A more personal way to think about metabolic health, midlife changes, and learning to work with your body instead of against it. I was recently asked to share my perspective on metabolic health—specifically, how I approach working with clients who feel like their body just isn’t responding the way it used to. And I’ll be honest… I didn’t have to think very long about my answer. Because the question I hear most often isn’t actually about food, or exercise, or even metabolism.

A closer look at bioindividuality through the functional nutrition lens Have you ever tried something that was supposed to be “healthy” — a new diet, a supplement, or a wellness trend that everyone seemed to be raving about — only to find that it didn’t work the way you expected? Maybe your friend felt amazing after cutting carbs. Maybe a coworker swears intermittent fasting changed her life. Maybe someone you follow online insists that a particular way of eating is the key t

Why “Eat Better” Isn’t Always Enough If improving your health were as simple as “eat better and exercise more,” most of us would have this whole wellness thing figured out by now. And yet… here we are. Then midlife arrives and suddenly the body starts behaving like it downloaded a software update without asking permission. Sleep becomes optional. Brain fog moves in like an uninvited houseguest. Belly fat appears out of nowhere. Energy dips, moods swing, and the strategies tha

In last week’s article, I switched things up a bit, mostly in response to the “noticing” exercise I participated in during the previous week. You may remember that the purpose of the exercise was to simply notice what, over the course of a single day, influenced us to do/buy/try/change something. I called it “things that make you go hmmm.” That seemingly simple experiment, conducted by my mentor, Andrea Nakayama, had quite an impact on me and on my perspective of why we do th