Prosper Direct Primary Care

05/25/2026

Memorial Day is not simply a long weekend—it is a sacred pause.

A pause to remember the men and women who laid down their lives in service to something greater than themselves.

John McCrae, a soldier and physician during World War I, captured this sacrifice in words that still echo today:
“To you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high.”

Their lives remind us that freedom is not free—it is carried forward by courage, duty, and selfless love.

Today, we remember not just their service, but their humanity:
sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, friends and neighbors—who answered a call knowing the cost.

May we honor them not only with words, but by how we live:
with gratitude, responsibility, and a commitment to care for one another.

We remember.
We honor.
We hold the torch high.
With solemn gratitude,
Dr. Elizabeth Kolawole, MD

05/23/2026

New blog: The Hidden Health Crisis in the American Food Supply — how emulsifiers, ultra-processed foods, and pesticides may be driving chronic disease. Read insights from a primary care and functional medicine perspective, learn what to watch for, and practical steps to protect your family.

Read more: https://wix.to/vuj4edL

As a primary care and functional medicine doctor, I truly believe very few people understand the deep connection between human health and what we consume daily. Few people truly understand the relationship between nutrition and chronic illness. Fortunately, I believe America is finally starting to w...

05/16/2026

💚💛💚 Preeclampsia is more than “just high blood pressure in pregnancy.” It is a potentially LIFE-THREATENING condition that can affect the brain, kidneys, liver, placenta, and baby.
In America, Black women are disproportionately affected and are significantly more likely to experience severe complications and maternal death related to pregnancy. Awareness, advocacy, and EARLY recognition matter.

🚨 Know the Risk Factors:
• First pregnancy
• History of preeclampsia
• Chronic high blood pressure
• Obesity
• Diabetes or insulin resistance
• Autoimmune disease
• Kidney disease
• Multiple pregnancy (twins/triplets)
• Age under 20 or over 35
• Family history of preeclampsia

⚠️ Warning Signs & Symptoms:
• Severe headaches
• Vision changes/blurry vision
• Swelling of hands, feet, or face
• Sudden weight gain
• High blood pressure
• Shortness of breath
• Right upper abdominal pain
• Nausea/vomiting later in pregnancy
• Decreased urine output
• Feeling like “something is wrong”

Too many women are dismissed, ignored, or told their symptoms are “normal.” Listen to women. Believe women. Check the blood pressure.
Today we walk to raise awareness, support mothers, honor those impacted, and fight for better maternal health outcomes for ALL women. 💚💛💚

05/16/2026

Let's go!!!!!

05/15/2026

Healthcare was never supposed to feel this cold. 💚💛💚

So many patients today walk into appointments and feel:
❌ rushed
❌ unseen
❌ unheard

The provider is overwhelmed.
The schedule is packed.
The system is pushing volume over connection.

Sometimes they barely know your name.
Sometimes they never even look you in the eye.

Not because they don’t care…
but because the system no longer gives them the time to.

That’s one of the reasons Prosper DPC was created.

We believe medicine should still feel human.

✔ Time to listen
✔ Time to think
✔ Time to build a real relationship
✔ A doctor who actually knows YOU

Because healthcare should not feel like a conveyor belt.

You deserve to be seen, heard, and cared for—not rushed through a system 💚

05/13/2026

One of the most heartbreaking things to see as a physician is a patient putting in extraordinary effort… and still being told they’re “just not trying hard enough.” 💚💛💚

I recently worked with a woman who was:
✔ Exercising
✔ Watching what she ate
✔ Trying over and over again to lose weight

…but her body would not respond.

And instead of being listened to, she had repeatedly been made to feel lazy, noncompliant, or lacking discipline.

The problem?

Her body was inflamed.
Her metabolism was struggling.
And her thyroid was not properly converting T4 into active T3 efficiently.

When the body is under chronic stress and inflammation, it can become metabolically protective:
👉 slowing metabolism
👉 increasing fatigue
👉 making weight loss incredibly difficult

This is why listening matters.

Not every patient struggling with weight is overeating or “not trying.”

Sometimes the body is waving a red flag that something deeper is going on.

Once we addressed the root causes:
✔ inflammation
✔ stress
✔ metabolic dysfunction
✔ thyroid support

…her body finally began responding.

Medicine should not shame people for symptoms.

It should seek to understand WHY they are happening.

At Prosper DPC, we believe in listening first and connecting the dots 💚

05/12/2026

“ I want hormones… but I heard they cause breast cancer.”

As a physician, I hear this ALL the time 💚💛💚

And most of that fear comes from ONE study:
👉 The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI)

The problem?
Most people were never told the FULL story.

The WHI study:
❌ Used older forms of hormones
❌ Studied women with an average age in their 60s (many YEARS after menopause)
❌ Included synthetic progestins—not identical to the hormones your body naturally makes

Since then, we’ve learned something important:

✨ Timing matters
✨ Type of hormone matters
✨ Route matters
✨ Patient selection matters

For many women, appropriately prescribed hormone therapy may actually support:
✔ Quality of life
✔ Sleep
✔ Bone health
✔ Mood
✔ Hot flashes and night sweats
✔ Vaginal and sexual health

This does NOT mean hormones are for everyone.
And it definitely doesn’t mean they should be started blindly.

It means women deserve:
👉 individualized risk assessment
👉 informed conversations
👉 nuanced care—not fear-based medicine

You should not have to suffer in silence because of outdated interpretations of a study from decades ago.

At Prosper DPC, we believe in education, informed decision-making, and personalized care 💚

05/08/2026

I think there is a major disconnect when people talk about Direct Primary Care.
People think you have to be chronically sick to get your money’s worth out of a DPC membership.

With that logic…
Do you buy groceries at Costco every single day to justify the membership?
Do you watch Netflix every single day watching every single show?
Do you get into a car accident every single day to justify car insurance?
Do you use your health insurance every single day before you justify the cost?

No. You don’t.
What you are buying is ASSURANCE.
You are paying for that thing to be there for YOU when YOU need it.
That is what Direct Primary Care is. 💚💛💚

You are not paying because you need a doctor every single day.
You are paying for a doctor to be ON CALL for YOU when YOU need them.
A doctor that knows YOU.
A doctor that knows YOUR history.
A doctor that knows what medications YOU are on and YOUR preferences.
Someone there for YOU before and after surgery.
Someone to optimize YOUR lab work.
Someone to quickly treat that urinary tract infection before it gets worse.
Someone to treat strep before YOUR child misses school.
Someone to help YOU navigate specialists and imaging.
Someone to cry with YOU when life gives you that scary diagnosis.
For only $3.33 a day.
If you don’t want that, I cannot help YOU and I am probably not the right doctor for YOU 🤷🏾‍♀️💚💛💚

05/06/2026

“Your labs are normal.”

Meanwhile you’re:
❌ Exhausted
❌ Gaining weight
❌ Brain fogged
❌ Inflamed
❌ Anxious
❌ Not feeling like yourself

Normal does NOT always mean optimal.
Many standard lab ranges are designed to detect severe disease… not early dysfunction or the root cause of WHY you feel terrible.

At Prosper DPC, we look deeper 💚💛💚

✔️ Nutrient deficiencies
✔️ Inflammation
✔️ Hormonal imbalance
✔️ Insulin resistance
✔️ Thyroid dysfunction
✔️ Gut health
✔️ Stress & cortisol

You deserve more than “everything looks fine.”

If your body is screaming for help, listen to it.

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05/04/2026

As a physician, one of the hardest things to watch is patients paying more for healthcare… and getting less.
More insurance.
Less access.
That’s not care.
That’s a system.

At Prosper DPC, you get:
✔ Time
✔ Access
✔ A real relationship with your doctor
The way medicine was meant to be.💚💛💚

05/03/2026

Grateful to have attended the Florida Women Physicians Retreat led by Doctor Rebekah Bernard 💚💛💚

From branding and communication to styling, identity, and even exploring our core truths—this experience was a powerful reminder that who we are as physicians extends far beyond clinical knowledge.

When we are aligned in our identity, we show up better for our patients, our communities, and ourselves.

Excited to continue growing and bringing this energy back to Prosper DPC 💚💛💚