Meet Ellena Mendoza

Functional Nutrition Practitioner | Root-Cause Holistic Health Guide | Founder of Radiant Roots Functional Wellness

My Story: From Surviving to Truly Living

I know what it feels like to wake up in a body that no longer feels like home.

To be exhausted, inflamed, anxious, overwhelmed—and told repeatedly that “everything looks normal.”
To be handed prescriptions instead of answers.
To feel dismissed when your symptoms don’t fit a convenient box.

For more than 20 years, that was my life.

In my late twenties, my health began to unravel. What started as gut issues quickly spiraled into hormonal chaos, anxiety, panic attacks, brain fog, chronic fatigue, and a level of emotional depletion I didn’t have words for. I was barely functioning—and the hardest part was not having the capacity to show up for my daughter the way I wanted to.

Diagnosis after diagnosis followed:
H. pylori, gastritis, colitis, IBS-C, gluten sensitivity, SIBO, Hashimoto’s, adrenal fatigue, chronic fatigue syndrome—and more.
The list grew long, but the answers never did.

I felt lost in my own body. And completely alone.

But somewhere inside, a quiet knowing persisted:
There had to be another way.

And there was.

functional nutrition practitioner Ellena Mendoza Colorado

when I Stopped Chasing Symptoms, Everything Changed

In desperation—and determination—I stopped searching for quick fixes and started searching for the root.

I immersed myself in the study of functional nutrition, gut and microbiome health, hormone balance, psychoneuroimmunology, somatic healing, trauma-informed care, and frequency medicine. I learned how the body speaks through symptoms long before anything shows up on a lab report. I learned how the gut communicates with the brain, how stress imprints on the nervous system, and how emotional patterns can keep the body stuck in survival.

Slowly, gently, and without forcing, my body began to shift.

Not because I found a magic protocol, but because I finally understood what my body had been asking for all along.

And now?
I help others do the same.

when I Stopped Chasing Symptoms, Everything Changed

In desperation—and determination—I stopped searching for quick fixes and started searching for the root.

Slowly, gently, and without forcing, my body began to shift.

Not because I found a magic protocol, but because I finally understood what my body had been asking for all along.

And now?
I help others do the same.

Why This Work Matters So Much to Me

I do this work because I have sat in the same hopeless spaces my clients come from.
I have lived inside a dysregulated nervous system.
I have felt the fear of unexplained symptoms and the frustration of being dismissed.

And I have also experienced what happens when someone finally looks deeper—
when someone finally listens.

I support:

Women who feel overwhelmed by gut issues, fatigue, inflammation, or hormone imbalance
Moms trying to navigate a child’s chronic or mysterious symptoms
Women in peri- to post-menopause who feel like their bodies have betrayed them
Adults carrying emotional trauma that is still showing up as physical symptoms
People who have “tried everything” and still don’t feel like themselves

I help you find the why beneath the symptoms—because when we honor the root, the whole body begins to heal.

root cause holistic health coach gut and hormone healing

Why This Work Matters So Much to Me

And I have also experienced what happens when someone finally looks deeper—
when someone finally listens.

I support:

Women who feel overwhelmed by gut issues, fatigue, inflammation, or hormone imbalance
Moms trying to navigate a child’s chronic or mysterious symptoms
Women in peri- to post-menopause who feel like their bodies have betrayed them
Adults carrying emotional trauma that is still showing up as physical symptoms
People who have “tried everything” and still don’t feel like themselves

I help you find the why beneath the symptoms—because when we honor the root, the whole body begins to heal.

What Healing Looks Like with Me

My approach weaves science, emotional intelligence, and energy medicine into a model that honors the whole person.

Together, we:

Feed and nourish the body back to balance
Restore gut and microbiome health
Rebalance hormones naturally and sustainably
Calm the nervous system and release stored trauma
Support emotional healing through somatic and frequency tools
Align body, mind, and energy for lasting transformation

This isn’t about perfection or harsh protocols.
This is about creating the internal conditions where healing becomes possible—physically, emotionally, and energetically.

Your body is not the enemy.
It’s a messenger.
And once we learn to listen, everything changes.

What Healing Looks Like with Me

My approach weaves science, emotional intelligence, and energy medicine into a model that honors the whole person.

Together, we:

Feed and nourish the body back to balance
Restore gut and microbiome health
Rebalance hormones naturally and sustainably
Calm the nervous system and release stored trauma
Support emotional healing through somatic and frequency tools
Align body, mind, and energy for lasting transformation

This isn’t about perfection or harsh protocols.
This is about creating the internal conditions where healing becomes possible—physically, emotionally, and energetically.

Your body is not the enemy.
It’s a messenger.
And once we learn to listen, everything changes.

trauma informed nervous system healing expert

My Training & Expertise

Your healing deserves someone who understands the full picture—
physically, emotionally, energetically, and biochemically.

My work is rooted in more than 20 years of study, lived experience, and formal training across multiple healing disciplines. I bring together scientific rigor, trauma-informed support, and intuitive wisdom to help you make sense of what your body has been trying to communicate.

I am a:

Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner
Certified Functional Nutrition Practitioner
Certified Trauma-Informed Health Coach
Certified Holistic Weight Loss Coach
Certified HTMA Pro Practitioner
AO Scan Frequency Medicine Practitioner

My areas of advanced study include:

Functional Nutrition & Digestive Health
Microbiome Science & Gut–Brain–Hormone Imbalance
Psychoneuroimmunology (mind–body–immune connection)
Trauma-Informed Coaching & Nervous System Regulation
Energy & Vibrational Medicine
Root-Cause Lifestyle Medicine
Women’s Hormone Health & Stress Physiology

I don’t offer quick fixes or one-size-fits-all protocols.
I offer partnership, clarity, and a whole-system approach that honors the way your body, mind, and energy truly work together.

Today, I’m Living a Life I Never Imagined Possible

I wake up energized.
I cook nourishing meals with joy, not fear.
I tend my garden, gather eggs from my chickens, explore the mountain trails of Colorado, and chase my grandbabies with a full heart and a restored body.

Healing brought me back to myself.
And I want that for you.

Today, I’m Living a Life I Never Imagined Possible

Healing brought me back to myself.
And I want that for you.

A Personal Note From Me to You

If you are tired of feeling dismissed…
If your symptoms feel confusing or unending…
If you’ve tried everything and still don’t feel well…
If you’re ready to heal on every level—physically, emotionally, hormonally, energetically—

I’m here to walk this path with you.

You are not broken.
You are not behind.
And you are not alone.

Your healing is already in motion simply because you’re here.

Let’s root deep, rise radiant, and reclaim the life you were always meant to live.

A Personal Note From Me to You

I’m here to walk this path with you.

You are not broken.
You are not behind.
And you are not alone.

Your healing is already in motion simply because you’re here.

Let’s root deep, rise radiant, and reclaim the life you were always meant to live.

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