For years, I had a chronic illness go undiagnosed. I tried to put on a bandaid with every diet and exercise gimmick imaginable. It was physically and emotionally exhausting. When each thing didn’t work out and I was still in pain and not getting “results,” I blamed myself. Working with Kaitlin allowed me to see how I’d been misled, how to stop blaming myself, how to find value outside of my physical being, and how to make peace with the body that I have right now. - KA
“When I found A Life Nourished I had already begun the journey of healing my relationship with food and my body. However, meeting Kaitlin gave me the opportunity to have the support to fully embrace finding complete food freedom and body acceptance.
“Is it kind? Is it true? Is it helpful?” These three questions sound simple enough when asked out loud, but they became my mantra whenever I caught myself in a shame spiral. She provided me simple, yet effective tools I needed to learn to be able to redirect my negative self-talk.
She helped me dig more into true intuitive eating and step out of the diet mentality that this, too, could eventually result in weight loss. I was proud of the work I had already done on my healing journey, but Kaitlin was able to recognize that there was still some diet culture language seeping through my thought processes. She challenged me to reconsider the purpose of eating intuitively and worked with me to navigate through years of diet culture mentality to get to the root of what was preventing me from accepting my body and myself as I am.
Kaitlin provided me the space and gentle guidance to get to a place mentally where I no longer need to rationalize, justify, or defend how I choose to show up for myself. The amount of free time I now have to dedicate to exploring myself and my interests now that my mental space isn’t fully occupied by controlling the size of my body is my favorite part of going through this journey. Kaitlin has help set me free from the restraints that diet culture had imposed on me and my mental health for the past decade. I couldn’t have done it without her!”
- KS
When I began working with Kaitlin, I thought I understood IE and only needed help introducing "gentle nutrition" back into my life. I was so wrong! Kaitlin helped me stop binging and find a solution to some digestive issues. In January, I went through a major health crisis that without help I would have easily blamed on weight and diet. With Kaitlin's help, my recovery has focused on what I am actually comfortable with instead of pushing myself with exercise and unnecessary dietary restrictions. I'm working on slowly becoming comfortable in my own body.
- MC