Nutrition & Health Consultation
The ROOT of it...
As a graduate of the renowned Institute for Integrative Nutrition in NYC and Colorado’s Nutrition Therapy Institute, I bring together a comprehensive and holistic approach to nutrition, emphasizing the unique and dynamic needs of each individual. Your life isn't like everyone else's, and the best way to nourish yourself in a balanced way is to recognize that there is no one way of eating that works for everyone across our lives. Eating and dieting don't suggest anything about consciousness, while true nourishment comes from awareness and presence. This is a practice, an art, and a profoundly powerful tool for transformation. At ROOT, we go deeper than theory and fad. It isn’t about telling you what to do or not to do; instead, we empower and recognize the true answers are always already within. We get to the root of things, delving into a deeper recognition of what truly feeds us. Instead of adhering to yet another theory, you learn to trust and tap the innate intelligence within. We work with your whole self, carefully exploring all that nourishes you, from your deepest roots to the furthest reaches of your ever-expanding dreams. Remember yourself as whole, and learn to draw strength, confidence, and power from a place of true stability. Flourish, bloom, and grow from there, and you will know what it is to be truly fed.
Why?
- Improve your eating habits
- Cultivate a healthy, balanced relationship to food
- Feel better in your body
- Develop confidence in choosing and preparing healthy food
- Increase your energy and vitality
- Detoxify your body, mind, and lifestyle
- Understand cravings, stop binges, and stop depriving yourself
- Reduce and transform stress and the effects of stress
- Achieve your ideal weight
- Receive nutritional support for a condition or illness
- Cultivate a more joyful, peaceful life
You are what you eat...
Literally. What you consume becomes a part of you - the very fabric of your cells, your tissues, organs, and even your emotions and thoughts. But it isn't a one-way road. It it were, it would be easy to maintain health and wellbeing by choosing the "right" foods. Yet even the most nutritious of meals may be assimilated poorly if you are stressed or see food as "the enemy". What you eat matters, but so does how, why, and when you eat. And these choices are, in turn, shaped by your beliefs and emotions. Thus, while we are what we eat, we also tend to eat in a way that reflects or echoes who it is we think we are.
Our relationship to food is the most intimate relationship we experience. Food creates, restores, nourishes, and nurtures our life energy. Its effect are immediate and profound, communicating with us through all five senses (though we tend to operate consciously with only one or two at meal times). While conventional nutrition operates with the belief that there is something wrong with you that needs to be fixed, an integrated and holistic approach sees you as whole and unique. We don't separate what you eat from what is, well, eating you! This is not about dieting, will power, deprivation, or the breakdown of foods into their chemical constituents . It isn't about a one-size-fits-all plan with rules, charts, or equations to follow. Real nutrition is about how you feed yourself on every level, as a whole and dynamic being. It is about discovering what nourishes you as an individual and what feeds your extraordinary life. Everything you bring to the proverbial table will affect your wellbeing and health.
My goal is to help you reconnect with your body's innate and profound wisdom so that you can cultivate lasting health and wellbeing on every level. We will look at what you eat, certainly. But we will also address the how, why and when of the equation in an effort to identify where you may be experiencing conflict and dis-ease. At ROOT, you are seen as a unique individual with specific and ever-changing needs.
Get Started...
Whatever your goals and concerns, I will work to help you identify the food and lifestyle choices that best support the life you desire. If you are ready to move toward a more nourishing, integrated, and joyful life, contact me.
Jessica Patterson, MA
Certified Health Coach (Institute for Integrative Nutrition, NY)
Certified Nutrition Therapy Practitioner (Nutrition Therapy Institute, CO)