HELLO
I'm Tom Staverosky
I am a peaceful, joyful, playful man. I don’t have any bones to pick with
anyone other than the pharmaceutical companies. I’ve walked this planet for
71 years, and my ego and I try our best to be guided by patience,
acceptance, gratitude, forgiveness, love, and humility.
I’m blessed to be the father of four fantastic, self-reliant children and two
adorable grandchildren. I hope they learn to be critical thinkers and how to
have fun because of my influence.
CITIZEN SCIENTIST
Practitioner, student, researcher
I could be called a citizen scientist. While my focus was on the business side
of natural medicine, I also trained as a practitioner in a relatively unique form
of energy healing based on what the fascinating field of quantum physics is
teaching us about health and the human body.
I studied with a healer who focuses on detoxification of the body and the use
of herbal remedies and high quality nutrition to return the body to normal
function and health.
I am also a researcher who received a US Patent on a unique approach to
migraine treatment. Our study was published in a peer reviewed medical
journal in 2001.
The Journey
From Duke to the natural medicine world
As a Duke University graduate with a Dual Degree in Political Science and
Education, I initially planned on becoming a lawyer, then a teacher, but by
the time I graduated, I still didn’t know what the hell I was going to be.
An entrepreneurial adventure landed me in the center of the natural
medicine world in the 1990s. Here, I found my passion. It was heady times for
the natural medicine world and I witnessed the formation of functional
medicine and the rebirth of naturopathy.
Critical Thinking
There is always more than one solution to every dilemma
I consider myself a critical thinker. I rarely believe what I read without digging deeper
to understand the full context of the topic. My experience tells me that various special interests inappropriately
influence the media reports on most subjects.
I see minimal proper investigative reporting from the media. To establish an opinion or belief on any particular subject.
I need to understand what the contrarians, those that disagree with accepted dogma,
in that field believe and why. There is always more than one solution to every dilemma. Looking at a topic through
different lenses can clarify many complex things.
Two Arenas
Healthcare, my focus. Climate change, my hobby.
I apply my energy, enthusiasm, curiosity, and intelligence as a citizen scientist and critical thinker most consistently in two areas. The common thread is that the human body and the planet are dynamic systems.
Those who study dynamic systems are often humbled by the realization that they are so complex, and the mechanisms within each so interactive and interdependent, that our brightest minds still admit what we know is dramatically overshadowed by what we still do not understand.
To quote a climate scientist from a book I recently read,
“It’s hard to model what you do not understand!”
The contrarian perspectives in each arena are fascinating and offer a more
complete understanding of each dynamic system.
Beyond Drugs and Surgery
There is much more that helps the body recover.
I aim to be a voice of knowledge
and wisdom as our healthcare system evolves beyond its current focus on
drugs and surgery.
The idea that medical doctors should
have only these two tools in their tool
bags is a fallacy. Drugs and surgery have an essential role in a healthcare system
that serves us all well, but there is much more that helps the body recover from various diseases.
ForeverWell
Our Mission
To be a voice of clarity and reason, helping citizens understand the urgent
need for healthcare reform. By revealing the limits of the pharmaceutical model, we aim to
empower individuals to take charge of their own health and pursue lasting vitality.
As seen In
35+
Years in natural medicine
72
Years young — aiming for 120
Duke
B.S. Education & Political Science
Books
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