The most comprehensive perimenopause education program built specifically for dietitians and nutrition professionals - so you can counsel with clarity, coach with confidence, and earn CEUs doing it.
Perimenopause Nutrition:
Navigating Complexity with Confidence
Perimenopause isn’t just complex — it’s layered, nuanced, and constantly evolving.
Hormones are shifting, metabolism is changing, body composition feels unpredictable, and suddenly the strategies that used to “work”... don’t anymore.
Your patients are coming in confused, frustrated, and looking for answers — and as a clinician, it can feel challenging to navigate all the moving pieces in a way that actually feels clear, evidence-based, and helpful.
That’s where the EmpoweRD Perimenopause Series comes in.
This advanced series is designed to help you confidently support your patients through the real-life complexities of midlife. From HRT and functional nutrition to metabolism, mental health, and behavior change, we’re diving into the topics that actually come up in practice.
You’ll walk away with practical tools, deeper clinical understanding, and the confidence to have more nuanced, impactful conversations with your patients.
Why join the Empowerd perimenopause series?
Sound Familiar?
Hundreds of dietitians told us exactly what they were struggling with after taking the original EmpoweRD Menopause series. These were their words:
"I want to support my perimenopausal clients more confidently — but I'm piecing it together from different sources and hoping it's enough."
"My clients are showing up symptomatic with normal labs. I know something's going on — but I'm not sure what to do next."
"I know the nutrition science — the hard part is the conversation. I need better coaching tools for the emotional and behavioral side."
"HRT keeps coming up with clients and I don't have enough knowledge to even know when to refer. I need to understand this better."
"I had a client who I suspect has ADHD alongside perimenopause. I had no idea how to adapt my approach for her."
"I need more than just handouts. I need practical, evidence-based tools I can actually use on Monday morning."
Every session in the EmpoweRD Perimenopause Series was built from your feedback - direct responses from hundreds of clinicians who asked for more depth, more nuance, and more practical tools.
12 Sessions. Zero Fluff.
Module #1:
HRT Unpacked: What RDs Need to Know
Recognize signs and symptoms of perimenopause, understand common HRT formulations and interventions based on perimenopause symptom.
Danielle Kepics, MPAS, PA-C
Module #2:
Strength, Metabolism & Longevity
Interpret cardiometabolic labs in midlife women, understand how estrogen affects LDL, triglycerides, and insulin, and apply an evidence-based nutrition framework for metabolic resilience.
Jessica Corwin, MPH, RDN, NBC-HWC
Module #3:
Integrative Nutrition for Complex Hormonal Shifts
For clients who are doing everything right and still symptomatic. Prioritize interventions for glycemic variability, protein, sleep, and stress — and navigate supplements with real clinical judgment.
Rachel Andrade, MS, RDN, IFNCP
Module #4:
The Gut-Bone Connection
Understand how microbiome health, inflammation, and nutrient absorption influence bone health in menopause — and apply targeted nutrition and lifestyle strategies in practice.
Kyle Maiorana, RDN, LDN, IFNCP
Module #5:
Making Sense of Midlife Body Composition Changes
Learn how to make sense of body composition changes in midlife and how to translate into real conversations with your clients and patients.
Dr. Nina Crowley, PhD, MS, RDN
Module #6:
Movement that Supports Perimenopause
Explain how estrogen decline drives sarcopenic obesity, identify the three movement modalities that improve insulin sensitivity, and counsel clients using scope-appropriate language.
Suzi Barrett, BHE, CPT
Module #7:
Phytoestrogens: What the Science Actually Says
Cut through the noise on soy, isoflavones, and plant-based estrogens — with an evidence-based overview of benefits, supplements, and practical client conversation tools.
Dr. Jenn Salib-Huber, ND, RD, CIEC
Module #8:
ADHD + Perimenopause
Understand why so many women receive ADHD diagnoses in midlife, how hormonal shifts affect neurodivergent women differently, and how to adapt your approach for clients who don't respond to typical nutrition advice.
Diana Reid, MPH, RDN
Module #9:
Body Wisdom in Midlife
Navigate body image distress and weight stigma with compassionate, evidence-informed counseling strategies that help clients work with their changing bodies — not against them.
Amanda Mittman, MS, RDN, LDN
Module #10:
Why Clients Know What to Eat -
But Still Don't Do It
Bridge the gap between knowing and doing with practical emotional coaching tools to interrupt all or nothing thinking and regulate emotions in the moment.
Jennifer Gilliland, MS, RD, CDCES, PCC
Module #11:
Motivational Interviewing
for Effective Coaching
Tie it all together. The closing session from Nutrition Counseling Academy founder Joyce Faraj-Ardura - translating everything you've learned into a coaching approach that actually moves clients forward.
Dr. Joyce Faraj-Ardura PhD, MS, RDN
A Format Designed for Real Life
11 pre-recorded trainings with expert speakers (watch on your own time)
Live Q&A sessions or more expert advice from our speakers (you can pre-submit questions)
Downloadable resources and slides from each training
Continuing education for RDs (pending)
Unlimited access to the training
Program Timeline
May 4th - Live Keynote with Dr Noor - The perimenopause clinical landscape & nutrition myths - live Q&A 5/4/26 @4:30pm EST.
May 7 - June 8: Weekly module releases (1-2 pre-recorded sessions released each week)
Two live Q&As in the weeks of May and June 15th
After June 15th: fully self-paced. All sessions available anytime, so you can revisit whenever you need it.
Quizzes after each module & at end of program.
Meet Our Speakers
Dr. Noor Al-Humaidhi is a Board Certified Family Physician and Menopause Society Certified Practitioner. She is as affectionately known as Dr. Noor in the community. She grew up in Kuwait before attending medical school in Dublin, Ireland. She then moved to the UK where she trained in General Practice and started her career. She moved to the Seacoast (NH) 7 years ago to be closer to family and restarted her family practice career after overcoming the hurdles of board certification here in the US.
After her own experience with perimenopause coupled with her difficulty accessing case, she founded Lifesyles by Noor. Lifestyles is a midlife wellness destination practice. Her aim is to arm clients with the data they need to maximize their health span. She has a particular focus on women in perimenopause and menopause who are having difficulty accessing appropriate care to manage their symptoms. Her goal is to educate, empower and help clients feel their best.
Instagram handle: @askdrnoon.
Live Keynote Presentation: "Menopause Nutrition: Myths, Facts, and Clinical Realities"
May 4th 2026 @ 4:30 pm EST
Amanda Mittman is a Registered Dietitian, body image coach, and the owner of Happy Valley Nutrition, a group practice of dietitians specializing in eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image. She has a special focus on nutrition and lifestyle for perimenopause and menopause, helping women navigate this transition with clarity, confidence, and zero diet culture BS. Amanda is passionate about cutting through the influencer noise and supporting women in finding what actually works for their bodies.
Module: "Body Wisdom in Midlife"
Kyle Maiorana, RDN, LDN, IFNCP is a functional and integrative dietitian specializing in gut health and health optimization. She works in an integrative medicine clinic focused on bone health and post-menopausal care, where she interprets comprehensive blood chemistry panels and advanced functional testing to translate data into highly personalized, actionable nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle strategies. Board-certified as an Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner (IFNCP) and a Certified Gastrointestinal Nutritionist (CGN), Kyle is passionate about connecting laboratory findings to root-cause care, helping clients leverage gut health and targeted interventions to improve energy, longevity, and overall well-being post-menopause and beyond.
Module: “Leveraging the Gut–Bone Connection: Clinical Tools for Post-Menopausal Optimization”
Jessica Corwin, RDN, NBC-HWC is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach specializing in midlife women’s health, perimenopause, and menopause. With nearly two decades of experience in clinical nutrition, culinary education, and lifestyle medicine, Jessica translates complex research into practical, sustainable strategies women can actually use in real life.
She serves as Head Coach for Respin Health and works with private clients through her practice, Eat. Grow. Live. Her work focuses on metabolic health, muscle preservation, hormone transitions, and sustainable behavior change — always grounded in evidence and delivered with clarity.
Jessica’s greatest aim is to help women better understand their bodies and the messages they are sending. She believes midlife is not a problem to fix, but a transition to interpret. By strengthening the connection between body and mind, she helps women move toward body neutrality, deeper self-trust, and greater peace in their own skin.
Her philosophy is simple: women are more than a number on a scale or a jeans size. The goal is independence, longevity, and feeling strong — physically and mentally — long into retirement.
Module: "Strength, Metabolism & Longevity in Perimenopause: An Evidence-Based Nutrition Framework for RDs"
Diana Reid is a Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist licensed in both the United States and Luxembourg. She’s originally from Seattle, but has been living in Europe since 2016. Diana has a masters degree in Public Health & Nutrition from the University of Washington and specializes in nutritional counseling and support for patients with eating disorders; food allergies, intolerances and gut disorders; and the unique challenges related to women’s health, especially during midlife and the menopause transition. She is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and follows a non-diet, weight-neutral approach to health and wellness, focusing on habit building, lifestyle behaviors, and balanced nutrition. She believes in practicing with compassion, understanding, and a personalized approach to nutrition and well-being. Diana is a married midlife menopausal mom of three teens and a clingy dog, and loves cycling, weight lifting, hiking, baking and traveling. You can find her on social media at @theglobalrd or via her website at www.theglobaldietitian.com
Module: "Nutrition Strategies for Complex Brains. Supporting Clients at the Intersection of ADHD & Perimenopause"
Danielle has a unique background for which she has become known as a unicorn in the women’s health space. After ten years practicing conventional medicine as a physician assistant she shifted her focus + pursued certification as a FDN-P where she now helps women (+ some men) optimize their health through lifestyle + deep dives into their health.
Danielle is also a certified fertility educator, masters level mental health therapist, PNL1 certified nutrition coach + in a prior life spent five years as a personal trainer.
She is the founder of her company, Empowered Mind + Body as well as co-founder of Unconventional Collaborative, a virtual mastermind focused on supporting practitioners, coaches + trainers to elevate their practice. Most recently she has launched Empowered Medicine where she is dedicated to hormone optimization for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.
She is a human of authentic chaos, lover of dogs, all things outdoors, movement, an enneagram 8w7 + avid trip planner. She is perpetually in search of the optimal health. And what she can tell you is that definition will continually change through seasons of life, but will likely continually include regulating your nervous system, quality connection, play, movement + good sleep.
Dr. Nina Crowley is a dietitian and health psychologist dedicated to advancing patient-centered, compassionate obesity care. With a PhD in Health Psychology, she brings extensive experience as a former bariatric program director and clinician, working closely with individuals navigating complex health and behavior change.
Module: "Making Sense of Midlife Body Composition: Connecting Changes to Meaningful Patient Conversations"
Dr. Joyce Faraj-Ardura is a nutrition counseling coach dedicated to empowering dietitians and nutrition professionals. With a Ph.D. in Nutrition and Women's Mental Health, she brings extensive experience as a former professor and clinic program manager. Joyce believes that combining medical nutrition therapy with strong counseling skills is crucial for supporting lasting behavioral change. As the founder of the Nutrition Counseling Academy (as well as Joyceful Nutrition private practice) she mentors practitioners to enhance their coaching and counseling abilities. Residing in New Hampshire, she balances her career with being a mother of three.
Module: "Motivational Interviewing for Effective Coaching"
Suzi B is a Fitness Trainer, Habits Coach, Author, and Speaker dedicated to helping women master the transition through menopause, with a special focus on muscle building through specific fitness and wellness training designed for perimenopause, menopause, and post menopause. By trading old-school gym methods for hormone-focused habits, Suzi empowers women to stop fighting their bodies and start seeing results. She believes simplicity and muscle are the secrets to both quantity and quality of life.
Suzi B is the co-founder of the Menopause Empowerment Circle and co-host of the Make Menopause Make Sense podcast. Based in Idaho, Suzi is a mom of four on a mission to help women become their strongest, happiest selves.
Module: "The Muscle-Metabolism Shift: Strategies for Supporting Body Composition in
Perimenopause and Menopause"
Rachel Andrade, MS, RD, LDN, IFNCP, is a registered dietitian and board-certified integrative and functional nutrition practitioner specializing in women’s health across the lifecycle. She is the founder of Whole Lifecycle Nutrition, a dietitian-led private practice where she and her team provide evidence-based, root-cause-focused care for conditions including hormonal imbalances, perimenopause, metabolic dysfunction, and gastrointestinal disorders.
Rachel’s work bridges conventional medical nutrition therapy with integrative approaches, helping patients translate complex physiology into practical, sustainable strategies. She collaborates closely with primary care, OB/GYN, and pediatric providers and is particularly passionate about supporting women through perimenopause with personalized nutrition, lifestyle, and targeted supplementation when clinically appropriate.
Module: "Perimenopause in Practice: Integrative & Functional Nutrition Strategies for Complex Hormonal Shifts"
Dr. Jenn Salib Huber, RD, ND is a registered dietitian and naturopathic doctor who helps women manage the physical and emotional changes of midlife and menopause through evidence-based nutrition and intuitive eating. She's the host of The Midlife Feast podcast, author of Eat to Thrive During Menopause, and creator of a thriving membership community supporting women in their midlife years.
Jenn brings a compassionate, no-nonsense approach grounded in science and intuitive eating, empowering women to trust their bodies and nourish themselves well during this transformative life stage.
Module: "Phytoestrogens and Menopause: What the Science Actually Says"
Jennifer Gilliland has the unique mix of professional experience as both a Registered Dietitian and a Professional Clinical Counselor. With over 30 years of experience working with women focused on improving their health after 40 she brings knowledge and real life experience to her own clients in her private practice, Beyond the Scale Nutrition. In addition Jennifer has experience working with clients with diabetes, pre diabetes and insulin resistance which is also a significant part of the population in this age range.
As a peri menopausal woman herself Jennifer understands the day to day struggles women over 40 experience and is on a mission to normalize and improve the "menopause conversation" so that no woman feels shame or guilt for what her body is experiencing during this "roller coaster" transition of life.
Module: "Why Clients Know What to Eat — But Still Don’t Do It
(And What to Do About It)
Keynote speaker to kick off the EmpoweRD Perimenopause series with "Menopause Nutrition: Myths, Facts, and Clinical Realities"
Dr Noor Al-Humaidhi is a Board Certified Family Physician and Menopause Society Certified
Practitioner. She is affectionately known as Dr Noor in the community. She grew up in Kuwait
before attending medical school in Dublin, Ireland. She then moved to the UK where she trained
in General Practice and started her career. She moved to the Seacoast 7 years ago to be
nearer to family and restarted her family practice career after overcoming the hurdles of Board
certification here in the US.
After her own experience with perimenopause coupled with her difficulty accessing care she
founded Lifestyles by Noor. Lifestyles is a midlife wellness destination practice. Her aim is to
arm clients with the data that they need to maximize their health span. She has a particular
focus on women in perimenopause and menopause who are having difficulty accessing
appropriate care to manage their symptoms. Her goal is to educate, empower and help clients
feel their best. IG @askdrnoor
Danielle has a unique background for which she has become known as a unicorn in the women’s health space. After ten years practicing conventional medicine as a physician assistant she shifted her focus + pursued certification as a FDN-P where she now helps women (+ some men) optimize their health through lifestyle + deep dives into their health.
Danielle is also a certified fertility educator, masters level mental health therapist, PNL1 certified nutrition coach + in a prior life spent five years as a personal trainer.
She is the founder of her company, Empowered Mind + Body as well as co-founder of Unconventional Collaborative, a virtual mastermind focused on supporting practitioners, coaches + trainers to elevate their practice. Most recently she has launched Empowered Medicine where she is dedicated to hormone optimization for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.
She is a human of authentic chaos, lover of dogs, all things outdoors, movement, an enneagram 8w7 + avid trip planner. She is perpetually in search of the optimal health. And what she can tell you is that definition will continually change through seasons of life, but will likely continually include regulating your nervous system, quality connection, play, movement + good sleep.
Module: "HRT Unpacked: Perimenopause, Hormone Therapy + What RD's Need to Know"
Jessica Corwin, RDN, NBC-HWC is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach specializing in midlife women’s health, perimenopause, and menopause. With nearly two decades of experience in clinical nutrition, culinary education, and lifestyle medicine, Jessica translates complex research into practical, sustainable strategies women can actually use in real life.
She serves as Head Coach for Respin Health and works with private clients through her practice, Eat. Grow. Live. Her work focuses on metabolic health, muscle preservation, hormone transitions, and sustainable behavior change — always grounded in evidence and delivered with clarity.
Jessica’s greatest aim is to help women better understand their bodies and the messages they are sending. She believes midlife is not a problem to fix, but a transition to interpret. By strengthening the connection between body and mind, she helps women move toward body neutrality, deeper self-trust, and greater peace in their own skin.
Her philosophy is simple: women are more than a number on a scale or a jeans size. The goal is independence, longevity, and feeling strong — physically and mentally — long into retirement.
Module: "Strength, Metabolism & Longevity in Perimenopause: An Evidence-Based Nutrition Framework for RDs"
Kyle Maiorana, RDN, LDN, IFNCP is a functional and integrative dietitian specializing in gut health and health optimization. She works in an integrative medicine clinic focused on bone health and post-menopausal care, where she interprets comprehensive blood chemistry panels and advanced functional testing to translate data into highly personalized, actionable nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle strategies.
Board-certified as an Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner (IFNCP) and a Certified Gastrointestinal Nutritionist (CGN), Kyle is passionate about connecting laboratory findings to root-cause care, helping clients leverage gut health and targeted interventions to improve energy, longevity, and overall well-being post-menopause and beyond.
Module: “Leveraging the Gut–Bone Connection: Clinical Tools for Post-Menopausal Optimization”
Dr. Nina Crowley is a dietitian and health psychologist dedicated to advancing patient-centered, compassionate obesity care. With a PhD in Health Psychology, she brings extensive experience as a former bariatric program director and clinician, working closely with individuals navigating complex health and behavior change.
Module: "Making Sense of Midlife Body Composition: Connecting Changes to Meaningful Patient Conversations"
Diana Reid is a Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist licensed in both the United States and Luxembourg. She’s originally from Seattle, but has been living in Europe since 2016. Diana has a masters degree in Public Health & Nutrition from the University of Washington and specializes in nutritional counseling and support for patients with eating disorders; food allergies, intolerances and gut disorders; and the unique challenges related to women’s health, especially during midlife and the menopause transition.
Diana is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and follows a non-diet, weight-neutral approach to health and wellness, focusing on habit building, lifestyle behaviors, and balanced nutrition. She believes in practicing with compassion, understanding, and a personalized approach to nutrition and well-being.
Diana is a married midlife menopausal mom of three teens and a clingy dog, and loves cycling, weight lifting, hiking, baking and traveling. You can find her on social media at @theglobalrd or via her website at www.theglobaldietitian.com
Module: "Nutrition Strategies for Complex Brains. Supporting Clients at the Intersection of ADHD & Perimenopause"
Suzi B is a Fitness Trainer, Habits Coach, Author, and Speaker dedicated to helping women master the transition through menopause, with a special focus on muscle building through specific fitness and wellness training designed for perimenopause, menopause, and post menopause. By trading old-school gym methods for hormone-focused habits, Suzi empowers women to stop fighting their bodies and start seeing results. She believes simplicity and muscle are the secrets to both quantity and quality of life.
Suzi B is the co-founder of the Menopause Empowerment Circle and co-host of the Make Menopause Make Sense podcast. Based in Idaho, Suzi is a mom of four on a mission to help women become their strongest, happiest selves.
Module: "The Muscle-Metabolism Shift: Strategies for Supporting Body Composition in
Amanda Mittman, MS, RDN, LDN (she/her) is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Body Image Coach. She is the founder of Happy Valley Nutrition, a fat-positive group practice in Western Massachusetts specializing in eating disorders, disordered eating, body image, and HAES-aligned medical nutrition therapy. Passionate about helping others break free from diet culture, Amanda is also known as the Bitchin' Body Image RD where she supervises other clinicians, guiding them on incorporating foundational body image counseling skills into their practice. As a woman in midlife herself, Amanda is intimately familiar with the perplexing and often frustrating changes in perimenopause, and feels passionate about creating community and supporting women in this stage of life.
Module: “Body Wisdom in Midlife”
Jennifer Gilliland has the unique mix of professional experience as both a Registered Dietitian and a Professional Clinical Counselor. With over 30 years of experience working with women focused on improving their health after 40 she brings knowledge and real life experience to her own clients in her private practice, Beyond the Scale Nutrition. In addition Jennifer has experience working with clients with diabetes, pre diabetes and insulin resistance which is also a significant part of the population in this age range. As a peri menopausal woman herself Jennifer understands the day to day struggles women over 40 experience and is on a mission to normalize and improve the "menopause conversation" so that no woman feels shame or guilt for what her body is experiencing during this "roller coaster" transition of life.
Module on "Why Clients Know What to Eat - But Still Don't Do it (And what to do about it)"
Rachel Andrade, MS, RD, LDN, IFNCP, is a registered dietitian and board-certified integrative and functional nutrition practitioner specializing in women’s health across the lifecycle. She is the founder of Whole Lifecycle Nutrition, a dietitian-led private practice where she and her team provide evidence-based, root-cause-focused care for conditions including hormonal imbalances, perimenopause, metabolic dysfunction, and gastrointestinal disorders.
Rachel’s work bridges conventional medical nutrition therapy with integrative approaches, helping patients translate complex physiology into practical, sustainable strategies. She collaborates closely with primary care, OB/GYN, and pediatric providers and is particularly passionate about supporting women through perimenopause with personalized nutrition, lifestyle, and targeted supplementation when clinically appropriate.
Module: "Perimenopause in Practice: Integrative & Functional Nutrition Strategies for Complex Hormonal Shifts"
Dr. Jenn Salib Huber, RD, ND is a registered dietitian and naturopathic doctor who helps women manage the physical and emotional changes of midlife and menopause through evidence-based nutrition and intuitive eating. She's the host of The Midlife Feast podcast, author of Eat to Thrive During Menopause, and creator of a thriving membership community supporting women in their midlife years. Jenn brings a compassionate, no-nonsense approach grounded in science and intuitive eating, empowering women to trust their bodies and nourish themselves well during this transformative life stage.
Module: "Phytoestrogens and Menopause: What the Science Actually Says"
Dr. Joyce Faraj-Ardura is a nutrition counseling coach dedicated to empowering dietitians and nutrition professionals. With a Ph.D. in Nutrition and Women's Mental Health, she brings extensive experience as a former professor and clinic program manager. Joyce believes that combining medical nutrition therapy with strong counseling skills is crucial for supporting lasting behavioral change. As the founder of the Nutrition Counseling Academy (as well as Joyceful Nutrition private practice) she mentors practitioners to enhance their coaching and counseling abilities. Residing in New Hampshire, she balances her career with being a mother of three. Discover her programs at Nutrition Counseling Academy.
Module: "Motivational Interviewing for Effective Coaching"
pricing
Presale: April 9-13 coupon: "PERIPRESALE"
Early Bird: 14-19 coupon: "PERIEB30"
Full price: $299 April 20 and later
Frequently Asked Questions
How does it work and where can I access the modules?
The program starts on May 4th and we will follow a release schedule of 1-2 modules weekly as well as 4 live Q&As. once the live launch is over, you will be able to access it all immediately.
What is your refund policy?
You have 7 days of access and if you are not happy, we will give you a full refund. If you are unhappy with the program, please email Joyce at [email protected]
Do I have to be an RD to join?
Absolutely not! While most of the presenters are dietitians, you do not need to be a registered dietitian to attend. This event is designed to empower and support all health practitioners, entrepreneurs, students/interns, and coaches who want to enhance their counseling and coaching skills and learn more about nutrition and counseling for perimenopause.
Are CEUs provided?
12-15 CEUs will be provided to RDs and DTRs for watching the pre-recorded modules and completing an assessment (pending)
I still have some questions. Who can I ask?
If you have any further questions or need more information, please reach out to the event organizer and founder of the Nutrition Counseling Academy, Dr. Joyce Faraj-Ardura. You can contact her via email at [email protected] Alternatively, you can send her a direct message on Instagram at @nutrition.counseling.academy.
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