About Us
Care that sees the whole woman.
Led by a team built to support every phase of your health journey.
Meet your coaches
These are the woman who will be by your side, 1:1. With deep functional expertise, sharp clinical minds, and an even bigger hearts— they are here to make sure you feel seen and fully supported through every phase of your health journey.
Meet Courtney
Head Coach of the Higher Standard Wellness Team, Board-Certified Health Coach & Functional Hormone + Gut Expert
I figure out why nothing is working despite doing "everything right". I've personally been in a dark place, went to different doctors and told I was "fine" while I could barely get out of bed. I was running a successful life on the outside but my body was screaming for help. I spot patterns your doctor misses. I connect your gut issues to your hormone symptoms and provide lasting solutions. No more band-aids. Your symptoms aren't random. They're your body's way of asking for help. I'm here to translate what it's saying and get you back to feeling like yourself - but even better so you can show up in all areas of your life.
Meet Johnna
Functional Health Coach (IIN), Specializes in Gut + Hormones
With a passion for helping women heal from the inside out. My journey into this work started with my own health obstacles. After years of being on hormonal birth control wrecking my health, I had to do the hard work of healing to realize I was meant for more. That experience changed everything for me.
Now I help highly functioning women who know their body is capable of more. The ones doing everything right, but still feel off. The ones whose labs come back “normal” but nothing feels normal. Through functional testing and a root cause approach, I’m able to build a path back to feeling like yourself again.
Meet Megan
Integrative Health Practitioner (IHP3) + Master of Science in Molecular Biology
My journey into functional medicine started when my daughter experienced severe hives and skin reactions after multiple rounds of antibiotics. While searching for answers to help her heal, I realized my own body was struggling too after years of chronic stress from balancing my former teaching career and motherhood. I was exhausted, inflamed, overwhelmed, and constantly pushing through.
I help high-achieving women break out of that same cycle through personalized nutrition, realistic movement, lifestyle shifts, and functional lab testing that helps uncover what may actually be holding them back. Together, we work to identify the root causes behind fatigue, stubborn weight gain, hormone imbalances, and feeling “off” so you can regain your energy, feel confident in your body, and create sustainable results that fit real life.
I’m also a mom of two who loves national park adventures, beach days, and spending time outdoors with my family. My goal is to help you stop guessing, start understanding what your body truly needs, and finally feel supported by someone who sees the bigger picture of your health.
Meet Caroline
Chiropractor & Functional Health Practitioner
As a wellness coach, my goal is to empower individuals to improve their health in ways that are sustainable and realistic. I understand first hand the frustration because I, too, experienced doctors telling me my labs were normal only to have my symptoms aluding to a deeper problem.
I work alongside individuals to combine functional labs with personalized nutrition that fit their unique lifestyles, helping them gain confidence, clarity, and control over their health journey.
Meet Mary Ann
Integrative Health Practitioner, Fitness Nurse
I'm Mary Ann Masesar and as a mother and wife, I believe you shouldn't have to choose between caring for everyone else and caring for yourself.
My approach to health is built on both clinical training and lived experience. With a background in nursing, fitness, and integrative wellness, I look beyond symptoms and quick fixes to find what's actually driving how you feel. I'm not interested in guesswork, I'm interested in the root.
Once we know what's really going on, we build a plan that fits your real life and gets you real, sustainable results. This work is personal to me, I know exactly how easy it is to put your own health last while you're holding everything together for everyone else. That's exactly why I do what I do.
I help busy parents and professionals restore their energy, balance their hormones, improve digestion, and start feeling like themselves again. I believe health should feel supportive, not overwhelming. Once you're truly supported in your health, everything else: your energy, your presence, your capacity to show up fully at home and beyond becomes possible.
That's the standard I hold for every person I work with. Driven by purpose, faith, and service, my goal is simple: help you stop settling for "fine" and start living like the healthiest, most energized version of yourself, the one you already are underneath it all.
Meet Saadia
Functional Wellness Practitioner (FDNP) + MS in Physician Assistant Studies, Gut + Hormones + ADHD
During my time working in clinic, I often felt limited by the time available with patients and the ability to support true, long-term wellness. I didn't want to just address symptoms, I wanted to help people understand what was driving their health concerns and how to create lasting change. I also saw women in my own life struggling with ongoing symptoms, often feeling dismissed or offered band-aid solutions. I experienced this personally as well, being told my labs were “normal” even when I didn’t feel well.
These experiences led me to pursue additional training in integrative medicine and functional health, driven by a desire for a more holistic, root-cause approach to wellness so I could better support women in a deeper, more personalized way.
I’m passionate about helping women understand their bodies, make sense of their symptoms and lab work, and feel empowered in their health. As a mom of four, I also understand how easy it is to put yourself last. My approach is supportive and encouraging, focused on simplifying health so clients feel clear and not overwhelmed, while also helping them stay consistent through the process of change.
My goal is for you to feel your best — not only for yourself, but for those you love.
Meet Haven
Integrative Nutrition Health Coach (INHC) + Certificate in Nutrition and Healthy Living from Cornell University
I help clients create realistic changes and build sustainable results to live their happiest, healthiest lives. After years of struggling with my own chronic GI distress and getting “normal” labs, I understand how frustrating healing can be.
I don’t just put a bandaid on your symptoms - I help you heal the root problem. With a background in fitness instruction, marathon running, collegiate athletics, and nutrition, I specialize working with high-performing women and athletes who want to optimize how they feel and perform. We tap into your nervous system function and the mind-body connection, paired with functional testing, so you can take control of your health again and feel your best.
Meet Gabrielle
Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P), BS Neuroscience & Applied Nutrition
I know what it's like to look like you have it all together on the outside and feel completely disconnected from your body on the inside. For years I was doing everything "right." Training hard, eating clean, checking every box. But after competing in a bodybuilding show, my body stopped responding the way it used to.
My hormones were a mess, my gut was struggling, and traditional approaches weren’t working. Functional wellness completely changed the way I approach health, for myself and for every woman I work with.
Now, with over 6 years in the health coaching space, I specialize in uncovering the root causes behind metabolic adaptation, fat loss resistance, hormonal imbalance, and burnout.
My approach blends your labs with your lifestyle so you can stop guessing and start understanding what your body actually needs. Because I believe, when a woman feels at home in her body again, the ripple effect touches everything … her energy, her confidence, her relationships, her career, her life. You deserve to feel like your body is a reflection of the high performer that you are.
Meet Courtney H.
Integrative Health Practitioner (IHP2), Integrative Nutrition (IIN), Certified Personal Trainer (NCSF)
PhD, Functional/Natural Medicine & Holistic Nutrition
My passion for functional medicine began while searching for answers for my young son, who struggled with milk-soy protein intolerance as an infant and years later ended up with Lyme and multiple co-infections.
That journey, along with navigating my own Hashimoto's and autoimmune challenges, shaped the way I approach health today.
For more than 14 years, I've helped clients uncover the root causes behind hormone/gut issues, autoimmune concerns, fatigue, and stubborn weight through functional lab testing, personalized nutrition, movement, and sustainable lifestyle changes.
I especially enjoy helping high-performing women reconnect with their health so they can show up with more energy, confidence, and purpose.
As a mom of four, I understand how easy it is to put yourself last. My goal is to meet you where you are, simplify the process, and help you build realistic habits that create lasting change.
In my free time, I enjoy creating healthy recipes, practicing yoga, running 5Ks with my family, and I’m always learning something new.
From Surviving to Leading
A note from our founder Dr. Cleo Amelia Tetzloff, AP, CFMP
Every woman deserves care that reaches the root—not just skims the surface. That’s the kind of support I desperately needed when my own health was unraveling, and no one had answers that actually helped.
What brought me into this work wasn’t a trend or a textbook. It was a fire lit by personal experience—rashes, fatigue, hot flashes, inflammation, and a deep sense that my body wasn’t mine anymore.
I went from specialist to specialist. Prescription to protocol.
But none of them saw me.
And I knew I wasn’t alone in that.
So I made a promise: no woman should have to navigate her symptoms feeling dismissed, confused, or invisible.
That promise became my mission—and then it became this company.
The Higher Standard, Defined.
Healing doesn’t have to take years. But it does require the right strategy, the right eyes on your case, and the kind of support that meets you as a whole woman—not a collection of symptoms.
At Higher Standard Wellness, we do things differently:
We get clear on the root.
We craft a plan that fits your real life.
We walk with you every step of the way—until your transformation becomes your new normal.
I now lead the company as its founder and visionary. I guide the protocols, refine the education, host group calls, and consult behind the scenes to ensure every plan aligns with our signature method and mission.
Our Vision
We see a world where women no longer chase the version of themselves they wish they could be— they become her.
Through transformational, root-cause care, Higher Standard Wellness is redefining what it means to be well.
It’s not just about symptom relief—it’s about creating a ripple effect of women who are magnetic, confident, and fully embodied in every part of their lives.
Because when this movement succeeds, health becomes a catalyst— Not just for healing, but for leading.
For living.
For becoming.
That’s the vision:
A new generation of women who no longer settle. Who don’t shrink to fit the world—but rise to meet it. Elevated women. Elevated wellness. A legacy that lasts.
Our Mission
At Higher Standard Wellness, we help high-performing women stop settling and start leading lives that reflect their true worth.
Starting with root-cause healing and expanding into identity transformation. We’re not here to “fix” women.
We’re here to remind them who they already are.
Because when a woman feels good in her body, she stops apologizing for wanting more—
She raises the standard in every area of life: From her energy to her mirror, her relationships, her career, and her joy.
This is a movement for the woman who’s done playing small.
And ready to become the magnetic, grounded, undeniable version of herself— The standard, not the exception.
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