Functional Medicine for Real-World Impact: The School of Applied Functional Medicine (SAFM)
Tracy Harrison
31 episodes
6 days ago
Functional Medicine for Real-World Impact offers practical insights to empower healthcare professionals in transforming patient care through applied functional medicine. Join Tracy Harrison as she dives deep into the interconnected nature of physiology, lifestyle, and innovative interventions—bringing clarity to the science behind complex, chronic conditions. Each episode is packed with case scenarios, clinical pearls, and actionable strategies that practitioners can immediately apply for greater patient outcomes. If you’re ready to do your best work and elevate your clinical confidence, this podcast is your guide to meaningful, impactful change in healthcare.
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Functional Medicine for Real-World Impact offers practical insights to empower healthcare professionals in transforming patient care through applied functional medicine. Join Tracy Harrison as she dives deep into the interconnected nature of physiology, lifestyle, and innovative interventions—bringing clarity to the science behind complex, chronic conditions. Each episode is packed with case scenarios, clinical pearls, and actionable strategies that practitioners can immediately apply for greater patient outcomes. If you’re ready to do your best work and elevate your clinical confidence, this podcast is your guide to meaningful, impactful change in healthcare.
Beyond the Prescription Pad - An MD’s Journey to True Healing | E30
Functional Medicine for Real-World Impact: The School of Applied Functional Medicine (SAFM)
45 minutes
6 days ago
Beyond the Prescription Pad - An MD’s Journey to True Healing | E30
A German-trained physician shares how functional medicine helped her finally understand why lifelong eczema persisted and what changed when she stopped chasing symptoms and started addressing immune overload.
In this episode, Tracy Harrison speaks with Julia Martin, MD, HC, about the gap between conventional medical training and real-world healing. Julia reflects on living with eczema since childhood, becoming a licensed physician, and realizing that much of what she learned focused on suppression rather than understanding why chronic conditions return. Discovering functional medicine shifted how she viewed immune activation, food sensitivities, and inflammation, leading to meaningful improvement in her own health.
The conversation explores Julia’s “inflammation bucket” framework, which explains how genetics, gut health, toxins, hormones, stress, and environment collectively shape symptoms over time. Rather than searching for a single trigger or cure, Julia emphasizes reducing overall immune load and empowering patients to respond calmly and confidently when flares occur. This episode shows how asking better questions and connecting systems can transform both practitioner confidence and patient experience.
Episode Breakdown:
00:00 From Conventional Medicine to Functional Medicine Impact
03:00 Living With Lifelong Eczema and the Limits of Symptom Suppression
07:22 The Functional Medicine Aha That Changed Everything
11:20 The Inflammation Bucket and Why Chronic Symptoms Persist
20:25 Root Causes of Eczema Including Gut Health Histamine and Immune Overload
39:59 Empowerment Over Panic A Real Eczema Breakthrough Story
Connect with Julia Martin:
Email: info@ex-zema.com
The Ex-zema™ Root Cause Solution
Facebook Group: Root Cause Solutions for Holistic Eczema Warriors 🌱
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Functional Medicine for Real-World Impact: The School of Applied Functional Medicine (SAFM)
Functional Medicine for Real-World Impact offers practical insights to empower healthcare professionals in transforming patient care through applied functional medicine. Join Tracy Harrison as she dives deep into the interconnected nature of physiology, lifestyle, and innovative interventions—bringing clarity to the science behind complex, chronic conditions. Each episode is packed with case scenarios, clinical pearls, and actionable strategies that practitioners can immediately apply for greater patient outcomes. If you’re ready to do your best work and elevate your clinical confidence, this podcast is your guide to meaningful, impactful change in healthcare.
