About Encompass Integrative Wellness
Encompass Integrative Wellness is an integrative clinical nutrition practice dedicated to educating and empowering individuals to make informed decisions about food and lifestyle changes, thereby helping them adopt a low-inflammation lifestyle. Low-inflammation living is a lifestyle approach that aims to reduce chronic inflammation in the body through informed choices in diet, exercise, sleep, stress management, and environmental exposure. We offer individual nutritional counseling, group nutritional programs, custom educational talks and presentations, and corporate wellness programs.
We strongly believe that everyone is biochemically unique with different genetics, family histories, ages, genders, and preferences; there shouldn’t be a “one-size-fits-all” approach to health. Change is hard; sustainable change is even harder. We understand this and work with our clients to implement the concept of manageable, incremental changes that work for each individual. This belief in a customized approach to wellness is reinforced through one-on-one consultations, group programs, and even corporate wellness initiatives.
We offer in-person sessions in Frederick and Bethesda, MD, as well as nationwide virtual coaching and nutritional counseling to individuals living in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut.
Mission
To educate, help, and empower people to reduce inflammation using food and lifestyle changes.
Values
We believe that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to wellness; everything should be customized to the person.
Many people live with various states of inflammation. This might manifest as gastrointestinal or digestive issues, swelling, aching joints, or simply not feeling “right.” They feel inflamed but may not realize they have systemic inflammation, or more importantly, how significantly their diet and stress levels are impacting them. They might not even be aware of low-inflammation living.
Inflammation itself is a natural, immune system response. In the short term, it is beneficial to have an acute inflammatory response to aid the body in healing from injury or illness. The problem lies more with chronic, ongoing inflammation that can develop over time, making us feel unwell and contributing to the development of disease. Chronic inflammation, known as “inflammaging,” is a persistent condition that is often not immediately apparent and tends to increase with age. This low-grade inflammatory state is frequently overlooked, and the state of feeling poorly is often just accepted and sometimes just attributed to “aging,” but it doesn’t have to be this way.
We feel passionately that people don’t have to live like this. There are ways to reduce your inflammatory state, feel better, and live a healthier life.
We help our clients embrace a low-inflammation lifestyle. We help them reduce inflammation in their bodies to feel better and achieve sustainable change through targeted modifications to their food, lifestyle, and behavior.
What sets Encompass Integrative Wellness apart:
- Provides a customized and realistic approach
- Relatable and informative
- Evidence-based solutions
Our Approach
Integrative & Functional Approach
Providing a dual approach towards health is based on the concept that each person is unique with different biochemistry, preferences, backgrounds, and lifestyles. The integrative component focuses on the needs of the whole person (mind, body, and spirit). The functional component strives to understand the root causes of dysfunction and seeks to restore system balance by addressing these root causes. Optimal wellness requires a combination of these approaches individually tailored to each person.
This unique combination of approaches includes science-based and traditional methods towards healing and is firmly rooted in the belief that food can be used as medicine to maximize health and reverse dysfunction and/or disease.
The desire to be healthy is a common one, but most of us haven’t figured out how to accomplish it. Working with an integrative and functional clinical nutritionist can help you develop individualized strategies and tools towards achieving that goal.
Individualized nutritional assessments and consultations can be scheduled directly on this site or by contacting Encompass Integrative Wellness directly. In-person and virtual appointments via a HIPPA-compliant portal are offered. Participating clients will have access to their own online portal where they can communicate directly with the practitioner via video sessions or messages.
The Encompass Method
Nourish
Nourishment can come in many forms including food for the body, soul, and mind. We work with you on determining where and how to best nourish yourself to reduce inflammation.
Think
Our thoughts have power and can either negatively or positively impact health. We would with you to determine new ways of approaching your health journey.
Act
To take action is to effect change whether that is in our eating habits or embarking on physical movement. We help you develop your personal action plan for vibrant living and less inflammation.
Flourish
We help you develop a unique plan so to flourish in YOUR life. People are different; solutions need customized. We empower you to flourish now and for years to come by living a low inflammation lifestyle.