Hello + Welcome!
Midlife isn’t about slowing down.
It’s about becoming vibrant, energetic, and resilient in a whole new way.
If your body feels unfamiliar in perimenopause or menopause, you’re not alone. This isn’t decline — it’s recalibration.
As an Integrative Nutrition practitioner, I help you understand what’s happening and what to do next so you can feel strong, steady and vibrant for decades to come.
Midlife shifts your metabolism, sleep, stress response, digestion, and body composition.
What used to work… doesn’t always work anymore.
Instead of pushing harder, we work smarter.
Inside my Midlife & Beyond Vitality approach, we focus on:
Stabilizing blood sugar for consistent, all-day energy
Supporting adrenal and thyroid health
Preserving muscle and protecting bone
Calming inflammation
Optimizing the gut health
Supporting estrogen and progesterone balance
Using herbs, targeted supplements, and (when appropriate) bio-identical hormones thoughtfully
We don’t chase symptoms.
We identify root causes.
And we build a body that can handle stress, sleep deeply, think clearly, and stay strong long-term.
Life requires balance.
Let’s eat the chia and savor the chocolate.
Hello!
I’m Stephanie. I specialize in midlife women’s health, especially perimenopause and menopause, and I’ve spent over two decades helping women rebuild strength, clarity, and confidence in their bodies.
I’m a Certified Functional & Integrative Nutrition practitioner and longtime fitness instructor (Pilates, weight training, yoga, and Barre). I understand how essential muscle, nourishment, recovery, and hormone balance are in this stage of life.
But this work is personal, too.
Like many women, I’ve navigated digestive struggles, hormone shifts, and the confusing season of “why doesn’t what used to work… work anymore?”
Midlife doesn’t require restriction or exhaustion.
It requires strategy, support, and sustainable shifts.
I blend evidence-based nutrition, functional testing when appropriate, targeted supplementation, and strength-forward movement so you can feel vibrant, energetic, and resilient — not just for now, but for the decades ahead.
This chapter can be powerful.
“Stephanie helped bring me from sleeping 15 hours a day to being able to teach fitness classes! I so appreciate her supportive listening and digging in deep to figure out what was actually happening.”
—Lyn Lyndbergh
“I feel amazing, which has caused a ripple effect in my personal and professional life. Stephanie gave me the tools I needed to look and feel my very best (I've lost 30 lbs!), which as I've learned, starts from the inside. Thank you Stephanie, really truly!”
—Sherry
“Working with Stephanie has been miraculous. I have had trouble with my digestive system for many years – nausea, diarrhea, almost instant allergic type symptoms that caused great distress, shaking that would go on for hours. One of my worried daughters suggested I speak to Stephanie. Now I’ve not only changed my diet, I've changed my attitude toward the food I eat. I feel healthier, more confident, and rarely have any of my previous symptoms and can sleep without sleeping pills. A sincere and heartfelt thank you for taking on my deeply entrenched food issues, and my psychological issues around food, and helping me overcome them. A gift beyond price."
-Leslie
"I've lost weight, I have won my battle with acid reflux disease, my stomach issues are gone (no dairy anymore!) and believe it or not-my vision has improved! Since I'm the "cook" in my family, my whole family has seen the benefits-especially my husband who has lost weight and whose cholesterol levels have lowered. Stephanie has worked so closely with me to help me develop an individualized food plan that works for me and my family. I highly recommend her!”
—Lisa
“All of my many results include: a healthy digestive system, a stronger and leaner body, steady energy without ups and downs, and losing 7 pounds. And the most important result: I feel great.
It's the best investment in my health and wellbeing I have ever made. Thank you, Stephanie.”
—Elizabeth
“My body feels free of aches and my joints are free of pain. Often when I would sit and then get up my joints would be stiff and painful. This is gone. I feel lighter and lithe. I can pick my grandsons up and throw them around. I feel clear headed and more in touch with my intuition. I have lost the fat around my middle. I weighed 135.5 before and I am at 125.5 now. In the past I have had some IBS symptoms but those are all clear. In short I simply feel better and happier."
—Lydia
“I have never been a fan of the "quick fix" - You have given me real tools that I can use to change myself and my family. I am your huge fan!”
—Erin
Social media is an onslaught of information that's so overwhelming! The truth is, studies show that protein intake does, indeed, need to increase during these years, and here are the reasons why:
1. Muscle Preservation in Hormonal Transition
With declining estrogen levels, our bodies become less efficient at building and maintaining muscle. Higher protein intake helps combat this, preserving our strength and vitality….
By now you probably know that menopause is a natural phase of our lives where the declining levels of estrogen and progesterone lead to significant hormonal changes in the body. While it's a normal part of aging (and can be a beautiful time in a woman's life) these shifts can bring challenging symptoms like hot flashes, insomnia, anxiety, weight gain, mood swings, among many other things, that many of us find draining and downright disruptive.
Blood sugar, or glucose, is your body's primary energy source, derived mainly from carbohydrates in our diet. When you eat, your digestive system breaks down food into glucose, which then enters your bloodstream. The hormone insulin, produced by the pancreas, helps transport this glucose into your cells for energy or storage.
How does this impact weight, mood and hormones?
