ABOUT ROOTED HEALTH & LYNDSAY BROOKE SMITH | BELLINGHAM, WA
I started this practice for the person who has been told they are fine and knows they are not.
Lyndsay is an integrative family nurse practitioner in Bellingham, WA. She runs a practice rooted in one conviction: the answers are there. You just need someone willing to look for them.
LYNDSAY’S STORY
The system is not built to find what is wrong with you. I built something that is.
I kept seeing the same patient. Not the same person, different ages, different symptoms, different lives.
But the same story: they had been through it. The appointments, the referrals, the labs that came back normal.
And nobody had ever really dug in.
That is not a criticism of most doctors. They are working in a system that gives them 15 minutes and reimburses basic tests.
You cannot find root causes in 15 minutes. You cannot see the full picture with basic tests.
I wanted to practice differently, so I built a practice where I could.
I do not bill insurance. That is a clinical decision, not a business one.
Insurance limits the time I can spend with you and the tests I can order.
Without those constraints, I can actually get somewhere. I accept credit cards for everything, and offer 10% off for cash payments.
I do not call myself a healer. You do the healing.
I help you figure out what to aim at.
Outside the clinic, I am a mom, a trail runner, and a planner of the next adventure.
Motherhood is the greatest joy of my life. I am a mom to three boys, and we spend much of our time homeschooling, camping, hiking, traveling, and simply being outside together. When I am not with my family, you will often find me on a trail hiking or backpacking, training for a race, or planning my next travel adventure. I have a deep curiosity about what it means to truly thrive, and I am passionate about caring for the whole person. I am always learning, growing, and seeking to live with greater health, vitality, joy, and balance in mind, body, and spirit.
Credentials
MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Functional medicine trained / Breathwork trained / Retreat leader
What I Believe
Symptoms are messages
Your body is not failing you. It is trying to tell you something. My job is not to make the signal stop. It is to understand what it means.
You are the one who heals
I can find what is going on and show you what to do about it. But the changes are yours. The healing is yours. I am a guide, not a fixer.
The nervous system connects everything
Almost every patient conversation I have comes back to the nervous system, and that is not an accident.
