Episode 342: What’s Up with the Cost of Functional Nutrition?
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In this episode, Erin addresses a common concern: the cost of functional nutrition services, and why they may be different than conventional medicine fees. She explains what a functional approach should deliver—and why many big-name clinics fall short despite their high price tags. Learn how to prioritize your health investments, get your partner on board, and discover affordable, effective solutions to support your wellness journey.
In this episode:
Why functional medicine fees might be different than conventional medicine fees [6:11]
How the cost of functional medicine is directly related to the time and attention you receive [9:13]
Individualized treatment plans vs. templated treatment plans [16:01]
Being strategic with functional labs to be impactful but mindful of expenses [21:47]
Considering the availability and accessibility of your practitioner [27:08]
Ways to prioritize health spending and get your partner on board [33:36]
Resources mentioned:
Funk’tional Nutrition Collective (Join the waitlist)
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The Gut Panel (Reopens at the end of January!)
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Related episodes:
212: A Functional Medicine Approach to Labs
333: Functional Stool Testing: What It Is & How to Know If You Need It
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Erin Holt [00:00:00]:
I'm Erin Holt and this is the Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast where we lean into intuitive functional medicine. We look at how diet, our environment, our emotions and our beliefs all affect our physical health. This podcast is your full bodied, well rounded resource. I've got over a decade of clinical experience and because of that I've got a major bone to pick with diet culture and the conventional healthcare model. They're both failing so many of us. But functional medicine isn't the panacea that it's made out to be either. We've got some work to do and that's why creating a new model is my life's work. I believe in the ripple effect, so I founded the Funk'tional Nutrition Academy, a school and mentorship for practitioners who want to do the same.
Erin Holt [00:00:45]:
This show is for you if you're looking for new ways of thinking about your health and you're ready to be an active participant in your own healing. Please keep in mind this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment. I would love for you to follow the show rate, review and share because you never know whose life you might change and of course, keep coming back for more. Hello my friends. Happy 2025. It is still 2024 as I'm recording this, it's actually kind of a funky time for me to record. It's Sunday night, we just got home from some holiday parties. Scott, my husband, is downstairs watching the Patriots.
Erin Holt [00:01:27]:
Hattie, my daughter, is upstairs doing something and I'm just preparing the podcast for 2025. Today we're going to talk about the cost of functional nutrition or functional medicine. I'll kind of use those two words probably pretty interchangeably throughout the course of this episode. A friend and colleague reached out to me recently. So she's a mental health professional and a lot of her clients come to her with ongoing symptoms that she knows could be supported through a functional medicine root cause approach. She knows this because she's been through it and knows how helpful it can be because we know physical health impacts our mental health, mental health impacts our physical health, and around and around we go. So we do partner with a lot of different mental health professionals to help their clients, their patients address those issues from more of a physical body perspective. And she said, maybe at some point I can pick your brain on how to talk to clients about the cost of functional nutrition services.
Erin Holt [00:02:28]:
I've referred some of my clients to other functional nutritionists and we always hit a roadblock when it comes to the cost Totally. This is such a fantastic question that I decided to do you one better and create a whole podcast episode on this and this is that episode. So I know that we have a lot of different types of healthcare providers who listen to the show, and I'm really hoping that this episode can serve as a living resource to send to your clients so they can understand more about what a functional approach is and what it can offer and that might help folks see the value in the service and understand some of the costs associated with it. This episode is also for my listeners. Hey. Hi friends who've maybe been interested in working one on one, either with my team or another functional provider. I want you to know what to look for and what to expect with those services. And then finally, if you are a functional practitioner yourself who listens to the show, I'm hoping this can serve as a resource for your prospective clients or patients to understand what you do and how you can help.
Erin Holt [00:03:32]:
So hopefully I do right by you in this episode. Obviously, there's no one set price point for functional medicine or functional nutrition services. Fees are at the discretion of the practitioner or the clinic. Right? That's pretty obvious. Now, with a functional approach, many of these services are cash pay. Not all, but many. And that includes myself in my practice. And while not the topic of today's show, obviously there are a lot of flaws with the current health insurance model.
Erin Holt [00:04:08]:
Many of us in the functional wellness space are attempting to create a new model of healthcare, and it can be really challenging to do that while also simultaneously trying to exist within and uphold the old model. It can be hard to do both. And so that's why you'll see a lot of functional providers, root cause providers, don't work with health insurance. We personally do accept HSA and FSA accounts and we really encourage folks to use that. So it's just something to kind of keep in mind that you will see a lot of these services are cash pay. So for today, here's what you can expect in today's show. I want you to walk away with an understanding of what a functional approach is, what it's not, and the treatment you should be receiving, especially if you're paying a premium. This is a hot button of mine.
Erin Holt [00:04:59]:
Nothing drives me more crazy than a client coming to us telling us they have paid thousands of dollars at a big shiny functional medicine clinic but did not receive premium care. If you're going to pay a premium price, you should be receiving premium care. So let's talk about what that looks like. I also want to get into ways to prioritize your health spending and give you tips for getting a partner on board. This might be a little bit of an emotional topic for some of you. It certainly was for me back in the day when I was trying to overcome health challenges. So I really want to speak into that. And definitely stay tuned until the end of the show because I'll talk about affordable and effective solutions.
Erin Holt [00:05:40]:
If you're not yet ready to invest in one on one care, but you still want the benefit of a functional approach to your health, we can totally do that. So let's talk about it. It's been said before that functional medicine isn't really all that functional if nobody can afford it. I think I heard that quote first from Brendan Vermeer and had been thinking about it. Really sat with me for a long time. And so eventually I created a solution to that specific problems. We can chat about that at the end. But first, functional medicine or functional nutrition, what is it? It's essentially a root cause approach to health.
Erin Holt [00:06:17]:
We're not trying to mask symptoms, but we're trying to understand why are those symptoms happening in the first place and how can we address those issues at the very root. So it's a very different approach than conventional healthcare. The conventional healthcare model is more of a diagnostic model, meaning physicians are trained to say, you have this because once we figure out what you have, then it can be treated. Yes. Oftentimes with pharmaceuticals. This model rarely asks the question, why do you have it? What is the root cause? We in the functional medicine space don't believe that the body just turns on a dime. This imbalance has been festering for a while, so let's go all the way to the root and address that. That's really what functional medicine or functional nutrition attempts to do.
Erin Holt [00:07:11]:
We want to know why, we want to ask that question, and then we want to solve for that. Now, this podcast is over seven years old, which sounds wild to even say that. So I've talked about this concept a lot. Specifically in episode 212, I talked about a Functional Medicine Approach to Labs. So if you are brand new to the world of functional medicine, that episode really helps you understand the difference between functional and conventional. I was listening to a doctor on a podcast recently. He's an MD, and he says, we're as MDs, we're trained to treat and get rid of symptoms. We are not trained to dig around and look for the root cause.
Erin Holt [00:07:51]:
So you have to understand the difference in the models. And this is never a criticism against conventionally trained doctors. We just have to understand that it's a different set of tools for different things. I talked about this as it relates to testing your gut in episode 333. It's a pretty recent episode where I got into functional stool testing. And just as a heads up, if you listen to that episode, we will be reopening the Gut Panel at the end of the month. We currently have a wait list. We sold out in under 24 hours last time we offered these.
Erin Holt [00:08:24]:
So you might want to get on that wait list. I will link it up in the show notes. But essentially, if you want to uncover the root cause of chronic symptoms, chronic issues, health challenges, challenges that you're facing, you need to go to a practitioner who actually does that. We all know that definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. But that's what so many of us do. And we, we sort of get trapped in the conventional model, hoping that the next time things will be different. But just like we can't go to a smoothie shop and expect to get a filet of salmon, we can't be surprised if we're staying in the conventional medicine model, expecting a root cause approach, but not getting it. Now, if you've ever been like, I just wish somebody could do the digging for me and pull all the pieces together for me, that's what a functional approach does.
Erin Holt [00:09:13]:
Okay. And then bringing it back to price, because it's a different approach, it might come with a different cost. And I'm going to say this right out of the jump, probably the biggest reason why there's a difference in cost has to do with time. As functional practitioners, we spent a lot of time on your case in order to do that deep dive work, in order to give you the care and the attention that you are seeking and that you deserve, in order to pull all of the pieces together for you, it takes time. There's a lot of behind the scenes action in your care. And I will get into more of the specifics of what I mean by that in a minute. But basically, we're doing the deep dive on your health so you don't have to. And if you're someone who feels like they're spending all their time researching symptoms or researching protocols, researching supplements, researching the next thing to try, you actually get to buy back your time with this model because we take that load on for you.
Erin Holt [00:10:18]:
And that's really where I believe functional medicine excels so much and offers so much, that's the real value in it, I think. Now if you happen to see the price of a functional provider, let's say you're googling around to find somebody or you find somebody on social media and you see their price and you think this is expensive. The next question I would love for you to ask yourself is expensive compared to what? Is it expensive compared to the service that you've been receiving? Is it expensive compared to the model that you've been working within? Is it expensive compared to going about it the way that you've been going about it? Is it expensive compared to trying to figure things out on your own? Because yeah, it might be more expensive than all of that, but all of that probably hasn't gotten you the answers that you've been looking for or gotten you to feeling the way that you actually want to feel. Because if it had, you probably wouldn't be listening to this show right now. So one thing I would really think about is the cost of trying to piece your health stuff together by yourself. And I say this because that's how so many of our clients come to us. Most people aren't like, oh, I feel like shit, so I guess I'll do nothing about it. The people that I talk to, the clients that come to us, I'm sure many of you listening to the show right now, I know you're actively doing things to better your health or you're at the very least searching for the right thing to do.
Erin Holt [00:11:43]:
And so sometimes when I get a little spun out about something, I try to operate more in facts than feelings. And so I would consider actually looking at what you've spent trying to piece your health together yourself. Doctors, specialists, co pay, maybe labs that all came back normal, programs you've purchased, supplements, protocols, the time spent searching on all of the above. If you had to put a dollar value on it, what would it be? I was recently on a discovery call with a client who has been experiencing really severe eczema. And when she pieced together everything that she had spent trying to fix her eczema and solve her eczema herself, it was thousands of dollars. And sometimes it reminds me of the sunk cost fallacy. I don't know if you've ever heard that term before, but it's basically where you're reluctant to of a strategy or a course of action because you've already invested so much into it. Even though it's clear that it hasn't paid off, it's not giving you the results that you want.
Erin Holt [00:12:45]:
You're so far down the road with it. Time, money, energy that you're really hesitant to pivot and try something else. And so sometimes I see people like this, well, I've already spent so much money doing this, I can't really justify spending money on another path. But it might be that other path that gets you where you want to go. And sometimes I think we need to think of the cost of staying the same, staying exactly where you are, continuing to feel exactly how you feel versus the cost of making the change and kind of weighing those out. Okay, this might be the cost of making this change. This might be the cost of functional medicine. What is the cost of staying in the same place that I'm at right now? This cost of staying in the same place might be non financials.
Erin Holt [00:13:36]:
It might be missing out on your life because you feel so poorly. I use that as an example because that used to be my life or always in a state of anxiety about my health. That's not money, but it's a high ass cost to always be worried about my health. And eventually that just became too much of a high cost for me to pay. So I was willing to invest money into getting the help that I needed.
Erin Holt [00:15:44]:
All right, so now let's get into some of the higher costs that might be associated with functional medicine and why. But before I say that, I think it's important to note that not every functional provider provides in the same way. This is something that I have talked extensively about on this show because I've been in this space, the functional wellness space for well over a decade, I've seen a lot and there's a trend that I want to point out to you because I think you should be aware of it. And that is an overly formulaic and what I call templated approach. And that is not what a functional approach is. A true root cause approach should be a lot more individualized than that.
Erin Holt [00:16:42]:
And if you're paying for a functional root cause approach, that's what you should receive. And it's my opinion that a templated approach is not that. So what I mean by templated approach is that everybody gets a similar treatment plan, but really your treatment strategies should be individually catered to you. And I'm going to talk a little bit about how we practice what our one to one service looks like here at the Funk'tional Nutritionist just to exemplify some of the points I'm trying to make. Not because it's the only way to do things, but it's a way that gets our clients the results that they're looking for. And again, as somebody who's been in this field and has worked with so many people, it is a process that I really swear by. And that process is called the Functional C.A.R.E. Method™. And C.A.R.E. stands for uncover, align, resolve and evolve.
Erin Holt [00:17:34]:
These are the four important parts of the process. So we believe that the body is always trying to heal itself. We just need to understand the ways that we're interrupting that process. And that's true for you. Your body is truly always trying to heal itself. That is what your body is designed to do. But modern day life and some of our behaviors can impact that. And so we need to uncover, this is step one, uncover where you might be interrupting that process.
Erin Holt [00:18:06]:
This is where we do our detective work as functional practitioners to figure out your unique root causes. And we have certain tools that allow us to do that in. One of the most overlooked tools in healthcare is talking to you. Yep, that's right. Good old fashioned talking, asking questions, learning as much as we can about you. Before we even meet, we start gathering really important data about your health. So you will complete an in depth health history intake form. So we're trying to get your backstory, your past medical history, any past lab work that you've had done, what symptoms you're currently experiencing, what you've tried in the past, that has worked really well, what you've tried in the past, that hasn't worked really well.
Erin Holt [00:18:53]:
All of this is relevant. We want to know as much as we can about your backstory before we even sit down with you. In our first appointment, we've already spent about an hour with the data that represents you. And then when we meet, we have a ton more questions. Your first session is really like a deep dive conversation. It's our research phase. So much of your personal story matters when it comes to your health. And that's what we're really trying to understand.
Erin Holt [00:19:19]:
And this might feel like a huge paradigm shift from a conventional approach where maybe if you're lucky, you get 20 minutes of face time with a practitioner. And I dare, I don't even want to say face time because oftentimes, at least in the past six to eight doctor's appointments I have, the physician is looking at their computer screen. They're not even looking at me. They're not even looking at me. They're looking at the screen in front of them because they have to work within the model that they work in. I don't know about you, but when I'm talking about my health, something as vulnerable as what's going on with my body, I need to, I just need some eye contact, you know, just let me know that you're listening, man. Let me know that you care. Like, it's so, so, so important.
Erin Holt [00:20:00]:
With a functional approach, you should feel like your practitioner is genuinely curious about you. They want to get to know you, they want to ask questions, they get excited about this, like, puzzle piece and they want to figure out all the different pieces that make up you. That's. As functional practitioners, that's why we get into this, because we love this stuff. We love solving the puzzle that is you. This is what, like, gets us out of bed. You know, we get so excited. I don't know if you can hear the excitement of my voice, but your functional practitioner should feel equally this excited about it.
Erin Holt [00:20:32]:
And if they don't, go to somebody else, go to somebody else. If you're paying a premium, you should expect a high level of attention. Your practitioner should pay attention to you. There's a reason that we named our model the care model. We created a healthcare model where you actually feel cared for. Like, is it so much to ask? We had a client recently that said, this is the attention that I wish I got from my pcp. But you gotta understand, right, we're not knocking doctors, we're not taking digs at doctors. Your PCP is probably working inside a model that disallows for this high level of care because of time restraints with other patients, because of the insurance model, because of billing, all the stuff that makes up the healthcare industrial complex.
Erin Holt [00:21:20]:
But we have to also think, okay, well, if we want that level of attention, that might come at a different cost, because that level of attention takes time and it takes resources from a practitioner clinic perspective. So that's another reason that a functional medicine approach might feel different when it comes to the fees associated with the services. Now, another tool that we use to uncover root causes are functional labs. The types of labs we run are different than conventional labs. So they help us assess for different things, which is really great, especially if you've been constantly told all of your labs are normal by your other providers, but you don't feel normal. We've never had a client where all of the labs were normal, just to be clear. So these functional labs really allow us to see certain red flags. This is what helps us pinpoint exactly what's going on with you.
Erin Holt [00:22:16]:
This is what helps us understand why you're having the symptoms that you're, that you're having. And it also helps to direct clinical treatment strategies. They also, I think about labs is they can really speed things up on your healing journey because we don't have to spend so much time throwing things against a wall to see what sticks. We can really, like I said, like laser focus in on the things that we're seeing in the data. And I want to say this, I really believe in complete transparency when it comes to labs. The reason that have to say this is because we have people coming to us from other clinics who have spent thousands, yes, thousands of dollars worth of lab testing, but they don't understand what any of the data means. So a good functional practitioner really should be able to tell you, one, why they're recommending the labs that they are, and two, what the lab data actually means. And how that is informing their recommendations to you.
Erin Holt [00:23:11]:
And three, they should also be able to answer any question that you have about the labs themselves or the treatment strategies that they've prepared for you. Because if you are investing in the data, you deserve to know and you deserve to understand what that data means. And I can't believe I have to say this, but I've been around long enough to know that I've got to say this. Okay? So again, if you are coming to functional medicine and you are investing some coin into a functional medicine approach, you're like, I want a different approach. I believe in functional medicine. I'm ready to try it. It I want you to know what you should expect for the investment. Okay? And transparency is one of those things.
Erin Holt [00:23:52]:
If you walk away with more questions than answers, that is a red flag. That is a problem. And this is the other thing. Labs. These functional labs, a lot of them are cash pay and they can really drive up the cost of treatment, the cost of functional care. And this is why you want to have a practitioner who's very judicious with their use of labs. So the labs that we recommend are always catered to the individual. So I just talked about all of that, that deep dive, the behind the scenes deep dive that we're doing on all of your health history and that conversation that we're having, all of that is allowing us to discern what data do we need.
Erin Holt [00:24:33]:
And that really allows us to be more mindful of your budget. Okay? That's something that we're always taking into consideration. Before we recommend labs.
Erin Holt [00:26:28]:
Now step two is align. We have to align your customized care plan with your specific needs. And this is all done with individualized and tailored support. So again, nothing cookie cutter, nothing templated. It's all curated for the person sitting in front of us.
Erin Holt [00:27:08]:
And we work alongside of you to ensure that every step is in fact personalized. And that way we can answer questions as they pop up. Or if you start something and you're like, oh, I feel a little funky, we can say, hey, that's really normal. Or that is not normal. Let's course correct. You have direct access to your practitioner throughout the entire month when you work with us. And I really think that that's an important part of the functional care process. So if you're working with a functional provider and they put you on some type of protocol or treatment plan, there really should be the availability to follow up, ask questions.
Erin Holt [00:27:43]:
As you're navigating your health journey, you should be able to talk to your provider. We know that health can be so confusing. I'm thinking of Rachel, who's our lead practitioner and one of her clients recently asked about this specific skin supplement. So she's like, oh, I really, I just heard about this skin supplement on Instagram. I'm really curious, I want to take it. What do you think? And all Rachel had to do is take one look at the ingredients and she noticed that Dim was in the supplement and she's like, oh, well, you're, you have low estrogen, so this would actually not be a great supplement for you. That's what we mean by that, like targeted precision, individualized answers. Because this isn't blanket statement stuff.
Erin Holt [00:28:24]:
We can't just say like, oh, everybody should be doing this or nobody should be doing this. It's all about your individualized contacts. And that's really the benefit of working one on one with somebody, is that they can help you understand what is appropriate for you and what is not appropriate for you. But you need to think about that level of accessibility. It really is a level of support that you, A, might not be familiar with or B, might not even know it's available to you. But it does come with more of a premium because that is that individualized one on one attention and that time investment. The third step in our process is resolve. And here's what most people don't understand and why attempts at feeling better can often fail.
Erin Holt [00:29:05]:
Symptoms are the way that your body communicates with you. And so we really cannot achieve true symptom resolution until after steps one and two. We need to uncover what the communication is trying to tell us what that root cause is. And then we have to align your care plan with that information. So step one and then step two, and then from there we can see that resolution start to happen. And when you're working with a functional provider, you can continue to evaluate that progress. You can adjust your plan as needed just to make sure you're, you're staying on the right track. You should feel like you're in it together with your practitioner until you feel better.
Erin Holt [00:29:48]:
You should feel like you have a supportive and experienced co pilot on your health journey. And that I think is really what takes the overwhelm out of it. It takes the confusion out of it and like maybe some of the exhaustion too. I recently hired an advisory firm, so I'm technically the CEO of my company. I say technically because I definitely do more boots on the ground, in the trenches, day to day work than like a typical CEO, which is why I hired an advisory firm. But I remember one of the women looked at me and she said, at this point, you are the only person in this company who makes decisions. And it is exhausting to be the only one making decisions all the time. But I think of people trying to figure out their health on their own.
Erin Holt [00:30:32]:
And it's like this, or this, this, or this, this or this. You're faced with decision all day long and it drains your battery being the only one that can make that decision. And eventually we want to get you to a place where you feel really comfortable and really confident to make your own health decisions, the own decisions about your health. But in the meantime, while you're figuring it out, while you're piecing it together, having a copilot, having a partner in that decision making process is one of the best feelings. And it's just like a level of support that's hard to describe if you haven't actively felt it. But you deserve that. And that's what a true functional root cause approach should offer. And then from there I call the final step, evolve.
Erin Holt [00:31:15]:
Because symptom resolution is really just the first part. When you are no longer held back by persistent symptoms, you start to see this ripple effect in every part of your life where you have energy to show up as your best self. And when you show up as your best self, you get to experience life in a whole new way. And I can absolutely attest to that. There is a reason that I'm so passionate about this work. There is a reason that I work so much so often and so hard. It's because of my own lived experience. Let me bring it back full circle for a minute.
Erin Holt [00:31:51]:
My biggest health issues surfaced about nine years ago. I was diagnosed with autoimmunity. There was no real conventional treatment, so I started exploring more functional nutrition, functional medicine options. And at that time I had a 1 year old and, and she's now 10. And I was only working part time because I was home with my one year old. So we really were on one income at this time. And I definitely had some sticker shock at the cost of labs and practitioners. And so we kind of had to find a way to prioritize it on one income.
Erin Holt [00:32:31]:
The way that we did it was by scaling back our expenses other places. I think it would have been really easy at that time to say, we can't afford this. But instead we asked, okay, how can we afford this? What would it look like to be able to afford this? What could we do to afford this? And now, nine years later that I am healthy, living a really full, wonderful life, living my best self, or feeling like my best self, and living my best life. I have never once, once in all these years, never once have I looked back and regretted any money I spent toward my healing, not one cent. So that is something to think about. A lot of the times when I feel stuck on making this decision, or is this the right decision or an investment, I think about my future self. What decision would they want me to make in this moment? And I will say that, that it's really helpful to have a partner who understood and a partner that was willing to help.
Erin Holt [00:33:36]:
A huge backbone of my work is teaching people how to prioritize their health. And in order to do this, you have to see yourself as a valuable investment. You have to feel deserving of feeling good. And it's a heavy thing to say because we work with everyone, but women take up the lion's share of our client base. And women, particularly moms, have become really good at silencing their needs, putting their needs on the back burner. We can get really good at hiding our pain, hiding our suffering from others, not wanting to burden others with our own pain and suffering.
Erin Holt [00:34:22]:
And this is is amplified when there's shame involved. And there can be a lot of shame involved with ongoing health issues, especially if you've ever been made to feel like a hypochondriac, which is a lot of women. I also not because my husband ever made me feel this way, but I started to think like, this is not what he signed up for. You know, I didn't have these health issues when we met, and now I do. And there was a level of shame in that, too. Again, not because anybody made me feel that way. It was this internal, like, I should be better, I should be better. And so we know from Dr.
Erin Holt [00:35:05]:
Brene Brown that what shame needs to thrive is secrecy. And so anytime that there is shame attached to anything, we want to keep it dark, we want to keep it buried. And so this is why so many women who are struggling with their health don't talk about it, don't share it. But if we have to make a financial decision about our health, that oftentimes involves somebody else, and I really encourage you to get that somebody else involved somehow. A spouse, partner, parent, whomever it might be. I encourage you to share your pain with them, share your struggle points with them if you have not done so already, and explain to them that, hey, I found this potential solution that I would like to try and even get them involved with the practitioner themselves. Maybe if you're looking at a functional medicine service and they offer discovery calls, bring that person onto the discovery call. That can sometimes really validate your experience.
Erin Holt [00:36:05]:
I always welcome partners on discovery calls so we can talk through what you're experiencing through my clinical eyes, because you might not have the clinical skillset to be able to articulate what's going on, but I do. Your practitioner should. And that can be a conversation that you can involve your partner in. But either way, one thing I will share with you is that in order to get healthy, I had to first make myself a priority in my own life. And so that might be the starting point that you're working on right now, but it's a really, really good starting point. All right, so last thing here. A lot of what we just discussed is one on one individualized care. And maybe you're not at the point where you're ready to invest in that just yet, but I do have another solution for you.
Erin Holt [00:36:56]:
So I started my private practice over a decade ago, and for a long time it was just me. And I wanted to make my work as accessible as I could, but there was only one of me. So I started to create different programs. I took all of the work that I was doing with my one on one clients and I translated it into programs so more people could access it in. Last year, I combined pretty much all of those programs and those frameworks into a holistic health membership that is called the Funk'tional Nutrition Collective. Because remember, functional nutrition isn't that functional if no one can afford it. So this was my way to give more women access to our functional services without it being cost prohibitive. So it is a monthly fee of $179 a month.
Erin Holt [00:37:45]:
You can also join annually for an even deeper discount. We've really combined the most effective health resources to save you the time, the energy, the money, and and the frustration of trying to piece it all together on your own. All of the programs are self paced, so you can move at whatever timeline feels best for you. Everything's available in a handy app, so it's wicked convenient to take it on the go. You even have a functional nutritionist in our community, Nicole. She's our community manager and she can help you out. It's like having a practitioner in your back pocket for those questions. And you can even schedule one on one support and some functional labs as needed while you are working with us in the Collective.
Erin Holt [00:38:26]:
So we are officially reopening that January 7th. Would love to see you in there. And if you have any questions for myself or my team on the heels of this episode, please feel free to reach out to us support@thefunktionalnutritionist. You can also DM me on Instagram. The.funktional.nutritionist. Functional is spelled with a K just like this podcast is. If your own practitioner sent you this episode, you can feel free to reach out to them with questions too. But we're really just looking to help as many people as we can.
Erin Holt [00:39:00]:
Get healthy. Get answers to your health. Start to feel like your best self in 2025. Happy New Year, my friends. If you are brand new to the show, welcome. Be sure to follow us. Subscribe so you can get all the latest and greatest from us. I drop a new episode every single Tuesday morning, so I hope to see you next week. Bye! Thanks for joining me for this episode of the Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast.
Erin Holt [00:39:29]:
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