2025 Seeking Whole Health Conference Speakers
We’re so excited to bring you this incredible line-up of knowledgeable, enthusiastic speakers. Get to know each one before our event and join them on their websites or social media pages. Please note, speaker line-up is subject to change prior to the event due to unforseen circumstances.
Joel Salatin
Friday Afternoon Keynote Address
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Friday Evening VIP Dinner Address
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Saturday Morning Keynote Address
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Saturday Breakout Session: Folks, This Ain’t Normal
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Saturday Breakout Session: What Science Got Wrong
Joel Salatin calls himself a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. Mixing mischievous humor with hard-hitting information, Salatin both entertains and moves people. He passionately defends small farms, local food systems, and the right to opt out of the conventional food paradigm.
When he’s not on the road speaking, he’s at home on the farm, keeping the callouses on his hands and dirt under his fingernails, mentoring young people, inspiring visitors, and promoting local, regenerative food and farming systems. Four generations of his family currently live and work on his Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia where they raise salad bar beef, pigaerator pork, pastured poultry, and forestry products.
Dr. Ben Edwards
Friday Morning Keynote Address
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Friday Breakout Session: 4 Pillars of Health – Using Diet & Lifestyle to Turn Genes On & Off
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Saturday Breakout Session: The Real Cause of Heart Disease & Heart Attacks (Hint: It’s NOT Saturated Fat!)
Dr. Ben Edwards always dreamed of being a small town country doctor like his granddads. After graduating from UT-Houston Medical School in 2002 and completing a residency in Family Practice, he spent 7 years as the only doctor in the county at the Garza County Health Clinic in Post, TX. A divine appointment in 2011 opened his eyes to the fact that U.S. medical schools only teach a narrow way of disease and symptom management with pharmaceuticals instead of disease and symptom resolution by addressing root causes. Veritas Wellness was established in 2012 to try and truly help people by addressing root causes.
Dr. Tabatha Barber
You Can’t Heal a Body You Hate; And You Can’t Honor God While Destroying Your Body.
Dr. Tabatha, a triple board-certified physician, leads Her Higher Health, a virtual medical practice offering compassionate and transformative care to women nationwide. Through her podcast, supplement line, best-selling book, and faith-based coaching academy, Fast to Faith, Dr. Tabatha shares essential insights on gut health, hormone balance, mindset, and the profound importance of nourishing the soul for genuine healing and wholeness. She is a guiding light, offering clarity and hope in today’s complex medical landscape.
Dr. Jennifer Pfleghaar
How to Navigate Hormones, Sync Your Cycle
& Balance Your Blood Sugar
Dr. Jen Pfleghaar is a double board-certified physician in Emergency and Integrative Medicine. Passionate about holistic health, she co-authored Eat. Sleep. Move. Breathe. and serves on the board of the Invisible Disabilities Association while actively supporting the osteopathic community. Diagnosed with Hashimoto’s herself, Dr. Jen brings a personal understanding of autoimmune conditions and guides patients toward optimal health through her practice, Healthy by Dr. Jen.
Barefoot Will
From the Ground Up: Improve Your Mobility & Strength with Better Foot Function
Barefoot Will (Will Keith) is a 9 year Physical Therapy Professional with niche knowledge about our body’s foundation: the feet and ankles. Will comes with a holistic, root-cause approach to treating his patients and helping his clients overcome injury so they can return to the life they desire.
Jasmine Lucero
Stress, Anxiety, and Herbs to Calm the Storm
Jasmine Lucero is a clinical herbalist and the publisher of the Christian Herbal Magazine, a quarterly natural health publication which teaches its readers to confidently use herbal medicine. Jasmine has been married for 32 years, has eight children, four grandchildren, and lives in a small central Texas town where she enjoys tending her bountiful herb garden, keeping bees, chickens, and a Jersey cow named Gracie.
Dawn Combs
Sweet Remedies: Healing Herbal Honeys For Your Home
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Designing Your Natural Health Plan
Dawn Combs, M.A., is an herbalist, ethnobotanist, and functional foods expert. She is the best-selling author of Sweet Remedies, Heal Local, and Conceiving Healthy Babies. As a popular speaker and contributor, she’s best known for her expertise in honey- and natural sugar-based herbal remedies. Dawn and her family model how to grow personal health with a strong community focus, practical solutions, and Creator-made foods and remedies through her online membership forum and apprenticeship and her unique line of healthy soda supplements at SodaFarm.com.
Margaret Floyd Barry
Hidden Food Sensitivities and Inflammation: Beyond the Usual Suspects
Margaret Floyd Barry, FNTP, MRWP is a functional nutritionist, author, speaker, educator, and real food advocate who daily pursues the most nutritious and delicious ways of eating. With years of experience, Margaret uses a powerful system for restoring health by addressing the root cause of illness. Today, she teaches fellow practitioners the same proven system she uses to get her clients life-changing results through her program Restorative Wellness Solutions, and educates the public with her books Eat Naked: Unprocessed, Unpolluted and Undressed Eating for a Healthier, Sexier You and The Naked Foods Cookbook.
Deidre Bloomquist
Reversing Toxic Infertility
Deidre Bloomquist, FNTP, RWMP, along with her team of practitioners, works with women to resolve a wide range of digestive issues and hormone imbalances, while also running a dedicated pediatric practice. She specializes in reversing infertility and restoring health through reducing toxicity in the preconception phase to not only support fertility, but to also promote health and healing for generations to come. She is the author of Toxic Infertility: Detoxification Solutions to Improve Natural Fertility.
James Barry
The Nutritional & Healing Benefits of Organ Meats: A Holistic Perspective
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Organ Meat Cooking Demo
James Barry’s 20 years in the culinary field started as a private chef cooking for celebrities such as Tom Cruise, George Clooney, Gerard Butler, Barbra Streisand, Fergie, and John Cusack. James is a published cookbook author having authored The Naked Foods Cookbook and co-authored the recipes in Margaret Floyd’s book Eat Naked and Dr. Alejandro Junger’s book Clean 7. He hosts the Everyday Ancestral podcast and is the CEO/Founder of Pluck Superfood Seasoning.
Dr. Jeremiah Schreiber
Utilizing Regenerative Medicine for Chronic Pain
Dr. Jeremiah Schreiber, DC is the clinic director of Flagship Healthcare, an integrated medical clinic. He has spoken both nationally and internationally on the topic of natural and regenerative healthcare. He is passionate about educating people on the pitfalls of modern medicine and how to avoid them.
Maureen Diaz
A Biblical Approach to Nutrition
Maureen Diaz co-founded God’s Good Table alongside her eldest daughter, Erin. They aim to help others build and recover good health for themselves and their families, and learn simple, regenerative practices for small-scale growing of foods, the preservation and preparation of these foods, and using food as medicine. As a wife, mother to 9, and experienced homesteader, she also works with the Weston A. Price Foundation.
Kat Owens
The World vs. the Word’s Perspective on Food
Kat is a wife, mother, Air Force Academy graduate, and Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, and most importantly, follower of Christ. After her own health concerns, Kat found herself diving deep into nutrition research and experimentation. Today she loves helping Christians break through the world’s confusing and misleading messages about food and nutrition with wisdom from the Bible by teaching group workshops, online classes, and speaking.
Bryan Spilmon, DDS
Bryan describes himself as a “recovering dentist” who honors God’s natural laws to correct serious dental issues relating to chronic systemic conditions such as cancer, autoimmunity, heart disease and much more.
Dr. Dale Capela
Dr. Dale has been partnering with patients in the pursuit of optimal wellness for the past 25 years and believes God has designed our bodies to heal and function well. As a chiropractor, Dr. Capela specializes in neurology, and therapies, is trained in pediatric adjustments. He continually educates himself and cares for his patients with the most up-to-date therapies and techniques to support their whole body care.
Heidi Villegas
Heidi Villegas is the founder and lead instructor for Healing Harvest Homestead and the School of Botanical Arts & Sciences (SOBAS). She is an experienced community and clinical herbalist, professional aromatherapist, homesteader, grandmother, teacher, and gardener of medicinal plants. She loves teaching others how to use the plant medicine right at their fingertips for improved health, quality of life, and greater self-sufficiency and wellness choices.
Kyla Kethcart
Brewing Kombucha at Home
Kyla Kethcart is a homesteader, artist, and gut health enthusiast. She lives in central Ohio with her husband & four children where she grows and preserves food, and shares valuable kitchen skills with her community. Her desire is to keep traditional, real food skills alive for the health of our communities and future generations.
Dr. Aric Freischlag
Hidden Triggers: Cracking the Code of Autoimmunity
Dr. Aric DPT, CPT, FMT has a passion to help individuals of all backgrounds and ages get their bodies to a place where they thrive and unlock their God-given healing potential. By taking a comprehensive holistic approach to healing, Dr. Aric specializes in empowering individuals to reach optimal wellness and live the healthiest version of themselves. Dr. Aric oversees the Functional Medicine department at Complete Chiropractic and Living Well in Wooster.
Marvin Hershberger, ND
A Food As Medicine Approach to Diabetes & Pre-Diabetes
As a Traditional Naturopathic Doctor, Marvin is passionate about helping people thrive in the face of illness. Marvin embraces the Terrain approach to medicine which addresses root causes rather than disease or symptom management. He enjoys homesteading in Fresno, Ohio with his wife Elsie and four children.
Kate Tietje
Building Your Herbal Toolkit for Total Wellness
Kate Tietje, CEO/Founder of Earthly, is a natural health advocate and educator dedicated to empowering families with practical, holistic wellness solutions. With extensive expertise in herbal medicine, health and wellness, and the supplement industry, she is a vocal supporter of medical freedom and informed choice. Kate aims to inspire others to embrace natural health practices and self-education through her work, fostering resilience and well-being in their everyday lives.
Stephanie Viveiros
Unlocking Optimal Health: The Power of Myofunctional Therapy
Stephanie is a military wife, mom of two teenage boys, and dog mom. Combining her professional experience as a dental hygienist with my personal experience as a mom of children who struggled with tethered oral tissues and oral dysfunctional, she discovered the path of myofunctional therapy, infant feeding, and lactation. She owns Ohio Myofunctional Therapy and The Latchology Co. in Hudson, OH, where she focuses on improving oral dysfunction and support families through the lifespan.
Jill Wright
Optimizing Potential: Support for Complex Kids
Jill is a Board Certified Traditional Naturopath whose passion is optimizing the health of individuals with Down syndrome and neurodevelopmental disorders and supporting healthy growth in children. She has witnessed the transformative impact of holistic interventions in her family, the special needs community, and beyond. She holds a B.S. in Combined Sciences from Youngstown State University and numerous certifications from Trinity and New Eden Schools of Natural Health, and owns Blossom Holistic Health.
Emmaly Buda
A Holistic Approach to Acne
Emmaly has been an advanced licensed esthetician since 2009. Her passion is all things skin health and making you feel your absolute best, inside and out. Optimizing skin health and confidence is her goal with every client. Emmaly enjoys creating memories with her husband and two little boys, Owen and Oliver, as well as her two lovable labradors.
Kelly Troup
Using Carnivore, Keto & Seasonal Eating to Support Healing
Kelly Troup, RDMS, PHC, FMHP is a functional medicine holistic wellness professional with 15 years’ experience in conventional medical sonography. After going through her own healing journey, she now helps others rebalance their bodies with a functional medicine approach through uncovering root cause drivers and restoring healthy metabolic function.
Karen Geiser
Fermenting Vegetables Made Easy
Karen lives with her family on a farm in Kidron where they raise pastured meats, salad greens, medicinal herbs, cut flowers, and more. They are thankful to be stewards of a beautiful part of God’s creation and Karen enjoys teaching skills that will enable others to care for their families naturally.
Anna Edgington
Animal Herbalism
Anna completed the Master Herbalist program from Dr. Christopher’s School of Natural Healing. She teaches herbal classes at her family farm, Milk & Honey Acres, where they also sell homemade skincare, pastured animal products, and hand-knit craft items. Anna says “God has given us the plants. We just need to learn how to use them.”
Donna Aber
Environmental Toxins-Where & What are they? How to avoid & get them out of our bodies.
After healing her own autoimmune disorder and reclaiming her health, Donna loves sharing what she’s learned with others. She quit her real estate career and became a Detox Specialist through Dr. Pompa with Health Centers. Now Donna coaches others how to detox their bodies at the cellular level, and loves doing it.
Carrie Perkins
DIY Personal Skincare Basics
Carrie is a homeschool mama of four who has been on a journey to holistic living for 15 years. Along the way, she has learned many skills, including how to make nearly all of her skin and body care products at home. Her passion is for learning simple and sustainable practices that help lead us into the fullness of life that God created for us to enjoy. She and her son, Jacob, own and craft products at Redeemed Skincare.
Sarah Madden
Nutrition for Two: From Preconception Through Breastfeeding
Sarah Madden A-CFHC, NBHWC – After overcoming her own health crisis, Sarah completed the ADAPT Functional Health Coaching Program and later earned her National Board Certification in Health and Wellness. Since then, she’s held group classes, coached individual clients, and immersed herself in the health and wellness world.
Jeremy Williams
What’s In Your Water?
Jeremy has over 13 years of experience as a water specialist, he has dedicated his career to educating others about water quality and safety. He is also a husband and father to 6 sons. Jeremy has a strong passion for his family, community and his profession
Miranda Hupp
Beef Tallow: Back to the Basics with Beef Fat
Miranda is the founder and creator at Country Bloom Farm, an old fashioned skincare company. She is a retired homeschool mom of 4 and has been married for 27 years. Miranda has a passion for creating an intentional life. What started out as a wellness journey for herself has turned into so much more.
Jeanne Givelekian
Dips and Dressings Cooking Demo
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Spring Recipes Seasonal Cooking Demo
Jeanne is a Holistic Chef, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Founder of Purposeful Eats, LLC. Her love for whole, unprocessed food has inspired her to prepare nutritious and delicious meals, and engage in a healthy lifestyle that inspires adults and children to develop healthy habits and kitchen skills. She has a passion and desire to help support families who want to move beyond surviving to thriving with optimal health that is at the core of her business model.
2025 Seeking Whole Health Conference
May 1-3, 2025 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
West Hill Baptist Church
2241 Mechanicsburg Road
Wooster, Ohio 44691
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