Blog - Systems that Heal

Mindfulness for stress teaching graphic showing attention drifting into a replay loop or pushing ahead, then returning to the present, with Dr. Courtney Jonson

Attention Under Pressure: How Stress Pulls Men and Women Away Differently

Teaching graphic showing an insulin signal rising upstream and flowing down to the ovary, with Dr. Courtney Jonson

PCOS Root Cause: Why the Pattern So Often Begins With Insulin

Teaching figure of a barrier letting one element through and holding others back, with Dr. Courtney Jonson

Turning In: The Metal Element, Your Barriers, and the Art of Letting Go

Teaching graphic of a steady blood sugar line beside a spiking and crashing line, with Dr. Courtney Jonson

Blood Sugar Dysregulation: The Pattern Beneath So Much Else

Teaching figure of the gut terrain

Bloated After Eating Healthy? Why the Terrain Matters More Than the Food

How insulin resistance and high insulin can increase ovarian androgen production, disrupt ovulation and contribute to lower progesterone in PCOS.

When Insulin Becomes a Hormone Problem

Hashimoto's hypothyroidism and autoimmune thyroid disease

Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism: When a Thyroid Problem Is Really an Immune-System Story

Diagram of the five body systems with the hormonal system highlighted, for an article on T4 to T3 thyroid hormone conversion

T4 to T3 Conversion: Why Making Thyroid Hormone Is Only Half the Story

Hypothyroid symptoms with normal labs and six thyroid patterns

Hypothyroid Symptoms but Normal Labs? Why TSH May Not Tell the Whole Story

GAPS Keto Diet with homemade broth, slow-cooked meat and nutrient-dense whole foods

Why a Keto-Adapted GAPS Diet Can Be So Powerful

GAPS Diet and GAPS Keto Method with homemade broth, cooked foods and gut-supportive nutrition

The GAPS Diet: Why Healing the Gut Is About More Than Food

Methylation

MTHFR, Methylation, and Homocysteine: What You Need to Know

Is salt bad for you?

Is Salt Bad for You? What History and Physiology Actually Say

The Sequence Is the Method: Why the Right Intervention at the Wrong Time Often Fails

The Pattern Is the Diagnosis: Why Symptoms Rarely Travel Alone

Teaching figure of five connected patterns behind the root cause of fatigue, with Dr. Courtney Jonson

The Root Cause of Fatigue: Why It Rarely Travels Alone

Systems-based educational series on cholesterol and cardiovascular health

Cholesterol, Saturated Fat & the Cardiovascular Story

A graphic describing functional medicine (systems medicine).

What Systems Medicine Looks Like in Real Life

Teaching graphic of four numbered steps with the first one highlighted as the starting point, with Dr. Courtney Jonson

What to Heal First? Why Timing Decides the Outcome

Teaching graphic showing scattered blocks rearranged into an ordered stack, with Dr. Courtney Jonson

It’s Not Your Effort. It’s the Order Your Body Needs.

Cholesterol and Heart Disease

Cholesterol and Heart Disease

Optimizing Cholesterol Naturally

How to Improve Cholesterol Naturally

CAC Score

What Is a CAC Score? How to Understand Real Heart Disease Risk

How to Read a Cholesterol Panel

How to Read a Cholesterol Panel

Is Saturated Fat Bad?

Is Saturated Fat Bad?

What causes heart disease?

What Actually Causes Heart Disease? It Starts with Vascular Injury, Not Cholesterol

Lipid Hypothesis

The Lipid Hypothesis: How Cholesterol Became the Villain

What is Cholesterol

Cholesterol 101: What It Actually Is and Why Your Body Makes It

Lean Mass Hyper Responder

Lean Mass Hyper-Responders: When High LDL Appears in Metabolically Healthy People

Vagus Nerve

The Vagus Nerve: The Master Regulator of Digestion, Calm, and Resilience

Mast Cell Activation Syndrome

MCAS and Histamine Intolerance

Dysautonomia

Dysautonomia Explained: A Systems Approach to Nervous System Regulation

Understanding Perimenopause

The Root Cause of Hormone Imbalance: A Systems-Based Perspective

Teaching graphic of five body systems connected as one network, with one link highlighted, with Dr. Courtney Jonson

The Functional Medicine Approach

Revolutionary Medicine

Keto-Adapted Workshop

Why Is It Important to Burn Fat Instead of Sugar?

The Rise in Chronic Disease: A 50-Year Trend

Salt and Hydration: Why Sodium is Key to Your Well-Being