You’ve been told everything "looks normal." But you know your body feels off.
Welcome to Wellness Labs at A Balanced Self - a new kind of wellness experience designed to uncover the patterns your body is carrying.
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Mental health doesn’t exist in isolation.
It lives in your nervous system.
Your hormones.
Your inflammation levels.
Your sleep patterns.
Your energy.
Your stress load.
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And yet, many people leave appointments hearing the same phrase: "Your labs look normal."
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But normal ranges don’t always explain why you feel:
• Exhausted even after sleep
• Anxious without clear reason
• Mentally foggy or overwhelmed
• Inflamed, bloated, or hormonally off
• Burnt out in your own body
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At A Balanced Self, we believe your symptoms are not random.
Your body has been adapting. That’s why we created Wellness Labs at A Balanced Self - bringing deeper lab insights together with nervous system and mental health understanding.​​​
Understanding your body doesn’t have to feel overwhelming.
There are different ways to start, depending on what you’re needing right now.
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Customized Wellness Blood Panels are often the first step. A personalized bloodwork experience designed to help you gain clarity on what may be happening beneath the surface.
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For those who are looking to go deeper, the Patterned Body Lab Experience expands on this - connecting your lab results with your nervous system, mental health, and lifestyle patterns.
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Most people begin with labs, then choose to explore deeper support from there.
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What Your Labs May Be Revealing
Your lab results are more than a list of numbers.
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They offer insight into how your body has been adapting to stress, lifestyle, nutrition, sleep, and overall demand.
Through Wellness Labs, we look at how these markers connect, so you can better understand what your body may be asking for.
stress + nervous system load
How your body may be responding to ongoing stress or demand.
inflammation & immune balance
Markers that may reflect how the body is responding to internal or external stressors.
overall physiological patterns
How different systems within the body may be interacting with one another
nutrient status
Areas where the body may benefit from additional nutritional support.
metabolic health
How your body is processing energy, blood sugar, and nutrients
Customized Wellness Blood Panels
Our Customized Wellness Labs provide a personalized look at your health, helping you move from guessing to understanding. But this isn’t just about general health or numbers on a page. These labs are designed to help explore how your physiology may be influencing how you feel - including your mood, energy, stress levels, and overall mental well-being.
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Because feeling “off” isn’t always just emotional, and it’s not always just physical. Often, it’s both and this experience helps begin connecting those dots.
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This experience is ideal if you:
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Feel “off” but don’t know why
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Have noticed changes in your mood, energy, or stress levels
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Want to understand how your physical health may be impacting your mental well-being
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Want clarity without overwhelm
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Are curious about your baseline health
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Prefer a simple, approachable starting point
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What's Included:
• Customized wellness blood panel
• Professional blood draw
• Overview of key biomarkers with insight into how they may relate to overall well-being
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Pricing is between $50-300, based on amount of panels.
The Patterned Body Lab Experience
A Deeper Integration
For some, insight from labs is enough. For others, it opens the door to a deeper question:
Why are these patterns showing up, and how do I actually support my body moving forward?
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This is where the Patterned Body Lab Experience comes in. This experience goes beyond lab results, connecting your biomarkers with your nervous system, mental health, and lifestyle patterns to create a more complete understanding of your body.
Your labs are not just reviewed. They are translated into context, patterns, and personalized support.
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Rather than focusing on isolated numbers, we look at how everything connects:
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Stress + nervous system regulation
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Inflammation + lifestyle patterns
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Hormones + emotional health
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Sleep + energy rhythms
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Nutrient status + mood
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When these pieces are understood together, the picture becomes clearer and more actionable.​​
Which Option Is Right For You?
Meet Your Support Team
Alicia Triantos, LMHC
HOLISTIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST
As a licensed mental health counselor and founder of A Balanced Self, Alicia has spent years helping individuals understand the deeper roots of anxiety, burnout, emotional patterns, and nervous system dysregulation.
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Through her holistic approach to therapy, she began noticing a common theme: Many people were doing the emotional work, but their bodies were still stuck in patterns of stress, inflammation, and depletion.​
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Alicia guides the psychological and nervous system side of the process, helping translate what your body’s patterns may mean for your emotional health and daily life.
Jake Prusha
CERTIFIED PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN
BIOMARKER-FOCUSED WELLNESS COACH
Jake is the founder of Become Weightless, a Boston-based wellness platform focused on helping individuals understand how physiology, stress patterns, and lifestyle habits influence overall well-being.
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As a certified phlebotomy technician and biomarker-focused wellness coach, Jake specializes in translating bloodwork into clear, practical insights related to:
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• Energy and metabolism
• Stress physiology
• Recovery and resilience
• Nutrition and lifestyle patterns
start understanding your body on a deeper level
Whether you’re looking for a deep dive into your body’s patterns or a simple wellness snapshot, our lab offerings are designed to provide insight and guidance. Take the next step toward understanding your body and supporting your overall wellness.
Not sure which option is right for you?
You can start with a Customized Wellness Blood Panel
and explore the Patterned Body Lab Experience later.