EnvironmentSpotlight: Environment

Sara Vance, CN

Nutritionist, author of the Perfect Metabolism Plan, and host of The Metabolism Summit, Sara Vance is a regular guest on local San Diego morning shows, a sought-after public speaker, and offers a variety of programs including corporate & group nutrition programs, cooking classes, and school programs.

Shiroko Sokitch, MD

Razi Ann Berry

Razi Berry, founder and publisher of Naturopathic Doctor News & Review (ndnr.com) and NaturalPath (thenatpath.com), has spent the last decade as a natural medicine advocate and marketing whiz. She has galvanized and supported the naturopathic community, bringing a higher quality of healthcare to millions of North Americans through her publications. A self-proclaimed health-food junkie and mother of two, she loves all things nature, is obsessed with organic gardening, growing fruit trees (not easy in Phoenix), laughing until she snorts and homeschooling. She is a little bit crunchy and yes, that is her real name.

LiveAware Expo

The LiveAware Expo: Living Healthy in a Toxic World brings people together who are non-toxic in some way (eat organic, use non-toxic cleaners, use holistic medicine, etc.) but who don’t realize all the other aspects in which they are being bombarded by toxins. LiveAware Expo speakers cover a wide variety of topics (skin care products, EMF/WiFi, vaccines, food, water, etc.) that illustrate where we encounter toxins and, more importantly, how we can counter their effects.

Jay Davidson, DC, PScD

Dr. Jay Davidson completed his undergraduate studies at University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, majoring in biology with biomedical concentration with a chemistry minor. He received his Doctor of Chiropractic at Northwestern College of Chiropractic in Minnesota. Founder of DrJayDavidson.com, he focuses on functional, natural medicine. He is also a popular speaker, a two-time #1 international best-selling author and the host of the Chronic Lyme Disease Summits, the Parasite Summit, the Viral & Retroviral Summit and the Mitochondrial Summit. He is also the co-founder of Microbe Formulas.

Admired for his ability to bridge the gap between the scientific health community and the layperson, Dr. Jay Davidson is an ambitious clinician. Based on his wife’s experience of healing from chronic Lyme disease, his at-home Lyme disease program is a private community that walks participants through his step-by-step protocol for reversing Lyme disease.

Wendy Myers, FDN-P

Wendy Myers is passionate about educating on the importance of detox in our ever-increasingly toxic world. She healed her own health issues through detox and wants to help others do the same. Wendy’s research into detox intensified with the death of her father from esophageal cancer. Intuitively, she knew toxins, chemo, radiation and ten medications killed him prematurely. Launching her site, Myersdetox.com, she vowed to educate others to avoid the same fate. Food, detoxification, and natural healing modalities must be used to achieve true and lasting health. Wendy is a functional diagnostic nutritionist in Los Angeles, CA. She uses Hair Mineral Analysis, urine and stool metals tests to detox clients with her revolutionary Myers Detox Protocol.

Jeffrey Smith

Jeffrey Smith delivers transformational communication on a global scale. Over the past 24 years, he awakened the world to the serious health dangers of GMOs and Roundup through bestselling books, award-winning movies, and 1,000 lectures and 1,000 interviews in 45 countries. Named “Person of the Year” by Masters of Health magazine, his work is considered the major reason why 51% of Americans believe genetically engineered foods are unsafe. He is currently building a worldwide movement to halt the massive release of gene edited organisms, which would irreversibly corrupt and replace nature’s gene pool. He also created the global online program A Magnificent New Normal because he views society’s emergence from the pandemic shut down as an unprecedented opportunity to uplift humanity for generations to come. Given the enormity of the issues and opportunities mankind is facing, he encourages people to: “THINK HUGE…Thinking ‘big’ is so last century.”

Christine Schaffner, ND

Dr. Christine Schaffner is a board-certified naturopathic physician who graduated from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. Prior to Bastyr, she completed her undergraduate studies in pre-medicine and psychology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Dr. Schaffner is passionate about practicing medicine and creating healing spaces. She is the clinic director of Sophia Health Institute, which she co-created with her mentor Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt in Woodinville, Washington. She actively sees patients at Sophia Health Institute and through her practices, Marin Naturopathic Medicine in California and Bella Fiore Organic Med Spa & Klinik in Seattle. Along with practicing medicine, Dr. Schaffner has built partnerships and working relationships with practitioners who are committed to treating persistent Lyme disease all over the world. Through these connections, she has established a unique set of skills and knowledge to serve her patients. With this diverse skill set, Dr. Schaffner seeks to improve access, outcomes and speed of recovery for patients struggling with chronic illness.