Relationship to Food

The people I work with often describe their relationship to food as a love-hate dynamic. Food is their most loyal companion and their greatest enemy. Add cultural food rules about what we "should be eating" and it can feel like a never ending battle where every outcome is loss. If this experience resonates with you, we can unpack what you're really fighting for and explore new ways of finding the nourishment you truly seek.

Relationship to Body

Our bodies are adaptive and change throughout our lives in effort to support our survival. Often times these changes happen without our conscious consent and many people I work with feel betrayed by their body. Returning to joyful eating often requires examining this sense of betrayal and together, we can shift the relationship with your body from saboteur to trusted ally.  

Often times it can be hard to sit through a meal and the reasons for which are personal and unique. Real-time meal support can make the difference between setting goals and achieving them.

Just as our minds get stuck in patterns of thought, so our bodies can get stuck in patterns of movement. Introducing new ways of showing up in our bodies can be the missing link between aspiring for change and living it.

Our relationship with food often reflects our relationship to other aspects of our lives, like how we feel in the kitchen. Bringing joy into the kitchen can be a back-door to bringing joy back to food.

About Me

Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist

Health at Every Size (HAESTM) provider

I have had the honor of helping clients navigate their relationship to food and body in a variety of settings, from community kitchens to eating disorder recovery clinics. Like all relationships, the ones we create with our bodies and food are strongly affected by the environment in which we live. Together we can examine how different aspects of our environment, and how we engage with that, continues to serve you on your path. Work with me to navigate the external and internal messages around bodies and food on your journey back to your intuitive knowing about nourishment. 

Counseling modalities include but are not limited to:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Motivational Interviewing (MI)

• Internal Family Systems (IFS) 

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.

Mary Oliver