Who Is Sandra Cohen
I work with women experiencing hormonal imbalances, chronic fatigue, stubborn weight gain, digestive issues and complex health histories seeking a solution. They may have been told that everything is medically fine, yet still do not feel well and sense that something deeper is happening in their bodies.
Credentials and Professional Training
I hold internationally respected qualifications in functional medicine, nutrition, kinesiology and coaching.
- IFM Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner (IFMCP)
• Registered Nutritional Therapist and Nutritionist (DipNT, mBANT, rCNHC)
• Certified Nutrigenomics Practitioner
• Registered Kinesiologist (DipKin, mKF, rCNHC)
• ICF Certified Coach
• Board Member, International Kinesiology Federation
• Former Board Member, UK Kinesiology Federation (2018 to 2022)
To ensure my work remains precise and evidence based, I continue to train across multiple disciplines. Recent professional development includes:
- Managing Reflux Practitioner Accreditation
- HPV and Intimate Ecology Mentoring
- Natural Fertility Mentoring
This continuous education supports a level of care that is nuanced, clear and deeply attentive to the complexity of midlife health.
A Life’s Work Rooted in Midlife Women’s Wisdom
Midlife is a profound turning point for many women. It brings shifts in hormones, energy, identity and emotional rhythms. Yet women are often told that everything is fine even when their bodies are clearly asking for deeper support. My work exists to provide the clarity, depth and personalised support that women often seek during these transitional years.
I support women in midlife to understand their body’s signals with clarity, compassion and precision. My integrative approach is grounded in functional medicine, nutrigenomics, nutritional therapy, neuro energetic kinesiology and emotional awareness.
I have developed my own methodology that interweaves all of these disciplines. It allows me to work as a health detective, exploring beneath the surface to understand the root causes driving symptoms and long-standing patterns.
This page shares the journey that shaped that work.
From Paris to London. A Journey of Awakening
My path began in Paris, expanded across Singapore and Hong Kong, and eventually grounded itself in London. What started as a career in business operations gradually transformed into a calling to understand the deeper intelligence of the body. The turning point arrived through my own complex health challenges, particularly endometriosis.
For many years, I experienced the pain, fatigue and disruption that endometriosis brings. While conventional medicine provided partial support, it became clear that my body needed a more complete approach. This is what led me to kinesiology and later to nutritional therpay and functional medicine.
It revealed what I now see in every woman I support:
“The body whispers long before it struggles”
Functional medicine and nutritional therapy offered me scientific depth.
Nutrigenomics added biochemical precision.
Coaching brought emotional clarity. Kinesiology helped bring emotional resilience and break through negative patterns.
Together, they revealed a simple truth.
Midlife is not a decline. It is a recalibration. A return to a deeper understanding of the self. This understanding became the foundation of my work at Aura and Meta.
The Aura and Meta Philosophy
A Functional Medicine Approach with an Energetic Lens
My philosophy is grounded in the following principles:
Biology First
Understanding the body’s physiology is the foundation. Nutritional therapy and Functional medicine allows us to understand the interlink between hormones, metabolism, gut health, immune function, inflammation and nutrient status with clarity. This provides direction and confidence.
Research Led Practice
Every recommendation is informed by ongoing and latest research in women’s health and nutrigenomics.
The Body Stores Patterns
Kinesiology helps uncover how stress imprinting, emotional strain, structural tension and nervous system responses can influence hormones, digestion, energy and immune signalling. Emotional patterns do not replace biology, but they often amplify it.
Integration Supports Better Outcomes
Women in midlife benefit most from an approach that brings together functional medicine, nutrition, genetics, emotional regulation and energetic balance. Addressing these layers together creates more sustainable change.
The Aura and Meta Method
My method includes:
- Functional medicine
• Nutritional therapy
• Nutrigenomics
• Neuro energetic kinesiology
• Coaching to support behavioural, emotional and lifestyle change
These tools allow us to explore:
- Why energy shifts occur in midlife
• What hormonal changes are signalling
• How stress affects physiology
• Why metabolism changes
• How digestive and immune symptoms develop
• How emotional patterns influence physical health
This integrated framework supports clarity, resilience and meaningful long-term progress.
We move beyond symptoms towards the deeper patterns your body has been holding quietly for years.
Where Structure Meets Intuition
Years of running businesses taught me to work with clarity, systems and grounded strategy.
Years of caring for women’s health taught me to recognise the importance of rhythm, nourishment and restoration.
This blend helps you:
- Reconnect with your body’s signals
- Understand the physiology of your hormonal changes
- Establish daily rhythms that support energy and clarity
- Work with your genetics and biochemistry rather than against them
- Unwind emotional and energetic stress patterns
- Restore a sense of steadiness in your body and mind
This is the essence of Aura and Meta.
A place where your biology and your lived experience meet.
My Philosophy on Healing in Midlife
Healing is not a linear process. It is not a search for what is wrong. It is the process of understanding what the body has been communicating for years.
Many women in midlife tell me they feel dismissed, misunderstood or unseen. Yet normal is not the same as well. Your lived experience matters deeply.
My work is to help you:
- Understand the signals your body is sending
• Step back into a sense of safety within your nervous system
• Interpret the hormonal and metabolic shifts beneath your symptoms
• Restore your natural energy
• Rebalance the emotional and biological patterns behind stress and fatigue
• Return to clarity, steadiness and self-trust
Your body is not failing. It is communicating. I help you listen with greater understanding.
How I Support Women
Alongside my clinical work, I am the co-creator and co-host of the podcast Hormones and Heels, dedicated to women’s health, midlife wellbeing and how to adapt your style during perimenopause.
I offer support in several formats designed to meet women at different stages and levels of need:
- One to one consultation
- Small group programmes
- Self-paced programmes
- Workshops and live events
All my offerings are dedicated to female health, midlife transitions and whole person support.
Begin Your Journey
If you would like to explore the deeper patterns shaping your hormones, metabolism and emotional wellbeing, you are welcome to begin with my introductory webinar.
How to balance your hormones naturally
A clear and compassionate introduction to supporting your hormonal rhythm naturally.
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