MEDICINE –
MADE WHOLE
Whole Systems Medicine for health that deserves a deeper look.
The Hearth Institute brings specialist medical knowledge together with nutrition, lifestyle medicine, prevention and evidence-informed complementary approaches.
PEOPLE
SCIENCE
NUTRITION
LIFESTYLE
LONGER HEALTHIER LIVES
Understand First, Intervene Second.
Not Anti-Wellness
Not Alternative Medicine
Not Conventional Medicine With Cosier Interiors
THIS IS CLINICAL INTELLIGENCE + WHOLE-PERSON MEDICINE
WHY THE HEARTH INSTITUTE?
Health rarely exists in compartments.
The gut affects the brain. Metabolism influences hormones, inflammation and long-term health. Food affects far more than weight. Sleep, movement, stress, environment and psychology continually interact. Yet healthcare often looks at these symptoms separately.
The Hearth Institute looks at the whole picture.
We combine specialist medical understanding with a broader approach to nutrition, lifestyle and preventative health – without abandoning scientific rigour.
THE DIFFERENCE
DOCTOR-LED
INTEGRATIVE
ASSESSMENT FIRST
Evidence + Context
Founded and led by Dr Kim Hanning Jackson, gastroenterologist & herpetologist, The Hearth Institute is grounded in medical training and clinical experience.
We bring conventional medicine together with nutrition, lifestyle medicine and appropriate complimentary approaches.
We do not begin with a supplement, test or protocol.
Understand first. Intervene second.
Research matters. So does the person sitting in front of us.
AREAS OF FOCUS
Gut Health
Nutrition
Metabolic Health
Healthy Aging
Preventative Medicine
Gut-Brain Health
Midlife Health
Corporate Health
We are particularly interested in the places where conventional medical specialities overlap – and where people are often left without a coherent explanation of how the pieces fit together.
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PRIVATE ADVISORY CLINICS
Extended physician-led consultations for people whose health deserves a deeper look. Particularly suited to complex gut symptoms, metabolic health, preventative health and individuals looking for a more considered understanding of their health.
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HEARTH FOUNDATIONS
Medicine explained properly. Accessible online education designed to help people understand their bodies without wellness misinformation, fear or unnecessary complexity.
- Understanding Your Gut
- Food, Fibre & the Microbiome
- Understanding IBS
- The Gut-Brain Connection
- Food as Medicine
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SYMPOSIUMS
Small-group physician-led conversations exploring health in greater depth.
- Less lecture
- More intelligent conversation
- Food, medicine, science and questions around one table
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EXECUTIVE + CORPORATE HEALTH
Evidence-led health education fro modern organisations.
Topics include gut health, metabolic health, women’s and men’s health at work, healthy ageing, food as medicine, optimising performance through diet and the gut-brain connection.
EXPLORE PRIVATE CLINICS
EXPLORE ONLINE COURSES
DISCOVER THE SYMPOSIA
CORPORATE ENQUIRIES
THE HEARTH PHILOSOPHY
Health is not a collection of isolated systems.
Neither should healthcare be.
We believe good medicine begins with understanding physiology, context and the person as a whole.
Sometimes that means investigation. Sometimes education. Sometimes nutrition. Sometimes changing how we sleep, eat, move or recover. And sometimes the most useful intervention is understanding what doesn’t need treating.
Dr Kim Jackson
Founder and Director
The Hearth Institute
Dr Kim Jackson is a gastroenterologist and hepatologist with a particular interest in integrative, preventative and whole-systems approaches to health. Her work brings specialist medical knowledge together with nutrition, lifestyle medicine and evidence-informed complementary approaches. After years working within conventional medicine, The Hearth Institute was created to explore a simple question:
What happens when we keep the rigour of medicine – but widen the lens?
More about Dr Jackson
SPECIALIST MEDICINE.
WHOLE PERSON THINKING.
BETTER HEALTH LITERACY.
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