Is your pet’s well-being close to your heart? Veterinarian Dr Marlene Siegel explains what integrative, holistic health care entails and why finding the root cause of any challenge is crucial in order to ensure long-term health. She discusses deficiency, toxicity, mitochondrial dysfunction and trapped emotions as causes of dis-ease, and offers advice on testing and other practical matters.  

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In ep. 195 of the weekly podcast series Calm, Clear and Helpful, holistic and integrative veterinarian Dr Marlene Siegel touches on

• the dramatic experience involving Dr Marlene’s daughter and her horse, that triggered her journey into holistic veterinary medicine

• Dr Siegel’s promise to never say: “There’s nothing more that can be done”

• researching human functional medicine and applying the principles to animals

• what a holistic approach entails (and why it’s anything but ‘woo-woo’)

• what integrative means

• examples of conditions pets struggle with and related root causes (e.g. skin allergies en ear infections caused by leaky gut)

• what causes a constant level of inflammation, resulting in ‘dis-ease’

• treatments included in Dr Marlene’s work, notably detoxification

• testing for nutrient deficiencies and toxicities

• 6 organs of detoxification: the kidney, colon, lungs, liver, skin and fascia

• modalities used in Dr Marlene’s practice, including assisted lymphatic therapy

• teaching fascia decompression to pet parents - and why this is essential

• pets and movement  

• the strange case of the three-toed sloth

• how our pets help us grow.

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Link to the Empowered Pet Parent Course and the Fascia Decompression Course: https://drmarlenesiegel.com/courses/

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About Dr Marlene

Dr Marlene Siegel is a holistic and integrative veterinarian from Tampa, Florida in the USA. She has been practicing for 40+ years, with 20 years focused on integrative vet medicine.

She consults in fur person and online, has online courses for pet parents and offers training for veterinarians.  

Website: https://drmarlenesiegel.com/

Courses for veterinarians: https://drmarlenesiegel.com/courses/

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Also listen to international animal communicator Jenny Shone on what happens when your pet dies, and how to approach euthanasia.

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Original music by Mart-Marie Snyman

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Photographs of Dr Marlene Siegel: supplied