Many women move through life feeling like something in their body isn’t quite right.

Their cycles are irregular.

Their skin breaks out in painful cystic acne.

Their digestion feels unpredictable — bloating, discomfort, or food sensitivities that seem to appear out of nowhere.

Their energy rises and crashes throughout the day.

They try to eat well, exercise, and follow the health advice they’ve been given — yet their body still feels out of balance.

Often, their concerns are dismissed or minimized. They’re told their symptoms are “normal,” stress-related, or simply something they have to live with.

I know this experience intimately, because I lived it myself.

I’m Giana Stephenson, a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who helps women restore hormonal balance by identifying and addressing deeper root causes through personalized nutrition, lifestyle support, functional lab testing, and nervous system alignment.

But long before I began working in this field, I was simply someone trying to understand my own body.

As a teenager, I struggled with persistent cystic acne that made me deeply self-conscious. I remember covering my skin with makeup and feeling like my body was working against me. My acne lasted throughout much of my adolescence, and like many people searching for relief, I eventually sought medical treatment.

At one point I was prescribed antibiotics to help clear my skin. While they did improve the acne temporarily, the experience also left me with significant stomach discomfort and made me begin questioning whether the underlying cause had truly been addressed.

Around the same time, I became very interested in fitness and began exercising regularly. I focused on fueling my workouts and was eating a high-carbohydrate diet, often relying on bread and other convenient foods. At the time, I believed I was doing everything “right,” but many of the foods I was eating were highly processed and not supporting my body in the way I had hoped.

Looking back, I can see that my body had been signaling imbalance for quite some time.

Alongside the acne, I was also experiencing irregular cycles and unstable energy. Even earlier in life I had episodes of fainting that I now understand were likely connected to blood sugar dysregulation.

At the time, I didn’t yet have answers — only the growing sense that my body wasn’t functioning the way it should.

Not having consistent cycles, struggling with my skin, and feeling disconnected from my own physiology pushed me to start asking deeper questions.

Eventually, hormone testing revealed patterns that helped make sense of what I had been experiencing for years: elevated androgen activity alongside low estrogen and progesterone — a pattern commonly associated with PCOS.

For the first time, I had language for what my body had been trying to communicate.

Later, gut testing uncovered another critical piece of the puzzle. Signs of infection and inflammation suggested that my digestion and nutrient absorption were being disrupted — limiting my body’s ability to access the nutrients required for healthy hormone production.

This discovery shifted the way I understood health entirely.

I began to see that hormones rarely operate in isolation. They are deeply interconnected with digestion, nutrient status, blood sugar regulation, stress physiology, and the nervous system.

That realization ultimately led me to pursue formal training so I could better understand these connections and help other women uncover the root causes behind their own symptoms.

I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Science and later completed training as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, with additional education in functional testing and root-cause investigation.

Today, my work centers on helping women understand the deeper signals their bodies are sending.

Through functional lab testing, personalized nutrition, and supportive lifestyle strategies, I guide clients through an investigative and restorative process that uncovers what’s happening beneath the surface and creates a clear path forward.

I don’t believe in quick fixes or one-size-fits-all protocols.

Hormonal health is dynamic. It’s influenced by digestion, sleep, stress, nourishment, circadian rhythms, and the state of the nervous system.

My role is to help you reconnect with your body’s signals and create an internal environment where balance can naturally return.

Because your body isn’t broken.

It’s communicating.

And with the right support, clarity, and investigation, the root causes of your symptoms can often be uncovered.

If you’ve been struggling with symptoms that don’t seem to make sense, working together can help bring clarity to what your body may be trying to communicate.