THE MOTHERLODE
Feel like yourself in your body and brain again.
Steadier energy. Better sleep. A clearer head. More predictable moods. A body that responds to your efforts.
come sit with us.
You should feel better by now.
Maybe your baby is eight months old and you still feel depleted, foggy and nothing like yourself.
Maybe your youngest is in elementary school and somehow you’re still exhausted and burnt TF out.
Or maybe you finally made it out of the little-kid years just in time for perimenopause to slap you in the face.
If you’re waking up tired, crashing in the afternoon, sleeping like crap, feeling puffy, anxious or unusually irritable, or gaining weight despite trying harder than ever to take care of yourself, come sit with us.
Motherlode is my functional nutrition system for moms who want real help with symptoms that linger after pregnancy, build through years of stress, and get louder in perimenopause.
You don’t have to keep waiting for your body to sort itself out on its own.
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Your body changed.
Your care never caught up.
Pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding can affect your nutrient stores, hormones, thyroid function, blood sugar, metabolism, sleep and stress response.
Then chronic stress and years of interrupted sleep pile on.
And just when you think you’ve got your body figured out, perimenopause starts moving the goalposts again. Suddenly every symptom gets shrugged off as “hormones,” as if that tells you what to do about it.
This is why fatigue, anxiety, brain fog, weight gain, PMS and waking up at 3am can look like six separate problems when they may be part of the same bigger picture.
Healthcare isn’t designed to follow that thread across every stage of motherhood.
OB care is focused on pregnancy, birth and making sure there are no immediate postpartum complications.
At your six-week postpartum visit, you may be cleared for exercise and sent on your way.
The baby continues receiving regular care but
you largely disappear from the system.
Then you show up months or years later exhausted, anxious, foggy, puffy, unable to sleep or gaining weight, and your basic bloodwork comes back “normal.”
Primary care is focused on identifying and managing disease.
You aren’t acutely ill.
But you also don’t feel well.
That is the gray area Motherlode was built for.
Molly came in mentally foggy, exhausted, unable to sleep and irritable. Once she adjusted how she was eating and supporting her body, she said:
“I started to feel much more like myself. The resources and support in this program are great and really helped me. I wish I had found it sooner.”
That’s what we’re after.
Not becoming a full-time wellness project.
Feeling like you again.
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You’ve been told you’re fine. Your body disagrees.
Finally, a place to figure out what’s actually going on.
Motherlode is a hands-on functional nutrition program where we figure out what’s driving your symptoms, decide what to work on first, give you a clear plan, order useful labs when needed, and meet every week to make sure you’re actually progressing.
Get a custom diagnostic
When you join, you start with the Motherwell Health Inventory.
You’ll map out your symptoms, health history, current habits, previous labs and what you’ve already tried.
We map out your month
Come to the monthly Roadmap session, where we choose the focus that best matches what’s going on with your body and turn it into your first 30-Day Priority Plan.
You leave knowing what to start doing now, what to track and what can wait.
Focus on one thing at a time
Not twelve new health projects.
A short list.
Then you do the work, with help.
If your energy improves but your sleep is still a mess, you bring it back.
If you’re not sure if a supplement is working, you bring it back.
If your labs raise new questions, you bring them back.
If real life blows up the plan by Tuesday, yep, bring that too.
You bring it back. We troubleshoot it.
Then you keep moving.
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The Mom Bod Pathways
Most women can see themselves in more than one Pathway.
That’s normal. Sleep, hormones, stress, nutrients and metabolism are not known for respecting departmental boundaries.
We start with the symptoms shouting the loudest.
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Get the labs without the runaround.
Sometimes the next useful step is more information.
A basic workup from your doc may tell you whether you meet the criteria for a diagnosable condition.
It may not explain why you’re exhausted, waking at 3am, gaining weight, dealing with heavier periods or feeling like your body has gone completely rogue.
Inside Motherlode, I’ll show you what testing may be useful for the symptoms you’re working on, what may have been left off your original workup and what to ask your provider for.
That might mean a closer look at thyroid markers, iron and ferritin, blood sugar and insulin, nutrients, inflammation, hormones or other relevant testing.
If your provider won’t order testing that makes sense to investigate, we can often order eligible labs through our lab partners.
Labs are purchased separately at member pricing, and availability depends on your location.
Because “your labs are normal” should not be the end of the conversation when you still feel like ass.
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Bring us the messy middle.
Every week, we meet live for a working session.
ROADMAP
We review what’s changed and build your next 30-Day Priority Plan.
You leave knowing what matters now.
LAB POWER HOUR
Bring results or testing questions.
We unpack what the markers can and cannot tell you, what may be worth investigating further and what to ask your provider next.
CLINIC
Bring the symptom that won’t budge, the supplement question, the side effect you weren’t expecting or the strategy that sounded perfectly sensible until you tried to do it with children in the house.
We troubleshoot the next move.
ROUNDTABLE
This is where the beautiful theoretical wellness plan meets real mom life.
Meals. Movement. Travel. Stress. Picky families. Impossible mornings. The week where everyone lost their minds.
We work out what needs to get easier, smaller or more realistic.
“Good support and accountability. I appreciate knowing my questions can be answered quickly in a variety of ways, AI, Slack and office hours.”
MOTHERLODE MEMBER
I cloned myself.
Meet Rosie, your personal AI coach.
Rosie is loaded with the Pathways, lessons and practical resources you’re using inside The Motherlode.
She’s there when you need help between calls and your brain does not have capacity for another Google rabbit hole.
Ask her to turn your nutrition targets into meals. Build a grocery list. Use what’s already in the fridge. Help with protein at breakfast. Build a supplement schedule. Explain a lesson. Work something into your actual routine.
Or remind you what you were supposed to be doing before your tired mom brain deleted the file.
One member told me:
“I’m totally addicted to Rosie, she is amazing. I texted her what I’d eaten for breakfast and lunch and asked what she would recommend for dinner to fulfill my nutrition goals. She gave me ideas to boost my fiber and iron, integrated ingredients from my fridge and gave me recipes for dinner... Step-by-step guidance for my tired mom brain!!”
You also have the private Motherlode community, focused workshops, Pathway lessons, meal-planning tools and practical guides.
Use what connects to your current plan.
The rest can wait.
This is a buffet, not a nine-course meal.
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What progress can look like
Your 3pm crash may improve before your jeans fit differently.
Your sleep may settle before your PMS does.
Some symptoms respond in weeks.
Others need months of consistent support.
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In the first few weeks
You may begin noticing steadier energy, fewer crashes, calmer hunger and cravings, less bloating or fewer physical symptoms of anxiety.
“After just a few tutorials, I started following the guidance, and within a couple of weeks my physical symptoms of anxiety were gone.”
Rachel P, Mother Recover
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Over the first one to three months
Sleep, mood, brain fog, stress resilience and PMS often need more repetition.
This is where having somewhere to troubleshoot matters.
“I feel more energy, better mood, less bloating, fewer and less intense PMS symptoms, better stress resilience.”
motherlode member
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The slower-moving stuff
Cycles, metabolic markers, inflammation, nutrient depletion and changes in weight or body composition usually need more time.
“My clothes fit differently, and my measurements are down inches. I appreciate the focus on slow, sustainable changes. Bonus, I have more energy and stable moods.”
cory, metabolic moms
Progress will not look exactly the same for everyone.
But you’ll be moving in the right direction, and you’ll understand what’s happening in your body.
I’ll help you make sense of your body, labs, and the unique-to-motherhood roadblocks.
Alison Boden, MPH, RDN
Functional nutrition dietitian for 16 years. Mom of two. Postpartum burnout survivor and currently going through the absolute WTF of perimenopause.
this baby is 9 now —>
join the motherlode
Join the Motherlode
$97
The Motherlode is $97 per month with a three-month initial commitment.
After that, you can continue month to month for as long as the support is useful.
PER MONTH
You get The Motherlode of resources:
+ All four Motherlode Pathways
+ Your Health Inventory and rolling 30-Day Priority Plans
+ One live session with me each week
+ Lab education and access to eligible testing through our partners
+ Rosie for between-call help
+ The private Motherlode community
+ Workshops, meal-planning tools and practical resources
When you join, you’ll also receive:
Energize, The De-Zombie Energy Audit.
WORTH $97
Identify the biggest things draining your energy and leave with an immediate first move instead of seventeen more things to research.
Personal Motherlode Triage.
WORTH $175
I’ll review your Health Inventory and send you a short personal video explaining where to focus first.
Available to the first 10 new Motherlode members each month.
What if this doesn’t work for me?
I’ve got your back.
14-DAY FIT GUARANTEE
Join, explore The Motherlode and attend at least one live session.
If you realize within 14 days that it isn’t the right fit, you can leave and the rest of your three-month commitment will be cancelled.
90-DAY PROGRESS GUARANTEE
Complete your Health Inventory, follow your recommended Pathway and use the support.
If, after 90 days, the priority symptoms you identified in your starting Health Inventory haven’t meaningfully improved, we’ll review what happened, adjust the plan and your fourth month is on me.
You do not need every symptom gone in 90 days.
But something should be moving.
Here’s what happens when you join
Join The Motherlode.
Get immediate access.
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COMPLETE YOUR MOTHERWELL HEALTH INVENTORY.
Tell me what you’re experiencing, what you’ve tried and what you most want help changing.
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COME TO THE NEXT ROADMAP SESSION.
We’ll choose your starting Pathway and turn it into your first 30-Day Priority Plan.
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You do not need to figure out whether this is depletion, stress, metabolism, perimenopause or some annoying combination of everything before you join.
That’s what we’re here to work out.
P.S. You’ve been taking care of everyone else since the day you became a mom. The Motherlode is where we finally take care of you.