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Partnering with Nature to Help Patients Regain Optimal Health
Meet Dr. Debbie Engelmann, Traditional Naturopath and Herbalist
by Jackie Flaherty I
teach the forgotten art of getting up in the morning with an energetic smile.~Dr. Debbie Engelmann
C
reated by
Nature
Wellness, LLC, Burns- ville, was be- gun intuitively after a deep and personal loss by its founder, Dr. Debbie
Engelmann. “The deci- sion to open a healing practice was catapulted into reality when my oldest sister was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was treated with the “Adriamycin Cocktail” which includes three types of chemo (Adriamycin, Cytoxan and Taxotere). That treatment caused CMML, an un- treatable form of leukemia, which she died from. “Her breast cancer was bare- ly a two,” explains Engelmann. “I al- ways knew my calling was to work with Mother Nature’s gifts, and this event
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helped me see the form the practice would take in helping edu- cate people about natural health and wellness to avoid my sister’s out- come.”
Engel-
mann holds doctoral
degrees in Natural Health (NHD) and Traditional Naturopathy (TND), and a bachelor of science with a minor in psychology. She trained as a licensed practical nurse and her herbal prac- titioner education includes formal herbal instruction and apprenticeships with herbalists Matthew Wood (RH), Lise Wolff (RH), Matthew Alfs, Steven Horne (RH) and past president of the American Herbalist Guild, and Paul Red Elk, a Native American herbalist.
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Dr. Debbie Engelmann
She is currently working on her master herbalist certification program through the Midwest School of Herbal Studies. Engelmann has always been close to nature. “Nature has been part of me since my earliest memories with my grandmother, and was further nourished by family summer trips for two months all over the U.S., always out in nature. My link to Mother Earth is strong and natural from forever.” When she started down the path to heal others while healing herself, Engelmann knew that nature would be a big part of herself and her business. She wrote about her pain and loss in Heart to Heart: The Path to Wellness, a collection of healing stories created by Älska Publishing. In the chapter, “Falling into the Garden of Healing,” Engelmann shares the details of her two-year fight to find her way back from the darkness of grief, deep depression, despair and overwhelming anger following the devastating loss of both sisters just five months apart. Engelmann’s goal is to share tools on
how to incorporate health into all areas of life, to allow each individual the ability to authentically live their life. The care and healing techniques used at Created by Nature Wellness focus on healing the whole self rather than simply trying to stop symptoms. “I’ve never liked the ‘fix the symptom but not the problem mentality’ and knew, innately, there was a missing link—that healing needed to be not only on the physical level, but it was critical that the spiritual and, most importantly, emotional wounds be healed
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