Toledo Naturopathic, Dr. Maleigha Watts

Toledo Naturopathic, Dr. Maleigha Watts Investigating the root cause of chronic health concerns and sharing lessons learned along the way! Dr. Watts has been serving NW Ohio for the past decade.

Toledo Naturopathic offers a spectrum of care: for those that are seeking preventative care, to those with more complex health histories that require more advanced holistic care. Dr. Watts believes in investigating and addressing the root cause(s) to health concerns, in empowering patients to be engaged in their health and healing, and advocating for her patients by serving as a bridge between the

holistic and traditional models of medicine. Dr. Watts completed undergraduate studies locally at the University of Toledo and then moved to Tempe, Arizona for 5 years to train at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (1 of 6 nationally accredited, 4 year naturopathic medical programs in the US). She completed an internship with Dr. MaryK Geyer in Phoenix, Arizona thereafter with an emphasis in primary care medicine. Although the state of Ohio does not license Naturopathic Physicians at this time, Dr. Watts continues to maintain a license in Arizona which requires active involvement in Continuing Medical Education hours (30+) each year.

I started BPC-157 straight out of surgery to aid in surgical recovery, wound healing, musculoskeletal support, and to pr...
08/20/2025

I started BPC-157 straight out of surgery to aid in surgical recovery, wound healing, musculoskeletal support, and to protect the gut (after antibiotics and pain medications). I really believe that this has been integral in my recovery (8 weeks post-op!)

An unexpected side effect is that: I believe it healed my tooth! (And digging into a rat study it may help with periodontal disease, so my brain may not be making this up).

This is just *my* experience, so please do not take it as a claim that will apply to all or that it's a guaranteed fix.

Back in April I had a cavity filled and found out, after the fact, it was a rather deep cavity and the filling may not have worked. I had a lot of tooth sensitivity, couldn't chew with that tooth without a decent amount of discomfort. I was told that extraction or a root canal would be next and I was vehemently opposed. But knowing my line of work, my dentist said I could try oil pulling or my own bag of tricks before we moved forward. I did start oil pulling and changed toothpaste over to a Hydroxyapatite form. With surgery lined up in June, I couldn't fathom having dental stuff around the same time so I just put it off and ate on the other side of my mouth for months. 🙄 (I'm not saying that was a good idea, it was just where my brain was at...)

Fast forward to after surgery, once I was past needing pain medications, that tooth pain came right back. By that time I could stomach some supplements and started the BPC-157. Well, I have to tell you that a month into taking it I realized I was chewing on that side of my mouth without any pain. And in hindsight, I'm not sure how long that had taken place without my realizing it.

It's left me dumbfounded and amazed (I can't wait to go back to my dentist and tell him, as I think he will appreciate it!). I mean, everyday I see and witness the body's ability to heal. This was a very unexpected (and very pleasing) side effect; obviously there's a big learning curve here and I'm excited to explore it more.

I'll be the first to tell you I don't know everything. In fact, I don't know anyone that does. I believe to be better providers each day, we should remain curious (not afraid or apprehensive) of the unknown. Because in doing so you never know what you might discover along the way.

Winner, winner, chicken-pesto-pizza dinner!😋 10 out of 10 😋
08/17/2025

Winner, winner, chicken-pesto-pizza dinner!

😋 10 out of 10 😋

My job entails working with patients to investigate the root causes to their health concerns/disease. Sometimes it is st...
08/15/2025

My job entails working with patients to investigate the root causes to their health concerns/disease. Sometimes it is straight forward like a food sensitivity, a gut microbiome issue, a hormone imbalance. Sometimes, the roots are much deeper: traumas, major stressors, unrelenting stressors.

Off the top of my head, I can recall cases where stress was absolutely the major trigger:
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sjogren's
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Grave's Disease
Psoriasis
Ulcerative Colitis
Crohn's Disease
SIBO
GERD
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Migraines, headaches
PCOS
Hormone imbalances
Mast cell/histamine issues

Bless the sweet patients that ask, "Well, what can I take for that?" Unfortunately, there is no magic pill that will unwind this. These are some of the hardest conversations to have because not everyone is ready or there yet.

I think recognizing that this elephant in the room even exists and coming to terms with it is a first big step. And then connecting with a professional to navigate the mental/emotional/physical intricacies of this (because that is definitely outside of my paygrade).

I absolutely believe that our stressful, fast-paced, over-committed, time-crunched, people-pleasing, instagram-chasing, pursuit-of-perfection, work-harder-not-smarter lifestyles are killing us at a faster pace than we realize. It feels like a battle of good and evil.

Lately, my posts have been more personal, sharing my own struggles, ephiphanies, changes, and work (that feels like I am trying to claw my way back to myself). Maybe that's TMI and more than you want to know from a healthcare provider. But I would much rather use this platform to "influence" someone in the following ways (than to try to "sell" a pill or product):

-to consider delving to the deeper parts of themselves,

-to get the wheels turning,

-to get them considering their first coaching/therapy/counseling appointment,

-to start asking and then providing what their soul needs for nourishment.

This is the heavy lifting, folks. It's the hardest to chip away at.

It is also the most rewarding.

This is our second week back after having been out for 6 weeks. Surprisingly, that 6 weeks off was the best reality/ment...
08/13/2025

This is our second week back after having been out for 6 weeks. Surprisingly, that 6 weeks off was the best reality/mental health check I have had the privilege of experiencing.

I am super lucky to get to work on cases/work from home 3 days out of the week. However, my lack of structure on those days has worked against me. I'm sharing because, I think since the pandemic, so many are now working from home and experiencing similar issues, perhaps unknowingly.

Since owning the business, my work from home days have included: wake up, coffee, sit down in the living room chair, work on cases. No breakfast. No movement. And I wouldn't make time for lunch/break, thinking if I would just push through I would eat lunch later (and get done with work sooner). And if I could just get that work done, then I would exercise, and maybe after, "have time to relax or do something fun"...which also, wouldn't happen. I think it made it impossible to actually clock in or out. Mind you the only one that said it "had" to be this way was...Me!

Before heading back to work I decided something had to give, because repeating this routine until, like retirement, is just not sustainable for life.

Some changes:
1) My upstairs office got cleaned up, reorganized, and beautified so that it is dedicated work space, only.
2) I have held on to my cherished morning walk which I get on the days I work from home. Wake, protein shake, walk, shower, coffee, then work (and mentally "Clock In")
3) Clock Out at 12pm for lunch. Go downstairs and actually eat lunch! Maybe throw in a load of laundry.
4) Clock In after lunch. Clock out, generally around 2 to 3.

You know what? I feel better having held on to that space in the morning. The work still gets done but I have started each day nourishing myself instead of the first thing I see being a computer screen. Last week, I even had time to watercolor, to do a little reading, have some fun on *gasp*, a "school night*!

I don't believe it will always be this easy. There is definitely, mentally, a "push-pull" going on internally with Past Me, but I am doing my best to embrace change.

Because Life is Too Damn Short to Only ldentify as Your Job.

Getting outside in the morning just might be my favorite thing. There are a handful of walkers in our neighborhood. Ther...
08/12/2025

Getting outside in the morning just might be my favorite thing. There are a handful of walkers in our neighborhood. There's 1 couple, in particular, that's usually making the rounds at the same time I am. We always wave and say good morning.

I have added intervals of running to my 3.5 mile routine. Today, I was rounding a corner/crossing the street and passed by that couple.

"Is someone chasing you? Are you okay?"

"Oh, I'm just running today. But now that you say it, being chased seems like the only good reason to be doing this!"

😂🤣

Pretty dang proud of this braid of garlic 😍 (oh and proud of my hubs who grew it!)
08/10/2025

Pretty dang proud of this braid of garlic 😍 (oh and proud of my hubs who grew it!)

Forget an Instagram-perfect-kitchen without clutter. By the end of today, I will probably use every kitchen gizmo and pa...
08/10/2025

Forget an Instagram-perfect-kitchen without clutter. By the end of today, I will probably use every kitchen gizmo and pan in the house. 😅

Already underway this morning: Omelets, freezer batches of marinara, and Cobb salads for lunches this week.

Finished up a 3 mile walk and I am sportin' my good ol "sweatstache" which generally has only made an appearance with re...
08/09/2025

Finished up a 3 mile walk and I am sportin' my good ol "sweatstache" which generally has only made an appearance with really spicy meals. 😅
Who knew, that an hour outside in the swamp each morning, might make you glisten a little? 😏

Speaking of sweatstaches, did you know that sweating is one of the best routes of supporting overall detoxification? I harp on this a lot for my moldies, especially.

Detoxification is done on a daily basis by the body; it is not set aside for special times where one does a "cleanse".

I try to keep the concept simple for patients: hydrating, peeing, pooping, sweating, breathing, and moving...are the many ways the body will attempt to cleanse itself.

Half your body weight, in ounces per day, of water (with electrolytes). LMNT is my favorite!

25 to 30 grams of fiber each day for good bowel movements. It is more challenging on a whole foods diet than you might think.

Several sweat sessions per week be it: sauna or some kind of exercise.

Weight baring exercise to help your muscles contract and move that lymphatic fluid.

Aerobic exercise or activity that gets your heart rate pumping and respiration up, to move the lungs, too.

You can certainly use products, herbs, teas, tinctures, juices for support. But honestly, they play second fiddle to what your body already inherently knows to do.

I appreciate that, over the course of having this page, I have been able to transition from "doctor-y" type posts to mor...
08/05/2025

I appreciate that, over the course of having this page, I have been able to transition from "doctor-y" type posts to more "human-y" shares, instead. There can be a contradiction in medicine: "Do as I say, not as I do." And quite honestly, I don't believe doctors need to be perfect (by any stretch) but their practice should be somewhat consistent with their preach, don't you think? Anyway, I'm about to get preachy.

This past year, to say the least, has been a journey. We're coming up on the one year mark of Lily's stroke, a journey of advocacy, caretaking, and then it transitioned personally, digging deep, therapy, surgery, slowing down, and recovery. It has been humbling. Work, itself, has gotten done but work had to *not* be the top priority for quite some time.

That's not comfortable for someone (who now completely realizes) that I have over-identified so much with my line of work that I...basically abandoned other parts of myself to "make it". Cool, "making it"...and then, what? If you have built a life that you need to often escape from, perhaps it is time to re-frame?

So, needless to say, 6 weeks of sitting on my butt with no work really got my mind swirling (in a good way). I kept waiting to be bored, to call Sarah and ask her to schedule patients, to get the urge to open my laptop, to join in on a conference, and quite honestly that time never came. 🙃

It never came because I was filling that time with daily walks in nature, spending time in the sun, listening to music from the '90s that I somehow still remember all the words to, crocheting Woobles, breaking out the watercolors and working on projects, reading smutty books, watching TV dramas, baking goodies, snuggling my babies, quality time and conversation with my hubs, sharing my days with family and friends who stopped to check in. It was a little slice of heaven, if I'm being honest.

Are we doing it wrong? We stifle other parts of ourselves because..adulting, priorities, the to-do list, responsibility. Of course these tasks are important. But then we search for outlets so that when the work is done, maybe we have time to do a little something with the spare crumbs of time we leave ourselves (and we never do them, right?). We think we need to go do yoga for an hour of escape, but maybe that is not an escape, but a non-negotiable part of the day. Do we use them as band-aids after the fact, or should we see them as foundational for thriving?

What if an adjustment in our priorities, our mindset, our lifestyles, what if undoing parts of ourselves that got so knotted up over the years for the sake of survival...what if...THAT is actually what needs to change? What if THAT is the healing our bodies, minds, hearts, and souls are craving?

It seems so dramatic to say, but this surgery and time off changed me. (Also, therapy has changed me--Kirk we should tell Sharon to raise her rates). 😆😆

While life can't be all rainbows and butterflies around the clock, we deserve to have rainbows and butterflies in a part of every day.

There's a few sayings that have been swirling through my head repeatedly and I'm hoping they keep me honest and keep me tenacious as I find a new routine; to keep hold on these lessons and practice them, to not lose them.

1) If you find yourself asking: "Is this all there is to life?" (Eat, work, sleep, repeat). Yes, this IS all there is to life, if that is what you are are making of it. What would you rather it be?

2) "Says Who?" We tend to place the world on our shoulders and a to-do list that's A thru Z each day. But "Says who?" Who says the world rests on your shoulders? And who says ALL of those things have to get done in the day? What truly happens if they don't all get done? Who is insisting on martyrdom?

3) "And then, what?" If you achieve the list, if you achieve the goal, if you get the things done, if you "make it"--and then, what? Will it ever be enough? And, "Says Who?"

This is just my own journey. Yours, of course, is different.
What I find so fascinating is that this healing didn't come from: a self-help book, an herb, magical colostrum, a diet change, a red light lamp, cold plunging, or a Zen Master retreat.

It came from within.

Hubby booked a little weekend cabin getaway to soak up the last of this time off (and to get us out of the house). 🤗 I ...
08/03/2025

Hubby booked a little weekend cabin getaway to soak up the last of this time off (and to get us out of the house). 🤗 I received some last minute test results that are needed for an appointment tomorrow; the patient now has a lovely 7 page write up of results and a plan.

Is that write-up excessive? Probably. But I would much rather be the doctor to give too much information, than to leave someone wanting more. I would rather explain things so excessively, that they roll their eyes at me, than to make the convo feel short.

The irony, of this then, when I received my first 1 Star Google Review this past week..for a reason that we can't really help. 🙃🤷🏻‍♀️.

Waking my brain up a bit by prepping some cases for next week! We got my home office cleaned up, organized, and looking...
07/30/2025

Waking my brain up a bit by prepping some cases for next week! We got my home office cleaned up, organized, and looking pretty. It feels good to look out my window and see our sunflower bed blooming in the back yard. 🥰

Hard to believe 6 weeks has come (and nearly gone). It has not been particularly easy, but I will say this has been the best thing I have ever done for my physical and mental health.

Savoring these last few days! See ya soooooon.

2.5 weeks ago, I was scooting around the house with a walker/stroller for assistance. What started as a few laps of my d...
07/28/2025

2.5 weeks ago, I was scooting around the house with a walker/stroller for assistance. What started as a few laps of my driveway (without it) turned into daily challenges to walk a little farther, a little faster, each day.

My personal goal has been to get a 5K walk in before we head back to work next week.

This morning: Goal accomplished!!! 🥳 💪

Grateful for this body of mine. Grateful for good health!

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