Namaste Nutrition

04/28/2024

The audio version is coming soon!! After spending several hours recording my chapter "From Diet Mind to Dietitian to IFS Nutrition Therapist: The Journey of a Wounded Healer," I'm ready for it to publish!

Freeing Self: IFS Beyond the Therapy Room

03/12/2024

For those looking for cooking classes, here you go. Virtual too!!

A 6-WEEK ONLINE COURSECONSCIOUS COOKINGConscious Cooking is a 6-week online journey empowering participants to embrace their creativity, build their intuition, and master essential cooking techniques. register CONSCIOUS COOKINGWhat if cooking could be joyful?This immersive culinary experience is des...

02/23/2024

FYI about a wonderful retreat. Registration button coming soon!

02/17/2024

02/17/2024

Fabulous opportunity to work with the master of exploring body image.

02/15/2024

Not to be missed!

12/10/2023

Am I excited for this NYT's article??? You bet. I'm a proponent!

Full-fat dairy boasts many positive benefits: lowers your risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease to start.

Plus, the taste is so much more satisfying and satiety is higher.

For decades, experts have said that less is more when it comes to dairy fat and health. But recent research has called this into question.

11/12/2023

Kim Daniels, host of The Emotional Eating (and Everything Else) Podcast, and I had a lovely chat. I hope you enjoy it!

On this week's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Diana Dugan Richards , a Nutrition Therapist with a private practice (Namaste Nutrition) in Watertown, MA.  As a registered, licensed dietitian for 25 years and nutrition therapist since 2011 and from a springboa

09/07/2023

Why doctors should not say "lose weight" as a fix all for health and health conditions based on BMI and antiquated beliefs. It's a problematic approach.

Learn what the body mass index is. You'll learn what BMI is and how it is calculated. You'll also learn how problematic the BMI has been since its inception....

02/25/2023

Finally there's research!

More than 70 percent of packaged foods in the U.S. are classified as ultra-processed food and represent about 60 percent of all calories consumed by Americans. A study in 10,359 adults 18 and older found those who consumed the most ultra-processed foods as compared with those who consumed the least....

01/21/2023

I'm back with good news about eggs.
I love eggs!!!
They are good for you!!!

This controversial protein packs an impressive nutritional punch.

12/19/2022

Join me in the new year on the path to finding and loving all the parts of us connected to our relationship with food and body. Using the Internal Family Systems model, we'll explore:

Hunger
Fullness
Body Image
Burdens we carry from our families and culture

See you then!!

Join me in collaboration with The PATH PROGRAM’s Body Confidence & Food Freedom in four 2-hour workshops . We’ll collectively and individually explore: