By The Roots. the podcast
By The Roots. the podcast
Podcast Description
Serving the Naturopathic Medicine profession since 2024. A podcast that highlights and celebrates the uniqueness of our medicine and approach to patient care. The host, Christie Wylde, is in her last year of training to be an ND and all guests are NDs who've graduated from an accredited institution. Episodes are clinically relevant, professionally empowering, clinically relevant.
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The podcast covers a variety of themes related to naturopathic medicine including women's health, autoimmune conditions, integrative practices, and the importance of mentorship in healthcare. Specific episodes focus on topics such as pelvic floor therapy's role in primary care with Dr. Kathryn Kloos and the complexities of treating autoimmune diseases with Dr. Jenny Bennett, emphasizing the multifaceted approaches of naturopathic treatment.

Serving the Naturopathic Medicine profession since 2024. A podcast that highlights and celebrates the uniqueness of our medicine and approach to patient care. The host, Dr. Christie Wylde, is a recent Bastyr grad and all guests are NDs who’ve graduated from an accredited institution. Episodes are clinically relevant, professionally empowering, and clinically relevant.
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In the US, naturopathic medical schools are at an impasse. With the department of education downgrading our professional status and severely limiting access to student loans, coupled with a recent pattern of declining enrollment numbers,our profession is in crisis.
In this potent conversation, host Dr. Christie Wyldetalks with recent NUNM alum and creator of the site, Debt By Natural Causes, Dr. Ryan Hofer. Together, they outline just a handful of the problems currently affecting Naturopathic Medical schools and the profession, and what it could meanif we don’t rally as a collective to address them.
MeetDr. Ryan:
Ryan is an Educator andNaturopathic Doctor who writes about debt in Naturopathic and Acupuncture in the Substack newsletter Debt by Natural Causes. He is the volunteer Executive Director of the Pain Relief and Education nonprofit and the Regulatory Lead forthe Acupuncture Workforce Alliance. Ryan also represented student borrowers at the Department of Education's Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization negotiated rulemaking. He enjoys spending time outdoors, video production, hot yoga, and talking about what comes next.
Connect w/ Dr. Ryan:https://naturoryan.com/https://debtbynaturalcauses.substack.com/
CNME decisionletter: https://debtbynaturalcauses.substack.com/p/cnme-placed-on-12-month-monitoring
By The Roots exclusively serves the Naturopathic Medicine Professional community, and it is supported by listeners like you on our Patreon platform. Special thanks to the Producer of this episode:
Raylene Jordan
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