The structured version of what I teach in clinic.
I'm Dr. Joyce Knieff, a naturopathic doctor registered in Minnesota and licensed in Colorado and California. I built Wayfinder's Well because my patients kept telling me the same thing. They'd done the research, tried the protocols, watched the TikToks, and were still stuck. The information was out there. The structure wasn't.
Credentials and training
- Dual degree in Naturopathic Medicine and Acupuncture & East Asian Medicine, Bastyr University
- Trained in Clinical Biofeedback
- Certified in Tensegrity Medicine, and trained in Visceral Manipulation through the Barral Institute
- Registered in Minnesota and licensed in Colorado and California, and serves as Vice President of the Minnesota Association of Naturopathic Physicians
- Clinical focus: MCAS, motility disorders, hormones, autoimmune conditions, and the messy overlap between them
I blend naturopathic principles, functional medicine, bodywork, breathwork, and lifestyle medicine. When something works better conventionally, I say so. When something works better naturopathically, I say that too.
Dr. Jordan's training
- Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, Bastyr University
- Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and Nutrition, Bastyr University
- Trained in Visceral Manipulation through the Barral Institute
- Practices at Yggdrasil Naturopathic Medicine in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and is a member of the American and Minnesota Associations of Naturopathic Physicians
- Clinical focus: metabolic health, insulin resistance, and weight regulation
Dr. Jordan came to naturopathic medicine through exercise science and nutrition, so he teaches metabolic health from how the body uses fuel, before any protocol. His course, Beyond Blood Sugar, goes upstream of the glucose number to the pieces that decide whether insulin resistance progresses. It arrives in three parts from March 19, 2027.
Who teaches here
Every course is built and taught by a practicing clinician, and each course page names its instructor.
- Dr. Joyce KnieffNMD, LAcFounder of Wayfinder's Well. Clinical focus: MCAS, motility disorders, hormones, autoimmune conditions, and the overlap between them. Teaches the MCAS, motility, iron, POTS, hypermobility, ME/CFS, thyroid and endometriosis courses.
- Dr. Jordan KnieffNDNaturopathic doctor whose clinical focus is metabolic health, insulin resistance, and weight regulation. Teaches Beyond Blood Sugar, which arrives in three parts from March 19, 2027.
Why this exists
Most of what I do in clinic is structure. I'm usually not the first person a patient has talked to. I'm often the fifth or the twelfth. By the time they reach my office, they've read more about their condition than they ever wanted to. They know the supplements. They've tried the diets. They can spell cromolyn.
What they don't have is a way to make sense of it all, so they can ask their care team for the right thing at the right time.
The information is online. What's missing is the structure. A 60-second TikTok about nervous system regulation teaches one thing, and it can't tell you where that one thing fits, or what has to be in place first for it to work.
The courses are the middle ground between a 60-second video and an hour with a clinician. They're what I'd want every patient to have worked through before our first visit, so we can start from understanding instead of from scratch.
How the courses work
Every course teaches the same way, in the same order:
- First, how the condition actually works.Mechanism, not protocol. You learn what a mast cell does, what goes wrong in MCAS, what tryptase measures and what it doesn't. Without the mechanism, the rest is just memorization.
- Second, what the research says and doesn't say.I name the diagnostic debates. I tell you which trials to weigh and which to set aside. Where there isn't enough evidence yet, I say so.
- Third, how to actually move forward.In sequence. What to stabilize first, what to add second, what to save for later. Skipping ahead is how people flare.
Who this is for
Wayfinder's Well is built for patients first: people living with complex chronic illness, which means MCAS, SIBO and motility problems, POTS, hypermobility, ME/CFS and post-viral fatigue, thyroid and endometriosis, and the conditions that show up with them. Clinicians and students are welcome too, and Mastering MCAS is written specifically for providers.
Everything here is education, and it works best alongside a provider who knows your history.
You'll get the most out of these courses if:
- You want to understand why your body does what it does, and what to ask your care team for.
- You're ready to work alongside your care team, whether that means supplements, medications, or both.
- You'd rather have a framework you can keep using for years than a protocol to copy once.
Not sure where to start?
Start with a free guide for your condition, then go deeper with the course whenever you're ready.
Clinician-designed. Evidence-based. Built for patients.