Before Dr. Sonza Curtis became known as The Gut Doctor™, she was a young girl watching her grandmother pull medicine from the earth. Her early life in Germany exposed her to a world filled with apothecaries, herbalism, and scientific innovation. Her grandmother, a healer and midwife, treated the body as a living story rather than a list of symptoms. That philosophy shaped everything Dr. Curtis would later become.
Today, as the founder of Three D Wellness and the first Black woman to serve on the Menopause Society, she is leading a movement that blends time honored wisdom with modern technology. She is a co author of No More Band Aid, the creator of the BODY Synch Method™, and the visionary behind The Gut Reset Code™. Her work has made her a trusted voice for women who are tired of being dismissed by traditional medicine. Her approach acknowledges the real causes behind hair loss, stubborn weight, hormonal chaos, thyroid and autoimmune disorders, and gut inflammation. She elevates these solutions with advanced tools such as peptide and regenerative therapies.
“I come from a line of women who healed with their hands and their hearts. I just added the science.”
Three D Wellness bridges ancestral healing and modern science. How do you bring these approaches together for your patients?
I start with the story, not the lab work. When a patient walks into my practice, we begin by tracing her journey from before birth to the present moment. We explore emotional rhythms, stress cycles, environmental exposures, generational patterns, and the subtle signals the body has been giving long before any diagnosis arises.
Science gives us measurable truth. Ancestral wisdom teaches us to listen. When we bring these together, women reconnect with their innate ability to heal from within.
The BODY Synch Method and The Gut Reset Code are your signature frameworks. What inspired them? What impact are they making?
Too many women leave a doctor’s office being told everything looks fine even though they feel the complete opposite. During my functional medicine training, I learned powerful protocols, but I also saw how generic recommendations continued to fail women. Women are not one size fits all. Their healing is influenced by trauma, stress architecture, lived experience, and personal history.
The BODY Synch Method weaves emotional, environmental, and biological layers of health into one framework. The Gut Reset Code grew from understanding that the gut orchestrates hormones, immunity, metabolism, and mental clarity.
These systems acknowledge that hair thinning, weight fluctuations, exhaustion, and anxiety are the body speaking. When we address the deeper narrative, women rise with clarity, empowerment, and restored vitality.
Many women struggle with symptoms like hair loss, weight shifts, and hormone imbalance. Why does your approach stand out?
This is a transformative moment in women’s health. The black box warning on hormone therapy was recently lifted. Evidence shows that for many women, hormone therapy is restorative, not dangerous. It helps revive energy, focus, sleep, hair health, and overall metabolic function.
Functional medicine has understood this for years. We do not only replace hormones. We investigate why they became imbalanced. We look at gut health, thyroid function, chronic stress, inflammation, environmental toxins, and personal history. Restoring the source means hormone therapy becomes a partner in healing rather than a temporary fix. Women deserve solutions that honor their full reality.
You are making history as the first Black woman on the Menopause Society. What change do you hope to spark in mainstream medicine?
I want women to know that suffering is not required. Real solutions exist herbal protocols, bioidentical hormones, lifestyle interventions but access to informed care should not depend on privilege.
We must begin these conversations early. Research shows that Black women face disproportionate exposure to endocrine disruptors found in many common beauty and hair products. These exposures contribute to fibroids, endometriosis, and other hormone related conditions.
When we empower women from adolescence through menopause, we break cycles of suffering before they start. Knowledge gives women control. Understanding brings freedom.
Peptide and regenerative medicine play a major role in your work. How do these therapies help women reclaim their vitality?
Peptides teach the body how to heal itself. I use them for gut repair, hormonal balance, immune support, weight management, and even hair regrowth. When combined with regenerative treatments like stem cell therapy, these modalities promote healing at the cellular level.
This is not symptom suppression. It is activation. When the body’s natural repair systems switch back on, women experience renewed energy, sharper clarity, balanced metabolism, and a deep sense of confidence.
Your grandmother’s legacy helped shape your journey. How does her wisdom live in your work now?
My grandmother taught me about detoxification, nutrient rich foods, and plant medicine long before I understood the science behind them. In her community, formal healthcare was limited, so people relied on roots, herbs, and intuitive knowing. And those remedies worked.
When I entered the world of functional medicine, I learned the physiology that validated her approach. Today I honor both the empirical and the intuitive, the evidence based and the ancestral. She showed me that true healing begins when someone is genuinely seen and understood.
Three D Wellness is more than a clinic. It is a movement. What does collective healing mean to you?
Healing has always been communal. We bring women together in circles where they learn, witness each other, and experience transformation side by side. We also bring this work into workplaces, places of worship, beauty shops, and family spaces anywhere women gather.
Wellness grows in community. When women heal together, they elevate together. That is not just medicine. That is a movement.
Three D Wellness continues to stand as a reminder that healing is not a solitary journey. Under Dr. Sonza Curtis’s leadership, the movement grows stronger as women reconnect with their bodies, their stories, and each other. Her work proves that when women are educated, empowered, and supported, they do more than heal. They transform.
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