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Toledo Naturopathic, Dr. Maleigha Watts

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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.

01/11/2026

We got our weekly lunch prep out of the way this morning.

But my middle-aged-self is most excited about our new refrigerator that has a fancy crisper drawer and a dedicated space for cheese. 😍😍

Maybe that space is not supposed to be for cheese but...we are Mortemores. So cheese, it is. 😋

01/10/2026

I can't even...on the socials right now.

01/09/2026

Some fun wins in our first week back in 2026:

✅Finding straightforward hormone imbalances on labs and getting patients relief within a few months.

✅Helping Hashimoto's patients get off the "rollercoaster" of symptoms and have more stability in the day-to-day

✅Witness a patient put together their own timeline of health and nailing their root cause; they just needed the space it process it out loud.

✅Having a chronic-illness patient transition to routine appointments 1-2 times yearly because the hard work has been done

2026...it's going to be a good one. 🤗✨🙌

01/07/2026

Let's talk "Pulse Dosing":

In most cases of prescriptions and supplements, we are used to taking them on a routine, daily basis (and in many cases, like prescriptions, they require daily/consistent dosing).

There are cases though where patients are going to do "Pulse Dosing", which may include:
✅Taking as tolerated (very individualized for the highly sensitive peeps)
✅Taking as needed, but still fairly routinely
✅Taking as needed, very situationally (think: anxiety medications)
✅Reaching a maintenance phase where daily dosing is not needed but "pulsing" nutrients are herbs helps with that said maintenance --> Ultimately, ideally, as we peel back the root causes of symptoms/conditions/concerns (and those things improve/abate) we would also be able to peel back on supplements/intervention and get to this phase overall.

Some current examples in my routine:
✅Magnesium is our most common mineral deficiency; the soil and food derived from it is not as nutrient rich of that of our ancestors. Thus, supplementation often helps to offset what we don't get in our food. I don't take Magnesium daily, but perhaps a few times per week, thus I "Pulse" it in. I've been able to pinpoint that when I take Magnesium is alleviates: muscle cramping, restless legs/twitching, random palpitations that feel like anxiety but are not actually anxiety. If symptoms creep in, I know it's time to take it.

✅Pregnenolone--this is the mother of all hormones. Presence of Pregnenolone enables the body to have this building block for: Progesterone, Cortisol, DHEA, Testosterone, and Estrogen production. (Before you go thinking you need this and should take it, please talk about this with your providers, as in my case I have also discussed with my healthcare provider and had appropriate testing to warrant its use). I started this at a low dose, daily. And after a couple of months realized daily dosing is not for me--a bit of a trade off--more sense of calm at times, improved sleep at times, but then at other times a lot of irritability (sorry hubby...), headache, and breast tenderness. Ultimately, I think it is a useful tool for the phase I am currently in peri-menopausally--but I suspect I will be best off taking this by pulsing. This might include taking for 2 weeks out of a month, or maybe a few times per week instead of all days per week.

The point being:

Not *all* supplements require daily use.

Every individual is different.

The better that a patient read their body, pay attention to symptoms and changes, the better able the provider/patient can help to pinpoint the ultimate dosing/frequency of a supplement, herb, nutrient, etc.

This approach is very helpful for those that are more reactive/sensitive--finding the sweet spot of dosing.

This approach is helpful to reduce pill burden/pill fatigue (having to take too many things throughout the day).

Have a hard time remembering to take your pills daily? Congratulations, you are already doing "pulse dosing". 😂 😉

01/05/2026

It's our first day back in the office for 2026. I am not a New-Year-Resolution-making-kind-of-person. But I am a Choose-A-Theme-That-Resonates for the New Year.

Typical this word comes to me before the New Year but this year, it's January 5th, and it just hit me today.

This year's focus is going to be on Quality (over quantity).

Quality...

-In the care given to our patients. Setting goals for quantity is self-defeating as we are just one tiny office. But continuing to improve upon the quality of care we provide with those lives we get to impact, well, that we can do.

-In the company kept in life both professionally and personally. I would rather have a teeny tiny trustworthy tribe over that of numbers.

-Time. Making the most of moments, making the best of things, enjoying the time spent with friends and loved ones. Self-care included.

-Purchases. Those that improve quality of life and/or good investments (less mindless spending).

- Of Life. Viewing healthy habits with longevity, not immediate gratification of results. Spending time, effort, investment for the betterment of future, long-term health.

More Quality. Less Quantity. Here's to a New Year!

01/04/2026

Back into the saddle.

While I could crochet-all-day (finished my first beanie last night!)...

I assume my patients want me back at the office tomorrow. 😅

Meal prepped and ready-ish to roll.

First office day of 2026, coming right up!

01/03/2026

One of my favorite stories unfolded in my brain this morning, as I was finishing a load of whites and folding my hubby's Godzilla sweats.

Picture this: 19-year-old-me, rocking a pixie cut (🙄Girl, we have ALL been there, IYKYK) starting my first serving job.

I had just finished my training and had my first table all on my own. A lovely church-going couple sat down, dressed in their Sunday finest. I announce the usual for a new server, "I'm new at this so please bear with me" and off we go for drinks and a food order. All is going well, ya know, until the food comes. This is no fancy restaurant that puts things on a tray/stand to deliver food. No, we carry plates. Lots of them. I am minding my own beeswax, putting plates on the table and all is well.

That is, until the full rack of ribs needed delivered. The long, oval white plate that held the full rack of ribs, did not have a suitable lip to hold said food. As the plate drew near the table, the ribs, well, they drew near-er. And in fact, drew so near that they flew off of the plate, and right onto the lap of the gentleman at the table.

Who was wearing a white suit.

😩🫣🫠😭🤣

If ever a time to go from shiny, bright, ruby red slippers to shriveling into raisin legs under the house that smushed them, well, that was the time for it to happen.

Good. Golly.

A million apologies were issued.

This gentleman was the epitome of grace. He was surprised for sure, laughed and joked it off (I am sure deeper feelings there), we got him cleaned up, their bill was on the house (as was the dry cleaning tab), he still tipped, and on they went. He could have yelled, he could have totally mortified me, I could have never worked there again. My boss could have fired me on the spot, but, no.

I ended up serving my way through college and it was 1 of the 2 jobs I held simultaneously to pay bills and tuition. (I still often have dreams that menu items were 86'd, or that I forgot a Diet Coke for table 105).

Why is this story relevant today?
✅We are starting a New Year. And with that, for many, includes trying things or starting new habits. Unfamiliar territory, if you will. It can be intimidating being the newbie. You might totally flop on your face on the first time. But go back and try again. Stay patient with yourself.

✅If you see someone fumbling as the newbie, perhaps give some encouragement and lend a hand. How much farther could that carry a person, than ridicule?

✅Let's learn from the gentleman in this New Year. Let's extend grace, kindness, a sense of humor even. We live in such a reactive world; let's surprise it with showing the best of our humanity. This gentleman probably doesn't think of this moment often. But it has stayed with me.

Lastly, and probably most importantly:

✅Let's also vow to never let Dr. Watts return to a pixie cut. It was a phase, for sure. And not one that needs revisiting. 🙃

12/31/2025

One of my most valuable lessons this year:
Many sides of me get to co-exist and they all deserve to be fueled and nurtured.

The studious, over-achieving, entrepreneurial, doctor part of me has had a lifetime of training and dedication. It has had so much time and attention that it has been easy to overly identify with this...and neglect the rest.

After major surgery in June and 6 weeks off of work, the vulnerable part was reminded that sometimes the Doctor has to be the Good Patient for a full recovery.

Amidst this time off, many that know me expected that I would go stir crazy. In fact, the opposite happened.

I painted, I created, I crocheted-all-day, I socialized, I walked (and eventually ran), I rested, I played.

It was glorious.

This created new routines in my day, non-negotiable parts: movement first thing, then getting the "work" done, making time for creativity. Projects. Enjoyment. Fun. Friends. Family. Nature. Rest. Reflection. Quiet.

I became more well-rounded this year and I feel it was a long time coming. Don't get me wrong--I love this job, and this medicine, but there is more to an identity (and being human) than a line of work. Ya know, it only took me 41 years to acknowledge and experience it. 🙃

This time we have here is so terribly short.

May we make the most of it. May we find wholeness within ourselves and may we nurture it daily.

12/26/2025

It is that magical time of year where the days blur together, the days lack structure, supplements are halted, and the world is upside down.

Or at least, this is my world every year between Christmas to the New Year.

This morning, my little brain whispered, "What do you have to lose by starting with a little protein shakey-shake and your supplements?"

Okay, brain, you are right--not a darn thing!

You are not alone in the upside-down. 🙃

Also office update: we are out of office til January 5th! See you next year. 🤗

12/24/2025

One of our only photos together this year (that wasn't a selfie) was the one of us finishing a treacherous 8 mile hike in Dominica, covered in mud and rain. Perfect for our Christmas card. 😂🤣🙄

Nonetheless:

Merry Christmas from our family to yours.🥰

12/23/2025

The other day I shared a post of our Christmas tradition since I have been as big as I can remember. It does not truly feel like Christmas until we have had an Aunt Pam's Sour Cream Cookie. They are literally the best cookies ever. Every Christmas morning breakfast does consist of several of these cookies. 😏

Anywhere we take them or post them, the recipe is asked to be shared. This brings up interesting feelings (to share the recipe), as Aunt Pam passed 6 years ago, today.

It is odd to feel protective of a recipe. Especially knowing that if asked, Aunt Pam (God Bless Her), would have packed up a box of cookies and written down the recipe, to whomever would ask. This year my Mama and I talked about it as this does not feel like *my* recipe to share. Aunt Pam was/is my Mama's *person*. Aunt Pam would be thrilled for anyone to make them, and would humbly downplay the amazingness of these cookies, because...well, that's just her.

Should you choose to make these, we hope you love them. And we hope you honor as my Mama (Dee) asked--to keep the name the same to honor sweet Aunt Pam.

I love you Mama. Thanks you for sharing this.

12/22/2025

Sarah and I had our little office Christmas Party and had a lovely time. We made gluten free treats, listened to Christmas music, and had a gift exchange. She got me a terrarium (adorbs) and these awesome plant signs.

I will let you decide which was my favorite. 😂🤣😏😎

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13 S 3rd Street
Waterville, OH
43566

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Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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https://toledonaturopathic.com/

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