Kind Words From Clients

I found it incredibly healing to have the space to explore not only the science behind why fueling our bodies is important, but also how much of my identity was entangled with my ED. Marissa helped me unknot all those feeling and memories and truly played an integral role in helping me find my way back into my body and identity. I feel like I finally see that I am not my ED and it isn't a part of my makeup. Also, Marissa always met me with compassion, grace, and deep understanding. I have never felt more comfortable being vulnerable and raw with a provider. — Anonymous

Marissa really helped me focus on body positivity and breaking toxic diet culture norms. I came in with constant food guilt, thinking about food 24/7, not confident in my body. However, I came out loving my body, and being able to enjoy food. I learned a lot about what a balanced meal looks like, for me. My dietitian also taught me ways to help keep my blood sugars more balanced (due to my diabetes), and exercise because it's fun/feels good, not a chore. Some days I struggle a little more than others, but overall, I am very happy with the place I am in and have a much more healthy relationship with food. I am very thankful for everyone at Feed & Flourish, especially my dietitian, Marissa! — Maddy

I am forever grateful that I took a leap of faith and started this IE journey with Kelsey. Her insights and suggestions helped me radically change my relationship with food and movement. She always met me where I was with no judgement and listened patiently while I processed out loud. After working with Kelsey, I no longer feel a sense of guilt or shame about my food choices. I'm excited about trying different ways to move my body because exercise is not a punishment anymore. While I believe that I will never truly be done with this work, I have an excellent foundation and the confidence I need to spread my wings and fly, knowing I have a soft place to land when I need it. — Anonymous

Nearly three years into the pandemic, holding anxiety I had never felt before, moving my body so much less, and feeling out of control in my relationship with food, guilting myself after every meal I didn't deem "healthy", I was SO happy I stumbled upon Feed & Flourish. Marissa was so supportive, encouraging, and she helped me realize how warped my understanding of health really became thanks to diet culture and my mom's struggles with body image and weight loss. After a few months working with Marissa weekly, and pursuing her suggestion of a specific-to-my-struggles therapist, I must say that, while not fully healed, I have such a large toolkit to really combat the intrusive lies I used to tell myself about how I needed to be thin or fit to be worthy. Thanks so much to Feed & Flourish, and Marissa for disrupting the diet-based nutrition industry with your HAES and "you are worthy as is" approach! You rock! — Anonymous

Working with Kelsey has been one of the most incredible experiences of my journey to self love and body liberation. Diet culture surely did a number on me and I have worked hard to move past it. I knew finding the right dietician was critical to my journey and so I searched for a while until I stumbled upon Feed and Flourish. My sessions with her were so much more than what I expected with nutrition therapy. We have discovered not only my relationship with food throughout my life and where it has lead me today, but we talked about my relationship with my body and explored movement and what that means to me vs. what diet culture told me it had to be. Although I know the journey is never going to be over, Kelsey has opened my eyes to so many elements of food, movement, and body love and I could not recommend her and the practice enough. They are remarkable in every way

— Anonymous

I’m not sure words can even begin to describe how grateful I am for Courtney B and the work we do together. She has been such a huge role in my recovery from an eating disorder. She continues to validate me, challenge me and comfort me all in our hour together every other week. If you’re thinking about working with her, you won’t regret it. Thank you Courtney! — Alexa

Courtney so kindly understands my struggle with my food and body relationship and holds space for my experience with such patience, kindness, and compassion. She gently challenges me while providing a supportive and non-judgmental presence. Courtney believes in me, more so at times, than I do in myself, which gives me a confidence and hopeful empowerment to overcome my eating disorder and experience life with freedom, acceptance, and self-love. — Anonymous

Looking back on my conversations with Courtney, what I am most grateful for is her constant positivity and compassion. Like any loving friend or family member, whenever I describe a challenge or a source of anxiety she always responds with empathy and understanding. Determined to show how I can be a good friend to myself, Courtney’s kindness proved to me that the way out of the eating disorder is through self-compassion. She helped me see that by focusing on my strengths and my values as a person, anxiety about food and body naturally melt away. Oddly, her most effective tool as a dietitian is shifting the topic away from food and toward other aspects of life, toward the things that really nourish me as a person. I recommend Courtney to all people who wish to break free of food anxiety and live their own full lives. — Henry

Thank you for being awesome, not judging me and helping me through this! I don’t know where I would be without you. — Casey

Feed & Flourish has changed the way I think about my weight and my body, and has improved my life, my mental health, and my self-esteem. Courtney made me feel very comfortable since day one and gave me tools and skills to develop a healthier relationship with food and with my body. I can truly say that being a Feed & Flourish patient has changed my life for the better and I will be using what I learned with Courtney for the rest of my life. I never thought I could develop skills to free myself from the burden of dieting. Thank you! — Adriana