Your body has changed.
The advice hasn’t.
I’m Tania Lewis — naturopath and registered nurse — and I work with women in their 50s, 60s, and 70s who are tired of being told their results are normal. If your weight, sleep, and energy have shifted and no one can explain why, that’s exactly where I start.
Rutherglen, Yarrawonga & online across Australia
You’re doing everything right. It’s still not working.
You eat reasonably well. You’re not sedentary. You’ve had the blood tests. And yet the weight won’t shift, you’re waking at 3am, and by mid-afternoon you’re running on nothing.
Your GP has looked at your results and told you everything is normal. You know your body. This isn’t normal.
The frustrating truth is that post-menopausal physiology is genuinely different — and most standard care wasn’t designed with it in mind. Oestrogen affects insulin sensitivity, sleep architecture, thyroid conversion, gut motility, and cortisol regulation. When it shifts, everything downstream shifts with it. A result that sits inside the reference range isn’t the same as a result that’s right for you.
You’re not imagining it. And you’re not just getting older.
A different kind of clinical conversation
I’m Tania Lewis. I’m a registered nurse and naturopath — which means I bring both the clinical training to assess what’s actually happening in your body and the time to do it properly.
My nursing background gives me systems thinking, thorough history-taking, and the clinical judgment to know when something needs a referral. My naturopathic training gives me the tools to work with the whole picture — not just the result that flagged.
I work with women in their 50s, 60s, and 70s navigating weight gain, disrupted sleep, and persistent fatigue. I see post-menopausal physiology every week. I know what the patterns look like, and I know how to address them with structured, evidence-informed care.
This isn’t a wellness consultation. It’s clinical work — and you’ll leave with a written plan that reflects your actual history.
What changes when someone looks at the whole picture
You finally understand what’s happening
Not, “it’s your hormones” and a shrug.
A clear explanation of which body systems are involved, why your symptoms are presenting the way they are, and what’s driving them. Understanding is the foundation of everything that follows.
You leave with a plan built for you
Not a generic protocol. A personalised written treatment plan that reflects your symptom history, your pathology, your life, and your goals. Something you can actually follow — and refer back to.
You’re seen by someone who can hold clinical complexity
Dual-qualified as a registered nurse and naturopath, I can work alongside your GP, read and interpret your existing pathology, recognise when something needs medical follow-up, and give you the kind of thorough, joined-up assessment that a standard appointment rarely allows.
Three steps to a plan that fits your body
What clients say
Questions worth answering honestly
It depends on the practitioner and the approach. My practice is grounded in physiology, pathology interpretation, and clinical reasoning — the same systems-based thinking I used as a registered nurse. I use evidence-informed interventions, explain the mechanism behind every recommendation, and work alongside your existing medical care rather than in opposition to it.
That’s a fair question, and I’d rather you asked it than didn’t. The difference is in the depth of assessment. A 60–75 minute consultation that covers your full symptom history, timeline, and pathology produces a very different clinical picture than a standard appointment allows. If something has been missed or disconnected, that’s usually where we find it.
If your weight, sleep, or energy have meaningfully shifted and haven’t responded to what you’ve already tried — that’s exactly the kind of presentation I work with. Symptoms don’t need to be acute to be worth addressing properly. And they don’t tend to resolve on their own once post-menopausal physiology is involved.
Not quite ready to book?
If you’d like to understand the approach before committing to a full consultation, a Clarity Call is available. It’s a free 10-minute phone conversation — no clinical advice, no obligation — just an opportunity to ask questions and assess whether this is the right fit for you. I’ll call you at your scheduled time.
Book a Clarity Call
Post-menopausal physiology isn’t the same as it was at 40. Weight, sleep, and energy respond to different things now — and they respond well when someone who understands that takes the time to look properly.
If you’re ready for a clinical assessment that actually accounts for where you are now, I’d like to help.
Telehealth available Australia-wide. In-person consultations at Rutherglen and Yarrawonga, VIC.