Hormonal Harmony: Empowering Women’s Health in Their 30s and Beyond

Megan Anderson, ANP, is a Nurse Practitioner, who received her nursing degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2004. Megan worked as a staff nurse in both pediatric cardiology/surgery and gynecology/oncology for 3 years before starting graduate school at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2006. She worked at a Federally Qualified Health Center for 3 years during graduate school before becoming a Board Certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner in 2009.

In 2010, Megan moved to Fort Collins, Colorado with her husband and son, because they wanted a lifestyle change and easy access to the mountains. Megan worked at another FQHC for 2.5 years with low-income pregnant women, and in 2013, she began working at an integrated medicine clinic. It was there that she was introduced to the paleo/primal lifestyle and then found her way into the world of functional medicine. After completing the ADAPT Program with the Kresser Institute for Functional and Evolutionary Medicine in 2017, she knew that she had found her calling.

For the past 3 years, Megan worked at a functional medicine clinic called Balanced Well-Being Healthcare. She has grown as a clinician and honed her skills with functional medicine diagnostic and treatment options. Helping people address underlying chronic issues and get back to feeling their best is what feeds her soul, and she feels grateful every day for the opportunity to help people identify ways to feel and live their best life.

Outside of work, she loves spending as much time outdoors as possible with her family and friends – running, hiking, skiing, etc. She is obsessed with all things related to human nature and healthy habit formation, and she is beyond thrilled to work with the California Center for Functional Medicine.

Tracey O’Shea is the CCFM Medical Director and a licensed Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C) who graduated from Samuel Merritt University with a Master’s degree in Nursing. She became board certified through the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and was first introduced to Functional Medicine in 2013 when she knew there had to be another way to help patients reach their long-term health goals. She has completed the Kresser Institute ADAPT Practitioner Training Program and is an IFM Certified Practitioner. She began her Functional Medicine career working at a Functional Medicine pain management practice for four years.

Tracey trained closely with Chris Kresser for many years. She has worked with patients at the California Center for Functional Medicine since 2016. She is also the Director of the ADAPT Practitioner Training Program that Chris developed.  She is a Lyme Certified Practitioner with the Moorcroft Lyme Disease Practitioner Training Program.

While she has experience managing a variety of chronic health conditions, she has particular experience with and training in:

• Digestive problems and food intolerances
• Low immune function, allergies, asthma
• Heavy metal toxicity/detoxification
• Biotoxin illness/Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS)
• Lyme and tick borne disease
• Autoimmune diseases
• Hormone imbalances and Bioidentical Hormone Replacement (BHRT) therapy (HPA axis, adrenal, thyroid, sex hormones, etc.)
• Metabolic problems (weight, blood sugar, blood pressure, etc.)
• High cholesterol and cardiovascular disease 
• Fatigue, low energy, and poor sleep
• Cognitive and neurological disorders
• Any of the above conditions and neurodevelopmental disorders like ASD and ADHD in the pediatric population

Tracey enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter, and boxer. They enjoy hiking, camping in their travel trailer, outdoor patio gatherings, wine tasting, visiting restaurants, and spending time with friends.