Apogee Strong Kelsey Koehler: Overcoming Adversity, Healing PTSD, and Revolutionizing Holistic Health for Veterans
Are you tired of chasing quick fixes for your health—pills for every symptom, supplements that don’t work, and doctors who never really ask why you’re struggling? What if the real answers to your pain, fatigue, or hormonal issues aren’t in another prescription, but in discovering and healing the root cause?
Today’s guest, Kelsey Koehler, knows this firsthand. From surviving a controlling cult and an abusive marriage to secretly pursuing her education in functional medicine, her story is nothing short of extraordinary. Kelsey turned personal adversity into a mission: helping people reclaim their health, longevity, and freedom through functional medicine that actually works.
She’s the founder of Profit High Performance Medicine, where she and her team blend advanced lab testing, root-cause analysis, nutrition, and hormone optimization to restore the body from the inside out. Her work doesn’t stop there—Kelsey is also pioneering new ways to serve veterans through a nonprofit that provides holistic solutions for PTSD, TBI, and other service-related health challenges.
If you’ve ever wondered why your body still struggles despite doing “all the right things,” or if you want to learn how to build true resilience—physically, mentally, and emotionally—this episode will challenge what you thought you knew about health and give you a glimpse of what’s really possible.
Quotes:
“I define functional medicine as looking at the body as a whole, instead of siphoning it into a set of symptoms.”
- “I always operated based on my internal values. I never wanted to lie, manipulate, or use my body as a selling point to my programs.”
- “Instead of looking at what everybody else was doing, I was envisioning what my future was going to be and what I wanted.”
Key Takeaways:
Stop masking symptoms—ask “why?” → Before reaching for another prescription or supplement, dig deeper into the root causes of your health issues. What patterns, habits, or stressors might be driving them?
Audit your daily environment → Look at your sleep, nutrition, toxins, and stress load. Which of these areas could be quietly sabotaging your energy, hormones, or mental health?
Invest in testing, not guessing → Consider comprehensive lab work (blood, stool, genetics) to uncover the real story behind your symptoms instead of relying on one-size-fits-all treatments.
Rewire your thinking → Explore tools like Neuro-Linguistic Programming or guided meditation (such as Dr. Joe Dispenza’s work) to help calm your nervous system and retrain your brain’s stress response.
Build resilience through values → Ask yourself: Am I operating from integrity, or just following what others say works? Living by your own clear internal code is the foundation for lasting health, relationships, and leadership.
Conclusion:
Kelsey Koehler’s story is proof that even in the face of trauma, abuse, and broken systems, resilience and integrity can lead to true transformation. Her approach to functional medicine isn’t just about healing the body—it’s about restoring the whole person, inside and out. This conversation challenges us to stop settling for surface-level fixes and instead take ownership of our health, values, and future.
If you’re ready to rethink what’s possible for your body, your mind, and your life—this episode is where that journey begins.