Welcome to Pura Vida Integrative Health!
We are a functional medicine team passionate about mental health and helping others discover the root cause of their discomfort and find lasting solutions. We believe the best medicine involves enabling our body’s innate healing response whenever possible. However, sometimes we need a helping hand to guide and support us.
The past few years, anxiety, grief, panic attacks, post-covid brain fog, migraines, disconnection, and postpartum depression ended up being a teacher for us; it led us to this path. We are individuals, just like you, who are prioritizing our internal state of harmony, and taking back control of our lives again.
Our goal now is to help others feel calm, energetic, clear-headed, use food as medicine, and ultimately restore balance within their bodies. Our personalized approach focuses on optimizing your overall health and wellness through nutrition, laboratory tests, supplements, and lifestyle changes. We will evaluate and assess your nutritional needs and imbalances and identify the reason of these imbalances such as digestive dysfunction, blood sugar imbalances, nutrient deficiencies, food sensitivities, or chronic stress. We can work alongside your prescribing physician to taper off medications, as well as recommend herbs and plant allies that support better mental health. Most of all, we will provide ongoing coaching, education, resources, and support so that you are never alone in your journey to optimal wellbeing and energy. You deserve it.
If you’re local to South Orange County, our consultations take place in our van at a local beach. If not, our online visits take place via practice better, zoom, or phone!
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Why Pura Vida?
Pura vida, or “pure life,” is a Costa Rican phrase that has profound meaning, but captures the simplicity of the spirit that lives in this beautiful country. Costa Ricans (Ticos) use this term to say hello, goodbye, I’m doing well, great, take it easy, enjoy life, or even the things that are not cool, but happened. As if saying, “Ok, but what can you do about it? That’s life!” It’s a wonderfully versatile term that sits at the heart of Costa Rican life. It’s an expression of external and internal optimism.
To us, Pura vida is a perspective and a lifestyle. It symbolizes the simple, cheerful outlook and lifestyle of what is often called the happiest country in the world. It’s about finding the beauty in the mundane and living for those simple easygoing joys like waking up to birds singing, observing the beauty of plants and trees, or spending quality time by the river with family and friends. No worries, no fuss, no stress.
Pura vida is a way of life where nature is valued, peace is abundant, and simplicity is key. Most importantly, it’s a mindset and a choice. How beautiful and uncomplicated life can be to see the world through this lens!
