Dietitian Liesel, Colorado Springs, CO (2026)

01/09/2026

Good non-diet dietitians often say things that sound wrong because diet culture taught us the opposite.

Eating more.
Letting go of weight loss.
Stopping food rules.
Facing fear foods.
Not being “perfect” at recovery.

None of this feels comfortable at first.
But comfort is not what heals disordered eating.
Safety, consistency, and compassion do.

If this post felt relatable, confusing, or oddly relieving, you are not alone. Many people feel that way at the beginning of real healing.

If you are ready for support that does not revolve around weight, rules, or restriction this time of the year, 📩 reach out to Maddox Nutrition.
We are here to walk with you as you rebuild trust with food and your body one step at a time.

01/07/2026

Imagine being Elijah - alone, exhausted, in the middle of a drought where food and water seem impossible to find. Yet God sends ravens to bring bread and meat every morning and evening. 🕊️🍞🥩

Can you believe it? When everything around you screams scarcity, God’s provision shows up not as punishment or restriction, but as steady, reliable nourishment.

This story isn’t just about Elijah’s survival. It’s a powerful reminder that nourishment isn’t about deprivation or control. It’s about trust.
If God fed Elijah in the middle of famine, then food isn’t something to fear or hoard. It’s something to receive.

No diet rules. No shame. Just trust, every day.

If you’re tired of dieting, fearing food, or feeling like you have to “earn” your meals, take heart. You are invited to trust the same provision God gave Elijah. 🌿

You are allowed to nourish your body fully and freely. 🙌

AMEN to that!

There’s freedom waiting on the other side of fear. When you’re ready to step into a relationship with food that is rooted in trust, not rules, Maddox Nutrition will be your steady companion.
If now feels like the right time, you can book a 1:1 session with us anytime. We’re ready when you are. 🤝❤️

12/31/2025

Isaiah reminds us that God’s nourishment is freely given, with no conditions or catch. Just like Jesus fed people without asking them to be “ready” or “worthy,” His invitation to be fed is open to all of us, just as we are.

In a world that often ties food and worth to rules, control, and shame, this scripture calls us back to grace.
Food is a gift. Nourishment is a right. And healing is possible when we stop trying to earn it.

If you’re ready to step into a faith-filled, compassionate space where your relationship with food is met with truth, not judgment, Maddox Nutrition is here for you.

💙 Healing starts with permission to be human.
📩 We are still accepting new 1:1 clients!

Our new dietitian, Natalie, will be accepting 1:1 virtual clients starting this January, with virtual availability on Mondays-Wednesdays.
Visit the link in our bio to book your session and take your next gentle step💞

12/23/2025

Nutrition science, encouragements, and maybe a few rustled feathers for your Christmas week feed📲🎄

Ready to work on your relationship with food & your body?

Maddox Nutrition specializes in nutrition support, clarity, and guidance for just that🫶🏼💕

We have an awesome dietitian joining our team in January providing virtual support to clients in multiple states🥳 Don’t wait to grab a spot on her calendar!

+ We take insurance! In-network with most Anthem/BCBS, Aetna, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare/UMR plans🌟 We can help find out what your plan covers… you might have $0 sessions waiting for you in the New Year!

12/10/2025

Food choices are personal, complex, and often emotional. Commenting or judging what someone eats doesn’t help, it can hurt and triggers shame and anxiety around food. At Maddox Nutrition, we honor your unique journey to food freedom and self-acceptance. 🌿

We’re currently accepting new clients! Most of our clients pay $0 out of pocket thanks to insurance — because we believe everyone deserves compassionate, affordable nutrition care. 💙

If you’re ready to ditch diet culture and build a peaceful relationship with food, let’s talk. Click the link in bio or visit maddoxnutrition.co to schedule your free consult.

12/08/2025

You’ve probably tried everything to “fix” your eating. You encountered many meal plans, macros, clean eating, fasting, you name it.

But what if food isn’t the problem?
What if the constant pressure to get it right is what’s keeping you stuck?

At Maddox Nutrition, we help you rebuild trust with food and your body through nourishment, grace, and real conversations.

We don’t talk in “good” or “bad” foods, and we don’t hand you a restrictive plan.
We guide you toward eating that feels calm, steady, and safe.

✨ We’re now accepting new 1:1 virtual clients for nourishment counseling.
We accept insurance — and 90% of our clients are fully covered, paying $0 out of pocket.

What are you waiting for? Reach out and we'll help verify insurance benefits and get you started!

12/05/2025

“Should” is that voice in your head narrating what’s right, wrong, or expected of you.

It’s the voice that says:
“You should eat less.”
“You should avoid that.”
“You should be hungry by now.”
“You should choose the ‘healthier’ option.”
“You should make up for this later.”

But here’s the truth: food isn’t a rulebook, it’s part of being alive.
It’s nourishment, comfort, culture, celebration, routine, genetics, hormones, preferences, cravings, energy needs, and yes… sometimes simply convenience.

“Should” turns eating into a performance.
It pulls your attention away from your body and attaches it to expectations... expectations that probably weren’t yours to begin with.

Food was meant to be lived with, not judged against.

Because your body doesn’t speak in “shoulds.”
It speaks in sensations: hunger, fullness, satisfaction, energy, fatigue, craving, curiosity.
It tells the truth long before the “should” voice ever tries to take over.

When you let go of “should,” you make space for:
✨ choice
✨ flexibility
✨ responsiveness
✨ connection
✨ enoughness

Eating becomes something you participate with — not something you try to get perfect.

✨ We’re now accepting new 1:1 virtual clients for nourishment counseling.
We accept insurance — and 90% of our clients are fully covered, paying $0 out of pocket. That could be you, too.

Let’s make peace with food together without the guilt, without the noise, and without the price barrier.

12/03/2025

Let’s be honest… most people think dietitians talk about vegetables all day.
Or hand out meal plans.
Or gently scold you for not drinking enough water.

But in the world of eating disorder recovery?
What we do looks very, very different.

Nutrition counseling isn’t “cute advice about nutrition.”
It’s sitting with people during the most raw, messy, complex parts of food and body struggles. The parts that rarely get spoken out loud.

It looks like helping someone who can’t bring themselves to eat breakfast because their heart rate spikes just looking at the plate.
It looks like gently undoing years of fear, shame, and white-knuckled control around food.
It looks like talking about digestion, p**p, textures, fullness signals, periods, and every TMI detail that actually matters when you’re trying to rebuild trust with your body.
It looks like reminding someone that they aren’t “too much” because their relationship with food feels complicated — it’s complicated for a reason.

And it looks like holding space when someone breaks down because they’ve never had a provider say,
“You’re safe here. You’re not alone in feeling this way. This is part of recovery.”

Nutrition counseling IS healthcare.
It’s nervous system work.
It’s trauma-informed care.
It’s medical nutrition therapy.
It’s body image healing.
It’s helping people reclaim their lives one stabilized meal at a time.

And the truth?
Most people never get the chance to experience this level of support because they’ve only ever seen the version of “nutrition” rooted in dieting, shrinking, and suppressing real emotions.

But that’s not what we do here.

At Maddox Nutrition, we don’t just talk about food.
We help you reconnect to hunger, fullness, and trust.
And when faith is part of your story, we can incorporate that too — gently, respectfully, and in a way that aligns with your walk with Christ.

📩 Send us a message or visit our official website, maddoxnutrition.co to get started.

11/24/2025

🍂 Thanksgiving can stir up a complicated mix of emotions — excitement, dread, nostalgia, discomfort, pressure… and for many, anxiety around food. 😣🦃

There are smells that bring memories, foods you’ve labeled for years, comments you wish you could mute 🙄, and routines that get thrown out the window.

And I want you to hear this clearly:
✨ You’re allowed to care for yourself differently this year. ✨

You don’t need to “earn” your meal.
You don’t need to have a small portion to make others comfortable.
You don’t need to pretend you’re okay if you’re not.
You don’t need to power through conversations that make your body tense. 😤

🍽️ You are allowed to eat breakfast.
🥧 You are allowed to eat the foods you enjoy.
🧘‍♀️ You are allowed to take a break from the table.
🍛 You are allowed to come back for more if your body wants it.
💛 You are allowed to breathe, regulate, pause, and return with intention.

Holidays don’t magically erase your lived experience — and they shouldn’t.
They’re simply another day, with different smells, different foods, and different patterns.
But your needs? They stay the same: nourishment, compassion, safety, and trust. 🤍

And if the day is challenging, it doesn’t mean you’re “backsliding.”
It means you're human living in a world that talks loudly about food, bodies, and expectations. 🌎💬

If these reminders helped, save this post for later or send it to someone who might need it this season.
And if this holiday brings up more than you can hold alone… that’s not a failure — it’s an invitation for support. 🤝💛

11/19/2025

You don’t have to earn your meals, not breakfast, not dinner, not anything.
Jesus didn’t.
He didn’t treat food as something to justify or restrict; He treated it as a way to be with others.

Sometimes we forget that nourishment was part of His ministry. He healed, He wept, He ate, and He invited others to do the same with no guilt attached.

If you’ve been at war with food for too long, maybe it’s time to come back to the table.
Not as a test, not as a punishment but as an act of peace.

🤍 Maddox Nutrition offers faith-based, weight-neutral nutrition counseling to help you heal your relationship with food and body, one grace-filled meal at a time.
👉 Now accepting new 1:1 virtual clients. Insurance accepted.

11/14/2025

Diet culture has taught many of u ps to silence our hunger by “waiting later” or relying on coffee and snacks that aren’t real fuel.
Sometimes our own schedules, rules, or beliefs trick us into thinking we don’t need to eat, even when our bodies are whispering for attention.🥯🫐🍝

Eating isn’t something to negotiate with fear or guilt.
When you start noticing the subtle ways you’ve been undernourished like skipping meals, delaying snacks, ignoring quiet hunger you begin to reconnect with your body and its signals.🫶🏼

At Maddox Nutrition, we help Christians rebuild a gentle, honest relationship with food. No rules, no shame, just guidance, listening, and trust.🙌 And most clients pay $0 out-of-pocket through insurance, and faith-based support is available if requested.

We now accept new 1:1 virtual clients. DM us today! ⭐

11/12/2025

If eating feels hard — there’s a reason.

And it goes a lot deeper than being picky or "health-conscious." It’s about safety, stress, and the way your body learned to protect you.

You don’t need to force yourself into rigid routines or diets to feel “normal” around food.
You need gentleness, time, and support that meets you where you are.

Whether you’re learning to eat regularly again, navigating fullness guilt, or just trying to stop second-guessing every bite — you’re not alone.
Healing your relationship with food is not about perfection.
It’s about rebuilding trust — between you, your body, and the God who designed both with purpose.

We’d love to walk with you in this! Visit maddoxnutrition.co to learn more about our 1:1 nutrition counseling and online support. 💛

Dietitian Liesel

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