My story and why I started Whole Body Nutrition (TW: Disordered eating)

I started WBN after spending years feeling shame, guilt and broken by societal norms and diet culture.

Most of my life I have struggled with body image and disordered eating. Both stemming from childhood trauma, low self esteem and not understanding why I felt so different to my peers. Being late diagnosed neurodivergent meant that as a child I often felt “different, unlikeable” and very alone at times. When I realised I was AuDHD it was like a light bulb switched on and suddenly everything made sense. My diagnosis has allowed me to understand myself and my struggles and it has also taught me self compassion, self acceptance and further facilitated my recovery by allowing me to drop many neuronormative standards weighing me down.

I want you to know that I see you. As a parent that wants the best for my children and as someone with lived experience, I understand how hard feeding and eating can be.

My goal for Whole Body Nutrition is to utilise my lived experience and clinical expertise to educate and empower others. To spread the message that all bodies and brains are worthy and valuable.

I want to help Neurodivergent folk of all ages, genders and backgrounds to cultivate an emotionally healthy relationship with food. A relationship that understands, and accepts that there are different ways of eating, and that validates all sensory feeding differences. I want to support ND folk to strip away shame and guilt about eating differences, so they can move towards compassion and acceptance for themselves and their family members.