Speaking
I offer engaging talks for clinicians and interactive workshops for businesses and the public on a variety of topics. (View my resume here!) My specialty is bringing an intuitive eating and weight-inclusive lens to treatment of chronic health conditions like cancer and diabetes. I bring humor, audience participation, and a theatrical flair to my presentations. I especially love “breaking free of the average PowerPoint” with PechaKucha-style storytelling. In my presentations, I show how to help people liberate themselves from restrictive nutrition rules and body shame, and how this can free up energy to live a joyful, abundant life.
Topics
Here are just a few ideas for the types of topics I could speak about at your organization or event. I love creating new content just for you, so please get in touch with your big ideas!
- Just say no to January food guilt
- Self-care boundaries: how to set them, why they matter
- Interoceptive awareness: learning to hear natural body signals for hunger and fullness
- How to love your body if you don’t even like it
- Prediabetes: does it really require nutritional changes?
- Navigating the “nutritional grief process” with a diagnosis of Celiac Disease
- Food and body therapy for cancer patients
- Understanding differences between Intuitive Eating and dieting (for dietitians)
- How to promote body positivity and fight weight stigma in your medical practice
- Raising body positive children
Previous Talks
The Compassionate Cleanse
The Polyclinic, March 2019
Intuitive Feasting
Kitsap Libraries Employee Wellness Program, October 2018
Nutrition And Wellness
Learning in the Olympics Nursing Symposium, March 2018
Eat To Nourish Your
Genes
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, June 2017
The Plant Powered Plate
OMA Annual Conference, April 2017
Nourishing Your Cells
Seattle Children’s Hospital, October 2016
Various Topics
Evergreen Health Community Nutrition Classes 2015-2016
Healthy Holiday Eating After Cancer
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, December 2015
Is Your Diet As Spicy As You Are?
Bastyr Center for Natural Health, June 2014