About me
I grew up in Gippsland, on acres of land with a sprawling vegetable garden and fruit orchard.
I remember my dad bringing in fresh vegetables for dinner, and trading produce with our neighbours for fresh eggs from their chickens. Mum would always find ways to use seasonal produce, abundant in the garden. Moist zucchini chocolate cake and dehydrated fruit straps for school and bush walks were among my favourites.
My relationship with food was a very natural one. Growing up with my mum's effortlessly great cooking, to me there was no “good” or “bad” food, it was just all delicious.
When I grew up, I knew I wanted to work with food. Fascinated by biology and biochemistry, and the effect food has on our bodies, I knew I wanted to be a scientist.
After completing a Bachelor of Biochemistry, I went to Monash University and became a Dietitian in 2008. After 8 years of working on hospital wards and in rehabilitation centres, as well as in cancer and palliative care, I moved into community health and completed training in a Non-Diet approach to health, and further training in eating disorders, paediatric nutrition and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Working in community health, I soon realised that what I was taught about a "healthy weight" in my early dietetics training wasn’t always applicable or realistic for the amazingly genetically diverse humans I was meeting. I learnt that applying general "healthy weight" and "healthy eating" principles to individual people could, at best, be dismissive of cultural and individual experiences. At worst, it can cause harm.
I have learned so much from the honesty and vulnerability of my clients and aim to be an an aly to those experiencing a stressed relationship with food or body image and eating disorders. My clients knowledge and experience of living in their body is greater than any training or experience I have had in mine.
I strive to combat weight bias and the negative effect it has on people with or without an eating disorder. I'm here to be your co-pilot in your own health, body and food relationship journey.
I remember my dad bringing in fresh vegetables for dinner, and trading produce with our neighbours for fresh eggs from their chickens. Mum would always find ways to use seasonal produce, abundant in the garden. Moist zucchini chocolate cake and dehydrated fruit straps for school and bush walks were among my favourites.
My relationship with food was a very natural one. Growing up with my mum's effortlessly great cooking, to me there was no “good” or “bad” food, it was just all delicious.
When I grew up, I knew I wanted to work with food. Fascinated by biology and biochemistry, and the effect food has on our bodies, I knew I wanted to be a scientist.
After completing a Bachelor of Biochemistry, I went to Monash University and became a Dietitian in 2008. After 8 years of working on hospital wards and in rehabilitation centres, as well as in cancer and palliative care, I moved into community health and completed training in a Non-Diet approach to health, and further training in eating disorders, paediatric nutrition and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Working in community health, I soon realised that what I was taught about a "healthy weight" in my early dietetics training wasn’t always applicable or realistic for the amazingly genetically diverse humans I was meeting. I learnt that applying general "healthy weight" and "healthy eating" principles to individual people could, at best, be dismissive of cultural and individual experiences. At worst, it can cause harm.
I have learned so much from the honesty and vulnerability of my clients and aim to be an an aly to those experiencing a stressed relationship with food or body image and eating disorders. My clients knowledge and experience of living in their body is greater than any training or experience I have had in mine.
I strive to combat weight bias and the negative effect it has on people with or without an eating disorder. I'm here to be your co-pilot in your own health, body and food relationship journey.
Membership-Dietitians Australia
-Medicare Australia |
Qualifications-Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics
-Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry) -Certificate of Paediatric Nutrition (Royal Children's Hospital). -Eating Disorder Credentialed -Certificate in IBS support - Monash University. |
Specialist Areas-Eating Disorders
-Disordered eating and poor body image -IBS and gut nutrition -NDIS provider (all ages) -Tricky eating in children -Frailty in people >65 years old |