Hi, I'm Heather.

For the past 15 years I've worked as a dietitian helping folks explore their relationship to food, movement, and sport. I specialize in women's health, and have spent most of my career supporting athletes and women's sports. I'm also a runner by choice (the half-marathons is my favorite race distance!), parent to three kids, and midwest convert now based in Ann Arbor, MI.

About

Here's the story

I've always been here to support women's health & sport.

I work with athletes in women’s sports because I’ve been there—not eating enough, preoccupied with food, and noticing some signs that maybe it wasn't actually "healthy". It’s too easy to normalize missing periods, underfueling, and food rules when those patterns are common in sport. But "common" doesn't equate to normal, or healthy. You deserve to feel strong, nourished, and connected to your body in a way that supports both your performance and your long-term health.

My work focuses on helping you rebuild trust with your body, get your period back (and keep it!), and fuel in a way that supports the life you want to live—on and off the field, track, or trail. I’m not here to offer meal plans or macros. I’m here to help you feel more confident, less rigid, and better equipped to tune out diet culture noise. Because food shouldn’t feel like a constant negotiation, and performance shouldn’t come at the cost of your health.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER

Count me in for any and all running.

I run long distances for fun, which has been true for many years. I love the running (and general sports) spaces—group runs, fun races, challenges, beer miles, I’ll do any or all of it. Count me in! Through running I’ve found a deeper sense of both self and community, and in true enneagram 7/entrepreneur form, I’ve found many ways to weave it into my work as well.

With a fellow runner in the DC area, I co-founded the Lane 9 Project. This is a supportive online community for runners who have experienced the harms of diet culture—disordered eating, body dysmorphia, negative health outcomes, etc—and are ready to rewrite their relationship to food, movement, and self. We offer a variety of resources for both athletes and the clinicians and coaches who support them.

I still work with athletes as a dietitian, and am also a running coach, providing support primarily to athletes in women's sports (and work with folks across the gender spectrum). I love working with folks as they build up toward a goal, a race, and/or a big life transition.

What I've worked on:

I’ve worked in public health, food marketing, program management, corporate wellness, startups, and private practice. I've been in nutrition counseling for over a decade, and am a certified running coach as well. In 2017 I co-founded Lane 9 Project (more on that below!), and in 2018 I founded Weight Inclusive Nutrition and Dietetics (WIND). I've also been in private practice for over 10 years.

From 2018 to 2024, I hosted and directed over 100 hours of continuing education and professional development for fellow weight-inclusive practitioners, and had the deep honor of working with dozens of activists and thought leaders in this social-justice-forward space. WIND also opened the first ever weight-inclusive professional organization for registered dietitians with a mission to support a paradigm shift toward weight inclusive healthcare in the US.

I've worked with the following companies and institutions:
Athleta
Discovery Communications
Eat Well Global
EQUIP
Lululemon
George Washington University
Simple Mills
University of Michigan
Within Health

To work together on a nutrition and/or women's sports project, click here to get in touch.