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Functional Medicine

12 teachings on functional medicine from Sarah's library — root-cause healing where faith meets function.

Peptides and Healing: What They Do, When They Work

peptides

Peptides and Healing: What They Do, When They Work

Peptides are showing up everywhere in the healing world. Here is what they actually do, where they help, and why order still decides the outcome.

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Liver Detox 101: Supporting Your Natural Healing Journey

Podcast

Liver Detox 101: Supporting Your Natural Healing Journey

Learn how your liver supports your healing journey through three detox phases. Discover gentle, faith-based rhythms to reduce toxic load and restore vitality.

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Why Low Iron Isn't Always the Problem You Think It Is (And How Parasites Could Be Involved)

Parasites

Why Low Iron Isn't Always the Problem You Think It Is (And How Parasites Could Be Involved)

Struggling with low iron or anemia that won't budge? Here's why the root cause may not be iron deficiency at all, and how parasites, gut terrain, and drainage pathways could be quietly keeping you depleted.

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Healing Chronic Illness: Understanding Your Toxic Load

Podcast

Healing Chronic Illness: Understanding Your Toxic Load

Struggling with chronic illness? Learn how toxic load, the cumulative burden of physical and emotional stressors, affects your healing journey and how to start emptying your bucket.

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Root-Cause Healing: What It Actually Means (and Why Symptom Management Keeps You Stuck)

Root Cause

Root-Cause Healing: What It Actually Means (and Why Symptom Management Keeps You Stuck)

Root-cause healing is more than a fancier protocol; it's a posture. Learn the four layers of true root work (terrain, burden, triggers, story), why order matters more than intensity, and the spiritual foundation almost every framework leaves out.

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Healing from the Root: Sarah Phillipe’s Story & Vision

Podcast

Healing from the Root: Sarah Phillipe’s Story & Vision

Discover a Christ-centered approach to find the root cause of your symptoms. Sarah Phillipe shares her journey from chronic illness to faith-filled healing.

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Obesogens, Sluggish Liver & Why Your Body Stores Fat to Protect You

DETOX

Obesogens, Sluggish Liver & Why Your Body Stores Fat to Protect You

The weight that will not budge despite your best efforts may not be about willpower. It may be about toxins. Environmental chemicals called obesogens disrupt hormones and metabolism, while a sluggish liver struggles to clear the daily load. Here is why your body may be holding fat as a protective buffer and what to do about it.

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It's Never Just One Thing: Why Chronic Illness Is Always About Everything

Root Cause

It's Never Just One Thing: Why Chronic Illness Is Always About Everything

Chronic illness is never about one root cause; it's about everything. Learn why a multifactorial body needs a multitherapeutic approach, and why no single protocol, supplement, or diet will ever be the whole answer.

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The Truth About Parasite Cleanses: Why Kill-Protocols Without Terrain Work Often Backfire and What to Do Instead

GUT HEALTH

The Truth About Parasite Cleanses: Why Kill-Protocols Without Terrain Work Often Backfire and What to Do Instead

Before you reach for the next parasite cleanse, there's something most protocols won't tell you: killing parasites without opening your drainage pathways first can make you sicker, not better. Here's the truth about why terrain work has to come first — and the safer, more effective way to approach parasite support.

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The SIBO Diet: Why It Helps (and Why It's Not the Cure)

GUT HEALTH

The SIBO Diet: Why It Helps (and Why It's Not the Cure)

A low-FODMAP or bi-phasic SIBO diet can bring real relief, but it acts as a bandaid rather than a cure. Learn why long-term restriction makes things worse, the real upstream drivers of SIBO, and the 4-phase root-cause path to lasting healing.

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A Root Cause Approach to Healing

Root Cause

A Root Cause Approach to Healing

If you’ve ever felt like you’re stuck on a never-ending carousel of symptoms, supplements, and specialists, yet still not getting better, you’re not alone. This journey emphasizes addressing all aspects of the root cause.

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Why Most Diagnoses Don’t Actually Matter (and What You Really Need Instead)

Root Cause

Why Most Diagnoses Don’t Actually Matter (and What You Really Need Instead)

Most medical diagnoses are just names for a cluster of symptoms and don’t explain why you’re experiencing those symptoms or how to actually get better. The goal is to identify what your body is missing and how it needs support to heal.

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