25+ years ahead of the field in functional and energetic medicine.
From biofeedback to nasal-delivery research, Michael Payne has spent nearly three decades pioneering approaches the rest of functional medicine is only beginning to adopt. RE³, his personalized care framework, is where that body of work comes together.
From Wall Street to whole-person medicine.
Michael Payne, MS, CRC, CNS, founded Living Well Today in 2001 after a career on Wall Street and a personal health crisis redirected him toward medicine. He returned to school at the Medical College of Virginia, earning a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling, and has spent the decades since treating some of the most complex cases in autoimmune, autism spectrum, and neurodegenerative care.
In the years after founding Living Well Today, Michael also served as a founding board member at Xymogen and co-founded Spectrum Biogenics, a nutraceutical company focused on autism. His current work centers on RE³, a personalized framework built around one governing idea: do anything and everything necessary to get the patient well.
- 2001 Founded Living Well Today
- MCV Master's degree, Rehabilitation Counseling
- CNS Board-certified Nutrition Specialist, American College of Nutrition
- AFMCP Certification, Functional Medicine Institute
- FORMER Founding Board Member, Xymogen
- CO-FOUNDER Spectrum Biogenics, autism-focused nutraceuticals
A career spent ahead of the field.
Michael has been an early adopter and, in several cases, a pioneer across a range of modalities most of functional medicine is still catching up to.
Investigational Nasal-Delivery Research
Early exploration of nose-to-brain delivery science, including cargo peptides, for complex neurological cases.
Biofeedback (Zyto)
Advanced biosurvey and biofeedback assessment, refined across thousands of sessions.
Energetic & Resonance Therapy
Early clinical adoption of energetic medicine approaches within a structured care framework.
Red Light Therapy
Photobiomodulation for cellular support, years ahead of its mainstream clinical adoption.
NAD+ Therapy
Cellular energy and mitochondrial support protocols for aging and cognitive health.
Effective & Safe Remedies
Peptide, nutraceutical, and homeopathic remedies. Pioneered early, individualized for each patient.
Care that meets you where you are.
Living Well Today works in levels of care, from focused support to Michael's most intensive, personally directed work.
Restore
Your starting point back to feeling like yourself. A thorough intake, a functional assessment, and a plan you can start acting on right away.
Rebuild
For symptoms that haven't responded to the basics. Closer, more frequent guidance as your plan adjusts to what your body is doing.
Reconnect
Deep, sustained restoration for complex, long-standing conditions. Ongoing, closely managed care, not a single fix.
RE³
Michael's highest level of care. There's no fixed package here, RE³ draws on his full range of clinical experience, built around one governing idea: do whatever is necessary, and appropriate, to get you well.
Notes from 25+ years in practice.
From Wall Street to Functional Medicine
A broken neck, a prognosis he refused to accept, and a complete reinvention of a career.
Why the Brain Isn't One Problem With One Fix
The core idea behind RE³: neurological health depends on many connected systems at once.
What 25+ Years of Autism Cases Have Taught Me
Patterns that repeat across thousands of cases, and what they've changed about how he practices.
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