Perimenopause Nutritionist in San Francisco, CA
Practical nutrition support for changing energy, sleep, cravings, digestion, and weight – built around your body and this stage of life.
Personalized support for changing energy, sleep, cravings, digestion, and weight
Perimenopause can make your body feel unfamiliar. The foods, workouts, and routines that once felt reliable may no longer produce the same results. You may be sleeping poorly, craving foods you rarely thought about before, gaining weight around your middle, or wondering why your energy and mood feel so unpredictable.
These changes are not a failure of discipline. Perimenopause is a real transition, and your strategy may need to change with it.
I help women in San Francisco and online build practical nutrition and lifestyle habits that support them through this phase – without extreme diets, shame, or being told to simply accept feeling unwell.
Common Perimenopause Concerns I Support
- Weight gain or a change in body composition
- Increased hunger, sugar cravings, or feeling “hangry”
- Afternoon energy crashes and brain fog
- Poor sleep or waking during the night
- Mood changes, irritability, or feeling less resilient to stress
- Bloating, constipation, reflux, or new food reactions
- Irregular cycles, hot flashes, or night sweats
- Difficulty recovering from exercise
- Concerns about blood sugar, insulin resistance, or metabolic health
- Confusion about protein, carbohydrates, supplements, HRT, or GLP-1 medications
Nutrition coaching does not replace care from your OB-GYN or physician. It can help you strengthen the food, movement, sleep, stress, and daily routines that support your health alongside medical care.
Perimenopause Is More Than a Hormone Problem
Hormonal fluctuations matter, but they do not operate in isolation. Sleep, stress, muscle mass, digestion, nourishment, and blood sugar regulation can influence how you feel during the transition.
That is why I do not hand every woman the same “hormone-balancing” diet. We look at your symptoms, health history, current eating patterns, energy, digestion, stress load, sleep, movement, and goals. Then we identify the priorities most likely to make daily life feel more stable.
Your plan may include balanced meals, adequate protein, strategic carbohydrate choices, fiber-rich foods, meal timing, hydration, digestion support, strength-supportive habits, and realistic sleep or stress practices. The purpose is not to make your life more restrictive. It is to give your body more consistent support.
Already reached menopause? If it’s been 12 or more months since your last period, visit my menopause nutritionist page for support tailored to that stage.
What Working Together Looks Like
Start with your symptoms and goals
During the free discovery call, we discuss what has changed, how those changes are affecting your life, and what you want support with most.
Connect the patterns
We review your eating, energy, cravings, sleep, digestion, stress, movement, and health history. We also consider relevant information from your healthcare team when appropriate.
Create a focused perimenopause plan
Your plan emphasizes the most useful next steps for you—not every possible wellness recommendation. You will receive practical actions that work with your schedule and preferences.
Adjust as your body changes
Perimenopause is not static. Ongoing coaching helps us evaluate your response, address new challenges, and refine the plan as symptoms and priorities shift.
Bloating, fatigue, cravings, and stubborn weight can feel unpredictable during perimenopause. The free Food & Symptom Journal helps you track what’s changing so you can start seeing patterns more clearly.
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Science-Informed Guidance You Can Actually Use
I combine advanced training in functional medicine with nationally board-certified health coaching to bridge the gap between knowing what may support your health and making those changes work in everyday life.
Together we will explore how nutrition, digestion, stress, sleep, and daily habits may be influencing how you feel, without reducing your experience to a generic protocol.
A doctor or naturopath may help identify what needs attention and provide recommendations. Knowing what to do is only the beginning. I support what happens next: translating nutrition goals into meals and daily routines, troubleshooting real-life obstacles, and adjusting the plan so it remains realistic.
Your plan is shaped around your symptoms, history, preferences, schedule, and goals, not pulled from a standardized template.
Together, we’ll work through real-life barriers, adjust strategies as needed, and build sustainable routines that support lasting progress.
- Functional Medicine Advanced Certification, School of Applied Functional Medicine
- National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC)
- Certified Quantum Coach
Perimenopause Nutrition Coaching FAQs
Perimenopause is the transition leading up to menopause, when hormone levels may fluctuate and cycles often become less predictable. Menopause is reached after 12 consecutive months without a menstrual period.
Changing hormones can coincide with shifts in sleep, stress response, appetite, insulin sensitivity, muscle mass, and recovery. A personalized approach looks at the full pattern instead of blaming willpower.
Not automatically. The goal is to create meals that support energy, satisfaction, blood sugar, digestion, and your health goals. Any temporary restriction should have a clear purpose and should not be more extensive than necessary.
Potentially, yes. Medication decisions belong with your prescribing provider. Coaching can support foundational nutrition, adequate protein, digestion, sleep, movement, and sustainable routines alongside medical care.
Every woman’s history and symptoms are different. Some people notice changes in energy, cravings, digestion, or sleep relatively early, while larger health and body-composition goals require more time. We focus on meaningful, sustainable progress rather than a guaranteed timeline.
Your body is changing, but you do not have to navigate those changes alone. Let’s build a plan that helps you feel steadier, stronger, and more confident in what comes next.
