Meet Our Instructors
Maggie Yu, MD IFMCP
Holistic and Functional Physician
Maggie Yu MD, IFMCP is a highly respected family practice physician and certified functional medicine physician. Over the past 16+ years, she has been providing education and training on topics related to longevity and reversing chronic diseases through various media platforms. With over 25 years of experience, she is deeply committed to promoting wellness and helping her clients achieve optimal health and longevity. Dr. Yu is an expert in the field of functional medicine, which involves identifying and treating the root causes of chronic diseases. She has helped thousands of patients overcome chronic symptoms such as pain, fatigue, POTS, MCAS, autoimmune conditions, hormone imbalances, irritable bowel, depression, anxiety, and brain fog. Her success stories include hundreds of case studies demonstrating her approach's effectiveness in alleviating these symptoms and more.
Dr. Maggie Yu has firsthand experience in reversing her own symptoms. At the age of 36, she suffered from a range of chronic conditions, including fibromyalgia, early menopause, Hashimoto's, chronic pain, depression, TMJ, and Mixed Connective Tissue Disorder. However, she was able to completely reverse her symptoms through a combination of hard work, years of additional training, and her medical expertise.
Since then, Dr. Yu has developed the Transform protocol, which has helped thousands of people reverse their symptoms through a healing-centric education system. Her programs are tailored to meet the individual needs of each person, and she focuses on reversing symptoms of any chronic disease. She has successfully helped people with hormone imbalances, chronic pain, autoimmune diseases, IBS, neurological and mental health conditions (including ADD/ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and sensory processing disorders), and more.
Dr. Yu is a mother of two grown children and currently resides in Oregon. Her programs have delivered results to clients from over 14+ countries. She received her medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and has specialized in hormone balance, chronic disease, autoimmune diseases, and functional medicine, incorporating a personalized root cause approach to patient care. With her extensive education and decades of experience, Dr. Yu has developed a unique and innovative system to help clients and their families reverse chronic disease symptoms.
Allison Samon
Functional Nutritionist, FNLP, CHHC
Allison Samon is a Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner, Certified Holistic Health Coach, and health science communicator who has helped hundreds of people from around the world to eliminate chronic illness, and re-design their lifestyles and in ways that are easy fun and sustainable. "Having lost over a decade of my own life to unexplained chronic pain, fatigue, hormonal imbalance, and frequent migraines, I know what people are going through and the courage it takes to make a change. I am passionate about supporting and empowering them on that healing journey." Allison is a public speaker, Amazon bestselling co-author and Emmy Award Winner. Her proudest accomplishment is becoming a first time Mom, naturally, over 40 and inspiring other women to have healthy pregnancies despite being considered "geriatric" by conventional standards. A confirmed cat lover and sun worshipper, Allison lives with her family in Southern California
Kathy Ryan
Holistic and Functional Nutritionist
Kathy is a Registered Holistic and Functional Nutritionist with over 15 years of experience working with clients. She specializes in hormone balancing, weight management and optimizing digestion, using food, supplementation and mindset as her tools for transformation. She has authored one book, The Context Eating Method: How to Lose Weight Without Sucking all the Gluten, Chocolate and Wine-filled Joy From Your Life which is a completely different approach to weight management. She enjoys speaking at women’s conferences and retreats and attending continued learning seminars. She is a nature lover and lives "in the middle of nowhere", where she spends her down-time in her vegetable garden, foraging for medicinal herbs and spending time with her daughter and grandson. One of her favorite quotes is, "Complexity is the enemy of Execution" from Tony Robbins and she takes that to heart as she helps people transform their health.
Jonathan Beatty ND
Naturopath
Dr Jonathan Beatty ND has been a practicing Naturopath in Ontario since 2007. Dr Beatty completed a degree in Nutrition and Nutraceutical Sciences from the University of Guelph prior to entering Naturopathic College. Dr Beatty has a practice focused on autoimmune diseases and developmental neurology. In addition to his professional practice, Dr Beatty has worked as a formulator and educator in the natural health product industry. As a passionate teacher, he also creates and teaches continuing education courses for medical professionals on autoimmunity, the gut biome and functional medicine. When not in the office or teaching, Dr Beatty can be found working on his farm raising a variety of fruits and vegetables, chickens and cows.