I coach in a way that is trauma-informed, weight-inclusive, neurodiversity-affirming, and highly individualized to your needs. There is no one-size-fits-all method for recovery. We adapt coaching to the unique person you are.

Our work together centers around safety, consent, transparency, and respect for your autonomy. We collaborate and move at a pace that meets you where you are while still supporting meaningful steps toward change.

Eating disorders are not a personal failure or choice. I validate the ways an eating disorder makes sense and has been a survival strategy—an attempt at a solution by a part of us to deal with our lived experience, painful learnings, chronic dysregulation, trauma, oppression, and failures in the environment. Some part of our brain actually believes an eating disorder is the lesser of two sufferings and is predicting not having it would be even worse! That is why recovery feels so hard.

I believe recovery asks us to honor our eating disorder’s attempts to help us survive while also acknowledging the harm it has caused in our life. I believe we must compassionately hold space for both of these truths without judgement.

We will approach your eating disorder with curiosity, not shame.

I believe full recovery from an eating disorder is possible when we harness our innate capacity for change. Recovery is not a straightforward process, and it’s normal to feel ambivalent, confused, and uncertain. I don’t know anyone who has ever felt fully ready to recover!

I believe lasting freedom from an eating disorder happens not through shame, force, or fighting yourself, but through support that works with your brain, nervous system, and lived experiences.

You do not need to feel fully ready for recovery to begin working together, but coaching is a good fit when you are looking for non-clinical, practical support and guidance; you have a desire to change, learn, and grow; you are willing to be honest and an active participant; and you are willing to experiment with recovery skills in your everyday life.

Eating disorders are partly biological. When the brain and body are undernourished and stuck in survival mode, eating disorder thoughts, body image difficulties, compulsions, urges, rigidity, and anxiety all intensify.

Adequate and consistent nourishment is foundational to recovery, and I support nutritional rehabilitation in a way that is respectful of each person’s lived experience.

We live in a culture where under-eating has become normalized. Working with me is a space where you have unconditional permission to eat unrestricted and without conditions. I support you in moving away from diet, wellness, and hustle culture and actively help you challenge larger shame-based cultural belief systems and narratives about food and weight.

Eating disorders are not simply thoughts or behaviors; they are deeply learned patterns rooted in the brain and the nervous system’s attempts to create a perceived sense of safety and survival. This is one reason recovery is rarely about simply trying harder and lasting change does not happen through shame, force, or criticizing yourself.

Instead, recovery happens through increasing a sense of safety in the present, relating to yourself differently during the process, and disconfirming experiences that help the brain update its learned predictions that maintain an eating disorder.

Recovery doesn’t only happen in sessions; it happens in real life—in the small decisions and moments that happen throughout the day. It is those moments that will add up to recovery!

Coaching with me is here to help you integrate recovery into your life. I’ll support you with the practical parts of recovery with supportive guidance, encouragement, and accountability for the everyday moments where recovery actually happens.

I’ll be here to support you and thoughtfully challenge you as you bump up against your eating disorder, diet culture, cultural messages that promote self-denial and control, and other recovery-related challenges.

Research shows that we feel more capable and less pain when we sense we are accompanied by another. We’ll problem-solve together, celebrate progress, learn from challenges, and build your confidence.