About Us
We are here to hold space for your food and body stories.
Reclaim joyful living and ease with food
Our team of weight-inclusive, Health at Every Size® (HAES®) aligned dietitians embrace an anti-oppressive approach and focus on supporting humans through recovery and healing from eating disorders, disordered eating or dieting. We are space holders, who listen to our clients’ food and body stories. Our role is to radiate self-compassion, empathy and understanding. We support our clients in navigating this food and body obsessed world we live in, reframing the concept of health, and reclaiming self-care practices. Clients have shared that they leave our sessions feeling hopeful, brighter and grounded.
Our Values
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Compassion
We meet you exactly where you are at, with empathy and an authentic desire to support you in your journey.
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Connection
We offer brave spaces for you to share your story, to be heard and feel seen.
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Respect
We deeply honour and appreciate you for who you are and what your capacity is in our work together.
Meet our Team
Meet our Team
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Hi, I am Allison Easton! I am a fat positive - weight inclusive Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and co-founder of The Nourish Collective.
After almost 3 decades of experience (eek!), I have truly found my passion supporting individuals in healing their relationship with food and their body.
My goal in working with clients is to establish safety and create space to explore their life experience with food and their body; make connections between their experience and their behaviours; identify and unlearn unhelpful rules/belief systems; heal the wounds of diet culture; and build a relationship with food that feels effortless and allows them to live the life of which they are so deserving.
My biggest hope in supporting clients is that through this work they begin to see a glimmer of their power and purpose – something that is often taken away in the rupture of their food and body relationship.
At the center of my work is respect and compassion shared through a warm, down-to-earth approach. I care very deeply for the health and well-being of my clients.
Coffee and quiet get me out of bed in the morning. I enjoy a full life as the mom of two adult children and two dogs. I am married to my biggest supporter and together we enjoy time with our family and friends; adventuring around Alberta in our trailer; and time in nature.
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Chronic dieting – disordered eating
Binge Eating Disorder
Enduring Eating Disorders
Menopause
Intuitive/attuned Eating
Supports clients of all ages
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Binge Eating & Chronic Dieting Certification, 2024 PESI
2nd Annual Body Image Summit – Empowering Clients to Defy Diet Culture and Reclaim Embodiment, December 2023
International Weight Stigma Conference – Unintended Harms, Insidious Impact: The Need for Multi-Level Change, June 2023
Emotion Focused Family Therapy, June 2022 Adele LaFrance
Clinical Eating Disorder Supervision, 2020 - 2023 Shawna Melbourn
Clinical Eating Disorder Supervision, 2021 & 2022 Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani
Body Image Supervision, 2021 Brianna Campos
Body Image Online Training for Clinicians, 2020 Marci Evans and Fiona Sutherland
Eating Disorder Education for Registered Dietitians, 2020 Shawna Melbourn
Intuitive Eating Certification, 2019-2020
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Kalin started her career in private practice 8 years ago. Her core values have been an essential guide for her, which has translated into embracing the principles of a weight-inclusive, trauma-informed and social justice oriented approach to care. Kalin’s main area of focus includes supporting folks through eating disorder recovery, and also helping clients heal from disordered eating. She also has a special interest in supporting folks with ADHD.
She is deeply passionate about helping individuals replace judgement and punishment with compassion and curiosity. Kalin feels so grateful that she is able to do this work, and form meaningful relationships with her clients.
When she isn’t reading a new book or listening to a podcast, you can find Kalin sipping on a latte in her favourite coffee shop, cuddling with her kitty, or spending time with friends and family.
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Eating disorder recovery
Healing from disordered eating or chronic dieting
Mental health & Neurodivergent affirming care
Intuitive eating
Body image support
Supports clients of all ages
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Hi, I’m Emily Lovell! I am a virtual dietitian, and I am passionate about helping people heal from disordered eating. I support clients in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario. I studied at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, and have been working as a dietitian for over six years.
Clients I’ve worked with have described my nutrition-therapy style as compassionate and kind. I feel grateful to have been a part of The Nourish Collective since the beginning, it’s connected me to many incredible people (clients & team). Being a virtual dietitian has allowed me to live in a few different places over the years, with the most exciting one being the island of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean. I feel most expansive when in nature, and our dog, Frankie makes sure we’re out exploring several times per week.
My hope is for clients to feel hopeful, held/empowered and a sense of ease at the end of our session together. I support humans in eating disorder recovery, chronic dieters looking for an alternative to dieting, and clients living with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) navigate nutrition therapy in a weight-inclusive environment.
I look forward to holding a non-judgmental space for you, along this liberating journey of reclaiming home, trust and safety with food and your body.
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Eating Disorder Recovery
Chronic Dieting
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Neurodivergent Affirming Care
Intuitive/attuned Eating
Supports adult clients (17+)
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Binge Eating & Chronic Dieting Certification, PESI 2024-2025
Emotions Focused Coaching for Dietitians, EDs for RDs, 2024
Intersectional Approaches to Bodymind Liberation and Body Image Support, RDs for Neurodiversity, 2023
Trauma Informed Care for Dietitians, Fiona Sutherland & Tracy Brown, 2022
Eating Disorder Education for Registered Dietitians, EDs for RDs 2021
Erin Nelson, RD
She/Her location_onEdmonton, AB person In-person & virtual sessions
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Hi I’m Erin Nelson! I am a Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor. As a weight inclusive dietitian, I love to support humans in healing their relationship with food and their body.
Whether I am supporting clients through exploring a path that leaves dieting behind, navigating through disordered eating, or exploring what healing from an eating disorder looks like for the individual, my approach is one of compassion, understanding and non-judgment. Working from trauma informed and social justice lenses have allowed me to see systems of oppression as ever-present in our day to day lives and these systems deeply impact the unique food and body stories of my clients.
I find the most compassionate way to support my clients in their journey is to truly meet them where they are at. It is in this way that we can explore the individual goals of my client and create a plan together to get them closer to what is truly important to them.
I want my clients to leave my office feeling seen and heard, validated and empowered to take the next right step for them.
I would be so honoured to walk alongside you in your journey toward reconnecting with nourishment and your body in a way that honours authenticity, trust and safety.
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Disordered Eating & Eating Disorder Recovery
Diabetes support through the lens of non-restrictive eating approaches
Children and adolescents
Body image support
LGBTQ2SIA+ community
Intuitive eating
Supports clients of all ages
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Eating Disorder Education for Registered Dietitians, EDs for RDs 2023
Inclusive Approaches to Supporting Neurodivergent Children with Feeding Challenges, RDs for Neurodiversity, 2024
Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor, Elyse Reich and Evelyn Tribole, 2022
Emotion Focused Family Therapy 2- Day Core Clinician Training, Dr. Adele Lafrance, 2022
Piper Barboza Menini, RD
She/Her location_on Calgary, AB person In-person & virtual sessions
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Hi! I’m Piper Barboza Menini and I’ve been working as a dietitian since 2018. I am incredibly passionate about helping folks heal from body distrust and disordered eating.
Clients I work with often share that our work together can feel unexpected, but that they wish they had explored their food and body relationships sooner. You might expect a session where we unpack and challenge the “status quo” regarding beliefs about food, bodies and health.
My hope for clients is that they can experience a session that is centred on their own experiences and leaves them feeling like they aren’t navigating the messy middle on their own. Many clients I support just want food and being in their body to feel easier and I move them through sessions with compassionate nutrition care that is weight inclusive and trauma informed.
Outside of work, I feel most fulfilled when I am spending time with a good book at home, hiking in the mountains or trying out new ice cream flavors. Staying connected with friends and family over game nights is regularly a highlight of my week.
I look forward to helping you learn to live at peace with food and your body, so that you can live your one life to its fullest capacity.
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Eating Disorder Recovery (Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia, ARFID)
Neurodivergent Affirming Care – ADHD, Autism, Complex mental health diagnoses
Body relationship/body image
Humans living with restriction and food rules
Intuitive Eating
Supports clients of all ages
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Emotions Focused Coaching for Dietitians, EDs for RDs, 2024
Neurodivergence, Feeding Differences and ARFID, RDs for Neurodiversity 2024,
Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, The Original Intuitive Eating Pros, 2023
Eating Disorder Education for Registered Dietitians, EDs for RDs 2023
Motivational Interviewing for Weight Inclusive Providers, Centre for Body Trust 2021
Larissa Ens, RD, CDE
Currently on parental leave
She/Her location_onEdmonton, AB person In-person & virtual sessions
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Larissa has focused her work in the past 6 years on supporting those living with diabetes and is a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE). She found this area of practice to be focused on weight and restriction and noted the negative impact this had for those she supported. This led her to learn more about concepts such as Health at Every Size and intuitive eating and she now practices through a weight-inclusive lens.
Larissa helps those living with diabetes pursue a healthy relationship with food and their bodies, while managing the complexities that come alongside living with a chronic disease. Larissa has a special interest in type 1 diabetes and insulin pump therapy. She is incredibly grateful for the trust put in her by her clients, and the relationships she has the opportunity to form. Compassion is at the core of Larissa’s practice.
When not working you can find Larissa exploring the trails of Millcreek Ravine with her partner, daughter, and dog or experimenting with new recipes in her kitchen.
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Weight-inclusive diabetes care
Special interest in type 1 diabetes and insulin pump therapy
Improving food relationship
Supports clients of all ages
