That the human body and mind are capable of far more than the standard model of care has ever asked of them.
Matt DeWild and Molly Hinke-DeWild built Integrated Functional Health around a premise neither of them arrived at easily. They arrived at it through decades of clinical practice, through the limitations they witnessed firsthand, and through their own deeply personal experiences of what healing actually requires when it goes further than symptom management.
Conventional healthcare is built on population-level evidence. What works for most people most of the time. That is genuinely valuable science, and both Matt and Molly carry deep respect for what it has achieved. What it cannot do is account for the individual in front of them. The specific biology. The specific neurological history. The specific patterns that no population average was ever designed to address.
"We do not treat the average. We work with the person in front of us."
Two different paths. Two different areas of expertise. A shared belief that genuine transformation requires reaching the level where the real work lives.
Registered Nurse • Functional Genomics Coach
Board Certified Hypnosis Instructor • NLP Practitioner
More than thirty years in healthcare. Emergency departments. Flight medicine. Mental health. Addictions. Matt DeWild has worked at the edges of what the human body can endure and carries genuine respect for what clinical medicine achieves at its best.
But his path to building IFH did not begin in a clinical observation. It began with his own body. A significant shoulder injury. Three surgeries over fifteen years. And still, the pain persisted. When he returned to his surgeon seeking answers, he was not offered a diagnosis or a plan. He was offered a fourth surgery, with an admission that the surgeon was not certain what he would find once he was inside. The recommendation was to open it up and see.
"When the system offered me a fourth surgery with no clear diagnosis and no defined plan, I realized the answer I needed was not going to come from the same approach that had already failed me three times. That moment changed everything."
What followed was a wide-ranging pursuit of disciplines most clinicians never encounter. The neuroscience of pain. The mechanics of movement. Functional health. Brain based intervention. Subconscious reprogramming. The tools that healed what surgery could not. That personal journey, combined with three decades of watching the same treatment work for one patient and fail the next, became his methodology. He brings both to every person who has been told that more of the same is their only option.
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Creator of the TRANSFORM Method
Molly Hinke-DeWild has navigated adversity that does not announce itself politely. Losses that arrived without warning. A period in her life where the path forward was genuinely unclear and the familiar structures she had relied upon no longer held.
She did not simply endure those experiences. She moved through them deliberately, and in doing so she discovered something that changed the entire direction of her work: sustainable transformation is not a product of understanding alone. It is what happens when a person is guided, with precision and care, through the territory their nervous system has been organized to avoid.
Every person she works with receives both her clinical expertise and the lived wisdom of someone who has personally made the journey from where they are to where they are capable of being.
That conviction became the foundation of the TRANSFORM Method, built from lived experience and refined through years of clinical practice. She brings both to every session: the science of how the brain actually changes, and the knowledge of what it truly takes to move through the discomfort where growth lives.
Explore Molly's services →These are not positioning statements. They are the convictions that shape every clinical decision, every session, and every protocol recommendation made under the IFH name.
Population averages inform our understanding. They do not define the person in front of us. Every engagement at IFH begins with the specific human being, their specific biology, their specific history, and their specific goals. Generic protocols are the starting point for research, not for care.
The separation of mental and physical health into different departments is an administrative convenience, not a biological reality. Every service at IFH is grounded in the understanding that the mind and body are one continuously communicating system. Lasting change requires addressing both.
Every pattern that keeps a person stuck is organized, in some way, around the avoidance of discomfort. The nervous system is built for exactly that. Our work is built around moving through that discomfort with structure, support, and a deep understanding of the neuroscience that makes it possible.
These are not marketing claims. They are the practical distinctions that shape the experience of working with us.
Over 40 years of combined clinical experience means we do not guess. We bring the depth of practitioners who have worked at the edges of what the human body and mind can endure. And we bring it with the warmth of people who chose this work because they genuinely believe a better model is possible.
We do not have a signature protocol that every client receives. We have a toolkit of precision instruments and the clinical experience to know which one serves the person in front of us. Functional genomics. Brain based intervention. Neuroscience informed coaching. Each is used when it is the right tool for the right situation.
Every service at IFH begins with a consultation or discovery session before any commitment is made. If we do not believe our approach is the right fit for your situation, we will tell you clearly and help you understand what might serve you better. Our reputation is built on honesty, not on filling calendars.
We are not interested in maintaining long-term client relationships for their own sake. We are interested in producing genuine change that makes our ongoing involvement progressively less necessary. The goal is your independence, not your continued enrollment.
"Your wellness journey is as personalized as your DNA. And it begins with a single honest conversation."