Michelle Peña is a functional health coach, speaker, Founder of Wellness with Michelle, and Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Rise RX Fitness in East Texas.

She helps high-performing women get to the root of what's draining their energy, including gut dysfunction, hormonal imbalance, chronic stress, and nervous system dysregulation, and build practical, sustainable strategies to restore clarity, capacity, and vitality.

"Helping high-performing women eliminate guesswork around their health by correcting nervous system, gut, and hormone dysfunction so that they can build success without paying for it with their health."

Michelle holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing alongside certifications as an Integrative Health Practitioner and Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. For more than two decades, she has worked in health and wellness, building and operating fitness centers and guiding women through comprehensive functional health coaching, women who were exhausted, overwhelmed, and often told that feeling unwell was "just part of life." Her own experience with burnout, accelerated by a life-altering accident, forced her to confront the cost of constantly pushing through and ignited her passion for a different approach, one that honors both the science of the body and the whole person.

Today, through Wellness with Michelle, she combines functional lab testing, targeted nutrition, nervous system regulation, and lifestyle strategies to help women understand the "why" behind their symptoms and walk out real, sustainable change, not perfection.Through individualized protocols, she uncovers and addresses the underlying drivers of her clients' symptoms, from gut dysfunction and blood sugar dysregulation to hormone imbalances and nervous system dysregulation. 

Her work is rooted in clinical training and faith, meeting women wherever they are and helping them move into grounded, steady health.

On stages and in her coaching programs, Michelle is known for honest storytelling and a willingness to name what high achievers often feel but rarely say out loud. Her mission is to help women work with their bodies instead of against them, calming the nervous system, healing from the inside out, and reclaiming the vibrant, purpose-filled lives they were created to live.

My Credentials 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Certified Nutrition Therapy Practitioner 

• Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner

• Integrative Health Practitioner Level Two

• Co-Founder and CEO of Rise RX Fitness, based out of Tyler, Texas.