Dr. Kelly Moline & Jessica Lamb | Building a Business After Babies, Functional Medicine & Crunchy Motherhood

Functional Medicine, Crunchy Motherhood & Building Slowly After Baby

Launching a business two weeks before giving birth is not the typical recommendation.

But for Dr. Kelly Moline, it made sense.

As a pharmacist working in an independent pharmacy setting, Kelly found herself increasingly curious about the “why” behind her patients’ symptoms. Why wasn’t weight loss working for postmenopausal women? Why were patients accumulating medications without necessarily feeling better? Why did it feel like symptom management was the norm rather than root-cause healing?

That curiosity led her into functional medicine — a model centered on identifying underlying imbalances in hormones, cortisol, gut health, inflammation, and thyroid function rather than simply layering prescriptions.

And just as she was stepping into that deeper work, she stepped into motherhood.

From Pharmacy to Root-Cause Wellness

Functional medicine is often misunderstood as anti-medication. Kelly is quick to clarify that it’s not about rejecting Western medicine — it’s about using it appropriately and intentionally.

Medications like GLP-1s, now widely used for weight loss, can be powerful tools. But they are tools — not magic fixes. Sustainable health requires understanding protein intake, hydration, hormone balance, inflammation, and metabolic health. It requires education.

Kelly saw firsthand how often patients were prescribed medications without deeper conversations around lifestyle or maintenance. And with limited appointment time, doctors simply don’t always have the capacity to go deeper.

Functional medicine allowed her to do exactly that.

Through comprehensive lab testing — including DUTCH hormone testing — she works with women to create personalized protocols rooted in nutrition, supplementation, lifestyle shifts, and hormone optimization.

And yet, she entered this work during one of the most demanding seasons of life: early motherhood.

The Reality of Building After Baby

When Kelly launched her LLC, she envisioned rapid growth. A thriving practice. A packed client schedule.

Motherhood recalibrated that vision.

What she discovered was something many ambitious women quietly confront: you can have everything, but you can’t have everything at once.

The slow burn of business-building became a blessing. Fewer clients meant more time with her daughter. More presence. More margin.

Instead of chasing six-figure milestones, she began redefining success as flexibility, autonomy, and alignment.

That reframing echoes a larger conversation happening across millennial motherhood. The hustle culture messaging we inherited — build fast, scale fast, monetize everything — doesn’t always align with raising small children.

And both Kelly and Jessica reflect on that tension openly in this conversation.

Crunchy Motherhood, Redefined

Kelly describes herself as a “crunchy mom,” though she acknowledges the wide spectrum that label holds.

For her, crunchy motherhood means starting with natural approaches first — understanding how the body works before defaulting to medication. It means knowing both the benefits and side effects of pharmaceuticals, and using them when appropriate rather than reflexively.

As a pharmacist with a holistic lens, she uniquely bridges both worlds.

She chose a home birth plan. She experienced a NICU stay. She has navigated miscarriage and fertility conversations. And she speaks openly about how isolating those seasons can feel — and how powerful it is when someone else says, “I’ve been there.”

Podcasting as Community

Like many podcast hosts, Kelly wrestles with the quiet nature of the medium. Listeners don’t always comment. Analytics don’t always reflect the emotional impact.

But then a message comes. A woman shares that the fertility episode gave her chills. A listener says, “I needed this.”

And that’s enough to keep going.

Because at its core, podcasting isn’t just content. It’s connection.

Whether discussing hormone testing, GLP-1 medications, miscarriage, NICU experiences, or the mundane reality of folding laundry while listening — this episode reinforces a powerful truth:

Motherhood is layered. Business is layered. Health is layered.

And sometimes the most impactful work happens slowly.

How to Connect with Dr. Kelly Moline

Instagram: @functionalmedicineformomsWebsite: https://moleenmethod.com

Kelly offers health analysis appointments, functional lab testing, and personalized protocols focused on optimizing health naturally.

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