Romans 12:2
Afya (Swahili)~
Health (the state of being free from and of physical or psychological dis-ease, illness, or malfunction); wholeness of mind, body, and spirit!
BE AFYA Lifestyle Health Resuscitation Clinic is our preventative & lifestyle medicine-focused clinic! This clinic focuses on empowering you to be a (pro)active creator of your health by first determining your current health so that you get a clear idea of where to start and what to do to improve your life(style) and health moving forward!
Start with your comprehensive, 60-90 minute mental, physical & lifestyle health evaluation. This appointment collects & reviews information about your mental & physical health history to gain insight into your overall health status.
🧬Includes 1 Advanced Speciality Credit!
Next, attend your 60-90 minute follow-up appointment where you get your personalized mental, physical & lifestyle health resuscitation plan:
🏃🏾➡️ Lifestyle As Medicine Plan of Action!
❤️Specific Health-Related Concerns!
🧠Results Review & Report!
❤️Referrals (e.g., sleep medicine, neurology)
🧠Disease Prevention & Reversal Recommendations!
Participate in the health and wellness group education & coaching clinic, and enjoy more frequent interaction with your clinician to further empower and support you on your overall health and wellness journey!
❤️🧠 Individual Psychiatry & Lifestyle Medicine Management Check-Ins!
🗓️ Group Health Education & Coaching Events!
🗨️ Open Office Hours!
💡 Special Clinic & Community Benefits!
Optional Add-On Services!
❤️ Optional add-on specialty testing!
🧠 Optional add-on check-ins as needed!
BE AFYA~ BE You. BE Healthy. BE Whole in mind, body & spirit. Prosper in ALL ways, always!!
🎯You understand the assignment~
BE about that (Afya) life. DO differently. HAVE different results!
🎯You are the bold, (pro)active, engaged, go-getter, take accountability and adjust accordingly type of person!
🎯You are ready for mental healthcare done differently that is primarily focused on using your lifestyle as medicine!
🎯You desire to...
✔️Gain insight into how your life(style) impacts you on a deeper
(mental, physical, and spiritual) level.
✔️Know your disease-related risks and proactively discover ways to achieve your health goals.
✔️Confidently navigate the health care system.
✔️Create your precise treatment plan, specific to your unique needs, that improves your health while reversing & preventing dis-ease.
💊Determine the "best" medication option based on your unique needs & genetic make-up!
💊Avoid, reduce, or stop medications altogether,
but ONLY if appropriate!
✔️Work your plan with direct clinician support & interaction.
💯 BE the resource of their health and live a well-balanced life!
Lifestyle Medicine is an evidence-based medical specialty that uses therapeutic lifestyle interventions as medicine to prevent and/or treat chronic conditions including, but not limited to, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and obesity!
American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Using food and nutrition as medicine to improve healthspan and lifespan!
"You are what you eat & you are what you don't eat. You are also what you absorb & you are what you don't absorb"
Using you-centered & appropriate exercise and physical activity as medicine to improve healthspan and lifespan!
Using sleep to restore and promote health & wellbeing! Ideally, sleeping like a baby with no care in the world-that good sleep!
Effectively managing external and internal stress as medicine to improve healthspan and lifespan!
Reducing and/or avoiding risky substances and/or behaviors as a means of improving healthspan and lifespan (e.g. nicotine, alcohol, THC, caffeine, illicit drugs, and addiction such as sex, porn, gambling, food, "love", etc.)
Using healthy, secure-functioning relationships as medicine to promote healthspan and lifespan!
(e.g. romantic, friends, family, professional, social, etc.)
The AFYA Effect Family Healthcare Services, PLLC
11815 Fountain Way, Suite #300, Newport News, Virginia 23606, United States
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