What is a mastermind?

As we put the finishing touches on our mastermind we're launching in February that is inspired by our hearts, and it occurred to me that people probably don’t even know what a mastermind is! When we held our hormone mastermind at the end of last year, people were pleasantly surprised at the way the mastermind environment felt like a huge bank of knowledge, a safe space for sharing an interactive health experience, and also covered all of the material they were looking for and more. Some of the feedback we got was participants saying they got so much more than if they paid for an online course on the topic, because it was truly geared towards their needs. And they also said they enjoyed the group setting just as much or more than a personal functional medicine appointment because they never would’ve thought to ask the questions that were asked and ended up learning a lot more as a result. They formed connections with the doctors leading the mastermind, as well as each other, and some of them still stay in touch to this day!

But what IS it exactly? Healthcare is changing. You send a text to your doctor and get billed for the advice these days. It has become so impersonal. You purchase a course online and try desperately to learn how to advocate for yourself when you go to your visit, where it’s largely up to you to suggest if the doctor can look further into your symptoms. The labs come back in the normal range and you still feel lousy. Functional medicine is fabulous because it looks deeper for the root cause of problems, but it can be hard to get in to be seen by the doctor and afford all the testing that you want and need.

We saw this hole in the healthcare world, and we are trying to fill it with masterminds!

Masterminds are a big step up from a group class or online course. They are designed to help you achieve lasting change in a supportive community and to truly heal from the inside out. They are an easier way to enter into the functional medicine world and get some testing done. Masterminds are for those people who are interested in learning more and really want to do it themselves but don’t know where to start. They are for people who have done some functional testing and want to dive deeper but don’t want to be on the journey alone anymore. They are also for those people who have goals that they still haven’t reached and just feel stuck and confused.

We felt metabolism would be the best topic for this mastermind because at this time of year, you are bombarded with sales pitches about how to lose weight. Experts will try to make you feel that something is wrong with you and pressure you to hit that purchase button by instilling the belief in you that you are not energetic enough, productive enough, skinny enough or healthy enough. And we know that’s not true. We know you are doing your best, and we know what you really crave is answers, confidence and connection with someone you trust.

In our Metabolism Mastermind, we hope to get an awesome group of people together to wear continuous glucose monitors and learn how the food We eat affects our glucose and therefore our stress and our body’s tendency to retain fat. Diabetes and obesity are some of the leading causes of illness in this country, and insulin resistance is a buzz word that many of us don’t feel like we quite understand, yet we instinctually suspect it has a lot to do with how we feel. Glucose monitoring can help you get answers. Sometimes it’s not about giving up your favorite foods or setting all the strict rules for your diet to get results. Sometimes it’s about knowing specifically how your unique body reacts to what you eat and using that information to hack your system. Participants will likely see weight loss, less stress due to not riding the glucose roller coaster we will discuss, learn about food sensitivities they most likely have, have a complete plan for how to make changes immediately and leading into the future, sleep better since their glucose and cortisol won’t spike in the middle of the night anymore, and experience gut healing as a result of being in this mastermind.

The idea is we can have all the freedom we want in our lifestyle if we have the knowledge to go along with it. If we know how to balance treats and indulgences and support our body through them. If We know how to love ourselves Instead of being so hard on ourselves for not having all the answers. And if we finally just ask for the support we need so that we can get closer and closer to feeling totally empowered in our state of well-being. We hope this mastermind is a big piece of that.

We are finalizing details, but the waitlist is right HERE for details and early bird offers. If you have specific questions about whether this is right for you, we would be happy to have a free consultation to discuss. You can schedule that with our nurse practitioner, Roxy, at this link!