Hi! I’m Ria 😊 (she/her)
I’m a registered dietitian with more than a decade of experience helping clients develop a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. Having grown up in Aroostook County, I’ve loved living in Maine throughout my life.
I remember when I was first told I had an eating disorder. “But that’s impossible!” I thought. I eat. What happened next changed my life forever. I was fortunate that my eating disorder was caught early and I started receiving treatment right away. I was able to make a full recovery. My treatment had such a lasting impact on me that it impacted my career selection. At the University of Maine, I majored in Food Science and Human Nutrition and graduated with my master’s degree in 2013.
Finding a job that fit my morals and beliefs was hard. Dietitians are often looked at for weight loss advice, something I wanted nothing to do with (and I knew didn’t work). The anti-fat bias in our culture is tied to so many other oppressive systems like homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and racism (as outlined by Sabrina Stings in Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia and Da’Shaun L. Harrison in Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness). As a dietitian specializing in intuitive eating and a Health at Every Size® framework, I believe it’s my role to investigate those systems.
I work with clients to develop a healthy relationship with food and their body. I believe in compassionate care that treats people with the dignity and respect they deserve. You are the expert of you. My goal is to help people rediscover the joy of eating and develop attunement with their body and needs. Connecting with our authentic self is life-long work, and I’m honored to be a part of people's journeys.
I currently reside in central Maine with my partner and dog. One of my greatest joys is spending time in nature. I enjoy hiking and spending time reflecting, whether that’s by the water or under a tree.
