Dr. Amelia Patillo

Naturally Focused Medicine in Victoria, BC

Dr. Amelia Patillo

Hello!

I’m Dr. Amelia Patillo, a licensed Naturopathic Physician in Victoria, BC who is passionate about helping others regain a state of health and vitality.

I’m an avid explorer of nature, a self-proclaimed plant mom, and a lover of matcha lattes! To learn more about how I practice and the conditions and health concerns I treat, follow the link below. I look forward to connecting with you!

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Where to Find Me

 

Lansdowne Naturopathic Centre
1641 Hillside Ave (unit 240)
Victoria BC V8T 5G1

Clinic Phone: 250-888-3729
Clinic Email: mpbnaturopathic@gmail.com

My Hours:

  • Tuesdays: 9:30am-2:30pm

  • Thursdays: 9:30am-2:30pm

  • Fridays: 9:30am-1:30pm

Loving these sunny mornings on my porch these days ☕️ ☀️ 🌿⠀ ⠀ I love waking up early during the week so I can enjoy some quiet time before I start my work day. I use this time to think about everything in my life I’m grateful for, read The Daily Stoic and sip on my reishi mushroom spiked bulletproof coffee.⠀ ⠀ What are your mornings looking like these days? Do you like to get up early too?
Some major realness coming at ya 🙋🏻‍♀️⠀ ⠀ I have been unearthing some big fat self-limiting beliefs about myself lately. ⠀ ⠀ I have always been the type of person to chase my goals and dreams. I thrive on feeling like I am doing “a good job”. Be it in life, relationships, work and school. Now, I don’t think there is anything inherently wrong with wanting and working to be the best we can be, but I’ve been noticing lately how I have been intimately attaching my self-worth to my “successes” and “failures”. ⠀ ⠀ When my patients are happy and doing well, I come home wearing that as an internal medal of pride. I’m happy, in a good mood, and generally feel like I am a good doctor. If my patients are not responding to my treatment plans or if I feel like we are not connecting I take it as a direct hit on my competence, knowledge, and even my personality(!!). ⠀ ⠀ Yikes! I have realized this is an incredibly dangerous line to be walking. How my patients are doing, how much I think I am liked, how many hits I’m getting on my website, how many people are purchasing my meal plans, how much engagement I’m getting on my Instagram is not a reflection of who I am as a person. I repeat... YOUR WORK IS NOT YOUR WORTH. ⠀ ⠀ Who we are as humans has absolutely nothing to do with our perceived success and failures in life and in business. ⠀ ⠀ I’m working hard right now to reverse this engrained thought pattern. While I am far from feeling free from this, I know working on that part of myself is going to help me greatly in the long run. ⠀ ⠀ I am curious if others have experienced this too? Do you have a tendency to attach your self worth to your work?
One thing I wish for myself is that I never lose my curiosity for the natural world 🌿🍄🌲⠀ ⠀ Synthesizing the information I have learned from my textbooks, scientific journals and my teachers/mentors with observing these plant medicines in the real world has got to be one of the coolest things. Ultimately it continues to teach me the intricacies and connectedness of it all. We are not separate from the natural world around us. We always have been connected. We just need a little reminder every now and then. ⠀ ⠀ ✨✨✨⠀ ⠀ Here I am observing the mushroom Trametes versicolour (or Turkey Tail). It is one of the most heavily studied mushrooms for medicinal benefits! It grows abundantly here in the Pacific North West. If you turn over a dead log you may just find some. I could list off many of its properties here, but I think you should go research it for yourself and see if you learn something new 😏💚⠀ ⠀
Could definitely go for one of the amazing blue spirulina bowls and a coffee blended with ghee from Paia Bowls on Maui right about now 🏝☕️✨⠀ ⠀
Soul-shine. Can you see it? ✨⠀ ⠀ Being in nature, in the sun, by the ocean, with my humans. ⠀ ⠀ This. Is. My. Why. 🙏🏼⠀ ⠀ —⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ( photo by mom ( @janwachtin ))