Dr. Brandon Drabek, ND

I originally became an ordained minister because I’ve always felt that my work was meant to go beyond physical health alone. From early on, I was drawn to helping people in a way that honors the connection between body, mind, and spirit. Becoming ordained felt like a natural extension of that calling. It gave me a way to formally step into moments that carry deep meaning for people and to serve them with intention, presence, and respect.

On a personal level, I have always believed that some of the most important moments in life deserve to be held with care. Times of transition, commitment, healing, reflection, and renewal are not just events — they are experiences that shape people deeply. I wanted the ability to show up for those moments in a more complete way, not only as a health professional, but as someone who could help create space for meaning, connection, and purpose.

Professionally, it also aligned with the way I have always approached my work. I do not see healing as something limited to symptoms or isolated systems of the body. I see it as a broader process that involves values, relationships, identity, belief, and the search for coherence in life. Becoming ordained supported that broader perspective and gave me another avenue to serve people in a way that felt consistent with my philosophy of care.

Spiritually, it represented a commitment to service. It was never about having a title for its own sake. It was about recognizing that part of my role is to help guide, support, and witness people through meaningful moments in a way that is grounded, sincere, and heart-centered. In that sense, becoming ordained was simply one more way of answering a calling that was already there.

I’m based in Chesterland, Ohio, where I serve individuals and families throughout Geauga County and the greater Northeast Ohio area.

I hope to use my ordination as another avenue to serve people during meaningful moments of transition, commitment, healing, and renewal. Because my work has always been rooted in a whole-person approach that honors body, mind, and spirit, ordination feels like a natural extension of my calling. It gives me the opportunity to support others not only through health and wellness, but also through moments that deserve presence, intention, and deeper meaning.

My spiritual outlook is shaped by a respect for truth wherever it is found, and that has led me to appreciate influences from the Baha’i Faith, Deism, Freemasonry, and the Universal Life Church. I value the Baha’i emphasis on the unity of humanity, the harmony of science and religion, and the idea that spiritual truth unfolds progressively across traditions.

At the same time, Deism reflects my belief that reason, conscience, and observation of the natural order have an important place in spiritual understanding. Freemasonry is also meaningful to me, not as a religion itself, but as a fraternity that encourages moral development, reverence for a Supreme Being, personal responsibility, and respect for people of many faiths.

My ordination through the Universal Life Church fits that same interfaith spirit. The ULC describes itself as non-denominational and welcoming to people of many different belief systems, which aligns with my desire to serve others in a way that is sincere, inclusive, and respectful of individual conscience.

Overall, I would say I am less interested in rigid denominational boundaries and more interested in living out the shared spiritual principles of reverence, service, unity, moral growth, and care for others. My affiliations reflect an interfaith and conscientious approach to spirituality rather than exclusive allegiance to a single doctrinal system.