2024 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.
Dawn Combs, MA
Saturday Keynote Address
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Finding Health & Healing Through Local Medicinal Weeds
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Friday Intensive: Honey-Based Herbal Remedies
Dawn Combs, M.A., Certified Herbalist, is an Ethnobotanist and functional foods expert. She is the best-selling author of the books Sweet Remedies, Heal Local, and Conceiving Healthy Babies.
Popular as a contributor, speaker, and featured in various media outlets, Dawn is best known for her expertise in using honey and plant-based sugars as a medium for medicine-making and for empowering people in their innate wisdom to be well using local food medicine. The Combs family were named “Homesteaders of the Year” by Mother Earth News magazine for their life on the internationally renowned Soda Farm, a United Plant Savers (UpS) botanical sanctuary and teaching facility. 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.
Dale Capela, DC
The 5 Pillars of Optimal Wellness
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.
Aric Freischlag, DPT, CPT, FMT
Functional Medicine: The Roadmap to Regenerative Performance
Dr. Aric’s passion is 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.
Karen Geiser
Budget-Friendly Holistic Health Solutions
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Friday Intensive: Junior Herbalism for Kids
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.
Rachel Russell, MS OTR/L
Calming Strategies for Sensory Overload
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ABCs of Pelvic Health for Women
Rachel is an occupational therapist who specializes in pelvic health and sensory processing. Her approach honors your body’s innate wisdom to heal itself because you know your body better than anyone. She considers not only your physical health, but also your mental, emotional, and energetic bodies to provide you with complete, in-home holistic care.
Marvin Hershberger, ND
Gut Health and Its Connection to the Immune & Nervous Systems
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Friday Intensive: Holistic Cancer Care
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.
Bryan Spilmon, DDS
Cancer and Your Teeth
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Are You Breaking the 1st Law in the Divine Design for Health?
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.
Yvonne M. Fey, LMT, CAP
The Gentle, Healthy Way to Detoxify
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Friday Intensive: Holistic Cancer Care
Embracing a holistic approach to health care for almost 50 years, Yvonne is celebrating 25 years as a Licensed Massage Therapist and advanced Bodyworker. She specializes in orthopedic, oncology, trauma, uterine and fertility, lymphatic, and digestive/elimination health struggles.
Kristen Eash, DC
The Four Ws of Chiropractic and Gentle Adjusting
Dr. Eash has seen through her 24 years of practice that good health is striving to achieve optimal physical, mental, emotional, relational and spiritual well-being, expressed in and through the bodies God has designed and given to us. Our health is a journey of making good, God-honoring choices and Chiropractic care is one of those choices.
Adam Bryant
Beating Stress and Finding Success Through Gratitude & Faith
Adam Bryant is the owner of HTZ Construction. His own journey to health began in 2017 when he stumbled into the holistic health world with his wife, Lori. Through personal research, trial, and error, he healed from various chronic health conditions and is now enjoying optimal health. Adam’s mission is to serve God first in all he does, fulfill God’s calling on his life, and help others live healthy lives free of fear and debilitating disease.
Marlin Miller
Building Health Through Building Community
Marlin Miller and his wife have adopted their four children, all of whom have special needs. He publishes a monthly magazine, Plain Values, focusing on faith-centered simple living. He and his family are restoring an 1850 one-room schoolhouse on their homestead to be used for educational purposes once again.
Gina Patterson, Psy.D
Mind-Body Approaches to Improve Mental & Physical Health
Gina is a wife, mother, Clinical Psychologist, and daughter of God. Her clinical practice has focused on helping people recover from abuse from childhood or adulthood. She has observed directly in 30 years of clinical practice how the mind and body influence each other. She provides psychotherapy from a mind, body, and spirit approach to attain complete healing.
Sarah Madden, A-CFHC, NBHWC
Transforming Your Family’s Plate
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Nutrition for Two: From Preconception Through Breastfeeding
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.
Christine Hockman
Turn Lemons Into Lemonade: Mindset Shifts for Vibrant Wellbeing
Christine is an inspirational speaker, coach and founder of One Degree Shifts who is on a mission to shift the way we live, lead and build team cultures so that each person can show up as their authentic, best self and feel fueled with a new level of purpose, confidence, vibrancy and joy.
Kevin Heine, ACSM-EPC, NBC-HWC
Muscle Mass for Longevity
Kevin is an Exercise Physiologist who is passionate about helping people make meaningful behavior change in their lives. Recognizing a need to help people with more than just movement, Kevin continued his education and growth by becoming a Functional Medicine-trained, board-certified Health Coach. Kevin loves “getting into the weeds” with his patients, digging in to what really motivates them, setting meaningful goals, and helping them create a plan to reach those goals.
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.
Anna Edgington
Herbal First Aid
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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.”
Kristen Smith
Let’s Play Two Truths & a Lie with Essential Oils
Kristen believes natural health is a blessing from God that you can start enjoying right now, one simple step at a time. She’s an herbalist and aromatherapist with multiple natural health certifications. Along with co-founding and directing Seeking Whole Health, you can find her at A Better Way to Thrive, her Christian natural health blog.
Lori Bryant, FNTP
Gluten and Dairy: To Eat or Not to Eat?
Lori is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who believes God created us to be in health. She believes in looking at the body holistically and searching for root causes to address instead of chasing symptoms. As co-founder and director of Seeking Whole Health, she is passionate about supporting others on their health journey.
Kathleen Madden, MS
Healthy Meal Planning Made Simple + Cooking Demo
Kathleen holds a master’s degree in clinical nutrition. At 24 Karrot Kitchen, she brings healthy food to life with her nutrition education and enthusiasm. Based on her health journey, Kathleen’s mission is to Teach, Nourish, and Heal with her food. Her vision is to create a nurturing environment that inspires individuals and the community to prioritize their health and well-being.
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