Dr. Ann Shippy on ‘The Preconception Revolution,’ Functional Medicine’s Future, and the Fight for Healthgevity
“I genuinely believe that if men and women can get their bodies healthier before they conceive, it’s like passing on a time capsule to the baby. That baby then has a better shot at healthier epigenetics, lower toxin load, and well-primed mitochondria to function optimally. That’s how we start shifting the trend. We want to see our children and adults getting healthier, not sicker with every generation.”
I had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Ann Shippy. Dr. Shippy is a physician whose path to medicine began not in a clinic but on a factory floor. Raised in a home where education was central, with a mother who taught elementary school and a father who trained teachers and nurses at the University of Kentucky, she describes herself as a lifelong learner. “I really am a nerd,” she says. “One of my favorite things to do in the morning is to open up Science Daily and see what new studies have been published.”
In middle school, a teacher told her parents she was “not living up to her potential.” The nudge pushed her toward science and, eventually, chemical engineering at Washington University. She joined IBM in upstate New York, where she worked on manufacturing projects that included removing chemicals from processes years before regulations required it. The work suited her, but a personal health crisis changed her plans. After a series of medical appointments failed to resolve her symptoms, she decided to study the human body for herself. She left a stable engineering career, completed the remaining prerequisites, and entered medical school.
Shippy trained in internal medicine and began in a traditional practice. Another bout of illness, including autoimmune diagnoses, led her to functional medicine, a field she says helped her reverse disease and now underpins her clinical approach. In her practice, she uses advanced testing to examine genetics, epigenetics, nutrition, the microbiome, mitochondrial health, and cell membrane function. “There are definitely times when medications are the best solution,” she says, “but often we can use dietary changes, lifestyle adjustments, and targeted supplements to support how the body functions.” She argues that addressing nutrient deficits and small genetic variations can shift the body toward equilibrium.
Her interest in environmental health is personal. Years after recovering from autoimmunity, she developed symptoms that resembled ALS, including muscle fasciculations and loss of grip strength. She had attended an environmental health conference that covered mold toxins and began to suspect exposure. “Mold acts like a little chemical factory,” she says, noting that some mold-derived compounds suppress the immune system. Drawing on her engineering mindset, she pieced together a plan that she says restored her health and later informed her patient care.
Shippy’s clinic attracts two broad groups, she says. The first includes people with diagnoses such as autoimmunity, cognitive decline, or Parkinson’s who want to look for root causes. The second includes motivated patients who want to “optimize” health by studying genetics, nutrition, and the microbiome. A growing part of her work focuses on preconception care. She points to what she calls a children’s health crisis and rising rates of chronic conditions. Infertility, she notes, affects many couples. She frames her approach as both prevention and performance, aiming for what she calls “healthgevity,” a long life that feels good and functions well.
Shippy often contrasts functional and conventional models of care. In her view, traditional visits focus on ruling out worst-case scenarios and relieving symptoms, while functional medicine asks what a symptom is signaling about the body. “That headache is just the tip of the iceberg,” she says. “My goal is to figure out what that is.” She acknowledges barriers. Many functional tests and longer consultations are costly and not always covered by insurance. Yet she says acceptance is growing, with more training programs and referrals from specialists than when she opened her practice two decades ago.
Her engineering background still shapes her method. She describes patient care as hypothesis-driven, with frequent iteration based on data. Longitudinal work with families across three generations, she says, has offered a window into genetics, epigenetics, detoxification, immune patterns, and nutrient responses.
Dr. Shippy believes that careful preparation before pregnancy can influence outcomes for parents and children. That belief is at the center of her forthcoming book, The Preconception Revolution, scheduled for release on November 18, 2025, by Forefront Books in partnership with Simon & Schuster, with a foreword by physician and author Mark Hyman, M.D. The book argues that choices in the months before conception can affect fertility and the long-term health of future children, drawing on research from functional medicine, epigenetics, and environmental science, as well as her clinical experience. “Optimizing your health before pregnancy isn’t just about fertility,” she says. “It is about the health of future generations. This is your chance to rewrite the story for your family, starting now.”
Shippy’s practical advice often begins with low-cost foundations. She emphasizes mindset and stress regulation. She recommends frequent movement, even brief walks or bodyweight exercises. She urges a diet built on whole foods and limited processing, citing studies that link short-term dietary changes to shifts in metabolic and reproductive markers. Meditation is a staple in her guidance. “The research is just incredible,” she says, noting evidence for changes in gene expression, neurobiology, and immune function. For mental health, she sometimes suggests neurofeedback devices and nutritional strategies aimed at gut health and neurotransmitter synthesis.
Shippy runs the sites AnnShippyMD.com and EveryBabyWell.com, where she shares educational materials and details about her practice. She says her goal is to bring more rigor to prevention and to give families tools earlier in life. “We want the body to be highly functioning,” she says, returning to the origin of the term functional medicine. For her, that means using both conventional tools and deeper biological testing to understand why the body is off balance, and then working step by step to restore it.
Yitzi: Dr. Shippy, it’s delightful to meet you. Before we dive in deep, our readers would love to learn about your personal origin story. Can you share with us the story of your childhood, how you grew up, and the seeds for all the great things that have come since then?
Dr. Shippy: I grew up in a family where education was pivotal. It was so important. My mother was an elementary school teacher, and my father taught at the University of Kentucky in curriculum and instruction, teaching teachers how to teach and also teaching nurses. So, it was just incredibly important to be learning and to be a lifelong learner. I feel like I’m achieving that now, because in the work I’m doing, I get to be curious and learn every day. I hope that’s of great service, because I really am a nerd. One of my favorite things to do in the morning, when I have a little more time, is to open up Science Daily and see what new studies have been published for the day.
Yitzi: So tell us the next chapter, how you started your career.
Dr. Shippy: Interestingly, back to learning, I’m kind of a kinesthetic learner. I didn’t even realize I was smart until my sixth-grade teacher pulled my parents aside and said, “Hey, she’s not living up to her potential.” It was really in middle school that I discovered my love for science and started to realize I was good at it. So I began thinking, what could I do with those skills? I decided to go into engineering.
I got a degree in chemical engineering from Washington University and went to work for IBM in upstate New York. I loved it. I worked on some amazing projects in the tech and manufacturing space, including helping eliminate certain chemicals from our manufacturing process years before it was officially mandated.
But then I got sick, and traditional medicine really failed me. I couldn’t get answers from the many doctors I saw, so I had to figure it out myself. It was a very scary time in my life. Even though I thought I’d stay at IBM and do engineering until I retired, I became so fascinated with how the human body works and how it can miraculously heal that I woke up one morning and decided to go to medical school.
And I was so lucky that I could do that. I know a lot of people get locked in with finances, children, and other responsibilities, and even if they have a dream, they can’t always pursue it. I was fortunate to be in a position where I could, especially since it’s really about a decade of continuous learning to become a doctor. Thankfully, I already had most of the science prerequisites, so it only took me about nine months of biology classes to get into medical school.
I had a baby during med school and another during residency, so I was lucky I didn’t have to choose between family and career. I went into medicine knowing I wanted to do it differently. I wanted the allopathic, intensive medicine training, but I also wanted to integrate what I had learned about my own body, that we have a tremendous capacity to heal, even when we think we’re dying or extremely sick. With the right approach, the body can really bounce back to an amazing place.
Yitzi: So at what point did you decide to focus on functional medicine in addition to traditional medicine?
Dr. Shippy: I knew I wanted to do something non-traditional, but it really wasn’t on the map at the time I graduated from residency. So I went into a traditional internal medicine practice, which was great because I got a lot of experience very quickly and built up a busy practice. But then I got sick again, this time with a couple of autoimmune disorders. I knew I didn’t want to just take the medications that were considered the best option in allopathic medicine. That’s when functional medicine came onto my radar. It was perfect, because I got to apply it to my own body and learned that I could actually completely reverse autoimmune diseases.
Yitzi: You’re in a unique position, having been both a traditional doctor and a functional doctor. For those who aren’t fully aware, can you simply explain what functional medicine is and how it’s different from traditional medicine?
Dr. Shippy: Functional medicine, the way I practice it, involves using the latest technology and testing to really delve into what’s going on in the body, genetically, epigenetically, nutritionally, and in terms of the microbiome, which includes all the different organisms in the body. We also look at how the mitochondria are functioning, how healthy the cell membranes are, really digging deep into the biology. We now have amazing technology that allows us to look further than ever before.
From there, I look for the best of both worlds. There are definitely times when medications are the best solution, but often we can use dietary changes, lifestyle adjustments, and targeted supplements to support how the body functions. People sometimes forget that the body runs on nutrients, our entire biology depends on them. A lot of the time, simply addressing nutritional deficiencies or small genetic glitches, like how well we process folic acid, can help the body shift into a better state of equilibrium.
Yitzi: What you’re saying seems so intuitive and logical. Are you saying these are things that a regular doctor, like my regular doctor, wouldn’t recommend?
Dr. Shippy: We’re not taught this. Unfortunately, we’re not taught this in medical school. I don’t know if you saw, but there was a mandate that just came out this week requiring additional nutrition training in medical school, because it’s something that’s often brushed over and overlooked.
Yitzi: So who do you think could benefit from engaging a functional doctor, either in addition to or instead of a regular doctor?
Dr. Shippy: Let me tell you a little bit about my practice. I work with people who have a diagnosis they don’t want, like I did when I had an autoimmune disease. I knew my body could heal and that I didn’t have to just manage it with medications. So really, anyone who has a diagnosis of autoimmunity, cognitive decline, Parkinson’s, anyone looking to get to the root cause of why their body’s gone awry.
The other subset of my patients are people who are highly motivated. They want to dig in with me. They want to look at their genetics, nutritional status, and microbiome. They want to understand all of it so they can optimize their health and have what I call healthgevity. They don’t just want to live a long life, they want the life they live to feel great, to be fulfilling, and to allow them to do everything they want to do over the long haul.
And then, one of my favorite things to do, and what I’ve written a book about recently, is help men and women prepare before they get pregnant so they can have healthy babies. We’re in the middle of a fertility crisis, with one in six couples facing infertility, meaning they’ve tried for a year without success. We’re also seeing that our children are less healthy than previous generations. Autism is now one in 31 children. Rates of childhood obesity, metabolic syndrome, mental health issues, and even cancer are rising. Across almost every disease category, our kids are sicker.
What I’m seeing in my practice is that these same tools, whether it’s reversing disease or increasing healthgevity, also help people become more fertile and have healthier babies, even into their late 30s and 40s.
Yitzi: I read that you also focus on mold toxicity and environmental exposures. These aren’t things I think are typically part of standard medical screenings. Can you tell us more about that, how it impacts our health and what it can look like?
Dr. Shippy: I have another personal health story connected to that. A few years after I had healed from the autoimmune diseases, I started developing ALS-like symptoms. As you know, ALS is where your muscles twitch, those little fasciculations, and you start to lose strength in certain parts of your body. I had gotten so weak that I couldn’t hold a full glass in my right hand without risking dropping it. I was also in a lot of pain, my hair was falling out, and by Monday morning I was already completely exhausted.
Thankfully, I had attended an environmental health conference about 15 years ago where we focused on environmental toxins, including mold. Again, this wasn’t something we were taught in medical school. But mold toxins, this isn’t the allergy piece of mold, but the chemical toxins mold produces, are extremely harmful. Mold acts like a little chemical factory, producing substances that can suppress the immune system. In fact, one of the immunosuppressants used for transplant patients is derived from mold. These toxins are even powerful enough to be used in biological warfare. So they’re among the harshest chemicals when it comes to human biology.
Once I learned about this, I started recognizing it in some of my patients and realized I needed to dive deeper. And of course, my own body became the teacher, again. It was like, “Let’s learn this lesson firsthand.” Fortunately, I have this chemical engineering brain that I’ve been able to apply to medicine, and I was able to piece together what I needed to do to restore my own health.
I’m truly grateful for that experience, because now I can offer that same insight to my patients. I can hold space for them as we gather the right data, look at what their bodies are telling us, and start to uncover what really helps restore homeostasis. We focus on the root causes of why the body has gone off balance. And the beautiful thing is, when we do that, you can come back even better than before. My body, even 15 years later, is stronger than ever.
Yitzi: You mentioned the benefits of your engineering background, that’s really fascinating. Do you find that training and the way you think gives you an advantage in medicine, maybe helping you identify some of the opportunities or gaps in the current medical system?
Dr. Shippy: I do, and again, I just feel so lucky to have the kind of practice I have. My patients are highly motivated to collect data, implement plans, and iterate with me. That’s really what engineering is, forming a hypothesis and then testing it to see if it works or not.
Because of how engaged my patients are, I get this incredible window into human health that I feel so fortunate to have. It’s part of why I wrote this book on preconception, this missed opportunity before men and women start having children. What I get to see in terms of generational health is so powerful. I’ve worked with some families across three generations, the grandparents, the parents, and the children, and I get to see the links in their genetics and epigenetics, how their bodies detoxify, how their immune systems function, how their mitochondria are working, how they respond to different nutrients.
It’s like this incredible playground where I get to help people truly optimize their health and show up in the world the way they want to.
Yitzi: So functional medicine seems very intuitive and rational. What are some of the common skepticisms about it, and how would you address those?
Dr. Shippy: I think one of the biggest issues for people is the expense, since it’s often not covered by insurance. With my patients, I get to spend a lot of time with them, and that adds to the cost. For people with PPO plans, they can sometimes file for reimbursement, but often they don’t get much back. So they really have to prioritize their resources.
A lot of the testing I do isn’t covered either, although some is. Medicare is interesting because there are actually things it covers that regular insurance doesn’t, which can be helpful at times. But overall, you need to have some financial resources, and ideally, you and your family need to be aligned in prioritizing those resources toward testing, supplements, and some of the lifestyle changes required.
Another challenge, although it’s changing rapidly, is acceptance. When I started my practice 20 years ago, I wasn’t sure if anyone was going to come. I had left the traditional internal medicine model, and I didn’t know how my peers would respond. But now, I actually get referrals from a lot of specialists, especially when patients say they don’t want to just put a Band-Aid on their issues, they really want to get to the root cause.
Functional medicine is really gaining momentum. There are now many training organizations beyond just the Institute for Functional Medicine, where I started. Some focus on specialties like neuroscience, pediatrics, or environmental toxins. I could literally spend a week every month either teaching at trainings or continuing my own education because the field is growing so much. With more media attention and a growing movement around health, especially children’s health, there’s definitely more awareness building.
Yitzi: What does “functional” mean in the term functional medicine?
Dr. Shippy: It’s about getting back to what the body is actually doing. Is it functioning well, or is it not? When Jeffery Bland and David Jones were first developing functional medicine about 30 years ago, that’s the name they came up with to describe what we want the body to do. We want it to be highly functioning.
Yitzi: How is that different from regular medicine? Does conventional medicine not care if things are functioning well? Is the idea more about aiming for optimal function instead of just treating pathology to get back to baseline? Is that it?
Dr. Shippy: I think a lot of it has to do with the way medicine has evolved. It probably used to be a bit more focused on function, but over time, medications have become so dominant. Now, it’s often about finding a drug to help with a symptom.
In the traditional model, a lot of what we do is almost defensive medicine. You’re asking such great questions, this is really helpful for me to articulate. Like, if someone comes in with a headache, the doctor’s immediate thought is, “Oh my gosh, does this person have cancer? Are they going to die? Is this something really serious?” So the focus becomes ruling out the worst-case scenarios: a brain tumor, an aneurysm, a stroke, things that, if missed, could result in a lawsuit. Once those are ruled out, the next step is, “Okay, how can I give this person quick relief?” So they prescribe a medication.
What’s usually missing is the question: What is this symptom trying to tell me? What alarm bells is the body ringing? There’s so much research now around the gut-brain connection, inflammation, and other systemic factors. So if someone comes in with migraines, yes, I’m still thinking about what tests I need to do to rule out serious issues. But I’m also asking, “What’s out of balance in this person’s body? What’s the root cause here?”
I look at the full picture: Are they having digestive issues? Joint pain? Rashes? What’s the collection of symptoms telling me? That headache is just the tip of the iceberg, the body’s way of screaming that something’s off. My goal is to figure out what that is.
Even for someone who’s had migraines most of their life, I want to know why. That symptom is just their body trying to say, “Something’s really wrong.” Yes, sometimes you need a quick fix to get through the day, but let’s also work on preventing the issue altogether. Because long term, your body’s going to be in a much better place if it’s not constantly sounding the alarm.
Yitzi: What do you think would need to happen for functional medicine to be covered by insurance? What kind of groundswell or push to the Overton window would have to take place for that to eventually happen?
Dr. Shippy: There was a department at the Cleveland Clinic, well, I think it’s still there, that collected data showing that we can actually save money by applying a functional medicine approach. They did studies around conditions like asthma. I think of asthma the same way I think of headaches: the body is inflamed and overreacting to something. So the question becomes, how do we help the immune system calm down?
So ultimately, I think it’s a cost issue. When you look at the escalating costs of healthcare, we just can’t afford it anymore. We really can’t. I mean, even this recent conversation about including IVF in insurance plans, it’s a great idea, but I can barely afford my own insurance now, even as a doctor. I have the highest deductible possible and try not to use it, just paying out of pocket for what I need.
We need to ask, how do we truly solve this human health crisis in a way that’s more sustainable and cost-effective? And how do we actually do prevention, not just talk about it? That’s really what inspired my book, The Preconception Revolution. I called it a revolution because I genuinely believe that if men and women can get their bodies healthier before they conceive, it’s like passing on a time capsule to the baby. That baby then has a better shot at healthier epigenetics, lower toxin load, and well-primed mitochondria to function optimally. That’s how we start shifting the trend. We want to see our children and adults getting healthier, not sicker with every generation.
COVID really highlighted this crisis. It showed us that if you’re inflamed and in poor health, you’re not equipped to handle challenges like a global pandemic. But if you’re healthy, taking care of yourself, and understand how your body functions, you build true resilience. And that’s what we need.
So two things need to happen: we have to prove that functional medicine is cost-effective, and we need to inspire people to take care of their bodies and prioritize their health.
Yitzi: So tell us about anything new you’re working on, your book, any projects or initiatives you’d love for us to learn more about.
Dr. Shippy: So I got this unique window, as I mentioned earlier, where I get to see multiple generations. I started noticing that even patients who initially came in for something unrelated, like autoimmune conditions, would sometimes end up getting pregnant, even after struggling with fertility. As we addressed their underlying health issues, their fertility improved. Some had done IVF before or had children with health issues, and then they were able to have healthy babies, even well into their late 30s or 40s.
I have a patient right now who’s 47. I told her, “I know you’re in a hurry, I know you feel the clock ticking, but let’s take a few months to get your body ready.” And on the first try, she got pregnant. It’s still early, they’re about nine or ten weeks in, but it’s amazing to see that kind of transformation. When conventional medicine might label you a “geriatric pregnancy,” and yet you can be just as fertile as someone in their 20s, it’s incredibly inspiring. It really highlights how powerful our bodies are and their capacity to heal. We’re biologically wired to reproduce, and when the terrain is right, the body wants to create life.
What’s fun for me is diving into the latest science. One of my favorite things to do is go on Science Daily and see new research coming out. Even though I just sent the current book to print, I already feel like I need to start working on the second edition!
Just last week, a new study came out on men. They took one group and fed them a highly processed diet for three weeks, and another group ate whole, unprocessed foods. Then they measured things like hormone levels, sperm count, and other markers related to health and fertility. After a short washout period, they switched the groups. The results were incredible, just three weeks of dietary change had a significant impact on hormone balance and sperm health.
That kind of data is so inspiring to me. I truly believe that the greatest gift we can give our future children is to invest in our own health during the preconception period. It can dramatically improve their chances of arriving into the world with a foundation for better long-term health.
Yitzi: This is our signature question. Based on your experience and your research, can you share five lifestyle tweaks that anyone could do to increase their “healthgevity” and support healthy babies?
Dr. Shippy:
- Okay, number one is your thoughts. Your mind and body are constantly communicating. If you’re thinking, “Oh my God, there’s a tiger in the room,” your body is going to respond accordingly. So be aware of your thoughts and what you’re saying. If you’re trying to get pregnant and telling yourself, “This is going to be hard,” or “I’m getting too old,” or “I should have done things differently,” your body hears that. We want to shift to more positive thoughts. The same goes for long-term health, being grateful for our bodies and our situations. That positivity really does change our biochemistry.
- Number two is exercise. Humans are built to move. I think a lot of us get stuck because we think we have to go to the gym for an hour several times a week. But even a 20- or 30-minute walk, some stretching, wall sits, jumping jacks, just a few minutes a day, can make a huge difference. Just get started and schedule it in. It makes a tremendous difference in how our bodies function.
- Number three goes back to the study I just mentioned about men, eating clean, healthy food and cutting out processed foods. It makes a huge difference. We get more nutrients that support our biology, and it lowers inflammation in the body. Choosing healthy, whole foods is essential.
- Number four, there are a few supplements I really love. If I were on a desert island and could have just a couple things, one would be phosphatidylcholine. It’s amazing for preconception and healthgevity. It helps our cell membranes and our brain function better. It really makes a tremendous difference in the body. The second is liposomal glutathione. Pretty much everyone I test is depleted in glutathione, and it’s critical for clearing out environmental toxins that we’re constantly exposed to, through our food, air, water, even food packaging. Liposomal glutathione can be life-changing.
- And number five is meditation. The research is just incredible. It changes gene expression, neurobiology, neurotransmitter production, and even immune function. There’s now data supporting meditation in just about every area of health. When I first started recommending it 20 years ago, people thought it was woo woo. But now, the literature is amazing. A lot of people say, “I can’t meditate, I can’t get my brain to be quiet.” But that’s not the point. It’s about setting the intention to be still, not on your phone, not multitasking, just being present with yourself. You can see dramatic changes in biology in just five minutes. Even if you think you’re doing a bad job meditating, you’re not. Just setting the intention and giving yourself that time makes a big difference.
Yitzi: On that note, can you share a few ideas, maybe lifestyle tweaks, that can improve mental wellness or emotional wellness?
Dr. Shippy: Yeah, so in addition to meditation, which is actually the most powerful tool, I love something called neurofeedback. You can buy devices online. One of the early ones I started using with patients is called the Muse, M-U-S-E, and their website is choosemuse.com. It’s a headband that picks up your brain waves and sends the data to an app on your phone. You can then listen to a soundscape or a guided meditation. It essentially retrains your brain.
What I find is that a lot of people have experienced stress in their lives, and their bodies get stuck in high beta brain waves or a limbic loop. That’s the part of the brain associated with survival mode, basically “run from the tiger” mode, and it can get stuck there. Neurofeedback is one of the best tools I’ve found for helping to retrain both the brain and the limbic system.
Another thing that’s really impactful for mental health is improving digestion. Cutting out inflammatory foods like gluten and dairy, and adding in high-quality nutrients, can make a huge difference. Simply giving your body the nutrients it needs to produce neurotransmitters, like serotonin, can enhance your sense of well-being. A lot of medications work by targeting serotonin, but often, just healing the gut and providing the right precursors, like 5-HTP and B vitamins, can help your body make what it needs naturally. Magnesium is also fantastic because it helps clear stress hormones, and again, certain B vitamins support that process too. People can feel dramatically different in just a few weeks. Sometimes it takes a bit longer, but these strategies combined often lead to a much higher sense of well-being.
And I could go on forever, you’ll have to cut me off at some point, but another favorite of mine, in addition to magnesium, is an amino acid called glycine. For people dealing with anxiety, it can be really helpful. It’s present in small amounts in food, but when taken in higher doses as a powder on an empty stomach, it’s absorbed more effectively. It crosses into the brain and acts as a calming, relaxing neurotransmitter. It’s been incredibly beneficial for some of my patients.
Yitzi: This is our final aspirational question. Dr. Shippy, because of the platform you’ve built and your amazing work, you’re a person of enormous influence. If you could put out and spread an idea, or inspire a movement, that would bring the most good to the most people, what would that be?
Dr. Shippy: Oh, thank you for that question, because that’s really what this book, I’m holding it right here, The Preconception Revolution is all about. I want the preconception period to be thought of even more seriously. I mean, most women won’t try to get pregnant without starting a prenatal, right? I want men and women, in the six to twelve months before they’re thinking about starting or growing their families, to really know the things they can do to help their bodies become more resilient. That resilience helps them have improved fertility and healthier babies.
Yitzi: How can our readers continue to follow your work? How can they purchase the book? How can they engage your services or support what you’re doing in any possible way?
Dr. Shippy: My website is annshippymd.com and you can learn more about the book at thepreconceptionrevolution.com.. And with the aspirations around this book, I’ve also started a website called Everybabywell.com . Really high aspirations. This is what I wish I had known when I was having my own kids. I didn’t realize the impact that stress could have on their epigenetics, or what having a mouth full of amalgam fillings while pregnant could do. I had lived on tuna fish for years. These are things I now know have had an epigenetic impact on them. I really want these precious souls coming into human form to have strong, healthy bodies and parents who are ready for them to shine their light bright.
Yitzi: Dr. Shippy, thank you so much for your time. I wish you continued success, good health, and many blessings. I hope we can do this again next year.
Dr. Shippy: Thank you so much. And oh my gosh, what a delight. I think you’re right, this might be my favorite interview.
Yitzi: Thank you, thank you. That means a lot coming from you. It really does. Thank you so much. Okay, I’m excited to share this with our readers. I’m sure they’ll love it.
Dr. Shippy: Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
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