RootMap

Sound familiar

You've been told this is just your age.

It's a real transition with real physiology behind it — and most of what's happening is measurable, and much of it is modifiable.

Words that won't come when you need them

Awake at 3am, every night

Weight settling somewhere it never used to

Reading the same paragraph three times

Energy that runs out by two in the afternoon

A mood you don't recognize as yours

Bloodwork that came back "normal"

Quiet worry about your memory in twenty years

What makes this different

Most menopause tools ask how you feel. This one measures what's happening.

Symptom tracking is free and already on your phone. What it can't tell you is your fasting insulin, your ApoB, your ferritin, or your thyroid function — the markers that explain why you feel the way you do, and that shape your brain and heart health for the next thirty years.

I order those labs. Then I read them alongside everything else you've told me, and I tell you — in plain language — what's going on, what matters most for you, and what to do first. The goal isn't only to feel better this month. It's to build neurological resilience while the window is still open.

What you receive

Your RootMap — a written report, made for you

01What I'm seeing — your whole picture in plain language, not a list of abnormal values
02Where you stand across ten domains, and which ones are genuinely fine
03Your three priorities, each with the reason it was chosen for you
04What we're tracking, and when we check it
05What we're deliberately not working on yet — and why it can wait
06What to bring to your physician, written so you can hand them the page

The Upgrade · A 12-week brain & metabolic program

Assess. Prioritize. Measure. Reassess.

Four stages over twelve weeks. Named for the premise underneath all of it: this transition isn't the start of decline — it's the most neuroprotective window you have, and the point at which your future brain and metabolic health are still genuinely changeable.

Comprehensive assessment

A structured intake covering your history, symptoms, sleep, metabolism, movement, stress, and where you are in the transition. Twenty minutes, and more thorough than any appointment you've had.

Laboratory testing

A brain and metabolic panel ordered through my practice — including markers most standard physicals skip, like fasting insulin, ApoB, and Lp(a). Drawn at a lab near you.

Your roadmap session

Ninety minutes together. I walk you through what the results mean, where the patterns connect, and the three things worth your attention first. You leave with your RootMap in writing.

Twelve weeks of support

Check-ins as you put it into practice, adjustments when life gets in the way, and a reassessment at the end — because the point is to find out whether it's working, not to assume it is.

Fit

This isn't for everyone, and I'd rather say so.

A good fit if you

Are in perimenopause or postmenopause and want to understand why
Want to know your numbers, not just track your symptoms
Want to build neurological and metabolic resilience for the decades ahead, not just get through this month
Are willing to change a small number of things properly
Are tired of contradictory advice from people selling something

Not a fit if you

Want a diagnosis or a prescription — that's your physician's role, and I'll tell you when to see them
Are looking for rapid weight loss above everything else
Want a supplement protocol without the assessment behind it
Aren't in a season where you can act on what we find

Liza Maya, MS
Licensed Nutritionist
MS, Nutrition
Certified Brain Health Coach — Amen Clinics
Fellowship in Functional & Integrative Psychiatry — Psychiatry Redefined, Dr. James Greenblatt
Functional medicine training
Applied Functional Medicine Certification — in progress
Licensed esthetician

Who you'd be working with

I've spent years listening to women talk about their bodies.

Much of it from a treatment room, where women say things they don't say to their doctors — about their weight, their sleep, their memory, and how little of it has been taken seriously.

RootMap came out of that. Not from a belief that every number outside a reference range is a disease, and not from the idea that this stage is something to endure quietly. From something narrower and more useful: the menopause transition is the moment your future brain and metabolic health are still genuinely changeable — and almost nobody is helping women use it.

I'm currently completing an advanced Applied Functional Medicine Certification through the School of Applied Functional Medicine. Continuing education isn't a formality in this work — the evidence moves, and what I offer women has to move with it.

I work within my scope. When something needs a physician, I'll tell you clearly, and I'll send you in prepared.

A separate program · Not part of The Upgrade

Support for patients in ketamine-assisted therapy

Nutritional and metabolic care alongside your treatment — never in place of it. For patients, and for the clinics treating them.

Ketamine-assisted therapy addresses one part of a complex picture. Nutrition, sleep, metabolic health, medication effects, and nutrient status can also shape how a person feels and functions — and those factors are modifiable.

Thyroid function, iron status, B12, vitamin D, and blood sugar regulation may contribute to overlapping symptoms — fatigue, low energy, cognitive difficulty — and may warrant assessment when clinically appropriate. Where something relevant turns up, it's often addressable.

Nutrition is frequently part of this. Depression commonly flattens appetite and collapses cooking into whatever is easiest, which can mean unstable blood sugar, low protein intake, and declining nutrient adequacy — factors that may compound fatigue and low energy. Treatment alone doesn't usually address it.

Your prescriber manages the treatment. Your therapist handles the psychological work. Nutrition, eating patterns, and daily structure often sit outside both — and that's where I work.

That's what I do, alongside your existing care team:

Assessment

A structured review of nutrition, eating patterns, sleep, and metabolic and lifestyle factors, alongside any existing laboratory results you have. Where a specific clinical question arises — thyroid function, iron status, B12 or vitamin D, glycemic regulation — I may order testing within my scope, or recommend it to your medical team. I test when the result would meaningfully change what we do, not as a matter of routine. You receive a written report in plain language.

Implementation

Addressing what the assessment surfaced, and building an eating pattern that holds blood sugar steady and gets enough protein in without requiring you to cook like someone who isn't exhausted. Then support through the weeks following your series — a period when many people find themselves more able to change things they've been stuck on, and least likely to have anyone helping them do it.

How RootMap works alongside your treatment team

Your prescriber

Medical assessment, treatment eligibility, ketamine administration, medication management, and medical testing.

Your therapist

Psychological preparation, therapy, and integration work.

Nutrition assessment, metabolic and lifestyle review, patient education, behaviour-change support, and follow-up — within scope, and coordinated with the above.

Medical screening, diagnosis, treatment eligibility, and medication management remain entirely with your treating clinician. I don't prescribe, administer, or provide psychotherapy, and anything suggesting a need for medical evaluation goes back to your team. I'm glad to coordinate directly with your prescriber or therapist.

Enquire about integration support

A separate offer · $350

The Brain Screen

A written nutrition analysis, read against what a midlife woman's brain actually runs on. No bloodwork. No test kit. No waiting weeks.

Your brain is metabolically expensive. It runs on B vitamins, omega-3 fats, iron, choline, magnesium, and a steady supply of glucose. Requirements don't drop in midlife. Intake often does, quietly, over years — and nobody has looked at your diet and asked whether it's meeting the demand.

You send a four-day food record, your supplements and medications, and a short symptom checklist. I read your intake across five areas:

Methylation & neurotransmitters

Folate, B6, B12, and the amino acids your brain builds from.

Membranes & myelin

Omega-3 intake, particularly DHA, plus choline and fat-soluble nutrients.

Mitochondrial cofactors

Magnesium, iron, and the B vitamins cellular energy depends on.

Glycemic stability

Protein distribution, meal timing, and what's driving the afternoon crash.

Estrogen metabolism & inflammation

Fibre, cruciferous vegetables, alcohol, and overall dietary pattern.

Then three corrections, in order. Not fourteen. Anyone can generate a list of everything wrong with a food record — that takes ten minutes and it's close to useless. You'd read it, feel worse, and change nothing. Knowing what to do first is the part that takes training.

You get a written report within seven business days, a sequencing plan for what to start when, and a 20-minute call with me once you've read it — to ask whatever you want to ask.

No bloodwork or lab interpretation — that belongs to The Upgrade. No meal plan; you get principles and priorities, not a menu. Educational and nutritional support only, not medical care, diagnosis, or treatment.

Start the Brain Screen $350 · Report in 7 business days, plus a 20-minute call

The Upgrade · Now booking October

Working together, one to one.

The Upgrade is entirely one to one — your assessment, your labs, your roadmap, and twelve weeks of my attention. No group calls, no shared curriculum. I take a small number of women at a time, and I'm booking October starts now. Pricing is straightforward and I'll share it on our call, once we both know it's the right fit.

Includes full laboratory panel · Rate discussed on our call

The Upgrade — full 12-week program, one to one
Comprehensive brain & metabolic assessment
Full laboratory panel, ordered and interpreted
90-minute roadmap session
Your written RootMap
Your thinking, measured. You'll rate your clarity, memory, word-finding and focus at the start and again at week 11, so you can see your brain change, not just hope it has.
Twelve weeks of support and a full reassessment

Apply for The Upgrade — October start Email me a few lines about where you are. I'll reply within two days to set up a 20-minute call.

Your brain fog has a lab result.