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MSN, RDN, PhD-C | EK Vitality Architecture

Simply Nourished revives the traditional concept that real food can provide potent medicine and preventative healthcare. Ellie’s programs elevate the sweet simplicity of the choices that promote growth, transformation and empowerment by balancing the conflicting needs and expectations of a modern lifestyle. Simply Nourished provides clarity amidst the confusion with reliable resources and educated advice. From personal counseling to group mentorship, Ellie is dedicated to planting seeds of nourishment and celebrating the decisions that grow resilient habits for life. In a nutshell:
Simply: Without ambiguity
Nourished: promoting growth

Who would benefit from Simply Nourished? Anyone who craves guidance for the following diets and/or lifestyles:

• Gluten Free
• Paleo
• SCD/GAPS
• Blood sugar stability
• Food allergies
• Food intolerances
• Inflammatory Conditions (Crohn’s, IBD, IBS, diverticulitis etc)
• Clean, healthy, and balanced living

01/29/2026

At the height of my swim career, I was doing every intervention perfectly.

And I became the sickest and heaviest I'd ever been.

My body wasn't rebelling. It was defending itself from the relentless cortisol of "more."

That's what I broke down in my last event: The Weight Behind the Weight.

Here are the simple recalibrations that actually worked..
– chewing the first bite until liquid
– scanning the horizon after stress
– walking after meals
– one sigh to complete the cycle

Nothing rigid. Nothing forced. That's why my body could finally receive it.

If you're doing everything right but your body isn't responding. If you're exhausted and privately asking what am I missing?

I'm teaching a free class on February 4th at 6pm MST.

It's called “You're Not Failing. You're Transforming.”

Link in bio to register.

01/28/2026

I went to Oslo with no agenda.
No output goals. No fixing.

And it became obvious fast:

My body wasn’t broken.
It was overstimulated.

It said slow down.
I heard falling behind.

The practices here are small:
– slow walks
– coffee without scrolling
– the same simple meal
– heat, cold, stillness

Nothing tracked. Nothing optimized.
And that’s why it worked.

If you’re doing everything “right” but feel flat, resistant, or quietly off, this isn’t a motivation problem.

It’s a nervous system invitation.

Comment “BREAD” and I’ll send the recipe.

And if this hits: I’m teaching a free class Feb 4 at 6pm MST
You’re Not Failing. You’re Transforming.

It’s about learning to recognize change while you’re inside it before results show up.

01/23/2026

If you joined me for The Weight Behind the Weight last January 8th, thank you.

That conversation has stayed with me.

The honesty. The reflection. The way so many of you said, “This finally makes sense.”

But for many, what happens next is you start to apply what you learned… and suddenly, the body feels heavier.

You get tired. The motivation dips.

It feels like you’ve lost the spark. But it’s not a failure at all.

That’s the phase where your body is reorganizing. Real change often feels like resistance because it asks your biology to rewrite safety.

So my next free live class on February 4 at 6pm MST is for this exact moment — when you’re doing “everything right” but nothing seems to move.

Together, we’ll be exploring
- how to tell if you’re actually transforming beneath the surface
- why exhaustion and frustration are often signs of progress
- the signals your body gives when it’s safe enough to release

If you’ve been in that in-between space [not stuck, but not yet free] this is for you.

You can save your seat through the link in my bio.

01/14/2026

I said this to a client last year and watched her whole body shift.

She'd been describing brain fog, decision paralysis, how even choosing lunch required energy she didn't have. And she kept apologizing for it.

But here's what I see constantly: high-performers aren't confused about what they need.

They're just so practiced at overriding their body's signals that the override becomes invisible.

Numbness starts registering as efficiency. Disconnect looks like discipline.

Your nervous system isn't broken. It's been conditioned to run on override for so long that coming back online feels wrong.

The work isn't fixing something defective. It's learning to hear what's been there all along. It's time to relearn the partnership with your body that you've been taught to perform.

PS. To everyone who showed up for The Weight Behind the Weight last week: thank YOU. That kind of presence changes everything.

01/07/2026

Your body reacts to family settings before your mind catches up.

Shoulders rise. Breath shortens. Digestion slows.

This is not personality. This is a nervous system reading old cues and preparing for impact.

When you ignore those signals and push through, your system learns one thing. You are on your own in moments of stress. That is why exhaustion shows up later, not during the visit.

Staying in your body starts before the conversation. It starts at the threshold.

Small actions like pausing, feeling your feet, and lengthening your exhale give your nervous system new information.

You are here. You are safe enough. You are staying present.

Repetition builds capacity. Not force. Not perfection.

Comment LIST and I will send it to you.

01/04/2026

Many people I work with are consistent.

They eat well. They train. They follow the plan. Yet their body feels resistant.

Energy stays low. Digestion feels fragile. Weight will not shift. Labs plateau. This is not a motivation problem. It is often a nervous system problem.

When the body lives under constant pressure, even well intentioned pressure, it stays in protection mode.

- cortisol stays elevated
- glucose regulation becomes unstable
- digestion downshifts
-recovery slows

What looks like pushback often comes from self preservation.

Healing starts when the body feels safe enough to respond. Not safe in theory. Safe in physiology.

This changes how nourishment lands, how stress is processed, and how results finally show up.

This is the piece many high performing people have never been taught. I am breaking it down clearly and practically in a free live class on January 8.

Link in bio to join. 🔗

01/02/2026

I've watched hundreds of women enter January with the same commitment: this time will be different.

More control. Better habits. Finally, consistency.

And by February, the same confusion: why does my body feel like it's working against me?

Because override looks like discipline until your biology starts making decisions for you.

The cravings that feel like lack of willpower are your system trying to guarantee survival. The weight that won't budge is often protection your body won't release until it feels safe.

If you've been doing everything "right" and your body is still holding on, I'm teaching a free live class on January 8th at 9:30am MST: The Weight Behind the Weight.

We'll go deeper into why your body protects through weight, how stress and under-nourishment shift your metabolism into defense mode, and what actually creates the safety your biology needs to let go.

Link in bio to save your spot. 🔗

12/31/2025

2025 taught me this: just because I can do something doesn’t mean my body should have to.

I’ve spent most of my life being highly capable. Able to push. Able to perform. Able to carry more than was reasonable.
And for a long time, that capacity was rewarded.

But this year, I finally encoded a different question: at what cost?

Instead of asking how much more I could do, I started listening to how my body was responding to life.

I let sensation, energy, and ease become data. And I let that lead.

What I’ve learned is this: when the body is constantly asked to operate at full capacity, it doesn’t let go.

It protects.
It braces.
Sometimes that protection shows up as weight.

This is the heart of what I’ll be teaching in my free live class The Weight Behind the Weight on January 8th at 9:30am MST.

Why weight is often not about effort anymore, but about safety.
And how partnership with the body begins when we stop asking it to override.

If ease feels like your new teacher, you’ll understand this conversation deeply.

Comment EASE and I’ll send you the details to join the live class.

12/23/2025

You host flawlessly. Everyone raves. Then you spend 72 hours feeling like you got hit by a truck.

Here's the biology you're missing:

Skip breakfast to prep, run on cortisol for six hours. That's glucose mobilized from stress, not fuel.

Graze standing up, drink wine, no protein anchor. Blood sugar spiking and crashing. Gut processing in sympathetic mode: poor motility, incomplete breakdown, inflammation.

Finally sit to eat at 8pm after 12 hours fasted.

Your body can't digest a large meal in that state. The bloating lasts days because your gut is still inflamed.

The fix: protein within 90 minutes of waking, water during prep, seated eating, micro-pauses between tasks.

Your body reads hosting as threat unless you architect stability into it.

Comment GRAB for my holiday grab-and-go list. Quick options to stay metabolically stable while hosting.

12/16/2025

Is your body confused? You’re not alone.

Skipping meals? Exercising on fumes? Restricting your carbs?

Sound familiar? There’s a solution waiting. And you deserves it.

Comment “QUIZ” and you’ll get a resource that helps day one.

11/29/2025

One of the women inside The Magic shared something with me that stayed in my mind for days.

She told me she had spent her whole adult life fighting her own patterns.

When she learned her body was protecting her, not blocking her, she finally felt safe enough to change at a pace that fit her real capacity. Moments like this are why I built this space.
Inside The Magic you look at your biology and behavior side by side.

The work is intimate, personal, and held in a small group of 8 women.
I am glad to share that we have opened the waitlist for cohort #3, which begins in early 2026.

If you feel drawn to this kind of support and want to be considered for the next round, the waitlist is now open. You can apply through the link in our bio.

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Denver, CO
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http://elliekempton.com/

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Simply Nourished revives the traditional concept that real food can provide potent medicine and preventative healthcare. Ellie’s programs elevate the sweet simplicity of the choices that promote growth, transformation and empowerment by balancing the conflicting needs and expectations of a modern lifestyle. Simply Nourished provides clarity amidst the confusion with reliable resources and educated advice. From personal counseling to group mentorship, Ellie is dedicated to planting seeds of nourishment and celebrating the decisions that grow resilient habits for life. In a nutshell: Simply: Without ambiguity Nourished: promoting growth Who would benefit from Simply Nourished? Anyone who craves guidance for the following diets and/or lifestyles: • Gluten Free • Paleo • SCD/GAPS • Blood sugar stability • Food allergies • Food intolerances • Inflammatory Conditions (Crohn’s, IBD, IBS, diverticulitis etc) • Clean, healthy, and balanced living