Naturopathic Care for Perimenopause & Menopause in Westport, CT
Perimenopause can change far more than your period.
Anxiety, brain fog, fatigue, disrupted sleep, weight changes, digestive symptoms and feeling unlike yourself can all emerge during this transition.
I provide personalized naturopathic and functional medicine for women navigating perimenopause and menopause, looking beyond hormones alone to understand the connections between your hormones, gut-brain axis, metabolism, thyroid health, and nervous system.
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Could This Be Perimenopause?
Perimenopause can begin years before your periods stop, and the signs are not always obvious. Changes in mood, sleep, energy, cognition, digestion, metabolism, and menstrual cycles can appear gradually, sometimes before you realize hormones may be part of the picture.
Perimenopause Is More Than a Hormone Problem
I'M DR. KELLY LIVINGSTON, ND
I’m a Connecticut-licensed Naturopathic Physician with more than a decade in private practice and over 20 years in health and wellness.
I work with women through the complex transition of perimenopause and menopause, when changing hormones can affect the nervous system, gut-brain axis, thyroid, metabolism, sleep, mood, and inflammation.
My approach looks at the whole picture. We use your history, symptoms, conventional and functional laboratory testing when appropriate, nutrition, botanical medicine, holistic counseling, and nervous system regulation to understand what may be contributing to the way you feel.
The goal isn’t simply to chase individual symptoms. It’s to understand what has changed, address the patterns underneath it, and help you feel more like yourself again.
PERIMENOPAUSE CAN LOOK DIFFERENT FOR EVERY WOMAN
Perimenopause is not just hot flashes and changing periods. Shifting hormones can affect your brain, mood, metabolism, digestion, sleep, energy, and the way you feel in your body. For many women, the symptoms seem unrelated until we begin putting the pieces together.
Signs & Symptoms of Perimenopause
Hormones & Metabolism
Periods becoming irregular, heavier, lighter, shorter, or longer
Hot flashes or night sweats
Weight gain or difficulty losing weight
Blood sugar changes or increased cravings
Changes in libido
Breast tenderness, headaches, or migraines
Brain, Mood & Nervous System
New or worsening anxiety
Depression, irritability, or changes in mood
Brain fog, forgetfulness, or difficulty concentrating
Trouble falling asleep or waking during the night
Fatigue or feeling “wired but tired”
Feeling less resilient to stress
Gut, Thyroid & Inflammation
Bloating or new digestive changes
IBS symptoms or changes in bowel habits
Changes in thyroid function or symptoms
Joint pain, stiffness, or increased inflammation
Changes in autoimmune symptoms
Feeling more reactive to foods, alcohol, or stress
Why You May Suddenly Feel So Different
What’s Changing
What You May Notice
Common Health Concerns I Support
GUT + METABOLIC HEALTH
SIBO, IBS, bloating & digestive concerns
Gut-brain axis concerns
Blood sugar, insulin resistance & weight changes
HORMONES + MIDLIFE
Perimenopause & menopause
PCOS & endometriosis
Thyroid health
Fatigue, sleep & energy changes
BRAIN, MOOD + IMMUNE HEALTH
Anxiety, depression, ADHD & brain fog
Chronic stress & nervous system dysregulation
Autoimmune conditions
Acne, eczema & psoriasis
If you can relate to any of these things...
You may have been treating these symptoms as separate problems. But in perimenopause, hormones, metabolism, the gut-brain axis, thyroid function, inflammation, sleep, and the nervous system are deeply interconnected.
Healing asks us to tend to the whole person: body, mind, nervous system, and spirit.
Choose the Support That’s Right for You
CALM GUT, CLEAR MIND
An 3-week self-guided reset designed to help you understand the connection between your gut, brain, inflammation, and nervous system, with practical tools to begin supporting healing at home.
WORK WITH ME
Personalized naturopathic and functional medicine care for women navigating perimenopause, menopause, and complex midlife health changes. Together, we look beyond hormones to understand the patterns driving how you feel.
BEYOND YOUR NUMBERS
An on-demand class designed to help you look beyond the standard “normal” range and better understand what your blood work may reveal about iron, thyroid, blood sugar, inflammation, nutrients, and more. Embodied self-awareness practice included.
ARE WE A MATCH?
You know your body. And you know something has changed.
You want to understand what’s happening beneath your symptoms and have a thoughtful, personalized plan for moving forward.
AND you value…
- Looking for patterns and root causes rather than chasing individual symptoms
- Using your story, symptoms, and laboratory testing to understand the whole picture
- Supporting the gut-brain axis, hormones, metabolism, and nervous system together
- Combining evidence-informed medicine with the body’s innate capacity to heal
- Becoming more connected to and literate in your own body
If you’re looking for naturopathic care that brings together science, nature, and a deeper understanding of the whole person, I’d love to explore whether working together is the right fit.
What Patients Are Saying
"Dr. Kelly Livingston has changed my life for the better. And that feels like an understatement. Dr. Kelly has been so amazing every step of the way! Emotions, especially fear, come with being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease, and Dr. Kelly is extremely open-minded, thoughtful, so attentive, and caring."
Patient, MD
"Dr. Livingston is truly a breath of fresh air. She is so extremely thorough and knowledgeable, just simply brilliant. She put all the pieces of my medical puzzle together and with compassion. I am 59, and wish I had explored a naturopathic route a long time ago. My daughter is 25, and she LOVES Dr. Kelly, too...so thankful to have found her!!!
Patient, HC
“Dr. Kelly Livingston is amazing. She was able to guide me to resolve chronic digestive problems without prescription drugs. She is a brilliant physician, detective and coach. I highly recommend her!"
Patient, RF
HOW IT WORKS
The Vital Spirit Method looks beyond hormones alone.
Perimenopause and menopause can affect nearly every system in the body. Rather than treating each symptom in isolation, we look at the patterns connecting your hormones, gut-brain axis, metabolism, thyroid, inflammation, sleep, stress response, and nervous system.
Using comprehensive assessment, functional testing when appropriate, natural therapeutics, nutrition, holistic counseling, and nervous system support, we work to understand what is driving your symptoms and create a personalized path forward.
Because midlife isn't simply about balancing hormones. It's about supporting the whole woman, body, mind, and spirit, through a profound physiological transition.
Ready to Feel Like Yourself Again?
Midlife can ask us to pay attention in a new way.
The symptoms that once felt manageable may become harder to ignore. Your sleep changes. Your energy shifts. Your body responds differently to food, stress, and exercise. You may even find yourself wondering why you suddenly don't feel like yourself anymore.
This transition can also be an invitation to understand your body more deeply.
My goal is not simply to help you manage symptoms. It is to help you understand what your body is asking for, restore resilience, and feel more at home in yourself again.
Fully human. Deeply healed.
If you're ready for a more personalized approach to your health, I'd love to work with you.
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