About Dr. Bannink and MettaPets
About
MettaPets
An Elevated and Integrative Approach to Healing for Pets and Their People
MettaPets was founded by Dr. Bannink with a deep commitment to supporting pets and their people through the challenges of cancer treatment with a whole-being approach to wellness. Understanding the profound impact of the human-animal bond on well-being, she recognizes that many individuals face their own health and healing challenges in today’s world. Through MettaPets, Dr. Bannink offers a broader, more integrative path to healing—one that leverages the interconnected aspects of physical, mental, emotional, energetic, and spiritual well-being to achieve improved wellness through the cancer journey.
By combining modern cancer therapeutics with the essential foundations of health and vitality, Dr. Bannink supports and empowers individuals to not only navigate the cancer journey with their beloved companion animals but to grow through it. Every challenge holds an opportunity—to deepen our understanding of healing, to strengthen the bonds we share, and to embrace life with greater awareness and purpose. With compassion, expertise, and a holistic vision for wellness, Dr. Bannink is here to guide you and your pet every step of the way.
What Is Integrative Oncology?
From the human literature:
"Integrative oncology is a patient-centered, evidence-informed field of cancer care that utilizes mind and body practices, natural products, and/or lifestyle modifications from different traditions alongside conventional cancer treatments. Integrative oncology aims to optimize health, quality of life, and clinical outcomes across the cancer care continuum and to empower people to prevent cancer and become active participants before, during, and beyond cancer treatment."
What Does Metta Mean?
Metta is a Pali word meaning "Loving Kindness".
Metta is also a meditation practice for developing unconditional love.
The heart behind Metta Pets is in honoring the gift of unconditional love we experience with our pets, the power of the human-animal bond, and the depth of growth and healing that is possible through the Loving Kindness we learn to express more fully through our heart-opening relationship with them.
We have the opportunity to learn so much on this precious journey of life with our pets.
I'd like to support and empower your journey together as you treasure the time you have with them.