Dr. Jason Marr nd

naturopathic doctor

performance & productivity coach

Vancouver, Canada

aboutme

your body. your mind. your life.

it’s time to soar.

It’s time to take care of yourself, become the best you can be, and do the things you want to do with your life. Whether you’re mostly healthy but striving to be as awesome as possible, or you have specific health & wellness challenges that you’re ready to overcome, my job is to arm you with the tools best suited to you to accomplish your goals.

clarity

Working with me means knowing that you’ve got a partner in your health journey who is there to support you, keep you accountable and push you when it’s needed. I have over 15 years of expertise in medical case management and clinical experience, working exclusively with busy urban professionals.

I value the importance of good communication and love to ensure that you fully understand not only the treatment recommendations we decide on together, but the implications of those commitments.

Working with me means knowing that you’ve got a partner in your health journey who is there to support you, keep you accountable and push you when it’s needed. I have over 15 years of expertise in medical case management and clinical experience, working exclusively with busy urban professionals.

Bonus points if you’re a new, or soon-to-be parent, entrepreneur, business executive or (former?) athlete - It’ll mean we have an immediate understanding of the challenges of balancing work, career, and family, with a competitive attitude.

trust & partnership

I believe in focusing on the things you want to do with your life, and always keeping things aimed at positive, future-oriented outcomes. That doesn’t mean living outside the moment, but it means celebrating progress, and the things that are going right, more than we worry about the things that are going wrong.

When we’re taking action to prevent something bad from happening (prevention), it comes from a position of fear and anxiety. Instead, taking action to create the outcomes we desire facilitates confidence and empowerment, making you feel more capable of controlling your life.

proactivity

I balance hopeful idealism with practical realism. I’m all about ensuring that we agree on a plan that is not only safe and cost-effective, but more importantly, a plan that you are confident and capable of sustaining. My father was an engineer, and his work was all about optimizing systems - getting things working in the most efficient, cost-effective way possible.  My mother was a teacher, who values context and the importance of understanding that everyone is unique, and who ensured that people got the resources they needed to succeed.  It took me over a decade in practice to realize how much my parents’ legacies impacted my style of practice, but it’s the basis for how I approach my work with you.  

Let’s work together to find real-world solutions that fit your lifestyle, personal preferences, schedule, budget and willingness to commit to.

pragmatism

I’ve coached sports up to the varsity level my whole life, I hold a Certificate in Organizational Coaching from the University of British Columbia, and I was a personal trainer early in my career.  I hold an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from St. Francis Xavier University.  I studied the effect of imagery training in self-efficacy and sport confidence in elite athletes for my Honours thesis.  And I’m a single Dad to two young kids.  I apply my training from all of these experiences every day in working with you.  

Coaching is about getting the most out of your athletes, students, clients, or in my case, my patients.  Ensuring your success is about ensuring you have the tools and resources needed, the accountability required, and the sense of efficacy or control that will keep you motivated.  That’s what makes me different from working with most other doctors, I think.

doctor as coach

workwithme

free health strategy sessions

  • I believe that in order to maximize the opportunity in working with a doctor and coach, there’s got to be a great working relationship. Let’s connect to ensure a fantastic fit, before you commit any time or money. Think of it as a casual interview for us to get to know each other, and it’s how I prefer to onboard all my new patients.

    The early establishment of this partnership leads to better, and faster positive outcomes in treatment, and most importantly, it ensures that we understand how to communicate effectively with each other to get the most out of our journey together.

  • In our session, I’ll answer any of the questions that you might have about potentially working together, and give you an idea of what it might look like for us to get started.

    Once I’ve had a chance to understand your needs, health challenges and goals, I’ll have recommendations for our first steps together, and we can get you set up as a patient so that I can begin to provide treatment options to you.

  • Free Health Strategy Sessions are typically booked as an online, virtual-office (videoconference) appointment through our encrypted electronic medical records system, JaneApp, to ensure your privacy, safety and confidentiality. If you’d like to come in-person, I’d more than welcome that too, just let me know - either way, there is no charge for this session.

    The toughest decisions after that is whether you’ll stay in your pyjamas for our call - it’s up to you!

  • If for whatever reason we’re not the best fit for each other, my commitment to you is to ensure we find an excellent referral, and point you in the right direction - Even if that means we won’t get to work with you at our clinic. The priority is ensuring that people are being matched with the ideal doctor for their immediate and current needs. So there’s nothing to lose - book your free health strategy session now, grab a coffee or tea and join me for a chat!

resiliencelabs

the rise of precision medicine

  • Precision medicine is the evolution of biohacking and personalized medicine. Your DNA is a literal blueprint for understanding how your brain and body are designed to function at their best. And we’re at a point where we can access and interpret that blueprint to make precision health and wellness decisions. It’s personalized medicine based on your DNA.

  • Precision medicine is the evolution of biohacking and personalized medicine. Your DNA is a literal blueprint for understanding how your brain and body are designed to function at their best. And we’re at a point where we can access and interpret that blueprint to make precision health and wellness decisions. It’s personalized medicine based on your DNA.

  • Evaluating your current health and wellness context through over 50 blood markers from a proactive and preventive standpoint identifies immediately actionable areas of your health, and provides a baseline for comparison in the future. Combining these objective data with functional genetic data from your DNA gives us information about how your body is uniquely built - This includes data on nutrition, exercise response, stress management and neurotransmitter metabolism, chemical detoxification and immune function, amongst other data.

  • But objective data must be put into context and used judiciously based on individual needs and abilities. Our subjective interview and coaching sessions enable us to understand how to apply the information in a practical way for you, and provide immediately actionable, safe, and effective recommendations to overcome your health challenges and reach your goals. This contextualization is the art of medicine, and it’s what’s missing from the “biohacking” culture.

  • The result of the merging of health and technology, the art and science of medicine, and a coaching perspective, is an instruction manual for how your body is built to thrive. Clear, actionable recommendations on diet, lifestyle, exercise, and integrative nutraceuticals and supplements, are provided in prioritized fashion, in our 35+ page RESILIENCE Plan. A full explanation of every blood test assessed, and identification of the most leveragable functional genetic data allow you understand the “why” behind the recommendations, tying them to the “how”, making them more meaningful to you personally.

  • This flagship program at my clinics is the result of over 15 years of practice working with busy people with real lives. It’s how I believe I can provide the best available information, and the best possible health and wellness recommendations to my patients, in the shortest period of time, and in a cost-effective manner. While we’ll provide guidelines for future care, additional health and wellness opportunities to explore, and a timeline for follow-up and repeat bloodwork, we’ll also check in with you periodically to ensure you’re sticking to your RESILIENCE Plan, or if you’re in need for a check-in, of additional accountability, or a tweak of your supplements due to changes in your diet, lifestyle, activity level or context.

    Take the guesswork out of your health - as a busy professional, especially if you have young children, it’s peace of mind to know that you’ve got a resource to turn to when you have questions, and that someone’s got your back when it comes to your health.

  • RESILIENCELabs is a $2799 investment in your future health. Some, or all, of the costs of this program may be covered by extended health benefits programs and health spending accounts, and is typically executed over a 5-6 week period.

1hr onboarding session with dr.marr

50-point comprehensive bloodwork

130-point genetic analysis

35+ page report & precision strategy

1hr coaching session with dr.marr

media&speaking engagements

  • I have been regular speaker for the Vancouver Wellness Show and Vancouver Health Show, and love the opportunity to engage with the public. I’m looking forward to being part of your next event! Standard stipend may apply.

  • My team and I love getting involved in your corporate health programs. We’re a regular attendee for Wellness Days with our local business partners, and we’ve contributed to corporate programs across the Lower Mainland. In some cases, speaking stipends may be waived for corporate health education engagements.

  • Do you have something specific in mind for your event, that you’d like me to speak on? Be sure to let me know when you reach out! Click here for my wisdom property list, which provides an idea of common topics I present on.

  • Don’t hesitate to reach out. With enough lead time, I’d love to put together a fantastic engagement for you, your team, clients, employees or event! hello@evokelife.co

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