Our Story
At the heart of our care is a belief: healing is your birthright.
Founded on Indigenous wisdom
Founded by Dr. Sadie Laronde — an Anishinaabe chiropractor and trauma-informed practitioner — The Effect Healing Collective blends Indigenous wisdom, nervous system science, and wholistic tools to support healing on all levels: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.
We are here to help you reconnect with your body, reclaim your energy, and remember your wholeness. From chiropractic care and energy healing to life coaching, every service is offered with compassion, curiosity, and cultural safety.
Healing here isn't just treatment — it's a return to who you truly are.
We believe in the butterfly effect: that small positive steps you take today can make lasting ripple effects in your family, community, and even the world. Your healing is more than for you — it's for the people before you and even seven generations before and after you.
What we stand for
Cultural Safety
Every session is a safe space — especially for BIPOC clients, Indigenous community members, and those who have felt unseen or dismissed by conventional healthcare.
Intergenerational Healing
We hold the seven-generation principle: your healing today changes the story for your children, grandchildren, and the generations beyond them.
Whole-Person Care
Physical pain has emotional roots. Emotional wounds have physical symptoms. We never treat one without acknowledging the other.
Trauma-Informed Practice
We understand that for many clients, healthcare itself has been a source of harm. Our approach is slow, intentional, and led by your comfort and consent.
Collaboration
Our practitioners work together — not in separate silos. When you need more than one kind of care, we talk to each other and build an integrated path forward.
Accessibility
We offer free 15-minute consultations because we believe everyone deserves to understand their options before committing to care.
Land Acknowledgement
As an Indigenous business, we are grateful to be here and live on this beautiful land that has been cared for by the Algonquin peoples for millennia.
May it return to their care in our lifetime, in good health and with reverence to the time, pain, lives, and culture lost from the unceded Algonquin territory.
Chi miigwetch to those who have come before us, who are fighting now, and who will take their place in the next generations.
Come meet us
151-D Second Ave, Ottawa. Free parking. A space where you are welcomed exactly as you are.