Healing often begins the moment we decide to ask better questions. That’s the heartbeat of this conversation with Dr. Charlyce, an internist with two decades of clinical experience who also practices as a Reiki Master. She lays out a clear, compassionate model that blends functional medicine, energy work, and coaching to help people become active participants rather than passive patients. Instead of a “pill for an ill,” she invites a shift toward root-cause thinking, self-observation, and practical steps. This integrated approach resonates with listeners who suspect that more prescriptions aren’t solving the long story of fatigue, hormonal shifts, gut issues, and stress. By validating curiosity and offering structure, she creates a safe space to explore why the body struggles and how to guide it back to balance.
A key pillar is personal agency. Dr. Charlize stresses that while doctors, therapists, and coaches can support, the real healer is the person living in the body. That mindset change can feel daunting, especially when working with multiple providers or carrying chronic diagnoses. She suggests slowing down to notice patterns: sleep, energy dips, triggers, environmental exposures, and the emotions that accompany them. Through functional medicine, clients get comprehensive lab testing, nutrition coaching, and individualized plans. Through Reiki and energy medicine, they gain insight into the biofield, subtle blockages, and the energetic stories that mirror physical patterns. Together, these modalities align data with intuition, which accelerates clarity and empowers sustainable action.
Her path to this integrative practice started traditionally. After residency and years in diverse settings—public clinics, hospitals, even prisons—holistic care wasn’t on her radar. Over time, patient questions about the gut microbiome, toxins, and hormonal health prompted deeper study. Training with the Institute for Functional Medicine gave her a rigorous framework to interpret complex symptoms through systems biology. Meanwhile, Reiki opened a new channel for assessing stress physiology, emotional residue, and resilience. The outcome is a practice that can begin from either side. Some clients arrive guided by intuition seeking energy healing; others come with lab results and a goal to reduce medication burden. Each route is valid, and both can inform a personalized plan.
For Reiki, she runs a virtual studio with distance sessions ranging from 20 to 90 minutes, most commonly 45. Clients receive clinical-level documentation with insights and next steps, because integration in the first days after a session is crucial. Many people sink so deeply into relaxation that they fall asleep, which she frames as a positive sign that the nervous system finally exhaled. For functional medicine, she offers 90-minute consultations and multi-visit coaching programs, combining labs, nutrition, and lifestyle design. She also notes licensure boundaries for medical services while reminding that Reiki and courses are available to anyone, anywhere. This clarity helps people choose the right doorway without confusion or wasted effort.
Education is a cornerstone of her method. The Self-Guided Reiki Journey bundles guided Reiki sessions, lessons on chakras and energy, and practical tools such as meditations, printables, and ebooks. It’s designed for big themes—grief, depression, chronic pain—where nervous system support and self-awareness are pivotal. Shorter courses include Channeling Your Negative Emotions, which teaches how to engage with anger, sorrow, and anxiety without shutting down, and a nine-minute Reiki Reset for busy days. These on-demand options give lifelong access, allowing learners to build a home practice that supports clinic visits or stands on its own. For those ready to add new tech, her partnership with NES introduces bioenergetic voice scans that generate tailored protocols, offering another lens on stress, coherence, and recovery.
Underneath the specific services lies a simple promise: you don’t have to figure out everything today. The work is iterative. Take a breath, envision where you are, picture where you want to be, and commit to the next small action. Whether you start with a connection call, a Reiki session, or a course, the goal is the same—restore agency, decode signals, and move closer to balance. The blend of functional medicine keywords and energy healing practices—gut microbiome, toxins, hormones, chakras, biofield, bioenergetics—serves one purpose: make healing practical and personal. With guidance, structure, and self-trust, lasting change becomes not only possible but predictable.
