Hello!
I’m Alex Riley, a holistic nutritionist and functional medicine practitioner working in women’s health.
Over the past 10+ years, I’ve worked with women navigating hormones, stress, burnout, digestion, energy, and the everyday impact of modern life on the body.
What I’ve consistently noticed is that most women don’t need more information, we need help making sense of what we already know, and support in applying it in a way that actually fits in our real lives.
A lot of women are doing everything “right” for their health, yet still feel tired, disconnected, or overwhelmed. That gap is what I’m most interested in.
My Approach
I’m interested in the space between knowing what to do for your health… and actually doing it.
Today, wellness has created A LOT of noise: more tracking, more rules, more optimization… but not always more clarity.
My work sits in the intersection of education and lived experience - helping you understand what’s happening in your body without overwhelming you with extremes, perfection, or conflicting advice.
Personal Layer
This work is also shaped by my own experience with burnout and the disconnect that can happen when you’re doing everything “right” for your health, but still don’t feel well in your body.
It’s what made me more interested in the gap between health information, lifestyle demands, and how women actually feel day to day.
Many of the women I work with are navigating experiences I’ve also had to learn how to understand - burnout, hormonal shifts, and the pressure to constantly optimize health in a very unbalanced world.
Realistic Wellness
I believe wellness should feel supportive, not stressful.
That means moving away from rigid protocols and towards sustainable habits that take into account:
Your energy
Your stress levels
Your hormones
Your lifestyle
Your capacity as a human being
Health is not a one size fits all, it’s about doing what actually works for YOU.
Women’s Health, Burnout & Our Nervous System
A lot of what women experience - fatigue, weight changes, anxiety, cycle shifts, low motivation, and feeling “off” - is not just surface-level.
It’s often connected to:
Chronic stress load
Nervous system dysregulation
Hormonal shifts
Lifestyle patterns that keep the body in survival mode
These systems interact, and is the key to why so many high-functioning women feel disconnected from their bodies even when they’re doing everything “right.”
Practical Implementation
Information is only useful if it can be applied.
That’s why my work focuses on making things simple, realistic, and actually doable in real life, not idealized routines that fall apart the moment life gets busy.
We focus on small, meaningful shifts that support long-term health rather than short-term perfection.
Reconnecting to the Body
At the core of everything I do is this idea:
Your body is not something to override, it’s something to understand.
Our symptoms are gifts from the body, telling us to pay attention & give it some TLC!
My goal is to help women rebuild trust with their bodies, learn how to interpret what they’re feeling, and feel more grounded in their health instead of constantly second-guessing it.
Education
Holistic Nutritionist
Bauman College - 2014-2016
Precision Nutrition Certified - 2016
Functional Medicine, Hormone Specialist
Applied Functional Medicine Coach; School of Applied Functional Medicine - Level II - 2018-2020
Academy of Functional Medicine - 2021- On-going
Personal Trainer
NASM - 2014
Equinox, Tier X Coach (Highest Level Trainer & Coaching) - 2015-2020
BA in Public Relations, Advertising & Business Administration; Chapman University - 2009-2013