Zeenia Junkeer was born in Colombo, Sri Lank, and raised in Beaverton, Oregon. Trained as a naturopathic physician, Zeenia has combined her work in justice and liberation with her training as a physician to work toward equitable health outcomes that center on healing through traditional ways of knowing. A double Sagittarius and an avid seeker of the sun, you’ll find Zeenia near water whenever possible.
Dr. Zeenia is a naturopathic physician who was trained at Sonoran University of Health Sciences, one of the seven accredited naturopathic medical schools in the US and Canada.
Since 2010, Zeenia has been working alongside leaders in natural medicine, providing care to thousands of people with a focus on individuals who are somewhere between perimenopausal and postmenopausal.
Dr. Zeenia also has extensive experience in public health and small nonprofit business development and has created a model for thriving communities that starts with individual health and healing.
What I believe
Some important pillars in the work I do include believes, values, and practices.
Everyone Can Thrive
I believe in a world where everyone feels valued, seen, and heard.
Everyone thrives when we all have the opportunity, resources, power, and autonomy to attain our full health potential. Our current systems, including what we call our healthcare system, are not designed to bring us health and wellness. They are also deeply rooted in a system that thrives when we feel disempowered, out of control, isolated, and unable to achieve our highest potential.
Identify and treat the cause
One of the Naturopathic Principles of Healing
Illness does not occur without cause. Underlying causes of disease must be discovered, removed, or treated before a person can recover completely (and subsequently thrive). Symptoms are expressions of the body’s attempt to heal, but are not the cause of disease; therefore, we need to address the underlying causes of disease, rather than the symptoms.
Slow (the eff) down
In a world that tells us we are not enough, I challenge this notion by believing in slowing down.
Most of the people I work with have been conditioned to feel like they are not doing enough, are not moving fast enough, and are not achieving enough. This leads to thoughts about our own self-worth and actions and behaviors that don’t align with our values. These disconnects can leave us feeling even more inadequate, further from our goals, and on the course to burn out.