Like a lot of dietitians, I love food. I started reading food blogs back in the early days of blogging and fell in love with nutrition and cooking. 

I also remember there being a lot of fear surrounding food. If you’ve ever tried to follow a diet, you know what I mean. Lots of “good food, bad food” lists, eat this, not that, calorie counts, etc. I learned the “calories in, calories out” method, low fat versus low carb, fasting, you name it. 

For a few years, this approach worked. I got my dream job counseling patients in a collaborative care environment and loved being able to build lasting relationships with the patients and providers. But the “weight loss” dogma never felt right. I hated telling people to eat less, especially when it didn’t always translate to the results they were hoping for. 

It was around this time that I came across the concepts of intuitive eating and Health at Every Size ®.  These theories suggest that if we listen to our bodies, they will find their natural size. It also suggests that we can’t tell anything about a person’s health simply by looking at their body size. 

That being said, sometimes our body’s natural size is not what we, our doctors, or society want it to be, and that really stinks. So I am here to be one part of your journey to making peace with this. 

Whether it is managing a medical condition, promoting overall health and wellness, or overcoming a disordered relationship with food, I can help you navigate the “food part”.