About Matthew
A clinician who teaches like a neighbor.
I'm Matthew Moody—a family nurse practitioner and the founder of Living & Wellness by Design. I built this work because I know what it feels like to be exhausted, overextended, and still trying to become healthier. After years inside healthcare systems, I saw how often people are rushed, shamed, or treated like a diagnosis instead of a whole person.
Living & Wellness by Design brings together clinical experience, functional wellness, metabolic health, and nervous system recovery—reframed as practical education that helps people move from burnout and overwhelm into a healthier daily rhythm.
Verified credentials
Qualifications, plainly stated
- Double board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner
- FNP-BC — board certification (ANCC)
- FNP-C — board certification (AANP)
Why I teach
Because "that's just aging" isn't an answer.
In conventional settings I watched person after person told their exhaustion, weight changes, and lost drive were simply part of getting older. Sometimes a prescription is right—but often, people first need understanding. Teaching is how I close that gap: hormones, metabolism, sleep, and stress explained clearly enough to act on.
A note on relationships: the education on this site is general information, not medical care. Reading, subscribing, or enrolling here does not create a provider–patient relationship, and it never replaces guidance from your own clinician.
Experience
Clinical, classroom, community
Clinical practice
Years inside conventional medicine—emergency rooms, primary care, pain management, and behavioral health—treating people, not just diagnoses.
Teaching
From classrooms to the bedside, Matthew's throughline is education: translating complex physiology into decisions people can actually make.
Community
Living & Wellness by Design grew out of a simple observation—that people do best when their health is taken seriously, without judgment or shame.
In clinical practice, Matthew is listed as a Family Nurse Practitioner on the provider team at VidaVital Medical, provider-led hormone, metabolic & regenerative care. For readers exploring peptide science, MedicalPeptides.ai is a provider-led peptide education and consultation platform powered by VidaVital Medical.
Both are external websites, separate from the education on this site.
Beyond the clinic
The person behind the teaching
Cooking
A kitchen-first belief that food is the original wellness practice.
Outdoors
Trail time in red rock country—movement as meditation.
Strength
Training for the long game: capability you keep.
Reflection
Reading, writing, and the quiet habits that sharpen teaching.
Service
Education in service of others—at the bedside and beyond.
Ready to learn something useful?
Start with the learning library, or see what structured programs are available.