If “wellness” conjures images of chlorophyll shots and people hanging upside down from Pilates reformers, let’s pause for a moment. Because wellness doesn’t have to be a performance. Or a cult.
That’s where Allison Roach comes in- a Functional Wellness Strategist who is refreshingly normal in the best way. She’s a former vegan who now eats bison or haddock for breakfast, has been known to get a little Botox, and has even suggested peptides to clients when appropriate.
She’s proof you can know your stuff about health without turning it into your entire identity; or claiming salmon semen will change your life.
Phase Out the Chaos
Allison’s approach to wellness is refreshingly sane: no all-or-nothing overhauls, just tiny tweaks that actually stick.
“When you try to change everything at once, you get a case of the ‘screw-its,’” she laughs. “It’s way more sustainable to master one habit at a time.”
Instead of asking her clients to track macros and train like Olympians, she starts with ridiculously simple shifts, like reordering the way you eat your meals (fiber first, then fats and proteins, and carbs last) or waiting 90 minutes after waking to consume caffeine.
She also swears by high-protein breakfasts to stabilize blood sugar, sleeping eight hours, and remembering that a workout should fuel your life, not run it.
The Myth-Busting Moment
Having once run miles a day on a vegan diet, Allison now champions real high quality animal proteins, and ditching any chemical-filled processed bars and powders.
“Most women don’t get enough protein. It’s why they’re tired, hungry, and crashing all day,” she explains. “You could eat 200 calories of chicken and feel full, or 200 calories of a bar and still be starving.”
Her logic is simple: muscle burns fat, protein builds muscle, and feeling strong fuels everything else…. energy, clarity, confidence.
She also emphasizes sleep as the ultimate performance hack, noting that lack of sleep spikes hunger hormones and sabotages your focus faster than any donut can.
Real Life, Real Energy
What makes Allison so compelling is that she’s not here to shame anyone out of having a social life, caffeine habit, or actual job.
She knows that wellness has to be livable- something that fits into real life instead of collapsing the second things get busy. Which is exactly where Rallee comes in.
Allison is a genuine fan of Rallee’s slow-release energy gummies:
“They give me a clean, steady boost without the jitters or the crash — and they don’t wreck my stomach like coffee or energy drinks used to,” she says. “Plus, they’re so easy to carry. I tell all my clients about them.”
She also points out something few people talk about:
“Something I really love about Rallee is that if you want to take one before a workout, it’s not sloshing around in your stomach. Back in the day when I used to do Barry’s, drinking a whole can of something right before a run was hell- that heavy liquid would completely ruin the workout for me. It’s a super common issue, and Rallee totally solves it.”
It’s the kind of simple, functional support that complements her whole philosophy, energy that fuels your life, not runs your life. Because sometimes, the most “wellness” thing you can do is just get through your to-do list without crashing at 3PM.
The Bottom Line
Allison’s approach is the antidote to the sparkly chaos that wellness has become. No moon dust smoothies, no “cleanse or else” energy, no 47-step morning routine that requires a personal assistant and a trust fund. Just real food, real rest, and results that work on actual humans.
Because wellness isn’t supposed to feel like an unpaid internship.