About
Meet Maryann.
Traditional Naturopath, functional nutrition consultant, and therapeutic massage practitioner serving the greater Lansing, Michigan community from her practice in Delta Township.
A practitioner who listens.
Maryann's work is rooted in honoring each person's biochemical individuality. Most clients arrive after a long stretch of feeling unwell — bloated, fatigued, hormonally unsteady — and have been told their labs look "normal." The body keeps the score even when standard panels don't. Her approach starts with a thorough intake, an honest look at lifestyle and history, and then layered functional assessment when it adds clarity.
The framework she works in — five foundations of digestion, blood sugar, fatty acids, minerals, and hydration — is intentionally simple. Most chronic symptoms shift when those foundations are restored, and the rest of the body has space to heal on its own terms.
Training & approach
- · Traditional Naturopath — focused on nutrition, lifestyle, and the body's natural mechanisms of healing.
- · Functional nutrition — using the Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire and the five-foundations framework to build food-first protocols.
- · Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) — interpretation of mineral patterns, stress signals, and metabolic typing from a CLIA-certified lab.
- · Therapeutic massage — integrated alongside the wellness plan, not delivered as an isolated service.
What clients can expect
The first visit is mostly listening — health history, current symptoms, prior care, and what you're hoping to change. From there, the plan unfolds at the pace of real life. Some clients work with Maryann for six to twelve weeks around a specific concern; others stay on a maintenance cadence for a year or more, especially when navigating perimenopause, recovery from burnout, or family-wide nutrition shifts.
The work is collaborative. Nothing happens to you in this practice — it happens with you.
FAQ
Common questions about the practice.
What is a Traditional Naturopath? +
A Traditional Naturopath is a wellness practitioner trained in nutrition, herbalism, lifestyle, and the body's natural mechanisms of healing. Traditional Naturopaths in Michigan are not licensed medical doctors — they don't diagnose disease or prescribe medication. Their work is educational and complementary, focused on the foundations of nutrition, digestion, sleep, stress, and movement.
Why functional nutrition instead of standard nutrition counseling? +
Functional nutrition starts from the assumption that biochemistry is individual. Two people with the same symptom often need very different protocols. Lab work like HTMA and a thorough intake reveal patterns standard counseling — focused on calories or food groups — tends to miss.
Do you work with my doctor? +
Yes. Functional nutrition and Traditional Naturopathy are complementary, not adversarial. Bring your bloodwork, recent labs, and current treatment plan to the first session, and we'll build the protocol around the medical care you're already receiving.
Will I have to go on a strict diet? +
Almost never. Targeted, time-limited removal of one food sometimes helps clarify a pattern, but the goal is a sustainable, varied way of eating. Long-term restriction tends to backfire physiologically and emotionally.