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Published Works
The foundation of Vitality Natural Wellness is built upon providing life-changing, patient-centered care using innovative medical approaches to optimize wellness; at Vitality, THE PATIENT is the main focus.
Authoring books allows Dr. McRae to reach further into her patients' lives and impart wisdom she wishes she could share at every visit.
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Know Your Number
Perimenopause and Menopause Brain Support Workbook
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You don’t feel like yourself — and it’s not in your head.
Brain fog. Poor sleep. Anxiety you never used to have.
A sense that your energy, confidence, or clarity has shifted — but no one can quite explain why.
For many women, these aren’t random symptoms.
They’re early signals that the brain is under hormonal stress — often years before menopause is ever named.
In Know Your Number, Dr. Melissa McRae reveals the overlooked lab marker that reflects how hard your brain is working to adapt during midlife hormonal change — and why so many women are told their labs are “normal” while they feel anything but.
This book will help you:
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Understand why symptoms often appear before traditional menopause signs
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Learn what your number reveals about brain, hormone, and stress balance
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Recognize early warning signals — and respond before symptoms escalate
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Replace confusion and guesswork with clarity, education, and a plan
Menopause doesn’t have to feel like a free fall.
When you understand what your body is communicating, you regain agency, confidence, and hope.
Because one number can change how you understand everything.
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Unlocked
Calm the gut-brain axis and improve focus, mood, and vitality.
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In Unlocked, Dr. Melissa McRae reveals how disruptions in the gut-brain axis can quietly drive mood changes, cognitive symptoms, inflammation, and chronic health struggles — often long before disease is diagnosed.
This book will help you:
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Understand how gut health directly affects mood, focus, motivation, and resilience
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Recognize why traditional approaches often miss the root cause of anxiety and brain fog
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Learn how inflammation, microbiome imbalance, and stress lock the body into survival mode
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Restore communication between the gut and brain — and unlock healing from the inside out
You are not weak. You are not broken.
Your nervous system has simply been stuck in protection mode.
When the gut and brain reconnect, clarity returns. Energy improves. And healing becomes possible.