Meet Ali Anderson
A curious mind.
A personal understanding.
A partner in your wellbeing.
I’m Ali Anderson, a Functional Wellness Practitioner and the founder of Aging Well with Ali. I help people make sense of their health story and turn that understanding into practical nutrition and lifestyle choices.
Let’s ConnectStart with a complimentary Connection Call.
The story behind my work
My interest in health became personal early.
As a teenager, I owned a book called Symptoms. Friends would call me to look things up, and I loved trying to understand how the body worked.
At 15, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Suddenly, that curiosity had a different meaning. I began learning how to care for my own body while navigating the uncertainty of an autoimmune condition.
Years later, as a mother of three, I was doing what many of us do: running on empty and squeezing my own rest into whatever time remained. Lack of rest resulted in a return of a symptom, which prompted me to reconsider what caring for myself really meant.
That experience deepened my interest in the connections between nutrition, lifestyle, and wellbeing. I began studying functional wellness, eventually pursuing formal education through Functional Nutrition Alliance and continuing my training across several areas of health.
What began as personal curiosity became the work I love.
Personal support, shaped around you
Your story matters here.
Two people can have the same diagnosis and need very different support. We’ll consider your health history, what you’ve already tried and what daily life realistically allows as we explore nutrition, sleep, movement, stress and nervous system wellbeing. When appropriate, optional functional wellness testing can add information to guide our next steps.
I welcome people across ages and stages of life, with particular experience supporting those navigating autoimmunity and chronic health concerns. My work complements your medical care through nutrition, lifestyle guidance and wellness education.
What you can expect from me
- Time to be heard. Your questions and experiences deserve thoughtful attention.
- Clear explanations. I want you to understand the reasoning behind your recommendations.
- Practical guidance. Your next steps should fit your life, with room to adapt.
- A thoughtful partner. Someone to help you sort through information, notice patterns, and build confidence in caring for yourself.
“Complex problems don’t always require complex solutions.”
We start with meaningful, manageable steps and explore more deeply when your needs call for it.
Education & experience
Always curious. Always learning.
My commitment to learning continues because I want to bring thoughtful, informed support to the people I work with.
My education and credentials include:
- Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner — Functional Nutrition Alliance
- Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner
- Integrative Nutrition Health Coach — Institute for Integrative Nutrition
- Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner
- Wahls Protocol Certified Practitioner
- Autoimmune Protocol Certified Practitioner
My continuing education includes digestive wellness, blood sugar regulation, hormone health, functional blood chemistry, nutrition, and autoimmune wellness.
Explore my additional training
- Functional Nutrition Alliance — Full Body Systems
- Liz Lipski — Advanced Nutrition Mentorships
- Trudy Scott — Balancing Neurotransmitters and GABA
- Institute for Nutritional Endocrinology — Insulin Resistance Solution Practitioner
- Innovative Healing — Digestive Wellness
- Josh Gitalis — Functional Nutrition
- Institute for Integrative Nutrition — Hormone Health and Gut Health courses
- The School of Applied Functional Medicine
- Optimal Dx — Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis
- The Kharrazian Institute — Save Your Brain, Oral Tolerance, Autoimmunity, Gut Health, Food Sensitivities, 3D Immune Tolerance, and Chronic Inflammation coursework
- YourLabWork — Functional Labwork
- FDN advanced coursework — Gut Health, Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis, Functional Blood Sugar Management, and Heart Wellness
- Chris Kresser Institute — High Cholesterol Action Plan
- Terry Wahls — Autoimmune Intervention Mastery, Remyelination workshop, and E-stim course
- Mosaic Diagnostics — Discovering the Power of Organic Acids
- Commune — Holistic Well-Being courses
- Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute (PLMI)
- Metabolic Healing — Introduction to Estrogen, Blood Sugar & Insulin Resistance Mastery, Mastering Functional Lab Analysis, Understanding MTHFR Genetics & Methylation, Implementing Methylation and Biochemistry, and Estrogen Metabolism & Methylation
- Seeking Health Educational Institute — Understanding the Ketogenic Diet, Fundamentals of Genetics, and Genetic Testing and Reporting
- SIBO SOS Masterclass
- Square One — Healing Cancer Coaching Program, 2017 & 2021
- Metabolic Mentor University
- Future Coach with Eben Pagan
- Diabetes Prevention Lifestyle Coach
- Women & Autoimmune Disease course
You’re welcome to ask me about any of my training or request my full résumé.
Research & education
Following my curiosity.
My interest in understanding the body also extends to research. Dr. Amy Divaraniya and Elinor Hills of Oova and I published Using Daily Hormone Tracking to Understand the Impact of Sleep on Perimenopausal Hormone Fluctuations. The study was presented at the 2024 Menopause Society annual meeting.
Explore the research (PDF)The SoulShift podcast
Continue the conversation.
I also co-host the podcast, SoulShift, where we explore mindset, emotional wellness, and the beautifully messy experience of being human, along with modern science, practical insights and a bit of soul.
Explore SoulShiftLet’s get to know each other.
You don’t need to have everything figured out before reaching out.
Our complimentary Connection Call is a chance to share what’s on your mind, ask questions, and explore whether working together feels right.
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Warmly,
Ali 💛