You Are Not Too Much
One of the hardest parts about living with chronic or complex conditions is feeling like you’re somehow too complicated for the system to help. You’ve seen specialists. You’ve done the rounds. Maybe you’ve even started to wonder if it’s all in your head.
But deep down, you know it’s not. Because your body has been telling you—over and over again—that something’s not right.
At Empower, Dr. Mary K. Geyer, NMD is the kind of provider who trusts that inner knowing. She doesn’t see “complicated.” She sees patterns. Possibilities. Stories worth unpacking.
When Medicine Runs Out of Scripts
Conditions We Commonly Support
What happens when you don’t fit into a diagnostic box? What happens when standard treatments don’t work—or make you worse? What happens when your symptoms don’t line up with your labs?
That’s where so many of our patients have been. They’ve bounced between rheumatology, endocrinology, neurology, GI… only to end up with prescriptions they can’t tolerate or vague advice to “reduce stress.”
Empower Integrative Health was created for these exact moments—when you don’t need another pill. You need a plan.
Conditions and concerns we frequently help patients manage include:
- Chronic fatigue and post-viral syndromes (including long COVID)
- Autoimmune conditions and mixed symptom clusters
- Fibromyalgia and widespread pain
- MCAS (mast cell activation) and chemical sensitivity
- POTS and dysautonomia
- Mold illness and environmental toxicity
- Mystery symptoms or “medical orphans”
- Hormonal dysfunction and adrenal burnout
- Chronic gut dysregulation
- Lyme disease and coinfections
These aren’t quick-fix conditions. And we don’t pretend they are. But they are addressable. And they are not the end of your story.
The word “chronic” can feel heavy—final, even. But it doesn’t have to be.
At Empower, chronic simply means persistent, not permanent. It means your body has been compensating for something for a long time. And once we uncover the root, we can begin the work of helping it recover.
That work may include:
Functional lab testing (hormones, immune panels, GI mapping, mycotoxin testing, genetic markers)
Environmental and toxin load assessment
Nervous system regulation (because chronic illness is trauma on the body)
Mitochondrial and adrenal support
Personalized detoxification pathways
Herbal and naturopathic therapies
Dietary, sleep, and lifestyle rhythm repair
Chronic Doesn’t Mean Hopeless
No two journeys look the same. But all of them begin the same way: with presence.
You Don’t Have to Explain It All at Once
One of the most powerful moments in healing is when you realize: you don’t need to justify your pain here.
At Empower Integrative Health, your body doesn’t need to be more broken to deserve support. You don’t have to “prove” your illness. You don’t have to explain why you’re tired, or why your labs don’t match your symptoms. We believe you. We believe your body is wise. And we believe it can heal.
You are not too much. You are not imagining it. You are not alone.
Complex Care Requires Soft Hands
Healing doesn’t happen in intensity. It happens in safety. And with complex illness, pushing harder often backfires.
That’s why Dr. Geyer builds her care plans with the utmost respect for your sensitivity. Some patients can only tolerate one supplement at a time. Others need weeks to integrate a new habit. That’s not failure. That’s your body asking for grace.
Empower offers that grace, alongside a structure that’s grounded in functional medicine and mind-body support. Whether you’ve been sick for a decade or are just beginning to connect the dots, we’re here to walk beside you—not ahead of you.
Frequently Asked Questions About Complex Care And Chronic Conditions
Yes. Many of our patients have overlapping diagnoses. We specialize in seeing the full picture and creating care plans that support the whole person, not just individual symptoms.
Absolutely. We support many patients with “normal” labs but real symptoms. If you feel off, that’s reason enough to explore what’s going on beneath the surface.
We focus on integrative care, blending lifestyle, nutrition, herbs, and functional medicine. In some cases, we coordinate with your specialists or primary provider when pharmaceuticals are needed.
Yes, for Arizona residents. Many patients across Scottsdale, Tempe, Cave Creek, and Paradise Valley begin care virtually and later visit in person.
We’re out-of-network but provide superbills. Many patients with PPO insurance receive partial reimbursement depending on their plan.
Maybe this is your first time considering holistic care. Maybe it’s your tenth. Either way, Empower is here when you’re ready for something different—something deeper.
We’re not here to promise a miracle. But we will promise this: we’ll show up. We’ll listen. We’ll build a plan that honors your nervous system, your energy, your limits, and your potential.
Healing complex conditions isn’t linear. But it is possible.
At Empower Integrative Health, we specialize in helping people put the pieces back together—slowly, softly, and with the care they always deserved.
You’ve done the hard part—holding it together. Now let us help you begin to heal.
