Hi, I’m Kelsey. I struggled with my relationship with food ever since sophomore year of college back in 2009. I gained way more than the “freshman 15”. In elementary school, I was pretty average and then once puberty hit, I started to gain weight. And then around my junior year of high school, I started to just eat healthier and running on mom’s treadmill in our basement.

But college hit me different because I was doing the things to “fit in”. Aka partying every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. Which led to rough hangovers and food comas. My friends were able to do this lifestyle without it really affecting their weight, their mental health and school work. But it very much affected every asset of my life.

But I turned it around the summer after that sophmore year. I was doing these same at-home workouts that I’m doing now. But my relationship with food remained the same.

I was afraid of carbs. I didn’t quite fully understand nutrition outside of what “a diet” was. I also had no idea what I was going to be and I just kept taking regular general education classes. My friend suggested studying nutrition and that night I did all kinds of research on a school in my state and their particular nutrition program. I ended up transferring schools halfway through my junior year to go study nutrition.

I learned a lot about nutrition, but I actually felt like I created a more disordered way of eating because I thought I had to eat perfectly because of my studies.

I discovered intuitive eating while I was working as nutritionist at a WIC office. I had just returned from an ER visit for constipation. I was ashamed but also annoyed with myself because I knew why I was constipated. I was eating very little food high in fiber because… #carbs.

That was back in 2015 and it is now almost 2025. My relationship with food has improved dramatically since then. I have built a foundational food trust over time and so anytime I feel temptation to restrict or eat perfect, I always can count on myself - whereas before, trusting myself around food was nearly impossible.

Another huge factor for me was starting a family. And back in 2015, I knew one day I wanted to be a mom and I didn’t want to fear the foods I was making for my kids and I sure as hell didn’t want them to experience their mom perpetually on a diet. I am a mom now, by the way, and I’m so glad I invested my time and energy into navigating the intuitive eating concepts.

And now, I want to help you begin healing your relationship with food and become an intuitive eater at your pace. I want you to establish a healthy and happy relationship with food during all phases of your life: single, married, pregnancy and motherhood.

It is possible. And I cannot wait for you join us!