About Liz.
What is Functional & Integrative healthcare?
"Women are incredibly strong, through all of transitions in life. I love connecting, getting to know their story, what has worked for them in the past, what hasn't, and participating in their health journeys. I always learn something..." - Liz
Liz Moran, APRN, CNM
Functional Nurse Practitioner & Midwife
Liz is a functional & integrative nurse practitioner, as well as certified nurse midwife. She founded Functional Roots Wellness with a desire to help give her lovely clients an opportunity to get to the root of their health concerns, and be able to offer more health-promoting solutions. Liz specializes in health spanning the reproductive years. Whether you are wanting supplementary prenatal care, need a postpartum nourishing plan, help with breastfeeding, want to become pregnant, or are struggling to become pregnant, Liz is extremely nurturing and loves to empower women in their health and mothering journey.
Liz has been interested in health since high school, curious about food and activity related to health. She's invested 20 years into different ways of eating, researching the benefits, and has experienced first hand the different effects. She has enjoyed cooking healthy food over the years loves to make healthy versions of long time adored dishes. She testifies that there's a connection to the outdoors and the benefits to health and happiness. As a mother, she thrives in finding ways to promote healthy immune systems in her kiddos & get to the root of any ailments. Liz got her BA in nursing 15 years ago and her Masters in nursing as a nurse practitioner and midwife 3 years ago.
As well as supporting the typical beauty of pregnancy, Liz also specializes in supporting the challenges of pregnancy. This includes miscarriage and infertility support and guidance. This is a passion for Liz. She also founded a nonprofit, Leaves in Time, to support families that know they will likely lose their baby at some point during the pregnancy or shortly after because of a genetic or physical anomaly. Read more here.
Liz lives part-time in beautiful Colorado and part-time in stunning Alaska with her amazing husband and 2 adventurous children. When she's not walking women through their health & pregnancy journeys, she and her family are usually off traveling, adventuring, gardening, fishing, or hunting in the mountains.
“Intuition without knowledge is only so valuable. Knowledge without intuition is just a bunch of facts. Knowledge with intuition starts us on our way to wisdom.” -Tieraona Low Dog
Functional Nurse Practitioner & Midwife
Specializing in:
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Preconception Nutrition + Detox (before pregnancy)
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Fertility Support (Infertility + Miscarriages)
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Prenatal Care (supplemental: must have prenatal provider)
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Postpartum Nourishment & Replenishment Plans + Breastfeeding Support
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Genetic Testing Consult. General discussion, & for those with positive genetic tests or diagnosis of fetal anomaly during pregnancy
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Pregnant with a Genetic or Physical anomaly. When you know you'll likely lose your little one before or shortly after birth
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Perinatal Hospice Support & Resources
The Midwifery Model
To Be With Women... & To Support Her In All Her Healthcare Choices
When I think of midwives, I'm reminded of the definition, To Be With Women. To encourage a fellow woman. To read her mind, silently hand her water during birth, to gently impart the wisdom of the generations during pushing, to hold strands of hair back, to encourage the much needed rest during the early postpartum days. There's power in having another woman by your side. Have you felt that before? Maybe it was a doula. Maybe it was a mom or an aunt. The friend that loved you unconditionally. The women in our lives help pass down wisdom, encourage us when the pain is too much to bear, and holds space when there is grief.
I adore women. This rings true to in my soul, whether in the birth room, or over telemedicine encouraging a woman in her health journey. I just adore women, and their hearts. Their strength, and their ability to persevere through all life's journeys. All the seasons of being a woman... so beautiful. I love the image of being a part of a larger group of women, to be a corset for another woman in the moment of need, be it labor, postpartum, with grief, during big health concerns, when there are many tiny children needing one mother, during the wise years... I love my role as part of being WITH women.
Another VITAL belief in Midwifery and in my practice, is standing in the middle as the woman decides the direction of her healthcare. We are to offer information and options. The woman is to tap into her intuition and be the driver. I would be honored to hear your story and support your health journey, whatever that may look like for you.
...looks at the root causes of any given illness or health concerns. This takes time, just as it took time for the ailment to become present. A minimum of 6-12 months is recommended for the beautiful health process to unfold.
Functional Healthcare
Relevant Current Root Causes:
● Overexposure to chemicals: in the air, food containers, items we touch ● Poor quality food/nutrient empty "food" consumed ● Inability to detoxify ● Chronic stress ● Food triggers ● Gut health imbalances (antibiotics, exposure, misplaced bacteria, stress, etc.) ● Hormone exposure & lack of excretion ● Immune system over/underworking ● Energy production and mitochondrial disfunction ●
We are currently living in a time of record exposure to environment toxins. During pregnancy, this affects the mom as well as the baby. We know this because these chemicals are found in cord blood at birth. Exposure can cause problems in our health or shift us out of balance, and can affect babies in many ways.
"Functional medicine is about causes, not symptoms. It is getting to the root of the problem." -Mark Hymen, Functional MD
Integrative Healthcare
Integrative Health care incorporates a variety of different healthcare specialties to serve the woman's needs. This may include:
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Adding Nutrient Dense Foods, removing food triggers, optimizing timing of meals, elimination diets
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Supplements, Botanicals, Herbs for a period of time, and when food isn't enough to build the body's stores up
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Lifestyle Changes, relaxation techniques, time in nature, self care activities, journaling, exercise, etc.
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Encouraging a Variety of Therapies acupuncture, chiropractic care, massage, counseling, etc.
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Circadian Rhythm Reset including optimizing sleep as a foundational piece of health
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As a nurse practitioner, Referrals can be made if necessary. Pharmaceuticals are an option, but not typically the first go-to