Meet Karina
Midlife Performance Strategist | Functional Medicine Nurse Coach | Certified Aromatherapist
I help high-achieving women understand what changed in midlife and build a gut-first strategy for the energy, clarity, performance, and longevity they want next.
You didn’t land here because you need more wellness advice. You landed here because something in your body feels different and the strategies that once worked no longer deliver the same results.
If you’re a high-achieving woman navigating midlife changes like hormonal imbalance, slowed metabolism, gut health issues, fatigue or brain fog,
You’re not alone and you’re not doing anything wrong. You’re experiencing a biological shift that requires a different strategy. That’s where my work begins.
Nurse life. Corporate life. Midlife.
Functional medicine gave me a framework for asking better questions. Coaching taught me how information becomes behavior. Aromatherapy added a sensory pathway for regulation and habit anchoring. Together, those lenses became a different way to support women who are used to performing at a high level.
A quick background? My journey spans three worlds:
The nurse life → science, patient care, and functional medicine training
The corporate life → high-pressure deadlines, leadership demands, and burnout
The midlife life → personally navigating hormonal changes, metabolic shifts, and the resilience it takes to be at the top of your game and thrive in this season.
. . . so I understand the woman who can lead a team, solve a complex problem, and still feel confused by what is happening in her own body.
For more than 25 years, my healthcare career has spanned direct nursing care, health-system operations, clinical advisory work, healthcare technology, digital health, and strategy. I learned how systems are built, where conventional care excels, and where women are too often left with disconnected answers.
Then midlife made the work personal. The combination of poor sleep, brain fog, digestive changes, stress, shifting metabolism, and a growing sense that my old rhythm no longer fit forced me to look beyond pushing harder.
A clinical RN lens that helps me see patterns, context, and appropriate boundariesA functional medicine framework that looks at connected systems instead of isolated symptoms
An executive strategy mindset built for women who value structure, precision, and practical application
A gut-first model that begins with a powerful foundation and expands as individual needs become clear
Sensory tools, including clinically informed aromatherapy, that support regulation and consistent follow-through
Lived experience across nursing, corporate leadership, and midlife itself
What makes my approach different
For the woman whose old playbook no longer works
I work with high-achieving women in their 40s-60s - executives, professional leaders, entrepreneurs, and high performers - who are navigating changes in hormones, metabolism, gut health, energy, sleep, focus, or identity.
My work is especially suited to the woman who has tried to do everything right, is tired of generic advice, and wants a strategy that respects both her biology and the life she is leading.
I work locally from Bel Air, Maryland, and virtually with eligible clients in most states. Availability depends on service scope and nursing licensure; contact me to confirm your state.
You do not need more pressure. You need a better-informed strategy.
If this sounds like the chapter you are in, I would be honored to help you reframe the function of living well.
Have questions? Book a free strategy call
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KATY F.
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Karina taught me so much about a subject I thought I was already an expert on: myself!
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ELIZABETH B.
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I was able to develop a healthy relationships with food and my body from Karina’s teachings.
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SARAH P.
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My confidence in myself has gotten so much better since I started working with Karina ”
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VICTORIA G.
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I let stress take over my life for too long. I’ve new habits and I’ve made myself a priority.
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Wouldn't it be great if we could really uncover and work on the true stressors underlying your symptoms?
