a Registered Dietitian certified in Intuitive Eating. I focus on body image acceptance and building a positive relationship with food and movement. As someone who has struggled myself, I want to help people who have suffered with body image issues, disordered eating, and a turbulent relationship with food and wellness as a whole. I will help build skills from an anti-diet & health at every size approach.
Nutrition is so much more than just "fuel". Health & wellbeing cannot and should not be quantified by a number on the scale. In our counseling sessions we aim to help people connect eating, movement and self-care with joy, flexibility and freedom using an individualized health at every size (HAES) and anti-diet culture approach. We aim to provide a safe space to get in touch with your needs and help you learn to nourish yourself without guilt and shame. No matter what size body you have, you deserve to eat and to enjoy it. You deserve respectful health care and support to help you find your way to pleasurable, tasty and satisfying meals!
Micro-managing bodies and turning food into a math problem has taken the joy out of eating and replaced it with guilt, fear and shame - a cycle that can keep you stuck for years. Whether you have a chronic condition, hate cooking, have dieted in the past, are dieting now, or have been told so much conflicting nutrition information you feel like your head is spinning, you are not alone! Our nutrition counseling services are provided from a weight inclusive and HAES approach, generally using intuitive eating principles as a foundation and guide.
If you feel like you are in a constant battle with your body and food and you need some help to bring the peace again -
Hi, I’m Charlotte McIntyre (she/her)
We often define goals and progress based on external expectations. Work with me to turn down the volume of expectations, and tune in to you.
Food, nutrition and bodies are intersections that can cause so much pain, frustration and confusion.
I do believe these intersections can be sources of joy, strength, understanding and compassion if we quiet the deafening noise that traps us into believing that there is always something better and/or different from what we are currently doing to keep ourselves well.
I know that it can always seem like there is a better, smarter or more optimized routine out there.
I am here to quiet this frenzy. I am here to simplify what has become a polarizing part of our world:
The foods we eat and how we feel about them.
The bodies we live in and how we feel in it.
I want to simplify food so you can invest in parts of your life that do make a difference in how you feel, socially, emotionally, physically.
I lead with kindness, non-judgment, and curiosity as a path toward greater self-knowledge and empowerment.
I am comfortable sitting in the in-between as we explore current and past behaviors and consider next steps together.
I look forward to working together toward your goals!
Hi, I’m Natalie (She/Her) —
What is Intuitive Eating (IE)?
When you first hear about IE it can easily sound like only eat when you are hungry and stop when you’re full. But, IE is SO MUCH MORE than that, in fact that mind set is basically a diet. IE is full of nuance and is meant to be used as a tool/framework to help guide each individual into THEIR ideal relationship to food through their unique experience and needs. IE is a framework to help people get off the diet roller coaster & work towards getting back to being in touch with their body's internal signals rather than being completely reliant on external rules that almost always ultimately fail us. IE aims to help individuals learn to feed themselves without fear, guilt, shame or uncertainty and rather help empower people to feel like they can approach nutrition and exercise with ease and meet THEIR unique needs with confidence. It is not saying you HAVE to eat a donut or you CANNOT eat a salad, it is saying you have the right to discuss which of those you want without the influence of arbitrary and unhelpful food rules and judgment. And most importantly, learning to do this without guilt, shame and rigid rules.
FAQ’s
What Intuitive Eating is NOT?
There are a lot of misconceptions out there when it comes to IE. It commonly gets turned into the “you can only eat when your hungry diet”. Or is marketed as an “eat only junk food diet”. The truth is, because of how we have all internalized diet culture messaging when someone hears you can eat what you want - they take that to mean “eat only donuts and ice cream until the end of time”. This is not accurate & ignores the vast complexity of IE and the nuance required for individuals to learn how to feed themselves without judgement and with care. IE is not an anti weight loss framework, it is not an anti dieter framework and it is not an anti nutrition framework. What IE is is an anti shame, anti guilt and anti rigidity framework that helps you untangle this deeply internalized diet culture messages.
What is a non-diet/anti-diet/HAES approach?
The HAES movement was started during the civil rights movement in the 60’s as a response to racism, fat phobia & weight stigma. In 1973 a group made up of fat therapists created the feminist group The Fat Underground to protest against the rampant fat phobia and disportioinate stigma placed on those that are fat. They focused on bringing awareness to eating disorders & medicalized weight stigma - all issues still being battled and confronted today- especially in marginalized groups such as BIPOC and Queer space . Fat people and especially those part of other marginalized groups still experience these battles with weight stigma today. Thanks to these wonderful activists in the past and importantly those who are still fighting today, RD’s like us have years of this movement to look back on, learn from and hopefully be better clinicians for these groups. The HAES movement has long been supported and worked by radical feminists in the BIPOC and queer communities and still are to this day, without these communities we would not have the supportive and functional frameworks we to use to support our clients to this day. As cis het women we are so grateful for the opportunity to work and learn in this space.
How Do I Know If I Need a Dietitian?
We are so glad you are here! Needing a dietitian for nutrition and body image support is really individual and depends on your level of discomfort and ability to cope in a productive and/or healthy (for you) manner. If you feel you struggle to know what to eat and this causes you to spend a large portion of your time thinking about food or your body a dietitian might be a good resource! If you struggle with food and body to a point where you might be missing out on other parts of your life - like enjoying a pool day, going to a cookout, enjoying a family meal or being able to eat a meal that wasn’t planned or “isn’t healthy” without fear, guilt, shame or compensating later - its time to make your life fuller and your food and eating habits strife free, come see us! Your discovery call is FREE!
Do you take Insurance?
Not currently. However, we would be happy to provide you with a Superbill that you can submit to your health insurance company or use toward a Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), or for tax purposes.
What if I want to lose wegiht?
Your discovery call is FREE!