Dorinda A. Smith, MS, LMP, CEO - From Crushing Loss To Triumph

Dori has over 20 years of speaking experience, and her stage presence is comfortable and professional, as though you are all having coffee together.
She blends a touching and inspiring story of her own journey from severe, disabling illness to healing, with down-to-earth, humble humor.
She has a very passionate delivery which holds the listener's attention, and has great compassion for her listeners.
She has a melodic voice that is comforting and encouraging, bringing great hope to those who are suffering with chronic illness or autoimmune disease, even moving them to tears as they realize that there is an answer to their suffering.
Dori doesn't sell from the stage or leave details out of her presentations. She provides your listener with hope, scientific evidence and practical steps that the listener can take home and use right away to take their life back from chronic illness.

Dorinda A. Smith, MS
Autoimmune Scientist and
Functional Medicine Nutritionist & Health Educator
true wellness today

“My ultimate purpose—my mission—is to alleviate suffering with the TRUTH: Chronic illness is preventable and reversable using the scientific medical breakthroughs of Functional root-cause Medicine. There is hope!”

Armed with her Master’s in Immunology and Environmental Toxicology from Virginia Tech in 1998, Dori set out to help others through medical science. She continued her specialized PhD studies in Autoimmunity while working at Duke University Medical Center and Duke Veteran’s Affairs Hospital, and completing a prestigious PhD Fellowship at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (a branch of the NIH). During her training Dori won first place at Virginia Tech’s science fair for her NIH funded research developing new immunotoxicology assays, and co-authored five papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, including a review of “Immunology and Autoimmunity” in Environmental Health Perspectives.

But 13 years into her career as a research scientist, Dori suffered a major life crisis: Her own autoimmune disease. Within a few years she was diagnosed with Systemic Sclerosis and Fibromyalgia, and later developed Arthritis, Addison’s Disease, Thyroiditis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Osteopenia, Polymyositis and more, eventually succumbing to debilitating disability. Dori lost her career, and it seemed her life’s purpose, for over 10 years.

But that’s not the end of her story. Through a truly miraculous event, Dori found the science of Functional Medicine, and it completely changed her life.

A self-professed geek at heart, Dori voraciously researched the new medical breakthroughs of functional medicine for nearly three years, all while applying the validated scientific protocols to her own healing. With the help of her dedicated team of functional medicine practitioners, Dori is on her own path to true wellness, with remarkable results. To date, she is 95% reversed of all 7 autoimmune diagnoses, and has her life and career back. ​

Now she's extremely passionate about helping others to get their lives back, too. Dori founded her company, true wellness today, to alleviate suffering by bringing the healing truth of functional, root-cause medicine to everyone, affordably. She speaks publicly and employs internet webinars and telemedicine consultations to educate people in how to prevent and heal from chronic illness, and serves as a scientific health coach to walk with others on their journey to vibrant health.

​Dori lives on a small ranch in Ramona, California with her granddaughter, Jana Lynn, her friend, Kristen, 15 crazy goats, two dogs, four cats and a flock of chickens. Music is her other life-long passion, and she is an accomplished vocalist. She enjoys creating with fiber arts and is active in her local church. Dori believes that she was created, and went through her own suffering, in order to help others.

If you are suffering with a chronic illness or autoimmune disease, let Dori give you hope today. You CAN get better and get your life back!

I'm happy to speak in most venues, as it's my life's purpose to help others to heal... not be a big shot.

A mic is nice, but not necessary unless the group is over 150 persons. I am a trained vocalist so my voice carries fine.

I like to arrive early and stay to talk to people afterward. Again, it's all about helping people.