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Are you tired of just managing symptoms instead of solving root causes? 💊➡️🌱Join us as Lauren Castle, founder of the Functional Medicine Pharmacist Alliance, shares how she transformed from a corporate retail pharmacist into a functional medicine pioneer. Discover how personal health challenges led her to create a whole new career path that's helping pharmacists find fulfillment while truly healing patients.
In this episode, you'll learn:
✅ What functional medicine actually means for pharmacists
✅ How to start integrating functional approaches into your current role
✅ The reality of building a practice that focuses on root causes, not just pills
✅ Why Lauren left the corporate ladder to help other PharmDs find their passion againThis is perfect for pharmacists feeling burned out by traditional practice and ready to make a real difference in patient care.
Lauren is hosting a Functional Medicine Pharmacists Bootcamp which you can enroll into now through September 22nd: https://fmpha.org/fmphb
Functional Medicine Pharmacists Alliance (FMPhA) homepage: https://fmpha.org
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