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Hi! I'm Dr. Dominika Zarzeczny, ND

First inspired by the work of Dr. Gabor Mate, Dr. Dominika has focused much of her career on helping her patients connect the dots between early adversity and trauma and their impact on lifelong health and well-being. She knows that the reversal of chronic illness involves the nervous system, and so she has dedicated her practice to helping patients master their own nervous system to positively influence their mind and body, behaviours and ultimately health outcomes. Her explanation of disease doesn't pathologize or blame, but is nuanced, humanized and filled with hope. She trained with various psychologists and experts in the field of psychological trauma. She incorporates the principles of neuroscience, attachment theory, mindfulness, Polyvagal Theory and compassionate inquiry in her approach with patients. Combining these with her naturopathic training, she likes to say that she works at the intersection of science and human experience.

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Permission to Ease In (Summer’s Not Over)

In This Issue: Permission to Ease In (Summer’s Not Over) (<30 sec) The Viral Skipping Trend Really Works! (< 30 sec) Quote Of The Issue Permission to Ease In (Summer’s Not Over) As September rolls in, many of us feel that old cultural pull: shake off the “lazy days” of summer and launch into Fall at full throttle. But pause for a moment: who really benefits from that frenzy? A frantic, anxious person is the perfect consumer. The truth is, this urgency is manufactured. Nature never rushes its...

In This Issue (< 4 min): We Have Become Hormonally Modified Why Being Told What to Do Rarely Works A Mindful Pause We Have Become Hormonally Modified Here we are, we do our very best to avoid foods with added hormones or genetic modification. And yet, without realizing it, we’ve become hormonally modified ourselves. The combination of processed foods, chronic stress (causing stress hyperglycaemia), sedentary lifestyles and food consumption patterns (e.g. overeating, frequent snacking, eating...

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In This Issue (< 4 min): The Secret Healthy People Aren’t Telling You I Met My Edge And I Liked It Quote Of The Issue The Secret Healthy People Aren’t Telling You We’ve been taught to reverse-engineer health, as if forcing ourselves to eat kale and hitting the gym three times a week will make us healthy. But true health doesn’t start on the plate or at the gym.It begins in the mind.When you know yourself really well and know how to attend to your thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations -...

In This Issue (~4 min): I Don’t Care About Your Diagnosis Getting 10,000 Steps A Day? Not If You’re Just Circling the Kitchen Quote Of The Issue I Don’t Care About Your Diagnosis That’s right. I don’t care about your diagnosis, at least not the way most of medicine does. Your diagnosis is a name. A label. A summary of symptoms. A pattern your body has been running, maybe for years. What I do care about is what happened before the diagnosis. What shaped you. What you came to believe about...

In This Issue (< 5 min): What If Peri-menopause Wasn’t the Problem? Usually, I share three entries in my weekly newsletter, but this week it's just one.Because this message deserves space.Because I want you to linger with it. Keep it open on your phone or computer, and see what bubbles to the surface. What If Perimenopause Wasn’t The Problem? We’ve been taught to reduce this season of a woman’s life to one word: hormones. We’re told our estrogen is dipping, our progesterone is crashing, and...

In This Issue (5 min): When a Diagnosis Becomes a Cage Healing the Split: Reuniting Mind and Body in Modern Medicine Quote Of The Issue When a Diagnosis Becomes a Cage Too often, we walk into a doctor’s office seeking answers and walk out with a diagnosis that quietly begins to define us. "You’re hypothyroid" "You’re depressed" "You're diabetic""You're ADHD" What starts as a medical label can become a psychological straightjacket, constraining our sense of possibility of healing. A seed of...

In This Issue (5 min): Is The Next TikTok Health Trend Right For You? The Female Health Trifecta: Sugar, Stress & Sex Quote Of The Issue Is The Next TikTok Health Trend Right For You? The truth is, most health advice wasn’t made with women in mind. Here's the backstory: Back in 1977, The FDA issued guidelines that effectively excluded most women of "childbearing potential" from early-stage clinical trials. This policy aimed to protect women and potential fetuses from unknown risks associated...

In This Issue (5 min): Eat for the Life You Want, Not Just the Season You’re In What the Evidence Tells Us — and What You Should Remember Eat for the Life You Want, Not Just the Season You’re In: A Comparison of Today’s Most Popular Diets As summer approaches, it’s tempting to chase quick fixes in the name of a “beach body.” Fad diets surge in popularity this time of year, luring many with the promise of fast results, but often at the expense of long-term health. That’s why I’m sharing this...

In This Issue: We Made The Team! Bridging the Gaps in Your Circle of Care Quote Of The Issue Guess Who Just Got Invited to the Table! I’m thrilled to share that Naturopathic Medicine has been formally recognized as part of Canada’s evolving primary care landscape. Naturopathic Doctors are now featured in the newly released Compendium of Roles in Team-Based Primary Care, officially launched in April 2025 by the Canadian Health Workforce Network. You can find our profile here on page 46. This...

In This Issue: The Most Diagnosed Mental Health Condition Is Actually A Survival Response Skipping Breakfast May Be Fuelling Your Anxiety Quote Of The Issue The Most Diagnosed Mental Health Condition Is Actually A Survival Response Anxiety is now the most diagnosed mental health condition in the world. But the dominant narrative around it is both outdated and disempowering. We’re told it's a genetic condition that results in a chemical imbalance, but the truth is far more hopeful and … far...