Every few months, you’ll find Shyler Bischof reorganizing his pantry.

Shyler is dedicated to excellence in the pursuit of healing and well-being. His brain, a cocktail of wit, stubbornness, and authenticity, opts for generating constructive challenges over living in mundane ennui. He resembles the mouse protagonist in the classic children’s book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie; Shyler is a perpetual doer, a thinker, a resourceful leader, and is annoyingly supportive. He loves anime, traveling, and running, so he’ll probably want a snack. See? Back to the pantry.

Shyler champions difficult personal and occupational tasks: He holds an eleven-minute cold plunge record and seeks to heal the broken mental health system. He’s a Type 8 on the enneagram: a challenger, a defender of the underdog, a seeker of improvement. He absolutely believes in empowering you to work towards your potential.

He and his team have created a name for themself as innovators of mental health practices, combining dedicated research with all aspects of a person’s well-being, including focusing on personal genetic disposition, personality, functionality, and spirituality. Shyler believes the “throw-medication-at-people” model belongs in the past. He taught himself how to prescribe medication better, honing in on a medication system specific to individuals based on their genetic histories and personal backgrounds.

The mental health field has intrigued and impassioned Shyler for over twelve years; following high school, he worked at the Utah State Hospital, eventually working as a Recreational Therapist for behavioral patients in the Children’s Unit. He received his Bachelor’s in Nursing from UVU and his Doctorate of Nursing (DNP) from the University of Utah, specializing in mental health for all ages. He currently works with all ages, occupations, and personalities.

The struggle is actually real, Shyler believes, as healing belongs in the category of hard, dedicated work. Long-term results require carrying the weight of healing, even if doing so momentarily worsens things. Be prepared to invest in yourself: Shyler will help lift the weight of your challenges, but you’ll need to carry it too.

Finally, he echoes author Hanya Yanagihara: “…things get broken, and sometimes they get repaired, and in most cases, you realize that no matter what gets damaged, life rearranges itself to compensate for your loss, sometimes wonderfully.”

The best things are the most challenging things.

Let’s do the work.