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what you’ll walk away with:

This isn’t just a session. It’s a game plan for your life rooted in science, personalized to your physiology, and built for sustainable energy and real results.

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Meli is a board-certified CNS Functional Nutritionist and Performance & Recovery Specialist with over two decades of experience in fitness, movement, and integrative wellness.
Her work bridges nutrition, physiology, and nervous system regulation to help clients rebuild energy, balance hormones, and heal from the effects of chronic stress.

She specializes in women’s health, perimenopause and postmenopause support, athletic recovery, and metabolic resilience, offering practical, science-backed strategies to help you feel energized and in control again.

Meli Kirkwood, MScN, CNS, LDN, CPT

Functional & Performance Nutritionist, Personal Trainer
Trauma-Informed

functional nutrition

What Is Functional Nutrition?
Functional nutrition looks beyond symptoms to uncover why the body is out of balance.

It uses lab data, physiology, and lifestyle context to design targeted nutrition and recovery plans that restore energy, hormone balance, and resilience.

From metabolism to mood, perimenopause to recovery every body tells a story. Functional nutrition helps you understand yours.

how I support you:

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    hormone & glp-1 nutrition support

    Personalized nutrition to complement medical therapies and hormonal balance.
    These sessions provide targeted nutrition and supplement guidance for individuals using GLP-1 medications or hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
    The focus is on stabilizing blood sugar, maintaining lean mass, and supporting metabolic health while helping your body adapt to hormonal therapies safely and effectively.
    You’ll receive a clear, functional plan that supports long-term energy and balance.

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    perimenopause & postmenopause optimization

    Functional strategies to restore metabolism, energy, and vitality in midlife.
    These sessions integrate nutrition, metabolic support, movement, and nervous system regulation to help women navigate hormonal transitions with clarity and confidence.
    We’ll focus on balancing cortisol, thyroid, and blood sugar while supporting muscle, mood, and longevity — so you can feel strong, focused, and in control of your health again.

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    stress, gut & the biology of trauma

    Exploring the science of stress and how it shapes your body’s health.
    Grounded in Dr. Aimie Apigian’s Biology of Trauma™ framework, this service examines how chronic stress and dysregulation affect your gut, hormones, immune system, and mood.
    Through a functional approach combining nutrition, lab insights, and nervous system regulation, we’ll address the physiological patterns behind fatigue, inflammation, anxiety, or autoimmune concerns—helping your body move from survival to repair.

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