The Healthspan Program™
Restore and optimize your health in midlife.
A 10-month structured, physician-led program to restore health and optimize healthspan in the perimenopause and menopause transition.
Led by Dr. Amy Boutwell, MD
Internal Medicine
Lifestyle Medicine
Menopause Care
If you are a woman in midlife and you feel your health has slipped, you're right.
Perimenopause is a major whole-body health transition.
So why can't you find a doctor to help restore you to optimal health?
The healthcare system is designed for
- Diagnose and treat disease
- Address one problem at a time
- Care in episodic, short visits
The healthcare system is not designed for
- The peri/menopause transition
- Whole-person care
- Restore and optimize health
The absence of disease is not the same as optimal health.
Case study
Jen, 54: “I've tried everything.”
Multiple diagnoses, numerous symptoms, one mechanism, one unified strategy.
21 lbs
Weight loss, gained muscle
At goal
50-point reduction in LDL
Reversed
Prediabetes
Reversed
Fatty liver
She sleeps well, thinks clearly, and feels strong in her body — and is proud of those numbers!
The ROBUST Framework™
Dr. Amy Boutwell's unique framework to restore and optimize health for women in midlife, based on:
- The science of internal medicine
- The science of lifestyle medicine
- The science of peri/menopause
- The science of improvement
- The science of happiness
The six primary drivers to restore and optimize health in midlife
Restore
Sleep, stress management, boundaries, bandwidth
Outlook
A major health transition. The old way doesn't work. A new way will.
Build
Nutrition, movement, strength
Use data
Measure, review, adjust as needed to get to goal
Support
Mobilize the team and tools needed to get to goal
Thrive
Connection, meaning, purpose
Dr. Amy Boutwell developed The ROBUST Framework™ and The Healthspan Program™.
Structured. Paced. Personalized.
40 weeks · 5 phases · 9 action plans
What matters, what matters most, what matters first.
Phase 1
Assess & Plan
- Current State
- 10–12 Opportunities
- Prioritize & Sequence
- Develop First 3 Plans
3 calls · 4 weeks
Phase 2
Action Period 1
- Implement Plan 1
- Implement Plan 2
- Implement Plan 3
- Develop Next 3 Plans
3 calls · 10 weeks
Phase 3
Action Period 2
- Implement Plan 4
- Implement Plan 5
- Implement Plan 6
- Develop Final 3 Plans
3 calls · 10 weeks
Phase 4
Action Period 3
- Implement Plan 7
- Implement Plan 8
- Implement Plan 9
- Reflect on 9 Plans
3 calls · 10 weeks
Phase 5
Reassess & Celebrate
- New Current State
- Review Progress
- Identify Next Steps
- Celebrate!
3 calls · 4 weeks
Key success factors
Structured & time-limited
Creates momentum
Data-informed
Prioritized and sequenced
Focused on change
To restore and optimize health