👋Hi. I’m Dr. Tonia Winchester.
While it might seem like I wear a lot of hats essentially...
I'm a
PEOPLE HELPER.
As a Naturopathic Doctor,
IV Nutrient Therapist, &
Mind-Body Healing Coach...
I'm obsessed with helping people create:
Healthy bodies,
Clear minds,
Full hearts, &
Joyful lives.
I blend naturopathic principals, nature's best remedies and contemporary neuroscience to help people nutrify their bodies and reprogram their minds so their health is an easy ally that primes them to...
Live A wonderful life.
ULTIMATELY...
I'm here to Help you experience maximal joy, energy, and vitality.
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I love working with people who are interested in
getting to the root cause of illness.
And not only getting to the root cause...
but getting the root cause out,
so that the body has no choice but to cause wellness &
BE WELLNESS PRONE.
I truly believe that healthy, happy people doing what they love contribute to a more peaceful world.
I'm assuming we can both agree that we really, really, really, need more of that right now.
I want you be one of those people - who's healthy, happy, and doing what you love.
If you want that for yourself too... then hot diggedy. I'm so glad you're here, looking to connect.
I BELIEVE ...
While remedies and supplements are helpful to catalyze healing...
The fundamental cause of disease
(and/or the bad habits that cause dis-ease)
Is how STRESS from our past and present
Blocks our ability to go back into healing mode.
What's good about being in Healing mode?
You get to:
The physical
(Body)
Have less pain and suffering.
Sleep deeply. (ME! More below).
Wake rested.
Focus and think clearly.
Move through your day with ease, agility, strength.
Manage life's stresses with out your health suffering anymore.
Enjoy more energy, vitality, stamina, resilience.
Delight in your clear, healthy skin. (ME! More below).
Feel calm, safe and at peace.
Revel in balanced moods, hormones, periods (ME! More below).
Release weight (ME! More below).
The Rest
(Mind, Heart, Life)
Look after yourself first so you can look after the ones you love sustainably, with out resentment or burning out.
Stop bending over backwards for others compromising your own well-being (less people pleasing).
Carry less; put down burdens.
Create stronger boundaries.
Hone in on what's important.
Fill your life with joy and purpose.
Deepen relationships.
Get back to things you enjoy: art, exploring, dance, nature, adventures.
Choose to make all your dreams come true……
🍨I'll have another scoop of that,
how about you? Say yes.
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.” My favorite was when a patient showed up in her pjs and told me she wouldn't feel comfortable doing that with anyone else.
I have a knack for empowering and inspiring people to discover and recover from 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 very good at asking very good questions. Paradigm shifting questions that create and ALWAYS BETTER SINCE in your health and life.
I'm a good laugher. I imagine we're going to laugh together. This a crucial part of my purpose and one of my truest gifts.
I believe that we're the ones in charge of making all our dreams come true. I have a way of rubbing off on the people I work with. Soon, you may believe that too.
A bit More About Me...
I WAS A SICK BABY
I had pseudo-meningitis as an infant, constant ear infections and eczema as a child, a rare form of mono as a teen, and regular 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.
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.
My family didn't know anything about alternative medicine, so I was never exposed to different and exciting healing ideas until grade 12 when I was introduced to natural and complementary medicine 🤯
I immediately knew that this new way of seeing and working in health care would allow me to help people in the meaningful way I wanted – finding the deeper reasons for their health problems and resolving them at the root.
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.
This is what I realized:
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Our Bodies Have An
Amazing Capacity to Heal.
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They (our bodies) are constantly trying to get our attention with our physical and emotional symptoms. Sometimes we just don’t know how to listen or what to do with what we hear.
That’s where our work together comes in. Consider me your wellness ally.
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.
This is the sweet spot of wholistic medicine: reprogramming the mind for healing... so the body can use natures remedies to... well... HEAL!
Seriously. This is the good stuff and I can't get enough of it! Nor do I want to.
**Since Training as a Mind-Body Healing Coach,
I've been through the process that I take my clients through SIX times.
So I can speak truly and personally about how transformative it is.
For example… since being a client of this work my body released 15 22 30 40 50 60 pounds of trauma/stress-related weight she had been holding on to for 6 years.
She did this easily and effortlessly.
Suddenly she didn’t need to keep that weight any more… she was safe with out it,
so it just melted away.
I also have healed a lifetime of inebriatingly painful periods, where I would vomit most cycles, and be bed-ridded for 3 days, not being able to hold any food down.
Sleep deeply, restoratively, soundly through the night with out nightmares, with out being awake for several hours staring at the clock.
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Mind-Body Healing & Coaching
Easily create and support new habits.
Lift your mood, heart, mind to feel good here and now.
Release and clear the pain of the past and go back into healing mode.
Helpful Books And Courses
A mind-body approach to enjoy the benefits of a good night's rest.
Change Your Thinking to Change your health and Life
Sleep Deeply.
Wake Rested.
Free Content (Also helpful!)
Over 200 articles on health, healing, natural medicine (2013 - 2020)
More posts, podcasts, videos on mind-body medicine.
(2021-current)
Where we turn little life moments into big life lessons.
Free guided visualization to release old negative emotions.
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.
She became licensed to practice naturopathic medicine in British Columbia (BC) in 2007. She holds board certifications in acupuncture, IV therapy, and prescribing rights.
Now As a Mind-Body Healing Coach, she guides her clients through a 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. Now she practices at Knead Therapy in Nanaimo, BC.
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 two books: Break Through The Insomnia Cycle and Thinking Kindly.
She has created a library of over 200 blog articles on health, healing, and mind-body medicine.
She is the host of the Wonder with Me Podcast the place where we turn little life moments in to big life lessons and learn to leverage the power of the unconscious mind to go back into healing mode.
She’s been featured on CTV Island News, CHLY radio, and various health and lifestyle blogs such as Conscious Nutrition, Brainz Magazine, and The Elephant Journal. She also loves being a podcast guest
When she’s not inspiring people to live their healthiest, most delightful life, she is walking her talk, salsa dancing and teaching, turning paper into pretty things, and spending time with her greatest teacher, Nature.
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