Why most holistic naturopaths still miss the real root cause

So many holistic doctors and naturopaths are still running the same playbook as conventional medicine. The only difference? Instead of a pharmaceutical, they’ll hand you a “natural” supplement or hormone and call it a day.

But let’s be real. That’s not the root cause.

Why That’s Not Real Healing: Most Holistic Practitioners Are Still Using a Medical Model

If you’ve got fatigue, hormone imbalance, gut issues, skin problems, anxiety, or pain, those things are not the cause—they’re the result of something deeper. Your body is waving a red flag saying, “Hey—something is interfering with my ability to function.” Simply putting you on a “natural” thyroid med, adrenal support, gut supplement, or detox shake doesn’t answer the bigger question: why did that system go off in the first place? 

Pick any one—or five. A typical approach might look at your adrenals, your thyroid, your gut microbiome… and offer a natural supplement, tincture, or lab-based protocol to “fix” that area.

But here’s the problem: You can’t call something the root cause just because it showed up on a lab. And you can’t heal the body by treating what’s reacting—you have to ask what triggered the reaction in the first place.

If your gut is off—why?
If your hormones are imbalanced—why?
If your immune system is attacking itself—why?

Until you answer that question, you’re just chasing symptoms with natural products instead of pharmaceuticals. They’re just swapping prescriptions for herbs and supplements.

They might call it “root cause healing,” but they’re still treating the symptom, not the source. And that’s exactly why you haven’t gotten better.

Let me explain…

Why That Approach Fails

• It masks, it doesn’t solve. Giving your body a pill or supplement to “fix” a number or calm a symptom doesn’t explain why the imbalance showed up to begin with.

• It creates future problems. Since you’re not fixing the underlying source, your body will keep compensating—and new symptoms will pop up that you’ll never connect back to the original issue. Over time, this creates a bigger, more complicated picture.

• It keeps you dependent. You’re stuck taking supplements, meds, or restrictive diets long-term because the underlying dysfunction never gets resolved.

• It ignores the layers. Real dysfunction builds in layers—toxins, digestion issues, hidden allergies, pathogens, and only then disease. If you only address the surface, you never unwind the stack that caused your symptoms to begin with.

Why Symptoms Keep Coming Back

It’s not that you're unfixable.
It’s that the real source of your symptoms hasn’t been addressed.

And here’s the truth: your body is brilliant. It was built to balance itself, regulate its systems, and fight off pathogens.

But it can’t do that when it’s overwhelmed. When toxins, poor digestion, the wrong foods, hidden pathogens, and immune dysfunction pile up… your body short-circuits.

And that is when symptoms appear.
Even if your labs are normal.

When you come to see us, we don’t play whack-a-mole with your symptoms or your labs. We go deeper—past the “numbers game” and into the actual communication system of your body. Through advanced muscle testing, whole food nutrition, and naturopathic support, we uncover what’s blocking your body from working properly so it can repair itself.

The difference? You get real answers, not bandaids. Real healing has a beginning, middle, and end. You don’t have to live on meds, supplements, or diets forever when you actually fix what’s in the way.

Because until you ask why—why your digestion is off, why your hormones are unstable, why your fatigue or pain keeps coming back—you’re not treating the source. You’re just swapping one pill for another and setting yourself up for more symptoms down the road.

We go after the actual reason your body can’t recover.

✅ We identify what’s in the way of your body’s natural function
✅ We customize your plan based on your unique body (no templates here)
✅ We walk you through a step-by-step system with a beginning, middle, and end
✅ We teach you how to maintain your health for the long run
✅ We help your body get back to doing what it was built to do

No more pills and protocols that only work for a minute.
No more symptom chasing.
No more guessing.

Bottom Line

Just because a treatment is “natural” doesn’t mean it’s getting to the source.
You don’t need another supplement—you need to know why your body is off in the first place.

And when you stop looking at what’s flaring up and start asking why it flared up at all, everything changes.

You don’t have mystery symptoms.
You have a body that’s overwhelmed—and fixable.

Ready to stop managing and finally start healing?

Let’s treat the source. 

If you are local to the Phoenix, AZ area, go to this link to find out more about holistic solutions for parasites, bloating, gas, constipation, digestion & gut issues. Pills just cover up symptoms—they don’t fix WHY this is happening. Isn’t it time to finally resolve it instead of managing it? 

If you are not local to the Phoenix, AZ area, then click here to check out all of your options! You’ll get the exact steps you need to take, plus support from me to guide you every step of the way! 

xo Monica 🦋 Treat the Source: where we reveal all of the hidden causes of your mystery symptoms!