You know something isn't right.
Your symptoms are telling a story.
Let's uncover what your body has been trying to tell you.
You’ve been told your labs look “normal,” tried changing your diet, added supplements, or learned to live with symptoms that never seem to fully resolve.
At By Design Functional Wellness, we take a deeper look at your health history, symptoms, lifestyle, and functional wellness data to identify patterns and hidden stressors that may be contributing to how you feel.
Because you weren’t designed to simply manage symptoms.
Hi, I'm Cortney.
Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner and founder of By Design Functional Wellness
I know how frustrating it is to know something feels off in your body, yet still not understand why.
My own search for answers—and my desire to better support my family—led me to Functional Diagnostic Nutrition and a completely different way of looking at health: not as a collection of isolated symptoms, but as an interconnected story.
Today, I help women step out of the cycle of guessing and begin making sense of that story. Together, we look at your health history, symptoms, daily foundations, and functional wellness data to identify patterns, uncover areas that may need support, and create a personalized path forward.
You don’t need another overwhelming list of things to try. You need a clearer understanding of where to begin.
Your Symptoms Are Only One Part of the Story
What we feel is often just the tip of the iceberg.
Fatigue. Brain fog. Bloating. Hormone changes. Poor sleep. Digestive issues. Mood changes. Skin concerns.
These symptoms can feel unrelated—but the body doesn't operate as a collection of separate systems.
Digestion affects nutrient status. Stress influences hormones and sleep. Sleep affects blood sugar, recovery and resilience. Gut health interacts with immune function. And over time, multiple stressors can begin to overlap.
That's why simply chasing one symptom at a time can leave you feeling like you're constantly starting over.
We look below the surface.
What Is Functional Diagnostic Nutrition?
A Different Way To Look At Your Health
Your Body Is Connected, Your Wellness Plan Should Be Too
Traditional approaches often look at symptoms one at a time. Functional Diagnostic Nutrition takes a broader view—looking for patterns across your health history, symptoms, lifestyle, and functional wellness data to better understand where your body may be asking for support.
At By Design, we don't begin with a one-size-fits-all protocol. We begin with your story.
From there, we use a simple process:
01 — UNDERSTAND
We start with the whole story.
Your symptoms matter—but so does what came before them. We map your health history, major life events, stressors, medications, nutrition, sleep, movement, environment, and current concerns to begin connecting the dots.
02 — INVESTIGATE
We look for patterns beneath the surface.
When appropriate, functional lab assessments give us another layer of information to explore patterns related to areas such as stress and hormone balance, digestion, gut health, immune function, and metabolic wellness.
We consider that information alongside your history and symptoms rather than looking at a single result in isolation.
03 — DESIGN
We turn information into an actionable plan.
This is where your personalized Wellness Blueprint comes together.
Instead of handing you an overwhelming list of everything you could change, we identify what deserves attention first and build realistic recommendations around the foundations that influence health every day.
The Foundations We Come Back To:
DIET
Nourish your body in a way that works for you.
REST
Support sleep, recovery, and your natural rhythms.
EXERCISE
Use movement to build resilience—not add more stress.
STRESS
Reduce your total stress load and strengthen your capacity to recover.
SUPPLE-MENTS
Use targeted support thoughtfully and when appropriate.
The goal isn't perfection. It's creating the conditions that allow your body to function more effectively—one intentional step at a time.
YOUR NEXT STEP:
Support Designed Around Where You Are
Whether you're looking for clarity about where to begin, personalized nutrition insights, an online group program with other like minded women to learn along side each other, or a comprehensive functional wellness investigation, there's a By Design experience designed to meet you where you are.
Choose the level of support that feels right for you—or start with a complimentary First Steps Session and we'll talk through your options together.
