At the Hawthorn Healing Center, our mission is to help you to feel empowered with your healthcare. As an expert in natural family medicine, Dr. Elizabeth Taddiken is your guide throughout this journey.

While Dr. Taddiken is a licensed Naturopathic Physician, everything offered through Hawthorn Healing Center is considered education and consultation only. You are urged to ensure you have a Primary Care team available should you need the urgent assistance they may be able to provide.

Hello! I’m Dr. Elizabeth Taddiken. 

I’m a physician, mother, wife, daughter, and friend. I believe our bodies are innately wired to be healthy.  No matter what our DNA has written, the body will work towards an optimal state of health.  Homeostasis.

We CAN take back our health.  We ARE meant to be healthy. 

You CAN be the Healthiest Family on the Block, naturally!

I'm on a mission to help families achieve optimal health and empowerment without the use of pharmaceutical medicines, or very minimal use when needed.  Pharmaceuticals should be the last resort.  The body works in harmony with nature, and the ability to heal is innate.

My mission is heartfelt and I am passionate about it, because even though I work in Naturopathic Medicine and the Natural Health realm, it hasn’t always been this way for me. I was raised relatively healthy during childhood, and had a grasp on good nutrition from my parents. However, once I left home, I more or less rebelled against that healthy upbringing, such is the way! Thank goodness for the healthy foundations that were laid in childhood. Once, I recognized in my late 20's that I needed to get back on track, it wasn't too difficult to do so because my body had already been prepped in a way from a young age to remember what the picture of health was for me.

Over the years I developed a love of gardening, specifically growing medicinal plants, which later led to making my own internal and topical botanical remedies. I was given a wonderful opportunity to learn many natural health modalities from friends in Florence, Italy, including simply "Slow Living"!

After that time in Italy, I later learned about Naturopathic Medicine, and found our family physician, while searching for treatment of a debilitating condition. It was after my successful treatment, and the gentle care received from the Naturopathic doctors I worked with, that I knew this was the path for me.

Soon my daughters came along, and as you can guess, have only known Naturopathic Medicine and continue to thrive with such care. When the opportunity presented itself, I followed my dream of practicing Naturopathic Medicine as a licensed physician.

My approach is straightforward and understandable. I know what it’s like to have to jump through multiple hoops and feel like you're on a hamster wheel to no where with your health, diet, and lifestyle. I also know what it’s like to feel like you are trying everything, but still dealing with health problems for you and your family. It is my absolute pleasure to help families simplify the foundations to health, clean up obstacles, and repair "health holes", to get you on the optimal health path for good! 

I look forward to working with you and helping you feel empowered in your healthcare, and ultimately, Be the Healthiest Family on the Block!