Hello!

I am a certified nutritionist (CN), writer and health/wellness coach based in Portland, Oregon who specializes in supporting people who are experiencing digestive distress, anxiety, fatigue and brain fog to optimize their health and/or repair their relationship to food.

After over two decades in the computer hardware and corporate venture capital industry, I was inspired by my own well-being challenges to revisit my behavioral science roots and get advanced training in nutrition science and medical nutrition therapy (MNT). Today, I help people feel better and gain energy with nutrition education, counseling and evidence-based nutrition content and programs. My aim is to guide and inspire people who want to improve their health more holistically with food and nutraceuticals as a first line of defense before pharmaceutical interventions.

For fun I dabble in culinary nutrition, recipe development, and I write for publications, other practitioners and medical doctors.

Nutrient-dense food can increase energy, reduce stress, brain fog, anxiety and even reverse some chronic diseases.

So much of eating healthfully is driven by psychology. Mindset and behavioral health are important underpinnings for nutritional health and inform my work as a nutritionist. I take a coach-approach to nutritional counseling, and am certified in health and wellness coaching which informs the foundation of my practice.

Science is changing constantly, and as a lifelong learner I continue to deepen my education in the field by attending academic forums, industry conferences, taking CE classes, and partnering with like-minded peers in integrative, medical, holistic and naturopathic medicine. What brings me the most joy is that I get to participate and contribute to one of the fastest-growing areas of human health and wellness— food as medicine.

Credentials

Passed BCNS board exam for CNS (Certified Nutrition Specialist), passed exam 6/21, CNS candidate

Certified Nutritionist, WA state (license #NU61147561)

Master of Science, Nutrition, National University of Natural Medicine

CHWC, Wellcoaches School

Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition, Graduate Certificate, Nutrition Communication

BA in Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC)

Continuing Ed and Specialized Training

Diagnosis Diet, Ketogenic Diets for Mental Health - Dr Georgia Ede, PhD. Clinical services that support the use of ketogenic metabolic therapies for the management of mental health conditions. Clinician Directory.

Innovative Healing 5-month Clinical Mentoring Program - Dr. Liz Lipski, PhD, CNS. Integrative and functional nutrition mentoring group based on her groundbreaking 5th edition book The Art of Digestive Wellness

Biolounge Clinical Nutrition Immersion - Megan Barnett, CNS. Functional nutrition clinic mentorship and CNS practicum for supervised practice experience (SPE). Biolounge, Portland, OR

Institute for Nutritional Endocrinology- Dr Ritamarie Loscalzo. Certified Nutritional Endocrinology Practitioner training. Health Coach and NEPT practitioner, 2020-current.

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