Hi. I’m Dr. Tonia Winchester.

I’m a Naturopathic Doctor and a Brain-Based Transformation Coach.

I blend naturopathic principals with contemporary neuroscience to help people reprogram their minds so they’re ready and able to reach their health goals.

What does it take to change your habits and your wellness?

You can learn more about this here, and simply you need to change how your brain is wired.

If you’re wanting a deep and enduring change in how your neurology is wired, then it sounds like you could be a fit for the next direction I’m taking in my healing / helping career. 

Brain-based coaching work helps people simplify. Carry less. Focus. Hone in on what’s meaningful. 

It allows you to easily and effortlessly release the imprint of the past from your nervous system so that anxiety, stress, burnout, fatigue, pain, and even illness melt away. 

All so that you’re programmed for good things like peace, joy, energy. You’re primed to create and sustain healthy habits that let you reach your wellness goals.

I’m excited to serve you in this new way. Seriously… I get so JAZZED up about the transformations my clients experience.

If that seems like something you’d be into, your best place to begin that journey is with my book: Smiling in the Shower: The Simple, Swift Way to Break Through Burnout and Create Happy Energized Days. 

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About me…

I was a sick baby.

I had pseudo-meningitis, constant ear infections, a rare form of mono, and skin staph infections – one of which put me in quarantine in the hospital on IV antibiotics. The doctors were glad I didn’t end up going blind. And so am I.

Oh yeah, and I was covered in eczema.

At age 10, I declared my desire to be a pediatrician. I wanted to help kids get better so they could have tons of fun.

However, through my teenage health challenges, I became disenchanted with the conventional medical system. I was shuffled out of doctors’ offices with prescriptions meant to fill the empty hole I felt for not being heard.

Nobody could tell me why I was so sick, or offer any good, long-term solutions. And I had an inkling that taking good care of myself would be more effective and actually simpler than I thought.

I decided to change paths.

I was introduced to alternative medicine in grade 12. I immediately knew that complementary health care would allow me to help people in the meaningful way I wanted – finding the deeper reasons for their health problems.

My eczema healed when I started drinking 2 litres of water per day and when I changed universities so I could be dancing more. One act of self-care and one act of self-honesty healed 10 years of skin rashes.

I finally realized:

Our bodies have an amazing capacity to heal.

They are constantly trying to get our attention with our physical and emotional symptoms. But sometimes we just don’t know how to listen or what to do with what we hear.

That’s where my work comes in. After 5 years of university, and another 4 years at a naturopathic medical college, I’ve been in practice as a Naturopathic Doctor since 2007 and Master Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner and coach since 2021.

Bringing the Unconscious Concious.

I love working with people who are interested in getting to the root cause of illness. While remedies and supplements are helpful to catalyze healing, I believe the fundamental cause of disease (or bad habits that cause dis-ease) is how stress from our past and our present blocks our ability to go back into healing mode.

I’m very good at asking very good questions that help you unlock unconscious blocks that have been keeping you stuck in uncomfortable and even painful patterns… on all levels… physically, energetically, emotionally, mentally, and sometimes even spiritually.

What I find working with clients is that when we change how the unconscious mind remembers past events and discharge the emotion out of those experiences, your bodymind will easily go back into healing mode. And this is all possible without drugs, natural remedies, or even talk therapy.

Essentially we remove the main obstacle to cure, your old, antiquated, unconscious programming.

The benefit? You:

• have less pain and suffering
• lose weight (I’m a testament to that**)
• enjoy more energy
• look after yourself first so you can look after the ones you love sustainably, with out resentment
• feel calm, safe and at peace
• fill your life with joy and purpose
• choose to make all your dreams come true…
• … and get on with your delightful, thriving life.

** The process I take my clients through is called a Brain-Based Coaching Breakthrough, and as a client I’ve been through the process three times, so I can speak truly about how transformative it is. For example… after my first breakthrough my body release 30 pounds of stress-related weight she had been holding on to for 6 years. Easily. Effortlessly. Suddenly she didn’t need to keep that weight any more… she was safe with out it. I talk more about my personal shift here.

My Super Powers:

I am a safe, non-judgmental space. People consistently tell me, “I feel so comfortable around you. I’ve never told anyone this before.”

I have a knack for empowering and inspiring people to discover the underlying causes of even their most mysterious health problems.

I love helping people establish healthy, enduring habits that facilitate continuous, positive changes in their lives.

I am passionate about getting people healthy, happy, and doing what they love. I believe that healthy, happy people doing what they love contribute to a more peaceful world.

I want you to be one of those people.

You may not share the same belief system, but I bet you’d agree that you could be healthier and happier. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be reading this, right?

Consider me your health ally. You deserve to be your best self, to feel great, and live a delightful life that lights you up. I can help.

I’m gladly accepting new clients as a Master Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner (AKA Brain-Based Transformation Coach. Learn more about that here.

Curious to see if a Brain-Based Coaching Breakthrough, schedule your FREE discovery call.

This is a heart to heart chat to find out if where you’re at and what you’re wanting if a match for how I love to help.

Take good care, and may you choose to make all your dreams come true.

???Dr. Tonia Winchester, ND, NLP
Naturopathic Doctor
Master Neurolinguistic Coach and Practitioner

 

 

Professional Bio

When Tonia was 10 years old she decided she no longer wanted to be a marine biologist. What she wanted was to be a pediatrician so she could help kids get healthy and have a ton of fun.

However through her own health challenges as a teen she realized that mainstream medicine didn’t have the deeper answers she was looking for.

At age 17 she discovered her calling – alternative medicine. After graduating from Simon Fraser University (where she majored in Kinesiology and minored in contemporary dance) Tonia studied for another 4 years at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine.

As a Master Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) coach and practitioner, she guides her clients through a Breakthrough process that allows them to release painful imprints of the past, and be primed – neurologically – to find joy, peace, and energy in the present moment. She proudly ran a multi-disciplinary clinic called Tonic Naturopathic in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, BC for 6 years before choosing to focus on her brain-based coaching work.

Tonia is an NLP and Timeline Therapy (R) MASTER Practitioner and Coach, guiding people through personal breakthroughs, transforming anxiety, stress, insomnia to JOY, ENERGY, and VITALITY.

She believes that healthy, happy people doing what they love, contributes to a more peaceful world. One such person called her, “The Body Whisperer,” and another credits her for, “Recreating my life.”

Dr. Tonia is the author of Smiling in the Shower: The Simple, Swift Way to Breakthrough Burnout and Create Happy, Energized Days. Grab your copy here.

She’s been featured on CTV Island News, CHLY radio, and various health and spirituality blogs such as Conscious Nutrition, Real Foods Witch, and The Elephant Journal.

When she’s not inspiring people to live their healthiest, most delightful life, she is walking her talk, dancing, turning paper into pretty things, and spending time with her greatest teacher, Nature.