About Antonela

Academic expertise, paired with a genuine understanding of what you are going through.

I help women 40+ understand what is happening, recover energy and clarity, and decide how they want the next decades to feel — nutrition science, nervous-system work, and brain-health coaching, without clinical coldness or empty empowerment language.

Antonela M. Butuc, nutritional therapist in Dublin

MSc Exercise & Nutrition Science, University of ChesterMSc Nutrition & Food Safety, Carol Davila, BucharestNutritional Therapy Diploma, IHS DublinMaster EFT PractitionerBrain-Health CoachCertified NLP & Life Coach

How it began

It started with children. It led me to their mothers.

My work began by helping children through nutrition. In session after session I noticed the same quiet figure beside them: an exhausted mother holding everything together, putting herself last, and running on empty without anyone noticing.

I understood her perfectly, because I had been her. I lived through inflammation, chronic fatigue, joint pain, and the slow hormonal shift that no one had prepared me for. I knew exactly what it was to feel like a stranger in your own body.

So I went back to the science, not once, but twice. I studied the inner workings of the body in detail and added tools that, integrated with nutrition, guide us toward optimal health. My approach supports the woman as a whole.

You are allowed to need support too. Not when everything else is handled. Now.

Think of your body like a cherished car: when something goes wrong, you don’t just replace one wheel and drive away. You check the engine, change the oil, and take care of the entire system so it runs safely. It is the same with our internal balance.

This becomes urgent when we look at the years ahead. The average life expectancy for women is 84.6 years in Ireland and 79.4 years in Romania. That privilege also means more than a third of life can be lived in the menopause stage. How do we choose to live these 25 or 30+ years?

We aren’t just managing temporary symptoms; we are protecting our future. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality among women, and women have a higher predisposition than men to dementia and Alzheimer’s. Too often the body can go on while the brain begins to fade.

Time is the resource we cannot increase. Health, energy and self-trust are how we spend it well. That is the centre of the work — not a side theme under hormones.

The result is a way of working that supports you as a whole, preparing you for a future where you remain fully yourself.

The background behind the work

Qualifications you can trust.

Depth matters when it is your health. Here is the training that informs every plan I build. Education and coaching — not a clinic.

In their words

The proof is in how they feel.

Let’s begin

If this sounds like you, you’re in the right place.

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