Timothy Frie

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Tim has pioneered an emerging approach to traumatic stress, autoimmunity and neuroinflammatory diseases that integrates innovative and novel applications of precision nutrition and applied nutritional neuroscience with narrative medicine. He calls this Narrative Neuronutrition^™, which you can read more about here.

He specializes in working with people who have experienced traumatic stress and subsequently developed an autoimmune or neuroinflammatory disease.

He practices through a trauma-informed and neuro-affirming lens, centering the principles of consent, choice, collaboration, and safety. He acknowledges the systemic, political, environmental, and ancestral/evolutionary variables that impact his client’s health. He has a private neuronutrition practice where he works one-on-one with clients virtually, by application only, and throughout the state of Georgia at the GCNN.

Tim has completed two years of post-graduate education in public health and interdisciplinary health sciences and is a doctor of health sciences candidate. He holds a master of science in human nutrition and functional medicine,  a post-master’s certificate in trauma-informed clinical practice, graduate certificates in neuroscience and trauma and medical sociology, dual-bachelor of arts degrees in industrial and organizational psychology and leadership, and an associate’s degree in human resources administration. He has completed multiple certifications in nutritional psychology, trauma and resiliency, health and wellness coaching, and nutrition and wellness education. His professional development and continuing education has been focused on nutritional neuroscience, neurodivergence, grief and loss, and trauma-informed nutritional counseling.

In the past, Tim was a policy reviewer, abstract reviewer, and member of the American Public Health Association (APHA), where he served as the Chair of the Human Rights member section and was also a member of the Community Health Planning and Policy Development member section. He was also a member and policy reviewer for the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). He is currently a member of the American Nutrition Association (ANA), the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society (CNIRS) and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS).

As an educator, Tim has worked with some of the world’s leading health professional training organizations, such as the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA), American Fitness Professionals & Associates (AFPA), KnowFully Learning Group (KLG) and Saluto Institute. He has created certification and professional development programs that have served hundreds of thousands of health, nutrition, fitness, and wellness professionals across 130+ countries. He has served as a member of the teaching staff in the school of human nutrition and functional medicine at University of Western States and was a guest lecturer at the University of Minnesota Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing.

Tim is a health equity activist who advocates for inclusive, culturally-responsive, trauma-informed, and affirming care for all. As someone who has experienced trauma, was born into poverty, is neurodivergent and lives with a disability and chronic health condition, he has lived experience with the hardships and inequities faced by those with chronic disease. As a teenager, his activism and community organizing efforts were recognized by the Governor of the state of Delaware, and was awarded the state of Delaware Governor’s Youth Service Award for health and human services and was awarded a national volunteer award by the American Lung Association and Christiana Care Health. He has been a long-time supporter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA), two national non-profit organizations committed to mental health awareness and treatment accessibility for those with mental illness. Tim served on the board of the Black Health Commission, a non-profit organization committed to fostering a culture of community care and improving wellbeing while honoring resilience within the Black diaspora.

Tim and his work have been featured in BBC, Newsweek, The Independent, Medical News Today, Health News, International Business Times, Business News Daily, Under30CEO, and YFS Magazine, along with the books Nested Ecologies and Physicians of The Future.