Appelusa McGlynn, FDNP | Functional Health Coach
Root-Cause Gut to Hormone Health Strategist
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Appelusa McGlynn, FDNP | Women’s Functional Health Coach
Guiding women through
•Fertility Prep 🌱
•Peri & Menopause 🌺
Root-cause Gut to Hormone health strategist
03/09/2026
Kate age 44 came to be a a busy freelance body worker. She spent YEARS chasing answers for symptoms like:
• chronic eye rashes
• insomnia
• bloating
• low energy
• mood swings
• nervous system dysregulation
Nothing seemed to connect the dots.
When we ran deeper functional labs, we uncovered patterns involving:
➡️Gut dysbiosis
➡️Mold markers
➡️Hormone depletion
➡️Mineral imbalances, and
➡️Nervous system stress
After just 3 months in the Gut & Hormone Reset Program, her long-standing
👏eye rashes disappeared
👏 she began sleeping through the night
👏 her energy and vitality started returning
✨ When you stop guessing and start testing, the body finally has what it needs to heal.
Comment LABS and I’ll send you my guide explaining the functional tests I use to uncover root causes.
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Appelusa McGlynn, FDNP
Appelusa Functional Health
Test. Don’t Guess.
03/08/2026
A 24% increase in heart attacks the Monday after we “spring forward.” 😳
Yes — a one-hour time change can impact your biology.
Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine found a 24% spike in acute myocardial infarctions the Monday after Daylight Saving Time begins.
Why?
Because your body runs on a circadian clock, not your phone clock.
When we suddenly lose an hour of sleep:
• cortisol increases
• blood pressure rises
• inflammation increases
• the nervous system shifts into stress mode
This temporary circadian disruption can place extra strain on the cardiovascular system (especially when it’s already taxed).
Interestingly, when we gain an hour in the fall, studies show a small decrease in heart attacks.
Ancient health systems like AYURVEDA have emphasized circadian alignment for THOUSANDS of YEARS.
Here are a few ways to help your body reset after the time change ⤵️
☀️ Get 10–20 minutes of morning sunlight
🍽 Eat meals at consistent times
🌙 Prioritize sleep before 10pm
🧘♀️ Start the day gently (warm water with electrolytes, breathwork, light movement)
Circadian rhythm is one of the first things I evaluate in practice when clients struggle with energy, hormones, sleep, or inflammation.
➡️Comment RESET if you want my daily checklist for diet & lifestyle hacks for wellbeing 😊
References:
Janszky & Ljung. New England Journal of Medicine, 2008
American Heart Association
Michigan Medicine Sleep & Circadian Research
03/03/2026
Bloated all day? Backed up? Loose stools? Stop wasting money on probiotics you don’t even need. 🚫🙅🏻♀️
You’re not dealing with a probiotic deficiency… you’re dealing with an information deficiency.
That’s where the GI-MAP comes in. 🧬✨
With one advanced stool test we can see:
👉 Which bacteria are overgrown (or missing)
👉 If yeast, parasites or H. pylori are part of the problem
👉 How well you’re digesting and absorbing your food
👉 If your gut immune system is depleted or inflamed
Instead of guessing with random probiotics and “gut health” powders, we use real data to:
✅ Build a targeted protocol for your microbiome
✅ Choose the right probiotic (or none at all)
✅ Support digestion, hormones, skin + energy at the root
✅ Save time, energy, and $$$ on the supplement graveyard 💸
If you’re tired of feeling bloated, fatigued, inflamed and being told “everything looks normal”…
it’s time to test, not guess.
DM “GUT” and I’ll send you details on running a GI-MAP with me so you can get to the bottom of your bloating and constipation once and for all!
03/02/2026
➡️ Comment LABS if you want to check out the exact labs I use in practice with my perimenopause clients struggling with allergies!
If your allergies got worse in your 30s or 40s… this is why 👇
Sinus allergies are often a systemic inflammation signal — not just a nose problem.
🌟THE REAL WORK?🌟
✨Test the gut/immune system with GI Map
✨ Calm the terrain
✨ Support the gut
✨ Improve histamine clearance
✨ Regulate stress chemistry
✨ Balance hormones properly
That’s when symptoms shift. 👏
Not everything is “just seasonal.”
And not everything is “just perimenopause.”
Sometimes it’s both.
If you want to understand why your immune system is reactive, we test — not guess 🧪
Functional stool testing (like a GI-MAP) can assess:
• Gut integrity
• Immune system activation
• Inflammation markers
• Dysbiosis
• Pathogens that release histamine
• Detox pathways
Your immune system is talking.
Are you listening? 👀
➡️ Comment LABS if you want to check out the exact labs I use in practice with my perimenopause clients struggling with allergies! 🧫🔬📝👩🏻🔬
02/19/2026
One year ago, I received my Sak Yant from Master Svietliy
A Sak Yant is part of an ancient Southeast Asian sacred tattoo tradition- where geometry, mantra, and intention are woven together through ritual.
Traditionally applied by monks or Ajarns using a bamboo or steel rod, the tattoo is not decorative - it is consecrated.
It seals intention into the layers of the body.
The Yantra itself is sacred geometry infused with prayer. The design is manifest by Svietliy out of meditation, your spoken intentions, and perceived essence and is then blessed and chanted over before being sealed with Hindu rituals and a final prayer.
A year ago, I set intentions around growth, expansion, and devotion.
This past year didn’t unfold exactly how I expected. There were physical challenges. Seasons of uncertainty. Waves of disappointment.
But there was also clarity.
I expanded my practice.
I stepped fully into my purpose.
I deepened my commitment to helping women move through gut and hormone imbalances, weaving Ayurveda (the science of life) into modern scientific investigation, and dedicated support.
Sometimes sacred intention doesn’t manifest exactly how you imagined.
Parts of it unfolded. Parts of it are still becoming.
Grateful for the ritual.
Grateful for the becoming.
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For over 20 years I trained athletes and beginners alike as a USA Roller Sports figure coach, spawning regional and national champions. Prior to that I became a bronze medalist at the 2002 World Championships in Germany in the "Show" event. Living in Los Angeles, there isn't a shortage of entertainment opportunities for roller skaters. I have had the great pleasure to skate in, coach or choreograph countless music videos, commercials, TV shows and films. Most notably Chet Faker's "GOLD" music video with more than 200 million hits on YouTube, in HBO's SHARP OBJECTS and behind Katy Perry.
MY PERSONAL HEALING JOURNEY
After suffering a severe whiplash injury in 2015, I struggled to keep coaching and performing. Allopathic medicine wasn't helping. After numerous scans, injections, multiple forms of physical therapy, and even a nerve ablation, I turned to alternative medicine. I became Reiki certified so I could work on myself. I developed a home practice, I changed my thought patterns, and then I started to heal. I became certified in Reiki I and II, as a Biopulsar Biofeedback technician, and in Biofield Tuning. My road to recovery was long but yours doesn't have to be. I am now focused on bringing my awareness and knowledge of the body's electrical system and it's intelligent healing capabilities to all who cross my path with an interest to heal. Energy medicine isn't a quick fix. What drew me to alternative medicine is that conventional medicine tends towards symptom control where as holistic approaches focus on the root of the problem. While there will always be a need for conventional medicine, I believe we are starting to remember how to heal ourselves.
Ayurveda is the science of self-healing. As Ayurveda teaches, in order to support others in their healing, you must authentically engage in our own. Understanding the incredible intelligence system of the body is my new life goal.
MY SYNESTHESIA
Another interesting fact about me is that I see aura's. I have a rare neurological trait called synesthesia, which has been described as a cross-wiring or cross-firing of the senses. One of the types of synesthesia I have is seeing colors around people and things. They change depending on the light and the environment. I have gotten to know what these colors mean on an energetic level, and researched ways I could use my gift. As a photographer I thought how great it would be to photograph aura's. That's when I started researching Kirlian photography and found that I could not only photograph aura's with the Biopulsar Reflexograph, but I could read the body's whole energetic system as well.
