I Don’t Care About Your Diagnosis


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 yourself. How your nervous system received that story and how your biology followed.

I care about what’s right with you and how we can build from there.

That’s what a salutogenic approach does: it doesn’t focus on reducing the risk of disease, it cultivates health.

The word salutogenesis literally means “the origins of health” — from Latin salus (health) and Greek genesis (beginning). Medical sociologist Aaron Antonovsky coined it in 1979 to describe how our view of life influences our health more than we realize. Salutogenesis is a valid, reliable, multidimensional, and applicable umbrella concept that focuses on all the elements involved in health promotion, not disease risk reduction.

Yes, we look at the data. We measure what matters. But more importantly, we explore who you are becoming when you stop identifying with what’s wrong… and start aligning with what’s already strong.

Instead of asking “What makes people sick?”, salutogenesis asks: “What makes people healthy?”


Getting 10,000 Steps A Day? Not If You’re Just Circling the Kitchen

Speaking of salutogenesis, how 'bout those steps you take? Your phone or smart watch might be counting steps, but not all steps are created equal.

Puttering in the kitchen, folding laundry, tidying the corners of your life: these register on your smartwatch, sure. But, they don't move the needle when it comes to metabolic health or longevity.

A hundred years ago, humans walked 10,000 to 18,000 steps a day - outdoors, on uneven terrain, with purpose and pace.

They didn’t “get their steps in” between emails or during commercials.

They walked to live. And in doing so, they lived well, with far lower rates of cardiometabolic disease than today.

So here’s your cheeky wake-up call:

Stop puttering. Start walking. Like, really walking. Swing your arms. Break a sweat. Aim for that glisten at the small of your back… or the trickle between your breasts. LOL. But seriously.

No smartwatch? No problem. Ten minutes = roughly 1,000 steps.

You can do this.


Quote Of The Issue

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patients in care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” – Thomas Edison

Dr. Dominika Zarzeczny

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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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