Dr. John Kim, Copenhagen (2026)

02/09/2026

Medicine gives us language for mechanisms: circadian signaling, autonomic regulation, mitochondrial function, inflammation, metabolic adaptation, and cellular repair. But my faith influences how I think about the bigger responsibility of caring for the body and the order in which we support it.

One of the verses I come back to is:
“For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.” 1 Corinthians 14:33

That principle of order has become especially relevant in my work with complex chronic illness.

When someone is dealing with mold exposure, nervous system dysregulation, mitochondrial dysfunction, gut issues, and multiple sensitivities at the same time, the answer isn’t necessarily to add more interventions. I want to understand what is driving dysfunction, what the body can currently tolerate, and what needs to be addressed first.

That thinking eventually became part of the foundation of the ENCORE Method: a systems-based approach built around restoring function in a deliberate sequence rather than chasing individual symptoms.

My clinical training and my faith are not interchangeable. Still, I continue to find principles in Scripture that influence how I think about health, stewardship, recovery, and caring for the whole person.

What have you learned through medicine that you’ve also seen reflected in Scripture?

28/08/2026

The ENCORE Method came from years of trying to understand why complex patients can do so many of the “right” things and still remain stuck.

What I came to understand clinically was that recovery depends on addressing the right factors in the right order, and over time, I began recognizing those same principles throughout Scripture.

One of the clearest examples is the environment.

In Leviticus 14, contamination in the home was not ignored or covered up. The affected materials were removed, and when the problem persisted, more extensive action was required.

“He shall break down the house, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house.” (Leviticus 14:45)

That principle is still central to how I practice today. Mold, poor indoor air quality, chemical exposures, disrupted light, and other ongoing stressors can continue affecting the body while we are trying to restore function.

The other principle is order.
“For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.” (1 Corinthians 14:33)

Complex illness should not be approached by randomly adding more interventions. We need to identify what is driving dysfunction, understand how the environment, nervous system, cellular function, detoxification, and microbiome are interacting, and work at a pace the patient can tolerate.

That is the clinical thinking behind the ENCORE Method Practitioner Certification.

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27/08/2026

The hardest chronic cases are rarely hard because the practitioner is missing one more supplement, lab, or protocol.

They’re hard because multiple systems are breaking down at the same time.

The patient with mold exposure may also have nervous system dysregulation, poor mitochondrial output, damaged cell membranes, impaired bile flow, gut dysfunction, histamine issues, poor sleep, and low treatment tolerance.

Recovery doesn’t follow a calendar.

A patient does not move neatly from environment to nervous system, to mitochondria, to detox. These systems are communicating constantly.

The clinical skill is understanding which layers are driving the case, which need support together, what has to come first, and how much the patient can tolerate.

That is why I built the ENCORE Method around a systems-based approach to chronic illness.

It gives practitioners a repeatable framework for cases that do not fit neatly into one box:

-The mold patient who also has MCAS.
-The chronic fatigue patient who reacts to every supplement.
-The patient with “normal” labs, multiple diagnoses, gut dysfunction, poor sleep, and no obvious place to start.

I understand those cases from both sides.

At 33, I had a heart attack with an 85% blockage in my LAD. The investigation that followed uncovered mold exposure, Bartonella, other hidden infections, heavy metals, and cellular dysfunction.
That experience changed how I practice.

Years of working through my own recovery and then with complex, stalled patients taught me that the answer is rarely another isolated protocol.

It is understanding how the systems connect, what is driving the case, and how to sequence care without overwhelming the patient.

That is what the ENCORE Practitioner Certification is designed to teach.

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25/08/2026

A prescription can be the right tool and still not answer the bigger question: what is creating enough dysfunction that the body needs that support in the first place?

That is where I think healthcare often becomes too narrow. We measure the lab, name the diagnosis, manage the symptom, and sometimes never spend enough time looking at the conditions the body has been operating under for years.

Sleep quality, blood sugar stability, protein and nutrient intake, movement, chronic stress, circadian rhythm, environmental exposures, and nervous system regulation all influence how well the body produces energy, controls inflammation, repairs tissue, and adapts to stress.

None of that means medication should be avoided. It means medication and lifestyle should not be treated as competing ideas.

I want to know what is happening upstream, what is increasing the body’s burden, and what can be changed before another layer of intervention becomes necessary.

That is a much bigger conversation than simply asking whether a lab value falls inside the reference range.

What is one health question you wish your doctor had asked you sooner?

19/08/2026

What I’ve learned through my own health journey and years of working with complex chronic illness is that healing rarely makes sense when we look at one symptom, one organ, or one diagnosis in isolation.

The physical environment matters. The state of the nervous system matters. Cellular function matters. Our ability to process and eliminate what is creating stress matters. The microbiome matters. And ultimately, our capacity to become more resilient matters.

This is the thinking behind the ENCORE Method, and over time I’ve come to recognize how closely it reflects the biblical view of whole-person restoration.

“May your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless.” (1 Thessalonians 5:23)

Scripture presents wholeness as something that involves the whole person, not just one part of them. In practice, that means I’m looking beyond the diagnosis to the conditions that may still be preventing recovery, including ongoing exposure, nervous system dysregulation, cellular dysfunction, and impaired detoxification.

My faith has influenced the way I understand the responsibility of caring for the whole person, while my clinical experience has taught me how important it is to address the body in the right sequence.

I’m currently developing a Biblical Framework for Christian Healthcare Practitioners to explore that connection more deeply and give practitioners a way to think about patient care through both a clinical and faith-based lens.

It’s something I’ll be sharing more about soon.

If you’re a healthcare practitioner, is this a conversation you’d want me to go deeper into?

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