The purpose of this website is to inform and encourage you as you improve your health

Helping people return to feeling strong and vital is the fundamental goal of my medical career. Most people who seek me out experience health problems that are not easily solved with a medication or surgery. These problems need a more thoughtful approach and require more care than can happen in a short, one-time appointment. My starting place is listening, trying to understand how the body got away from its natural state of balance. I also want to know what motivates and concerns my patients, the things that give their life its meaning and the things that keep them from experiencing their full capacity. I do not have any secrets or any hidden answers. I do have a strong understanding of the ways that we can move back towards health, and a deep faith in the healing capacity of the human body.  

The ReNew Food Plan

What is the ReNew Food Plan? The ReNew Food Plan proposed by a Functional Medicine Practitioner is a short-term, therapeutic approach followed for a specific amount of time, often used as a first step in: Ridding the body of the most common foods that cause...
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COVID-19 Vaccines

My patients want to know whether to get the COVID vaccine. I am pretty up-front about being among the more vaccine-hesitant doctors. Nonetheless, when the COVID vaccine became available to me, I took it immediately. So I want to explain my thinking about this vaccine...
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Articles about Coronavirus

Here is a list of articles I have read about COVID-19 that I find interesting from a functional medicine perspective. Often I find myself aghast at the parallels between Lyme disease and Coronavirus. I am hopeful that the media spotlight on COVID-19 brings some aid to...
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Patient Questions about Coronavirus

Can I Be Tested? We have a few test kits for primary care patients who are currently experiencing symptoms. They are not instant kits – they will be sent to the lab and the results will take a few days. Testing will be by appointment only and will occur in my parking...
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Mold Detoxification

The best way to effectively clear toxins from your system, including mold biotoxins, is to be healthy at baseline. A nutrient dense, varied diet of whole and healthy foods provides molecules that your liver and other organs need to remove toxins. Exercise promotes...
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Dealing with a Moldy Environment

Addressing mold is a process that goes far beyond and is more complicated than standard ‘cleaning’. It is often a tedious and expensive task and is far beyond my area of expertise. Because the problem is the result of dampness, nothing you spray on mold will resolve...
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I cannot imagine where I’d be today without Dr. Harbor. From my first day at her practice, she fought for me and my health when no one else would. Under her care, I was able to make a full recovery from Lyme disease and mold illness. Now, I’m able to live the vibrant and healthy lifestyle that so many told me I could never achieve. I cannot recommend her enough.

Patient, New York

Thanks again for the expert support and advice…you’re the perfect sort of doctor: in tune with both natural plant healing and informed in traditional western style medicine, all the while engaging patients from a compassionate and kind-hearted place too. We are so lucky to have you in our community. 

Patient, Rockbridge County VA

 I can function to the degree that I could not for years…in the last 30 days I have seen a light switch go on.  The brain fog I had has lifted some. I still have a bit of a problem with names, but am again getting around and doing things. I am tackling jobs I have not been able to do. I can work a full day again. Before I could only work for 2-3 hours a day

Patient, Virginia