Primary Care in Auburndale, FL

At Evolving Mind and Body in Auburndale, FL, primary care is built on relationships, not rushed visits. Erin Garza, APRN, FNP-C and Jason Floyd, MSN, APRN have intentionally designed a concierge-style practice where appointments are unhurried, your provider knows your full health story, and same-day questions get same-day answers.

Most conventional primary care visits last seven to ten minutes. Ours run 30 to 60 minutes because real medicine requires real conversation. We pair this longer-format care with direct provider messaging, prevention-first protocols aligned with the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines, and seamless coordination with our integrated psychiatry and integrative wellness teams. The result: care that addresses the whole person, not a list of symptoms.

Erin brings 20+ years in emergency medicine and a deep focus on healthy aging, hormone optimization, and lifestyle-based wellness. Jason is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with extensive emergency and cardiac care experience. Together they cover the full continuum of adult primary care: preventive screening, acute illness, chronic disease, mental health, and women's and men's wellness. Their training in both conventional and integrative medicine means you get evidence-based care plus the time and curiosity to investigate why you are feeling the way you are.

Polk County deserves a different kind of doctor's office. Whether you are searching for direct primary care near me, a primary care physician in Lakeland FL who actually listens, or a relationship-based practice that blends conventional medicine with root-cause thinking, we are accepting new patients now. We serve adults and adolescents throughout Auburndale, Lakeland, Winter Haven, Bartow, Lake Wales, Polk City, Davenport, Haines City, and Plant City, all from our welcoming clinic at 110 W Polk Ave in downtown Auburndale.

Our Auburndale primary care team manages the full spectrum of adult and adolescent health concerns, from acute illness and injury to long-term chronic care. On the chronic disease side, we provide ongoing, guideline-based management for type 2 diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure), hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol), thyroid disorders including hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's, prediabetes, metabolic syndrome, GERD, asthma, allergies, and osteoarthritis. We coordinate medication titration, A1c and lipid monitoring, and lifestyle interventions in step with each patient's goals. Where evidence supports it, we look for opportunities to reduce medication burden through nutrition, movement, sleep, and stress interventions.

Acute and episodic care covers everyday issues: respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, skin concerns, sprains and strains, sinus and ear infections, prescription refills, and wellness questions that pop up between annual visits. Same-day and next-day appointments are routinely available for our patients, and many concerns are resolved quickly through direct provider messaging.

Many of the patients we see arrive frustrated by symptoms that conventional medicine has treated as separate problems. We take a connected view. If your weight will not budge, if your energy is gone, if your hormones feel off, we do not hand you a prescription and a referral. We investigate root causes through thorough labs, history, and listening. Common concerns we co-manage with our integrative wellness team include weight management, hormonal imbalance, and low energy and fatigue. For mental health concerns including anxiety, depression, ADHD, insomnia, and trauma-related disorders, we partner with our on-site psychiatric team for evaluation and ongoing care, removing the wait times and silos that plague most communities.

Women's and men's health are also part of our scope. We perform routine wellness exams, contraception counseling, perimenopause and menopause management, low testosterone evaluation, and sexual health concerns within an environment that is private, judgment-free, and unhurried. Preventive screening protocols follow current USPSTF recommendations and include age-appropriate cancer screening referrals, bone density testing, cardiovascular risk assessment, and mental health screening at every annual visit.

If you are not sure where your concern fits, that is fine. Bring it to us. Our job is to listen, evaluate, and connect the dots between symptoms that may have been treated as separate problems for years. Often the most powerful thing we do at a first visit is simply give you the time to be fully heard.

If you are tired of feeling rushed, unheard, or like just another chart in the stack, we invite you to experience the difference. Erin Garza, APRN, FNP-C and Jason Floyd, MSN, APRN built Evolving Mind and Body to be the kind of practice they would want for their own families: relationship-driven, prevention-focused, and rooted in southern hospitality. Every appointment is unhurried. Every question gets a real answer. Every patient gets a true partner in their long-term health, not a 10-minute slot and a stack of forms.

Take the first step today. Visit our contact page to schedule a meet-and-greet visit or call (863) 797-6544 to speak with our team. We serve patients throughout Auburndale, Lakeland, Winter Haven, Bartow, Lake Wales, Polk City, Davenport, Haines City, Plant City, and the greater Polk County area, with a second location coming to Winter Haven. Whether you are switching from another practice, starting concierge care for the first time, or simply need a primary care provider who will take your concerns seriously, we are ready to meet you.