Dr. Achey, PT, DPT

24/01/2026

Birthday 3️⃣4️⃣

Same amazing Outerbanks, same amazing sunrises, same amazing wife, similar amazing experiences/memories/meals, still a family of 4 but year 33 had us losing our amazing fur baby but had us bringing in our amazing little Ayva into this world 🥹

All God’s perfect timing

So thankful for another year 🙏🏼

07/01/2026

Baby Kojo would have been 11 today 😢

As much as I wish he was here to howl around with Ayva I think him leaving us when he did was perfect timing for us to focus and welcome our baby girl to this world

Kojo never played second fiddle to anyone for Em and I, he was our boy and traveled with us from PA to New York to Maine to California to Virginia with a few in between

By plane, boat, train he was with us, it didn’t matter and was always the star of the show

So many memories with this dog. I had like 45,000 pictures saved to post so 20 was hard to consolidate

Some of his first photos, some of his last, some just majestic, and others that are special memories that put a smile on Emily and my face…cause that’s what this dog did

Some go unexplained but the feathered grass in the one picture was his FAVORITE to p**p and p*e on his entire life no matter where it was he would find it 😆

Come this fall we should have some beautiful feathered grass bordering the backyard for the Koj🐺

Happy heavenly birthday buddy. You are so missed.

03/01/2026

I think we tell ourselves certain things that make us feel better after losing a pup but I’m all for it

First off on Silver Harness Day where you honor your sled dogs who have passed on, mushers believe their pups run through the skies with their harnesses creating an Aurora like light ☀️

We had the most beautiful sunset on Silver Harness Day this year

Last full moon of 2025 was the Wolf Super moon 🐺 🌕

For anything who knew Kojo, baby Koj looked like a wolf. We never got him tested and I think it was always meant to be a mystery

Miss you buddy

02/01/2026

2025 Recap - What a year
Iceland - Outer banks surprise for Koj and my birthday - Vegas - DC - Tuscany - Croatia - Austria - Outer banks family vacation…so many trips which were amazing then finding out and preparing for our baby girl to then losing the absolute best dog our fur baby Kojo and now to welcoming Ayva to this world

The whole journey, sad, happy, exciting, nerve wracking you name it is a blessing 🙏🏼

11/11/2025

Living in Norfolk, VA the heart of the Navy, my appreciation pours out on this day to all who served or continue to serve! 🇺🇸

17/06/2024

Happy Fathers Day to this guy!

So blessed for all the good times, all the things I’ve learned, and all the good memories made along the journey. Couldn’t have asked for a more supportive father and not sure what I would have done without him along my journey.

Super excited for all the rest to come as well. To all the dads out there 🍻

12/05/2024

Happy Mothers Day to the best one out there. No words, and certainly no post on instagram, is enough to express how blessed I am to have such an awesome mother! Always there for me every step of the way in this crazy journey we call life. Tons of love out of Virginia 🙂

13/05/2023

This one absolutely changed my life. Got me out of years of chronic pain when I was at the point in my life where I thought I’d have to just live with pain forever.

If you’re there, know it doesn’t have to be like that. There’s always a reason why you feel the way you feel. She will find that reason.

Meet Emily, our Registered Dietitian/ Functional Nutritionist and Yoga Teacher!

Emily has had a fascination with nutrition and self care from a young age. Between conventional dietetics training and her own thyroid and hormone journey, she was left with a feeling of helplessness as a practitioner and hopelessness as a patient. Asking questions, digging deeper, and learning there was another way allowed her to find healing for herself, and then, many others.

“If I could do one thing, it would be to give people hope. Hope that there is a path to healing. From there, anything is possible.”

02/04/2023

One of those feeling super blessed kind of mornings 🙏🏼

What’s one thing you’re blessed for this morning? 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

04/02/2023

Tasty food hack

A major complaint I get from people time and time again is healthy food is boring and bland

Honestly, I’ve been there. My taste buds were so blinded by addictive sugars and other processed foods and ingredients that anything whole and natural just had little flavor to me…this can evolve over time tho!

Now years later even a good avocado has plenty of flavor to me but the secret sauce is in the herbs and spices.

My wife makes this dish that might be one of my favorites out there. Some ingredients include:
➖black mustard seed
➖cumin seed
➖garam marsala
➖turmeric
➖black pepper

SO much flavor and SO many nutrients!

Play around with it, get creative, and you can make some awesome healthy nutritious dishes.