We created TeenWell because so many parents reach the tween and early teen years feeling blindsided.

One minute your child still feels little; the next, they are moodier, more private, more tired, more reactive, more screen-focused, or suddenly harder to reach. It can feel confusing, worrying and lonely, especially when you are told it is “just hormones” but instinctively feel there is more going on.

We are two practitioners with a shared interest in helping families understand what is happening beneath the surface during early adolescence. Through a practical, evidence-informed lens, we look at the teenage brain, hormones, sleep, nutrition, blood sugar, gut health, screens, stress and emotional regulation — and how these pieces connect.

TeenWell is here to help parents feel calmer, clearer and better equipped. Not with judgement, overwhelm or impossible routines, but with simple explanations, realistic tools and compassionate support for modern family life.

Ali Kelly is a Registered Nutritional Therapist specialising in root-cause health, with a particular interest in digestion, hormones, energy, emotional wellbeing and children’s development. She brings a practical functional medicine lens to understanding how nutrition, blood sugar, sleep, gut health and lifestyle can contribute to mood, focus and wellbeing in tweens and teens.

Alexandra Rojas is a Functional Medicine Practitioner IFMCP and Registered Naturopathic Nutritionist, with a particular interest in chronic stress, nervous system support, hormones, gut health, immunity and cellular health. She brings a systems-based approach to understanding how stress, development, nutrition, lifestyle and the nervous system can contribute to emotional and physical wellbeing.