Careers rarely follow a straight line. Most unfold through a series of experiences that quietly prepare someone for work they have not yet imagined. Long before health and healing became central to her life’s work, Dr. Jen Hewson was learning how to listen, organize, and guide people through complex moments.
She began her professional journey in corporate event planning, a fast-paced world that rewards precision and people skills. Education came next. After completing her degree, she spent more than two decades teaching, primarily working with ESL learners. The classroom became a place where patience mattered, communication was everything, and growth was measured one individual at a time. Those years shaped how she connects with people today.
Everything changed with a breast cancer diagnosis. What began as a medical crisis became a personal reckoning. “That moment forced me to look at healing differently,” Dr. Hewson says. Recovery was no longer just about survival. It became a search for meaning, alignment, and deeper well-being. She turned toward natural healing and integrative medicine, exploring approaches that addressed the body, emotions, and spirit together.
This exploration led to a newfound sense of purpose. As the Founder and Doctor of Natural Medicine at Take Back Your Health Inc., Dr. Hewson now dedicates her work to helping others achieve meaningful transformation in their health and lives. By drawing from science, faith, and holistic practices, she guides individuals towards balance, resilience, and clarity. Her philosophy, shaped by personal experience, emphasizes that true healing is not just about getting better; it is about becoming whole.
A Root-Centered Approach to Healing
In a world driven by quick solutions, Dr. Hewson works differently at Take Back Your Health, where care begins by slowing down and looking beneath the surface. Rather than treating symptoms in isolation, she focuses on understanding why they appear in the first place. That inquiry extends beyond the physical body and into the inner life, where thoughts, beliefs, and emotional patterns often influence health in quiet but powerful ways.
“I’m not interested in band-aid solutions,” she explains. “Lasting healing happens when you address the root, not just the result.” Her work centers on identifying imbalances that may go unnoticed in conventional care, then guiding clients through changes that restore alignment from the inside out.
This method shifts the focus from short-term relief to long-term vitality. Clients are not rushed through protocols or handed generic plans. Instead, they are supported as active participants in their own healing process. The goal is not simply feeling better for a moment, but reclaiming energy, clarity and a renewed sense of ownership over one’s health.
Programs Designed for Real Transformation
Dr. Hewson’s work comes to life through a series of carefully structured transformational programs, each designed to meet people where they are and guide them forward with intention. Rather than offering one-size-fits-all solutions, she creates long-term containers for change, recognizing that meaningful healing takes time.
Her three-month program focuses on stabilization. Clients begin by restoring a sense of safety in the body and mind, regulating the nervous system, and building trust in the healing process. From there, the six-month journey deepens the work. This phase expands into identity and emotional capacity, weaving together faith-based reflection with body and soul healing to support lasting inner shifts.
For those ready for a complete life reset, the twelve-month program offers a full-spectrum transformation. This immersive experience addresses physical health, emotional resilience, and spiritual alignment, helping clients move forward with clarity. The outcome is not just improved well-being, but a renewed ability to lead life with purpose, energy, and direction.
When Success Outpaces Well-Being
Through her work, Dr. Hewson has noticed a consistent pattern among high-performing executives. On the surface, their lives appear successful and well-managed. Their calendars are full, their responsibilities significant, and their performance undeniable. Internally, however, many are running on empty.
“These are people who know how to push through,” she observes. The problem is that pushing becomes a habit. Early signs of strain are ignored until the body begins to speak more loudly. Sleep disturbances, digestive issues, and persistent fatigue often follow. What begins as manageable stress gradually turns into something harder to dismiss.
Beyond the physical symptoms, there is often a quieter struggle. Many executives describe a growing sense of disconnection from purpose, as if the drive that once guided them has lost its clarity. Outward achievement continues, but the inner compass drifts. Dr. Hewson’s work begins at that intersection, where performance and health collide, and realignment becomes not just helpful but necessary.
Integrating Faith Into the Healing Process
At the heart of Dr. Hewson’s work is a spiritual perspective shaped by her role as an ordained interfaith minister. For her, healing is never limited to the physical body alone. It is a layered journey that must also address emotional well-being and spiritual alignment.
“Health becomes sustainable when all parts of a person are in conversation,” she says. This outlook allows her to honor each individual’s beliefs and lived experience without imposing a single framework. Spiritual insight is woven thoughtfully into her work, offering clients space to reconnect with meaning, purpose, and a sense of inner calm.
In practice, this integration moves the focus beyond symptom management. Clients are guided toward deeper awareness and lasting change, where outer health reflects inner truth. The result is not only relief, but a more grounded and aligned way of living. For many, this shift becomes the missing link between feeling better and living well.
Guided by Faith and Shared Purpose
For Dr. Hewson, the foundation of her work rests on a clear belief about accountability. “My ultimate stakeholder is God,” she says. Every decision, partnership, and next step is grounded in the conviction that her mission is divinely guided, not self-directed.
That sense of guidance does not stand alone. Along the way, she credits the people placed in her path who have shaped and supported her journey. She speaks with gratitude of her grandfather, Dr. Henry Wright, whose influence continues to inform her thinking, as well as the team around her, which includes members of her own family. Their presence reinforces the idea that this work is both personal and shared.
Still, faith remains the driving force. It is what fuels her commitment to growth and deepens her service to others. In trusting a larger plan, Dr. Hewson finds clarity, direction, and the resilience to continue building work that serves something greater than herself.
Extending the Work beyond the Clinic
Dr. Hewson’s impact is not limited to one-on-one work. Writing and speaking have become essential extensions of her mission, allowing her to reach people well beyond the walls of her clinic. “These platforms let me meet people where they are,” she explains, whether that is through the pages of a book or from a stage halfway across the world.
In her writing, she shares the same tools and insights she offers her clients, alongside her own lived experiences. The result is work that feels both practical and personal. Her voice on the page reflects the same honesty and clarity that define her approach to healing.
As a speaker, Dr. Hewson connects with leaders and diverse audiences who may never enter her practice but still seek meaningful change. These global platforms allow her to spread healing, empowerment, and purpose at scale, inspiring others to reclaim their health and step into fuller lives.
Choosing Growth over Comfort
One of the most defining moments in Dr. Hewson’s journey came when she decided to step beyond what was known and proven. After years of running a successful local clinic, she felt called to build something larger, a global platform that could carry her work to more people. The transition is still unfolding, but the choice itself marked a clear shift.
Closing that chapter was not easy. The clinic represented stability, familiarity, and years of invested effort. Moving forward meant embracing uncertainty. “There was a lot of prayer involved,” she reflects, along with a deep reliance on inner resilience and trust in the process.
Rather than retreating into what felt safe, Dr. Hewson chose to lean into purpose. She accepted the discomfort as part of growth, believing that expansion rarely happens inside comfort zones. That decision became a catalyst, giving rise to the broader, more expansive work she leads today.
Recognition That Reflects Real Impact
Among the milestones Dr. Hewson values most is the recognition her work received in 2025, when Take Back Your Health was honored twice by Prestige Awards and Health 2.0 as Best Overall Healthcare Clinic in Canada. The acknowledgment carried weight, not simply as an industry accolade, but as confirmation that her holistic, root-cause approach was resonating and delivering results.
“It was affirming,” she says, reflecting on what the awards represented. Years of choosing depth over convenience and long-term healing over quick fixes had translated into measurable impact. The recognition reinforced that this model of care has a meaningful place in modern healthcare.
Still, awards remain secondary to what matters most to her. The true markers of success are found in the people she serves. Watching patients and leaders regain their health, rediscover purpose, and realign with what matters to them carries a significance no title can replace. Those individual transformations, she believes, are the real legacy of her work.
Expanding the Mission Forward
Looking ahead, Dr. Hewson’s focus is on growth that deepens impact, not just reach. While she continues her work through Take Back Your Health Inc., guiding executives and leaders, her vision extends far beyond traditional circles of influence.
This next chapter focuses on expanding her work through Sifting Life Ministries, where healing and service come together in a practical way. The mission connects two worlds that often do not meet. On one side are boardrooms and leadership spaces; on the other are individuals lining the streets, seeking hope, dignity, and restoration. Dr. Hewson is dedicated to serving both groups with equal presence and care.
By bringing her approach into communities often overlooked, she aims to close the gap between leadership and compassion. The goal remains consistent across every setting. It is to help people reconnect with health, meaning, and purpose, meeting them exactly where they are and walking forward from there.
The Life That Sustains the Work
Beyond her professional mission, Dr. Hewson is intentional about the pursuits that keep her grounded and inspired. Travel plays a meaningful role in her life, offering both perspective and renewal. It also weaves naturally into her work through the transformative retreats she hosts, where space, reflection, and community come together to deepen healing.
Music is another constant. Dr. Hewson plays the guitar and writes her own songs, using creativity as a form of expression and reflection. “Music keeps me connected to myself,” she shares, describing it as both a personal refuge and a source of joy.
Her voice also extends into audio through her podcast, Sifting Life, where conversations explore healing, faith, and purpose in everyday life. Alongside this, she remains actively involved in her home church community. These commitments, while quieter than her public work, are essential. They fill her soul and sustain the clarity and presence she brings to everything she does.
Leading From a Place of Healing
Dr. Hewson’s leadership philosophy is grounded in lived experience. There was a season when her own health journey left her feeling broken, uncertain of how to move forward. What carried her through was not a single solution, but a combination of faith, community, and a renewed sense of purpose. That rebuilding process reshaped how she views leadership itself.
“When we heal, we lead better,” she says, distilling a belief that guides her work today. Healing, in her view, is not separate from influence or impact. It is the foundation of it. Leaders who tend to their inner lives show up with greater clarity, compassion, and resilience.
To those reading her story, Dr. Hewson offers a simple reminder. Wherever you are right now matters. Challenges are not detours from purpose, but often the path to it. Growth unfolds step by step. Keep rising. There is purpose in every stage, and you are not walking it alone.
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