertility & Pregnancy Institute helps women all over the world reverse reproductive aging; get pregnant quickly and easily; reduce miscarriage risk; and finally have the superbaby™ they have been dreaming of for as long as they can remember. Dr. Cleopatra is the author of the forthcoming book, “Primemester to Your Superbaby™.” Contacts us at support@fertilitypregnancy.org.

Dr. James Leonette is an award winning Chiropractor and Clinic Director of Enliven Wellness. He is native of Bridgeport, WV and graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. During the chiropractic program, he graduated with honors, served as President of Student Council and was a member of the Institutional Review Board that protected human subjects in clinic studies throughout the U.S.
Prior to pursuing a career in health care, he served as an investigator with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He was responsible for inspecting medical device manufacturing facilities throughout Europe and Asia to ensure that they met the FDA Quality System Requirements.
Dr. Leonette holds a M.S. in Industrial Hygiene and B.S. in Medical Technology from West Virginia University. Dr. Leonette founded Enliven Occupational Health to assess and improve the health of workers at manufacturing facilities and extraction businesses. He is a Certified Medical Examiner (CME) and qualified to perform DOT driver medical exams.
Dr. Leonette holds certification by National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) in chiropractic and physiotherapy. He is a member of WV Chiropractic Society and International Chiropractic Association. Dr. Leonette is a member of The Masters Circle and The Winners Circle chiropractic groups and regularly attends continuing education programs throughout the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Leonette has traveled to Dominican Republic with ChiroMission.
He is currently licensed as a chiropractic physician and/or acupuncturist in West Virginia, Virginia and Ohio. He regularly speaks to organizations about health improvement.

Dr. Mickra Hamilton is Co-Founder and CEO of Apeiron Zoh Inc, a Precision Performance Ecosystem that Curates Limitless Life. A decorated retired colonel, Hamilton spent thirty years in the USAFR as a Systems Strategist and Human Performance Subject Matter Expert. She works with data-driven precision for a complex systems approach to optimize human and corporate performance. Her work as a creative disruptor in the field of Precision Performance creates a new paradigm of what is possible for human and organizational flourishing.

Dimitri Spanos was born in Athens, Greece and has lived in New York for the past forty-five years. He is the co-author of The Mind Is the Map and co-founder of Eudaimonia Center, a learning center for offering transformational change, facilitating core healing and personal development, while empowering others to live extraordinary, healthy and productive lives.
A successful entrepreneur for the past 30 years, Dimitri has developed concepts and tools for optimal performance by assisting others to identify their personal attributes and strengths and aspiring them to become Extraordinary Leaders in all areas of life.
Dimitri Spanos, CEQP, is a Certified Six Seconds EQ Practitioner. Certification from Six Seconds represents a level of expertise and commitment to a unique and powerful methodology. Six Seconds is the largest global organization supporting the growth of emotional intelligence (EQ) by researching and disseminating effective tools and methods. Dimitri applies these tools in his work as a facilitator supporting clients. He has devoted the past 10 years to the areas of Emotional Intelligence and the development of the consciousness of the heart and mind.
After successfully completing a three-year program and receiving certification in Heart Initiation, Dimitri has made a practice of working with Heart Interiority and Alignment, methods of sustaining heart-consciousness, a way of living his life. These combined skills come together to provide the expertise to write this book with such great passion, understanding the mysteries and mastery of the mind to live a more fulfilled and happy life.

Lee Ann's passion is to help people live their healthiest, happiest lives so they can bless humanity with their gifts and make the world a better place for us all. As a Master's level psychologist, spiritual life coach, a Wellness & Epigenetics Coach, a Neurofeedback provider, certified HeartMath coach, PSYCH-K Facilitator, and Frequency Specific Microcurrent provider, Lee Ann gives her clients the type of care that is well rounded, holistic, and evidence based. Even more, she helps people learn how to take care of themselves and become their own healers.
Neurotherapies, nutritional and epigenetics coaching, and learning effective spiritual growth and stress management skills have all been a great help in Lee Ann’s own healing journey. These tools helped her overcome some chronic trauma and health issues. She uses her education, personal traumas, and healing experiences to offer transformational services to people who want to move beyond their limitations and live more vibrant and meaningful lives.
She is married to Dr. Dale Foster with whom she co-owns an integrative psychology practice, NeuroSource, LLC. They have two fun and brilliant daughters and a wonderful new son-in-love, and a bit of an overweight, hilarious cat named Leo. Lee Ann and Dale love to take long walks in nature while discussing consciousness and the deep meanings of life, absorb lots of sunshine on any beach they can get to, and backpack in Bankhead National Forest. They are both aging well together and plan on enjoying the adventures of evolving life together on earth for a very long time to come – and for eternity.

It was a fastball down the middle of the plate that started Dr. Jose E. Barreto in this amazing journey. While playing baseball at age 15, he took a big swing and hurt his back. It was during his therapy sessions where he began developing a special admiration and interest for the medical field and its professionals. This led him to become a physical therapist (PT) and short later to pursue studies in medicine.
Now as a physician, Dr. Barreto completed the only ACGME accredited fellowship in the United States that combines Pain and Regenerative Medicine. He is double-board certified in PM&R and Pain Medicine and just recently opened his own medical office (Regenomics) in Orlando, Florida.
Every year he travels to Honduras for a mission trip where he treats patients using Prolotherapy, while teaching physicians from around the world in these injection techniques.
Dr. Barreto uses a unique and comprehensive approach to musculoskeletal medicine. He is an epigenetic coach and uses exercise, therapies, orthobiologics and lifestyle medicine to achieve better outcomes for his clients and patients.

My name is Dr. Michael Meighen and I am a musculoskeletal expert and health optimization specialist focused on total transformation of my clients. My treatment plans primarily concentrate on conservative and non-operative measures to help the individual improve their function, pain control, mobility, and longevity. I use evidence-based interventions to restore, regenerate, and rejuvenate the client allowing them to live a limitless life. I employ proactive approaches including fitness and strength training, mindbody techniques, hormone optimization, regenerative interventional orthopedic medicine, peptides, epigenetic testing, sexual health interventions, and aesthetic procedures to maximize healthspan and vitality. I am confident that the client will progress and evolve if they are accountable and embrace the process . It is my professional opinion that the client must become comfortable with being uncomfortable and be willing to push the limits of precision medicine to become a super being.

My journey towards a sports medicine and a musculoskeletal career started when I was thirteen years old. I was playing varsity football in eighth grade as a wide receiver. The week before I had scored my first touchdown so I was high on life. We were scrimmaging the junior varsity the following week in preparation for the next game. I ran my route and went up for a pass and felt something explode in my leg. One of the defensive backs had hit me in the right lower extremity fracturing my tibia and fibula. I was placed into a cast and had two subsequent surgeries as a result of the injury. This incident however was actually a blessing as it introduced me to the world of orthopedics, sports medicine, physical therapy, and functional restoration. I had a keen interest in science and biology prior to this trauma, but this experience helped to clarify my calling and direct me on my current career path which I love. This insult allowed me to embrace adversity and taught me important life lessons at an early age about dealing with challenges.

I grew up in a small town called Mogadore located outside of Akron in NorthEast Ohio. This was a close-knit community with competitive academic and athletic programs. This upbringing instilled in me a strong work ethic and fostered my passion for exercise and health. I graduated from the University of Toledo with a BA in Biology. During my junior year, I studied abroad in Manchester, England at the University of Salford which provided me insight into an alternative culture and health care system. I then enrolled at the University of Akron where I completed a year of Master’s studies in Sports Medicine. I next graduated from the University of Cincinnati with my medical degree with a goal of working in the orthopedic and musculoskeletal field. To meet these ends, I completed my Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at Carolinas Medical Center/Charlotte Rehabilitation in Charlotte, NC. I then moved on to the University of Florida where I completed a fellowship in sports, spine, and occupational rehabilitation medicine under the tutelage of James Atchison, DO.

My training, course work, and constant thirst for knowledge has provided me with valuable insights into the management of musculoskeletal problems. I possess extensive experience and expertise in the treatment of spine, joint, nerve, and soft tissue abnormalities. I have a passion for the field, and I employ a multimodal approach using new and cutting edge techniques to solve pain problems. I am well versed in the following interventions to help diagnose and treat musculoskeletal disorders: fluoroscopically guided spine and joint procedures, diagnostic and interventional ultrasound, electrodiagnostics (EMG/NCS), osteopathic manipulation, and regenerative procedures including prolotherapy, platelet rich plasma (PRP), and stem cells. I also have specialized training in bio-identical hormone replacement, peptide therapies, epigenetics, functional medicine, and wellness.
I have captured all of my goals, philosophies, visions, and plans in my #1 best selling book on Amazon called A New You: Using the Body’s Regenerative and Restorative Healing Powers to Optimize Orthopedic, Hormonal, and Sexual Health Function. I continue to learn, grow, and expand via personal coaching and masterminds. I seek out elite people and immerse myself in their courses, books, and live trainings. I have worked with Mike Koenigs and Ed Rush; two entrepreneurs and advisers who have helped me with focus and mind expansion. I have earned a certification as a Kion coach through KionU run by Ben Greenfield who is one of the gurus of biohacking and health optimization. I have completed bioidentical hormone training through World Link Medical and Dr. Neal Rouzier who is one of the pioneers in the field. I am currently working with Dr. Daniel Stickler with the Apeiron Academy. I have received a Peptide Medicine Certification and I am in the midst of completing level one Epigenetic certification. Learning is a lifetime commitment and one of the main reasons I continue to evolve, transform, and progress.
I am many things to many people and I wear multiple hats throughout the day. I am a doctor/teacher/colleague/author/speaker/innovator/health optimizer/interventional orthopedic and regenerative medicine specialist/physiatrist/athlete/father/student/patient/healthcare disruptor/musculoskeletal expert/aesthetics and sexual health artiste/brother/healer/hormone expert/uncle/men’s health expert/precision medicine professional/reader/peptide aficionado/ and an American. I cherish all of these roles and each one of them define a piece of my soul. In my opinion, the true measure of a person is not in what you possess, but in what you share. I want to use my gifts to impact and help as many people as possible in my time on this planet. My goal is to resolve pain points in each of my clients, thus allowing them to become human “beings” instead of human “doings.” My mantra in life is that if you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem. I will always strive to be that solution.

Gina Pritchard DNP is a Cardiovascular Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, specializing in protecting, building, and enhancing your most valuable asset-vibrant health. She is one of the nation’s leading experts in prevention of heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes and dementia. Dr. Pritchard is the owner of The PREVENT Clinic and is the Clinical Program Director for the Bale/Doneen Method. Dr. Pritchard’s Doctoral work focused on increasing global awareness and use of computed tomography and B-mode ultrasound for thorough, high quality assessment of the arterial wall, specifically the arterial intimal-media, to ensure arterial wellness. According to Dr. Pritchard, “Published, peer reviewed literature supports the effectiveness of techniques and treatments currently available to regress and stabilize arterial disease. And, I have seen this to be true in my practice. We can live life free from the #1 killers and life disrupters: heart attack, stroke, dementia, and adult-onset diabetes. My life work is focused on bringing life-saving, life-improving and easy-to-implement strategies to you so that you can to live out your long, vibrant, high performance, dream life… uninterrupted.”

Dr. George Rice is known as an empowering guide to authentic next-level health. He is a specialist in Precision Wellness medicine. He believes that one should not just survive, but thrive. He is an expert clinician known for getting people to look and feel better than they thought they could.

Dr. Rice combines state-of-the-art lifestyle assessment technology with cutting edge epigenetic coaching, peptide therapy, hormone optimization and functional medicine to guide motivated clients to their full health potential. He is passionate about helping clients develop the knowledge to attain next-level physical performance, a youthful appearance and longevity.

Dr. Rice received a B.S. in Psychology from Stanford University. He obtained an M.S. in Health Systems Management and an M.D. from Rush University. He completed his Family Medicine residency at the University of Southern California and is board certified in Family Medicine.

Dr. Rice is certified in Age Management Medicine and certified by the Academy for Preventive and Innovative Medicine in Advanced Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy. He is certified in Functional Medicine through the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) and recognized as an IFM Certified Practitioner (IFMCP). He is specialty trained in Functional Medicine and Nutrition.

Dr. Ashley Beckman is a doctor of Chinese Medicine and a board-certified Acupuncturist and Herbalist in Los Angeles, CA. She has received her doctorate in Healthy Aging and Longevity and wrote her thesis on epigenetics, the study of how our genes are affected by our diet and lifestyle. She is a certified epigenetic coach and functional medicine practitioner.

Within her virtual practice, Dr. Ashley combines sophisticated functional medicine and epigenetic testing to discover the root causes of chronic conditions and creates a customized protocol for each patient based on their individual needs.

During her last nine years as an acupuncturist, Dr. Ashley has performed over 40,000 treatments and also practiced with Dr. Soram Khalsa at the world-renowned Functional Medicine Clinic in Beverly Hills.

Dr. Ashley received her doctorate and graduate degree from Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and holds a degree in International Business and Marketing from the University of Texas. She is a contributor to the Huffington Post and Mind Body Green.

Hello. . . my name is Matt Gersper, and I speak to people about finding true self. I have failed and I have succeeded. Lots of times. . . Been hired. Been fired. Gone through a divorce and nearly drowned – separate occasions! Then one day at the bottom of a canyon, I woke up, took another chance. I found truth and joy. Love. Adventure. Significance. Things that matter most… to me! And now I live to give back. To help. To inspire. Books and talks. Retreats and Fun. I’m Matt Gersper. . . Let’s talk.™

Leann Spofford is a Nature Epigenetics Coach and founder of Nature’s Beauty Heals - a wellness retreat to experience the beauty of nature immersion while learning how to harness the power of your DNA using epigenetics. Rebalance your life and connect to yourself and Earth on this nature immersive learning experience.

Leann is also an experienced Marketing Director and Brand Expert in which she helps businesses remember and effectively communicate their “why.” She is committed to helping people, businesses and nature prosper together.

Her upcoming book, Nature's Beauty Inspires, teaches us to draw on the beauty of nature and the power of gratitude to help us heal and create the lives we desire. Think Buddha and Louise Vuitton take a walk together in nature. She lives near an ocean in sunny Florida with her three teenage boys.