Today we’d like to introduce you to Brenda Gregory.
Hi Brenda, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
My practice is a direct result of my own health struggles and decades of trying to understand them. I was born with pneumonia and died five hours later, before being resuscitated by a respiratory therapist. In the first two weeks of my life, I was treated aggressively with antibiotics. I grew up with chronic digestive issues that no one could fully explain and was later diagnosed with two autoimmune conditions: Celiac Disease and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. Pain, moodiness, stress, weight gain, and fatigue were so normalized throughout my life that I didn’t recognize them as symptoms. Very early on, my body learned a story about itself. Something was wrong with me. That belief shaped the next several decades of my life.
As an adult, it became clear that I would have to figure things out for myself. I went to college intending to pursue medicine, hoping it would offer answers I hadn’t been able to find elsewhere, but the system continued to let me down through short appointments, not being listened to, and no space to explore what was actually happening. As my passion for medicine faded, I found neuroscience. I fell in love with the brain and nervous system and the way they shape physiology, behavior, and perception.
This led to jobs in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease research at Oregon Health & Science University and later in cognitive neuroscience at UT Austin. I immersed myself in neuroscience and was preparing for a PhD program. At the same time, my own health issues persisted. Around age thirty, a colleague introduced me to the idea of a gluten-free diet, which I resisted at first. I believed I was eating well and had no interest in giving up bread or beer, but after watching her digestion normalize and her energy improve, I decided to try it for myself.
Within weeks, decades of symptoms resolved. My digestion normalized, my energy stabilized, and my exercise-induced asthma disappeared, along with the inhaler I had relied on for years. That experience redirected my path and led me into the master’s program in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine at the University of Western States, where I learned how profoundly nutrition impacts physiology.
Over the last decade of running my own practice, Energized Wellness, I came to see that nutrition alone wasn’t enough. Emotional stress consistently preceded physical symptoms, both in my clients and in myself. As I began doing emotional and nervous system work, the deeper roots of my health issues became clear. The belief that my body was broken wasn’t abstract or psychological; it was embodied, and it showed up most clearly through digestion.
As my understanding deepened, I began working with quantum biology and circadian health, which gave context to patterns I was already seeing. Light, rhythm, movement, and energy production mattered just as much as nutrition and emotions. When those systems were misaligned, healing stalled, regardless of how carefully nutrition was addressed. Around the same time, I began using Human Design as an optional tool to map energetic patterns and emotional conditioning. For those open to it, it offered another way to understand how stress is processed, where energy gets stuck, and why certain patterns repeat. Together, these frameworks helped me address health at the level where patterns form, rather than where symptoms surface.
Since then, my work has continued to evolve. I now blend functional medicine nutrition, emotional and nervous system regulation, quantum biology, and, when appropriate, Human Design to help people address health at the root. My work today is not about fixing broken bodies, but about helping people reclaim their relationship with them.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It has not been a smooth road. Much of my early struggle came from feeling constrained by narrow medical frameworks, where appointments were short and deeper questions had no place. I learned early to figure things out on my own, which was both a strength and a necessity.
Professionally, one of the most difficult moments came when I was told, directly, that a PhD in neuroscience wasn’t the right path for me. I had been working in the lab, running studies, and structuring my life around that future. When my supervisor told me he would hire me to run research projects but didn’t see my passion for the field translating into a PhD, I was devastated. I remember leaving that conversation feeling exposed and uncertain, questioning what I had been building toward for years.
In hindsight, that “no” was one of the greatest gifts of my life. That moment didn’t end a path; it freed me up to clearly see my true calling and pursue work I had real passion for.
Clinically, the challenge has been complexity. Bodies don’t heal in straight lines. Nutrition helps, but it doesn’t explain everything. Emotional patterns, nervous system conditioning, and disconnection from nature all play a role. Learning to work within that complexity, without oversimplifying it, has been an ongoing process.
The work I do now exists because of those challenges. Each obstacle clarified what wasn’t being addressed and pushed me toward a deeper, more integrative approach to healing.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
My work lives at the intersection of physiology, the nervous system, and lived experience. Through my practice, Energized Wellness, I work with people who are often doing “everything right” and still not getting better. Many come in with chronic digestive issues, autoimmune conditions, fatigue, pain, hormone dysregulation, anxiety, or a general sense that their body isn’t responding the way it should.
What sets my work apart is that I don’t treat symptoms in isolation, and I don’t reduce health to a single modality. I specialize in identifying root causes by looking at the full picture: nutrition, lab work, emotional patterns, nervous system regulation, circadian health, and how someone actually lives in their body day to day. I combine functional medicine nutrition with lab work, emotional and nervous system work, quantum biology, and, when appropriate, Human Design as an optional tool to help map energetic and emotional patterns.
I’m known for working with complexity. Bodies don’t heal in straight lines, and I don’t pretend they do. I help clients understand why their symptoms show up when they do, what patterns keep repeating, and how to work with their biology instead of fighting it. The goal isn’t perfection or control; it’s resilience, stability, and the ability to stay regulated even when life gets messy.
Brand-wise, what I’m most proud of is the depth of this work and the trust it requires. Energized Wellness isn’t about quick fixes or protocols. It’s about teaching people how to build a relationship with their bodies so they can recognize misalignment and respond with clarity instead of fear. My clients don’t leave dependent on me; they leave with tools, clarity, and a much greater sense of empowerment.
What I want readers to know is that healing doesn’t come from doing more or trying harder. It comes from slowing, listening, and understanding what your body has been responding to all along. My work is about creating the conditions for that understanding to emerge and supporting people as they learn how to live inside their bodies with more ease, awareness, and trust.
OFFERINGS & SERVICES
Nutrition & Functional Medicine Lab Consultations:
Personalized nutrition and lab analysis focused on identifying root causes and supporting long-term healing and vitality rather than symptom management
Emotional & Nervous System Deconditioning:
One-on-one work to address conditioned emotional patterns and nervous system responses that often underlie chronic physical symptoms
Human Design Readings:
A framework used to explore energetic patterns, decision-making styles, and emotional processing, offering another layer of self-understanding
Group Programs:
Small-group experiences designed to explore nutrition, nervous system regulation, and embodiment practices in a supportive, educational community setting
Lecturing, Speaking & Teaching:
Educational talks and trainings on nutrition, nervous system regulation, Human Design and the connection between biology, environment, and lived experience
What does success mean to you?
I define success as living in a body that feels responsive rather than reactive. It looks like having the awareness and tools to recognize when something is off, understanding why it’s happening, and knowing how to recalibrate not with fear but with clarity. Professionally, success means doing work that is integrative, effective, and grounded in integrity, helping people build a relationship with their bodies so they don’t feel dependent on protocols, practitioners, or constant fixing. If someone leaves our work together feeling more resilient, more informed, and more capable of navigating their own health, that’s success to me.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://energizedwellness.net
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/energized.wellness/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/696420783812620?ref=_xav_ig_profile_page_web
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/energizedwellness/
Image Credits
Shyla Spead
