Our Process

Your Midlife Mastery Journey

Step 1

Strong Foundation

Starting from the ground up!

Start your Midlife Mastery journey with a free 15-minute Discovery Call. Speak directly with Dr. Livengood and learn how we put our Midlife Mastery Method to work for you.

Our New Patient Appointment is your next step. Where we review your concerns, order any initial laboratory testing, and begin to address each Midlife Mastery pillar of care. (See below for details on the pillars of care.)

Step 2

Feeling Better Than ‘Fine’

Your personalized Midlife Mastery health plan.

At your second visit, we review your personalized Midlife Mastery plan. A care plan unique to your needs, based on your lab results, and designed to support your energy, hormones and mindset.

After your first 2 visits launch your Midlife Mastery journey, we schedule at least 2 Momentum visits. Helping us fine tune your plan and keep you on track towards achieving better health.

Step 3

Lasting Change

Maintaining your spark.

After your initial 4 visits, additional Momentum visits are scheduled quarterly or as needed.

Once you have moved beyond ‘fine,’ we help you maintain your energy and spark via our online classes, in-person programs, and ongoing lifestyle counseling and coaching.


Midlife Mastery Method

Pillars of Care

Energy
We stop the energy drains and identify ways to give you a boost.
 
Looking at your fuel, metabolism, movement,  and sleep.
Hormones
Supporting your adrenal, thyroid, and sex hormones.
 
Helping you recover from burnout and navigate PMS, perimenopause, and menopause masterfully.
Mindset
Tools to help you build a life you love.
 
Crafting a personalized toolkit of stress management, flow state, and mindset work to keep you healthy and thriving.

In-Person Services

The Tools We Use



Lifestyle Counseling
Identifying and supporting measurable goals to transform your health.

Making lasting behavior and lifestyle changes can re-energize your life. We work together to strengthen your foundations of health. Our lifestyle check-in visits help keep you motived and accountable.





Functional Laboratory Testing
Analysis and interpretation of your unique bio-markers.

In addition to utilizing standard laboratory testing, we partner with specialty labs to offer greater insight into your body’s function. We offer standard screening labs, hormone testing, food sensitivity testing, gut/microbiome stool analysis, and micronutrient testing.


Hormone Support
Supporting your hormones.

We work together to optimize your thyroid, adrenal, and sex hormone production. Ensuring you can achieve your energy, vitality, weight, and stress management goals. We prescribe thyroid medication and bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, including topical estrogen and oral progesterone, when indicated. At this time we do not place hormone pellets or prescribe testosterone.






Herbal Medicine and Supplementation
Maintain and improve your health, naturally.

We utilize western herbal medicine and nutritional supplementation as needed to optimize your health as well as prevent and treat illness.


Gut Health
Optimizing your gut health to fuel your body.

Nourishing food is crucial to mastering midlife. Our gut health and nutrition support services include identifying food sensitivities, improving nutrient absorption, and individualized goal setting.

Mindset Coaching
Putting mindset and creativity to work for you.

Gain greater awareness of your own body and mind by accessing your creative genius. We use guided breathwork and meditation, art-based mindfulness workshops, and the HeartMath biofeedback technique.

Treating the cause of your symptoms.

The symptoms of stress, fatigue, burnout and chronic depletion, and peri/menopause can show up throughout your body. Our online classes, in-person programs, and Midlife Mastery Method aim to treat the root cause of your symptoms. We help transform fatigue, insomnia, weight gain, and brain fog. Manage stress and overwhelm. Treat hypothyroid, Hashimoto’s, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and other gut concerns. We provide support for premenstrual tension syndrome (PMS), in addition to supporting perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms including hot flashes, night sweats, and low libido.

In addition to standard laboratory testing, we utilize functional laboratory testing to help inform your treatment options. Labs that we partner with include: DiagnosTechs, Doctors Data, Genova Diagnostics, SIBO Center, and US BioTek.

We also partner with the supplement wholesaler Fullscript to help you get the supplements you need when you need them.