Acute 2 Root™ Grounding Health in Knowledge
Empowering your health journey through lifestyle medicine, so you can thrive at 85 and beyond. Coaching and a new app from Raquel Harrison, MD, board certified in emergency medicine and lifestyle medicine.
The Acute 2 Root app
A personal plan across the six pillars, daily check-ins and Dr. Harrison's lessons in your pocket, priced to be affordable.
See what the app will do1:1 coaching with Dr. Harrison
Work directly with a physician on the habits behind how you feel, starting with a short intro call.
See how coaching worksThe foundation
What are the six pillars of lifestyle medicine?
What you take in each day becomes part of you. Lifestyle medicine looks at six daily inputs you can change, and how they add up to your energy, your mood and your long-term health.
Nutrition
Nutrient-dense food, simple routines, and a kitchen set up to make the good choice the easy one.
Physical activity
Movement you will keep doing, matched to where you are today.
Restorative sleep
A steady rhythm for waking, light, caffeine and evenings.
Stress management
Spending energy on what you can control, and recovering from the rest.
Social connection
The relationships that protect health as much as any habit.
Risky substances
Alcohol, tobacco and other inputs, and how they change everything else.
Faith, if you want it. Dr. Harrison is a Christian, and her Whole Health model pairs the pillars with faith, family and flourishing. In the app and in coaching, a Christian faith perspective is an option you choose, never a requirement. How faith fits in.
Coming soon
What will the Acute 2 Root app do?
It turns Dr. Harrison's approach into a few minutes a day: learn why, pick one habit, and build on it.
- A short six-pillar assessment that shows your strongest areas and your easiest first win
- A personal plan with one SMART goal at a time, so change stays doable
- Quick daily check-ins and reminders that fit your routine
- Lessons from the Foundations course, in bite-size pieces
- An optional Christian faith track with morning and evening reflections
1:1 coaching
How does coaching with Dr. Harrison work?
Coaching is education and relationship, not a list of rules. You learn how your body responds to food, sleep, stress and connection, and you build habits that last.
- Intro call. A short call to talk about your goals and whether coaching is a fit.
- Your starting point. A look at all six pillars to find where a small change will matter most.
- Regular sessions. Video sessions to set goals, work through obstacles and adjust as you go.
Online course
What is in the Acute 2 Root™ Foundations course?
Seven video modules from Dr. Harrison on how your body responds to everyday inputs, each with readings, “Develop Roots” exercises and reflection questions. The course is moving to a new home and will be available again soon.
- The Inputs & Outputs of Wellbeing
- Nutrition: Food Is Fuel
- Exercise: How Do You Move?
- Sleep: Key to Full Body Restoration
- Stress Reduction: Key to Emotional Health
- Positive Social Connections: The Benefits of Belonging
- Risky Behavior Reduction: Understanding How You Cope
Speaking
Can Dr. Harrison speak to my workplace or group?
Yes. She gives talks and recurring wellness series for employers, churches, libraries and medical audiences on any of the six pillars, including nutrition, sleep, stress and resilience.
- Employer wellness talks and lunch-and-learn series
- Faith and health sessions for churches and small groups
- Physician well-being and burnout for medical teams
About
Who is Dr. Raquel Harrison?
Raquel Harrison, MD, FACEP, DipABLM, is board certified in emergency medicine (since 2015) and lifestyle medicine (since 2020). After more than a decade in the emergency department seeing how daily choices bring people through its doors, she founded Acute 2 Root to practice medicine more relationally and get to the root causes behind acute and chronic illness.
She is a Christian, a wife and a mother of three girls. Her mission is to help people reframe their moment-to-moment decisions, with an emphasis on prevention.
- Board certified, Emergency Medicine (2015) and Lifestyle Medicine (2020)
- Former Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine (2014–2019)
- Residency in Emergency Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell
- BA, University of Notre Dame
Read her story in Connecticut Magazine or connect on LinkedIn. Full bio and articles.
Free from Dr. Harrison
Take control of your health, one habit at a time
Practical, physician-backed help for real life, at no cost:
- Simple tips and worksheets from Dr. Harrison's talks and course
- A free 15-minute intro call when you're ready to talk
- First access to the Acute 2 Root app
Prefer email? Write to rharrison@acute2root.com.