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Chronic Health Issues
Autoimmune & Autoinflammatory Disease
Addressing the Seismic Rise in Chronic Health Issues
Chronic health issues (autoimmune & autoinflammatory) are now the most common medical problems we deal with. How can you protect yourself?
The Triangle of Health | Part 1
Your Best Year Yet: Stop Struggling & Start Thriving
Discover the 3 Simple Changes to Transform Your Health in 2025
3 Simple things tend to get us stuck … and they can also get us unstuck!
The Triangle of Health | Part 2
Your Gut: The Beginning of Healing
Feel Better, Think Clearer & Reclaim Your Energy
When your gut is balanced, your body can function at its best. But when it’s out of sync, it can disrupt everything…
The Triangle of Health | Part 3
Stress: The Silent Saboteur of Your Health
(And How to Fight Back)
What is stress? Is it just getting stuck in traffic? Or is it something deeper, affecting every aspect of your health?
The Triangle of Health | Part 4
Sleep
Where Healing Happens
“I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” I used to say this myself. I was wrong…
UnCURABLE | Part 5
When Trauma Blocks Healing
Why Your Nervous System Might Be the Missing Link
When your body is stuck in survival mode, healing becomes impossible. Discover how trauma reshapes the nervous system—and what it takes to finally move forward.
The 3 Types of Stress
Why Physical, Emotional, and Biochemical Stress Can Block Healing
Stress isn’t just a feeling. It’s load. Learn the three types of stress that can block healing, and how to identify the one carrying the most weight right now.
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Concussions | Part 2
The Concussion Symptoms No One Connects to a Head Injury
Your Gut, Heart, Hormones, & Mood
You rested, the scan was clean, and everyone moved on. But your sleep, your gut, your heart, and your mood never came back. Those scattered symptoms may all trace back to one head injury, and to the single nerve that wires your brain to the rest of your body.
Peptides & Biological Signaling | Part 2
Your Body Has Been Making Peptides Since Before You Were Born
The Cultural Story Around Peptides Got the Science Backwards
Everyone’s heard about peptides. Almost nobody has a clear answer to the most basic question: what are they? Here’s the explanation you’ve been waiting for.
Hypermobility
The Pentad Supersyndrome: Five Conditions. One Root Cause.
Connective Tissue & Chronic Illness.
If you’ve been told nothing is wrong but you can’t get off the couch — or you have a folder full of specialist notes and no unifying diagnosis — this framework may finally explain why.
Perimenopause Is a Litmus Test.
Why Midlife Often Exposes the Physiological Load Women Have Been Carrying for Decades
What if perimenopause symptoms aren’t just about hormones? Dr. Hartman and Cynthia Thurlow on gut health, the estrobolome, and midlife resilience.
Mystery Illnesses | Part 5
When the Mystery Won’t Resolve
Why You Can Check All the Right Boxes and Still Feel Stuck
You’ve done everything right—treated infections, addressed your environment, improved your labs—and you’re still not fully well. This is where many patients get stuck, and why recovery doesn’t always follow a straight line.
When Perimenopause & Chronic Stress Collide
Why Some Women Struggle Even After Their Hormones Are Balanced
Some women still feel wired, reactive, and sleepless in perimenopause even with “balanced” labs and HRT. Here’s where stress physiology fits in holistic hormone therapy.
The 3 Types of Stress
Why Physical, Emotional, and Biochemical Stress Can Block Healing
Stress isn’t just a feeling. It’s load. Learn the three types of stress that can block healing, and how to identify the one carrying the most weight right now.
UnCURABLE | Part 6
The Secret Under Your Feet
How Healthy Soil Builds Healthy Humans
Most people think healing starts in the gut. But long before food reaches your plate, the soil beneath your feet has already shaped your microbiome—and your health.
UnCURABLE | Part 5
When Trauma Blocks Healing
Why Your Nervous System Might Be the Missing Link
When your body is stuck in survival mode, healing becomes impossible. Discover how trauma reshapes the nervous system—and what it takes to finally move forward.
UnCURABLE | Part 4
Why Gratitude Matters More Than Ever
(Especially When Life Feels Uncertain)
A traumatic family moment taught me how gratitude can shift the body from survival to healing. If life feels uncertain right now, this is for you.
UnCURABLE | Part 3
Serious Biohacking
The Hidden Science That Helped My Daughter Heal
In this deep-dive, Dr. Hartman shares how foundational biology—and a handful of evidence-based “biohacks”—helped his daughter achieve progress no one thought possible.
Beyond Replacement: Hormone Optimization | Part 4
Lifestyle & Nutrition
Low-Hanging Fruit for Hormone Balance
Transform hormone health through actionable lifestyle changes: stress management, strategic nutrition, environmental detox, and evidence-based supplementation for lasting results.
Beyond Replacement: Hormone Optimization | Part 3
Testing & Tracking
How to Measure What Matters
Standard hormone testing misses critical information. Discover what to test, when to test it, and how to interpret results for true hormone optimization.
Beyond Replacement: Hormone Optimization | Part 2
Your Gut & Nervous System
The Hidden Hormone Influencers
Why does hormone therapy fail? Your gut and nervous system control how hormones are processed, metabolized, and eliminated—not just your hormone levels.
Beyond Replacement: Hormone Optimization | Part 1
The Hormone Hierarchy
Why Your Adrenals, Thyroid & Insulin Come First
Most practitioners do hormone replacement, not optimization. Learn why addressing cortisol, insulin, and thyroid first changes everything for lasting hormonal health.
How Breathwork Broke My Wife’s Trauma Cycle & Revolutionized My Medical Practice
When a single breathwork session broke his wife’s trauma cycle after their son’s near-fatal accident, this skeptical physician discovered the profound healing power of breath.
September Strong | Part 3
Nature’s Antidepressants
How Fall’s Harvest Protects Your Mood Through Winter’s Darkness
SAD prevention doesn’t start with light boxes in January — it begins with October preparation — food IS medicine!
September Strong | Part 2
Fall Stress Relief
Managing Seasonal Stress with Local Foods
While stress builds predictably each fall, three local foods helpyour body handle overwhelm naturally rather than just masking symptoms.
The Connected Life Crisis
Breaking Free from the Connected Life Crisis
The Simple (But Not Easy) Solution Your Body Needs to Heal
After five articles exposing how social media hijacks your family’s health, here’s the revolutionary but simple solution that lets your body heal itself—if you have the courage to implement it.
The Connected Life Crisis
Body Image in the Filter Age
A Functional Medicine Approach
“We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls.” Facebook said that. Not some…
Our Connected Life Crisis
Beyond Blue Light: Social Media & Sleep
How Evening Scrolling Steals Tomorrow’s Energy (and What Actually Helps)
Blue light gets all the blame — but that’s a bit like blaming the match while ignoring…
Our Connected Life Crisis
The Neuroscience of Social Media
How Algorithms Hijack Your Brain
The first in our series: “Our Connected Life Crisis” — How Social Media Steals Your Health &…
Your Hormones in Harmony
Your Hormones After 40: The Changes No One Talks About (But Should)
Navigating Perimenopause & Menopause
Understand the hidden hormonal shifts affecting your brain, metabolism, and energy—plus science-backed solutions to help you thrive through this natural transition.
PCOS (now PMOS) in Young Women
Why the New Name Confirms What Functional Medicine Already Knew
Discover why PCOS cases have increased by 67% in young women and the functional medicine approach that goes beyond birth control pills to restore true hormonal balance.