Nicole Bentivegna, WHNP, AGNP
Nicole Bentivegna is a double board-certified NP, specializing in menopause & functional medicine. She empowers women to thrive through midlife and beyond, so they can Love The Way They Feel.
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Menopause & Functional Medicine Expert | Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
Professions: Executive director, Mentor, Nurse Practitioner
Specialties: Anti-Aging, Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT), Functional Medicine, Menopause, Root-Cause Medicine
Nicole Bentivegna is a double board-certified Women’s Health and Adult Nurse Practitioner with nearly 20 years of clinical experience helping women navigate perimenopause, menopause, and healthy aging. She specializes in functional medicine and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy and holds advanced certifications through The Menopause Society, the Institute for Functional Medicine, the Academy for Anti-Aging Medicine, and the BHRT Training Academy.
Known to many as the Charlotte Menopause NP, Nicole is on a mission to change the way women experience midlife. Through patient care, speaking engagements, media appearances, social media, and provider education, she is helping women understand what’s really happening in their bodies so they can stop accepting “this is just aging” and start advocating for the care they deserve.
Nicole serves as Executive Director at Signature Wellness, where she combines clinical practice with strategic leadership to expand access to evidence-based menopause care. She also mentors healthcare providers across the country in functional medicine and hormone optimization.Whether she’s on stage, behind a microphone, or in the exam room, her goal is the same: to empower women with evidence-based education that helps them thrive, not just survive, through menopause and beyond, so they can truly Love The Way They Feel.
Ideas for podcast episodes :
- The STRONG Prescription: Six Strategies to Build a Stronger, Healthier Body After 40
- This Is Perimenopause? The Surprising Symptoms Women—and Their Providers—Often Miss
- From Women’s Health NP to Perimenopause Patient: What My Own Hormones Taught Me That My Training Didn’t
- Train Heavy, Eat Enough, Sleep Better: The New Rules for Women Who Want to Age Strong
- “My Labs Are Normal, So Why Do I Feel Awful?” Rethinking Women’s Health in Midlife
Questions I'm always ready to answer :
- What are the earliest signs of perimenopause, and why are so many women experiencing symptoms years before they realize hormones may be involved?
- Why can a woman be told her hormone labs are “normal” and still have significant symptoms of perimenopause?
- Beyond hot flashes and irregular periods, what unexpected symptoms can be associated with the menopause transition?
- Why does weight and body composition often begin to change in midlife, even when a woman hasn’t changed the way she eats or exercises?
- What does the current evidence actually tell us about menopausal hormone therapy, and how should women think about its potential benefits, risks, and timing?
- How do estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, thyroid function, insulin sensitivity, and stress physiology interact during perimenopause and menopause?
- Why do strength training, adequate protein, and maintaining muscle become increasingly important for women as they age?
- How can women use your STRONG framework—Sleep First, Train Heavy, Remove Toxins, Optimize Hormones, Nourish Your Body, and Grow Stronger Every Year—to create a practical midlife health strategy?
- You were trained as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner yet felt unprepared for your own early perimenopause—what did that experience teach you about the gaps in conventional women’s healthcare?