Where Faith Meets Medicine
A Woman's Guide to Health, Hormones, and Longevity
You're exhausted, your labs keep coming back "normal," and no one has told you why. Courtney Garner, APRN wrote this book for the woman who's ready for a real answer, not another prescription to manage the symptom.
By Courtney Garner, APRN, CNP, ABAAHP · Nearly 20 Years in Healthcare · Founder of WellSpot Functional Medicine
Women May Be Living Longer. Far Too Many Are Living Depleted.
Nearly 80% of autoimmune diseases affect women.
One in eight women will develop invasive breast cancer in her lifetime. Chronic fatigue affects women at almost twice the rate of men. These aren't fringe statistics anymore. They're becoming the norm.
If you've been told your exhaustion is just motherhood, your weight gain is just aging, or your brain fog is just stress, you already know how that feels. Not wrong, exactly. Just incomplete. Your labs come back "normal" and you're sent home still feeling like something is off, because you know your own body better than a reference range does.
This book was written for that moment. Not to hand you another diagnosis to live with, but to help you understand what your body has been trying to tell you all along.
This book is for you if…
You're tired in a way that sleep doesn't fix
Your labs keep coming back "normal," but you don't feel normal
You've been told your fatigue, weight gain, or brain fog is just stress or just aging
You're navigating PCOS, infertility, thyroid dysfunction, or hormone imbalance
You had a baby (or several) and never fully got yourself back
You're in perimenopause or menopause and feel like your body stopped listening to you
You want a health approach that treats your faith as part of the answer, not something to leave at the clinic door
You don't need a diagnosis to start this book. You just need to be done normalizing how you feel.
Written by a Nurse Practitioner Who Lived This Story First
Before Courtney Garner was treating women with hormone chaos, fatigue, and autoimmune disease, she was one. In nursing school, a birth control prescription led to an unexplained seizure. Later, over-exercising and restricting food to control her weight caused her cycle to disappear altogether, and she was diagnosed with PCOS and infertility. The night before starting fertility treatment, she canceled the appointment, addressed the inflammation and stress underneath it instead, and conceived naturally months later.
That experience is why she built WellSpot Functional Medicine and why she wrote this book. For nearly two decades in healthcare, and more than a decade practicing functional medicine, she has sat across from woman after woman describing the same thing: exhaustion, hormone chaos, and a medical system that hands them a label instead of a root cause.
Courtney Garner is a board-certified Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN, CNP) and a board-certified anti-aging health practitioner (ABAAHP). She's the founder of WellSpot Functional Medicine in Owasso, Oklahoma, seeing patients in-office and via telemedicine. She's a wife and mother of three.
The WellSpot Pillars of Well™: A Root-Cause Framework, Not a Quick Fix
Instead of chasing symptoms one at a time, Where Faith Meets Medicine walks you through the seven pillars Courtney uses with her own patients every day. Each one builds on the last.
Step 1
Pillar 1 – Faith and Mindset
Realigning how you see your body and your symptoms before anything else changes.
Step 3
Pillars 6–7 – Hormone and Metabolic Balance, Connection and Community
Making sense of cortisol, thyroid, and sex hormones in plain language, and rebuilding the relationships and support that healing actually requires.
Step 2
Pillars 2–5 – Nutrition, Movement, Rest, Detoxification
Rebuilding the daily foundation, food as fuel, movement that strengthens instead of depletes, rest as design instead of indulgence, and reducing the toxic load most women don't realize they're carrying.
Every chapter ends with a Selah, a pause to reflect, apply what you read, and pray it into your own life.
"Your symptoms are not random. Your body is not broken beyond repair. And your story is not over."
– Courtney Garner, APRN, CNP, ABAAHP, from Where Faith Meets Medicine
What This Book Actually Gives You
Not a list of things to try. A way to finally understand why your body has been struggling, and a plan grounded in the same framework Courtney uses with her own patients. By the end, you'll have language for symptoms you've been carrying for years, a clear next step for each of the 7 pillars, and, as Courtney puts it, the ability to "regain your health so you can live a long, vibrant life and fulfill every purpose to which you were called."
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"I have had a really great experience so far. Courtney is very attentive and supportive. Courtney and the staff are very responsive and answer all the questions I have. I am confident in her approach and after some hormone adjustment I feel better than I have felt in years! I highly recommend WellSpot Functional Medicine."
– Jessica K
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"I can’t say enough great things about WellSpot Functional Medicine! I love that Courtney delves into the “why” behind the health challenges I have to get to the root cause so I can achieve healing and wellbeing. Such a relief to be heard and not just given a ton of pharmaceuticals that lead to more symptoms rather than tackling the real issues. I’m looking forward to this journey to feeling better!"
– Crystal W
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"I have been working with Courtney Garner, NP at WellSpot for five + years now. We stay on top of my bloodwork and she prescribes whatever is required to keep me optimal. She provided a fully customized wellness plan that has kept me feeling incredible and on top of my game. If I need to get in touch with her at any time between my visits, it’s nearly an immediate response. I highly recommend this company to anyone looking to feel and perform their best."
– Nicholas H
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"I highly recommend Courtney and her team! She has helped to restore deficiencies present postpartum, balance hormones, and energy levels. She is very knowledgeable and takes the time to get to the root issue. I can't thank the WellSpot team enough for the life changes I have seen since working with them!"
– Amy K
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"Courtney, Taylor and everyone are super skilled and so friendly. My health has never been better since starting treatment several months ago. They have been able to get my whole body system - thyroid, hormones, glucose, adrenal — ALL are back on track! Can’t say thank you enough!!!!"
– Amy M
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"I was referred to Courtney Garner by a friend and am so happy. She is a great listener and helped get to the bottom of my issues instead of just putting a band-aid on them. She is a great listener and very thorough and her staff is amazing."
– Penney B
Your Story Isn't Over. Start Here.
Where Faith Meets Medicine releases August 28, 2026. Get your copy and start walking the 7 pillars for yourself.
Available in Paperback and Kindle | ISBN 979-8-9959664-0-1
FAQs
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No. This book is for any woman who feels like something is off, whether or not she has a name for it yet. Courtney wrote it for women who've been told their labs are normal but still don't feel like themselves.
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Both, woven together. Every chapter combines functional medicine, the science of hormones, metabolism, and cellular health, with Scripture and a Selah reflection to help you apply what you read.
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Yes. The health content, the 7 Pillars of Well framework, the hormone and metabolic science, and the practical steps stand on their own. The faith woven throughout reflects how Courtney practices, but the framework works whether or not that's your starting point.
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No. The book is written to stand alone. If you want personalized labs, testing, or one-on-one care after reading, WellSpot Functional Medicine sees patients in Owasso, Oklahoma and via telemedicine.
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Faith and mindset, nutrition, movement, sleep and rest, detoxification, hormone and metabolic balance (cortisol, thyroid, testosterone, and more), and connection and community, Courtney's 7 WellSpot Pillars of Well™.
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Where Faith Meets Medicine releases August 28, 2026.
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Both. Courtney draws on her own health story, including an unexplained seizure, digestive issues, and a PCOS and infertility diagnosis she addressed through the same framework in this book, alongside over a decade of treating patients in functional medicine.
More About the Book
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Where Faith Meets Medicine: A Woman's Guide to Health, Hormones, and Longevity is written by Courtney Garner, APRN, CNP, ABAAHP, a board-certified Nurse Practitioner and founder of WellSpot Functional Medicine in Owasso, Oklahoma. Drawing on nearly two decades in healthcare and more than a decade practicing functional medicine, Garner built the book around her WellSpot Pillars of Well™, a seven-part framework covering faith and mindset, nutrition, movement, rest, detoxification, hormone and metabolic balance, and connection and community. The book addresses the health issues that disproportionately affect women, including autoimmune disease, thyroid dysfunction, PCOS, infertility, postpartum depletion, and perimenopause and menopause, and pairs functional medicine's root-cause approach with a faith-based framework for readers who want both. Where Faith Meets Medicine releases August 28, 2026 and is available through Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions.
Ready for Personalized Care?
The book gives you the framework. If you want labs, testing, and a plan built around your own body, WellSpot Functional Medicine sees patients in Owasso, Oklahoma and via telemedicine.