Healing Nutrition Therapy

02/13/2026

Your body doesn’t heal in urgency.
It heals when it feels safe.

Stillness isn’t doing nothing... it’s giving your nervous system the conditions it needs to repair, rebalance, and restore.

02/12/2026

Healing from shame is one of the most powerful and essential keys to lasting recovery from an eating disorder. For nearly everyone navigating this path, shame weaves itself deeply into the experience—quietly fueling self-criticism, isolation, and the very behaviors we're working to release.
Shame traps us in cycles of stuckness, whispering that we're unworthy or broken beyond repair. Yet healing from shame opens the door to genuine forward movement, self-acceptance, and freedom. As I often share with my clients:
Trying to progress in recovery while weighed down by shame is like attempting a long journey with heavy sandbags strapped to your shoulders—it's exhausting, painful, and feels nearly impossible.
The beautiful truth is that you deserve the same warmth, understanding, and gentleness you so readily extend to others. You are worthy of that same compassion turned inward.
A gentle, transformative place to begin is with daily shame-releasing or self-compassion affirmations. Start simple—even if the words feel distant or untrue at first. Belief often follows consistent practice.
Here are a few affirming statements to try (feel free to adapt them to resonate more deeply with you):

"I am worthy of love, kindness, and compassion—exactly as I am right now."
"I release shame; it no longer defines my worth or my path."
"I offer myself the same grace I give to those I care about."
"My struggles do not make me broken—they make me human, and I am learning to heal."
"I am deserving of recovery, peace, and freedom from this burden."

One of my former clients found the concept of self-compassion so foreign that her initial goal was simply to say the words "self-compassion" out loud each day. That tiny, brave step was real progress. Months later, she crafted her own full affirmation—and it marked a profound shift.
Progress is progress, no matter how incremental it appears. Every small act of kindness toward yourself chips away at shame's hold and builds momentum.
You deserve to walk this journey lighter, freer, and with a heart that finally feels safe to heal. You've already taken courageous steps by being here—keep going. You're not alone, and you are worthy!

02/12/2026

Growth continues at HNT as we try to expand access to ED care via telehealth and insurance coverage. We are now in network with BCBS, United Health Care, UMR, Tricare and soon to be back in network with CIGNA. Check out our website for more detailed information or to schedule an appointment.

**Crystal currently has a waiting list (6-8 weeks) and Rachel has several immediate openings**

02/04/2026

02/03/2026

Guess I’m jumping on the trend. 😆

02/02/2026

01/19/2026

Rachel has immediate openings for tele-health sessions. Check out more information about her on our website and get connected today!

01/18/2026

Are you tired of chronic yo-yo dieting? Tired of struggling with food and body image thoughts and behaviours that dominate your life? Then it's time to try something different. Start a new path on your journey today by visiting our website and getting connected to one of our expert Registered Dietitians. Crystal and Rachel are highly trained in working with eating disorders, disordered eating, and food and body image struggles. Discover the tools and support that you need to heal your relationship with food and body and find peace and lasting health physically, mentally and emotionally for good.
www.healingnutritiontherapyofla.com

01/02/2026

A journey towards wellness is just a click away. Discover how nutrition therapy can reshape your relationship with food and enhance your overall well-being by visiting our website today. Set up an in person or tele-health visit today! www.healingnutritiontherapyofla.com

12/15/2025

Getting to sit in with ACEND board review for th LA Tech dietetics program re-accreditation and teach at my Alma Mater today. Always enjoy giving back to our profession!!!!

10/26/2025

Fitness, wellness and Nutrition professionals (or anyone this may apply to): Your Body is NOT your business card! Being healthy physically does not have a “look”. True health is very synergistic with a balance of our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. Our young sons and daughters don’t need examples of these crazy aesthic goals constantly in their face. They don’t need to see men or women with goals of getting cut, extremely lean, looking "perfect", toned or having a six pack etc. Parental behaviors related to extreme fitness, nutrition, or dieting (e.g., restrictive eating, obsessive healthy eating like orthorexia, or overemphasis on body weighting shape) are directly linked to increased risk of disordered eating behaviors in children and adolescents. Do I believe in moving our body & nourishing it well? Of course, but the exercise and nutrition extremes in our culture are not healthy. They are obsessive and set an unhealthy example for children period. The statistics say it all, as the rate of adolescent hospitalizations for eating disorders have more than doubled in the last 7 years and the overall hospital admits have risen from 3.5% to 7.8% between all ages, ethnicities and genders. I personally attribute a lot of this to the level of exposure our children now hav to social media and the influencers they may come across there but our environment (and genetics) play the biggest roles of all. I always tell my patients "no food will harm you as much as your eating disorder will". The best gift one can give themselves is doing the deep rooted work of healing their relationship with food, body and movement. Want to learn more about developing a healthy relationship with food, body and movement? Set up an appointment with one of our Highly Specalized Registered Dietitians at Healing Nutrition Therapy. www.healingnutritiontherapyofla.com