Melissa
McLane

The truth is I have been in healthcare my entire life.

I grew up watching two grandmothers take completely different paths through aging. My father's mother, Grandma Sylvia, was Polish and absolutely determined. She refused conventional medicine her entire life. She walked everywhere, every single day. She was 5'3" and she outlived everyone's expectations. She made her own choices about her body and she stood by them.

My mother's mother, Grandma Rose, was also 5'3". But by the time I was a teenager she was on ten, maybe twelve medications. Every visit to the doctor ended with a new prescription. The whole family just accepted it. That is what getting older means. That is what you sign up for.

I went into healthcare with both of those women living inside me. That contrast never left me and it is why I founded Life Wellness Lab in 2015. I wanted to practice the kind of medicine that actually asks why. That looks underneath the symptoms instead of managing them. That treats the person in front of me, not the diagnosis.

What drives me today is personal in a different way. A year ago my son got sick. The conventional system missed it. I found it in his labs. That experience deepened everything I already believed about why this work matters and why I refuse to miss something that could change someone's life.

I run 90 biomarkers on every client, interpreted through functional optimal ranges, not the conventional ranges that tell you everything is fine while your body is struggling and you do not feel well. I connect your numbers to your symptoms, your hormones, your gut, your energy, and your daily life. Then I build a plan that is yours alone. Not one size fits all. Not guesswork.

My clinical focus is metabolic health, hormone optimization, gut health, blood sugar regulation, and root cause care for women 40 and beyond. I work alongside Dr. Joshua David, ND at Rise 2 Health, where we combine functional nutrition with hormone optimization and regenerative medicine to address the full picture.

My credentials include Board Certification as a Functional Nutritional Practitioner (BCFNP), Certified Functional Nutrition Counselor (CFNC), Health and Wellness Coaching certification from HCI, L-Nutra Training in Fasting Mimicking Diet, coursework in Dietetics from San Francisco State University, and 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. I am currently pursuing a BA in Psychology from Antioch University.

Life Wellness Lab is a fully virtual practice serving across the country. When you come here, you are not getting a lab review and a protocol. You are stepping into a team of people who genuinely care about what happens to you.

Your care here is not a transaction. It is a relationship. And relationships are built on knowing who you are talking to and trusting that those people are genuinely invested in what happens next for you.

If you have questions before you are ready to book, reach Grace directly at [email protected]. And when you are ready to look at what your labs are actually telling you, so am I. We serve clients across the country via telehealth. Wherever you are, we are here.