Divinely Guided Health
Board-certified in Internal Medicine & Integrative Medicine
Integrative medicine for metabolic health and sustainable weight management.
I start by asking what's really behind your symptoms and what makes change hard in your everyday life. Then we build a plan around the life you actually live.
About Dr. Papia
“The medical plan is rarely the hardest part. The hard part is everything around it.”
I trained first in internal medicine, where I learned to look carefully at the whole picture: your history, your labs, your medications, and the quiet ways one condition shapes another.
For the past five years, much of my work has centered on metabolic health, caring for people living with obesity, type 2 diabetes, and the conditions that tend to come with them. Over time I noticed that the prescription was rarely the hardest part. The hard part was everything around it: sleep that never quite recovers, stress that stays switched on, and routines that fall apart in a busy week.
That's what led me to a fellowship in integrative medicine at Northwestern's Osher Center. There I learned to bring nutrition, movement, sleep, and stress into the same conversation as medical treatment, so they're part of the plan from the start.
That is how I practice today. If you've been carrying concerns about your weight, your energy, or habits you've tried to change more than once, I want to hear about it, without judgment. We'll take it seriously, look for what's underneath, and make a plan that's realistic for you.
Clinical Focus
Each of these areas starts with the same two questions: what is actually going on, and what would make change possible for you?
Weight is rarely just about willpower. I look at the metabolic, hormonal, and everyday factors that shape it, and I take those concerns seriously.
I've prescribed GLP-1 medications for five years, for people with obesity, type 2 diabetes, and related conditions. When medication is part of the conversation, it's one tool in an individualized plan that also covers nutrition and movement. The goal is your long-term health, not just the next number on the scale.
Fatigue, weight changes, and shifts in mood or cycles are easy to dismiss and hard to live with. I take a careful look at thyroid function and at the hormonal changes across a woman's life, including PCOS, perimenopause, and menopause.
I also make room for the questions that don't always fit into a short visit.
Sleep, stress, and the way your body responds to pressure affect nearly everything else. I help people understand what their nervous system has been doing to cope.
From there, we build steadier routines around sleep, movement, and recovery, at a pace you can keep up.
Speaking & Education
I speak with clinicians, trainees, and community audiences about the gap between knowing what's healthy and being able to do it, and about what whole-person care looks like in metabolic and hormonal health.
How chronic stress keeps the body in survival mode, why that makes lasting change so difficult, and practical, evidence-informed ways to support nervous system regulation and behavior change that holds.
A whole-person look at the midlife transition: how hormonal change shows up in symptoms and daily life, and how hormone therapy, nutrition, sleep, movement, and stress care can work together.
Metabolic health seen as more than a single lab value or prescription, connecting medical care with the everyday patterns of eating, movement, sleep, and stress that shape it over time.
For conferences, medical societies, organizations, and community events, I'm glad to talk through what would serve your audience.
Speaking inquiriesContact
I welcome inquiries about working with me, speaking and education, and professional collaborations.
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