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We are weight-inclusive, HAES® aligned dietitians who specialize in eating disorders & disordered eating.

We are weight-inclusive dietitians with a shared passion for helping individuals heal from eating disorders and disordered eating. While working in private practice, we recognized the need for specialized care in the community. With shared values of compassion, connection and respect, we created The Nourish Collective as a safe place to support individuals heal their relationship with food and their bodies. We empower our clients to connect with their inner wisdom and strength to create a full and joyful life.

01/09/2025

You can do hard things, but you don’t “always” have to.

Hear us out on this - it’s important to acknowledge you can do hard things, and often times a supportive reminder to stay rooted in “the work” that is healing.

However, there are times where inviting in grace, understanding and self-compassion may be more beneficial than pushing ourself down the hardest path.

Let us share an example of what we mean by this.
You’re finding it challenging to prioritize nourishing your body in the morning. We land on a baked good being an accessible option. Your brain goes right into the place of now having to navigate where you’re going to find time in your weekend to bake muffins, scones or granola bars. The overwhelm of nourishing in the morning sets in again. Your dietitian suggests purchasing already prepared muffins during times of low capacity.

Just because you can prepare certain foods from scratch does not mean that you need to. This is about honouring your capacity. Sometimes we need some additional help & support to get our body nourished, and other times perhaps we have more capacity to make things from “scratch”.

From our most recent blog you’ll learn more about what it means to honour your capacity when planning meals.

19/08/2025

In a recent training we did there was a sentiment shared of the body being monitored, not actually living in the body.

Have you only ever monitored your body or have you experienced what it feels like to live IN your body? When was the last time you felt that?

For many, there can be a rupture of our food & body relationship, whether it be disconnection from hunger cues, or beliefs about “preferable” body size.

This rupture can be tended to, and repaired, over time.

You are worthy of letting go of the monitoring, and step into living in your here-and-now body.

15/08/2025

📣 Sign up is open for Diabetes Without Diet Culture 📣

🔹 What if a diagnosis of diabetes could be an opportunity to heal your relationship with food and your body?

🔹 What if a diagnosis of diabetes doesn’t need to feel so scary?

🔹 What if you don’t have to figure this out on your own?

In this group you can expect to dispel common myths around diagnosis and management, plus learn strategies to best support your blood sugar with care rather than control.

Details:

🤝 Meet Your Dietitian: Larissa Ens, RD, Certified Diabetes Educator

💻 4 week group, virtual

🗓️ Meet on Wednesdays at 7pm MST

⛓️‍💥 Investment: $247

11/08/2025

Sharing a little Monday thought worthy of some curiosity and exploration.

🤔 Why is it that less is “better”?

This shows up in a lot of different ways. In our culture “being less”, “needing less”, “weighing less”, is celebrated.

While you are focused on eating as little as possible to get by, you are missing out on the possibility of abundance.

Abundance of:
💞nurturing friendships
💐joyful moments
🎨rediscovering interets
✨learning something new
🍴ease with food

Creating a more easeful relationship with food can free up time in your week, brain space in your day and capacity for connection with others.

And so, if leaning into abundance gets us closer to a full & joyful life, why is it that less is deemed better?

In case you haven’t heard it before, diet culture can be a life thief (credit to Christy Harrison). It takes your time, money and energy, it expects you to achieve all of the abundance (relationships, success, joy, etc) without allowing you to truly nurture and tend to yourself.

08/08/2025

The YEG Fat Positive Support Group is now accepting applications for the Fall cohort - September, October, November and December.

🪄 Details:
4 month cycle, with the option to renew
All meet-ups in-person in Edmonton, AB
Maximum 15 participants per group
Investment: $75/month

🗓️ Meet Up Dates
September 11th
October 9th
November 6th
December 11th
6pm - 8pm MST

📣 What people are saying
“This group was the first time I have felt 100% comfortable in my skin. I didn’t have a twist of anxiety about my body when entering the space.”
“I enjoyed the outing a lot ... It gave us time to see what it would feel like to hang out outside of circling and discussions. To build friendships with people doing regular things. And to take up space!”

07/08/2025

Consider this an invitation to imagine. What would it feel like to just be?

⭐️ What would it feel like to release vigilance around food choices?
⭐️ What would it feel like to no longer feel like our body is something to be “monitored”?
⭐️ Can you imagine what it would feel like to have moments of liberation from our cultures obsession with bodies?

No need to “fix” or find strategies to “get there”, but rather take a moment to just imagine.

31/07/2025

5 Signs You’re Turning Intuitive Eating Into Another Diet (And Why That Might Be Unhelpful)

1. You are “only” eating when you’re hungry: we have seen intuitive eating described and turn into a hunger and fullness diet more times than we can count. If you’ve spent years following rigid rules and strict guidelines, it makes so much sense that your brain tries swapping out old rules of restriction for new ones. For many reasons, eating in the absence of hunger can actually be a very supportive part of healing your relationship with food.  
2. You are trying to practice permission, but not eating enough: after years of being told to eat less, it can come as a shock when clients hear from us that they need to eat more. A core principle of intuitive eating is unconditional permission and it is often depicted as the cliche of “just eat the donut!”. We feel there is a crucial step before fully jumping into that principle, which is making sure you are eating enough. It’s normal for unconditional permission to feel scary. After all, these are foods you have not been allowed to eat for so long. That experience may feel even more scary and likely feel more chaotic if your body is also in biological need for nourishment.  
3. You are preoccupied with choosing the “right” foods: this is a form of policing your food choices, and placing moral value on foods. If you are placing foods into specific categories such as “good” or “bad”, you are still influenced by diet rules. True intuitive eating embraces all foods, allowing room for every form of nourishment, without labels or restrictions.  
4. You are feeling stressed about portions: you may be beginning to connect more with your body’s cues, but still feeling preoccupied with portion sizes, counting, or controlling what and how much you eat. We invite you to instead consider what feels satisfying to you, without getting bogged down by constant calculation. This process can take time, be gentle with yourself, and consider a self-compassion practice.

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26/07/2025

🚨 New Online Offering

This self-paced course was created for all neurodivergent folks who feel frustrated with their relationship with food and all of the intricacies that come with nourishing themselves.

It was built to validate any struggles you may experience around nourishing yourself, to better understand why you may struggle with eating and learn practical skills to integrate into your daily life.

Nourishing with Neurodivergence is for people who:
* Find that decision fatigue, time awareness, procrastination or lack of energy or has impacted your ability to prepare/eat food.
🔹Feel like you have no control around food or have experienced loss of control eating.
🔹Find yourself constantly questioning your decisions with food or wondering if you’re “getting it right”.
🔹Have ever thought that this whole eating thing would be waaaay easier if someone could just tell you what to eat!

There are 5 modules in this self-paced course
★ Within each module you will find slide decks, worksheets, and additional resources, including the TNC recipe library.
★ This course was created and facilitated by Piper Barboza Menini

23/07/2025

Bodies change.

It is not a matter of if but rather when.

Despite what diet culture tells us, this is normal, we can expect our body to change throughout our lifespan.

Getting curious with this can help us move away from feeling like our bodies are an ‘individual problem’ that needs to be solved. And instead recognize the larger systems at play. This process can transform the way you relate to your body and your food relationship.

19/07/2025

📣 New Blog: What is Food Noise? 📣

Culturally this may be a newer term, however in the food relationship space it is something we have talked about for many years.

It can be described as experiencing constant, persistent thoughts about foods and eating that are ongoing and difficult to suppress.

These thoughts can take up a lot of mental space which may impact your daily life and overall quality of life.

There are many things that contribute to these intrusive thoughts. As dietitians, a part of our role is to help you explore, ‘what is the food noise telling us’?

To read more about our thoughts on food noise ➡️ check out our latest blog!

06/06/2025

You are worthy of being cared for. Your body is worthy of being care for.

It’s okay if this doesn’t feel true right now.

Body relationships are complex, nuanced and often feel complicated. Let us hold this truth alongside you, that you are worthy of being cared for.

Consider how choosing nourishment today, whatever that looks like, can be an act of care & kindness. 🌿

22/05/2025

If you’re finding it harder to stay grounded in body acceptance, body neutrality or body liberation right now, you’re not alone. The resurgence of harmful beauty ideals and cultural shifts can leave us feeling shaken up.

Now more than ever, it is supportive to reconnect with what your body needs, not what the algorithm says it “should” be.

We invite you to stay rooted in compassion, nourish your body with care, and surround yourself with supportive voices that embrace all bodies as worthy.

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Monday	09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 17:00
Thursday	09:00 - 17:00
Friday	09:00 - 17:00
Saturday	09:00 - 12:00

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