Life doesn't colour inside the lines — neither should your wellness.

Here's how I became a coach, counsellor and companion

Nutrition consumed my thoughts from a young age.

I was fascinated by metabolism — how food becomes energy, how the body decides what to do with it. That took me to a B.Sc. (Honours) in Food, Nutrition & Health at UBC, and then a decade of work with governments, non-profits and community food programs: food banks, nutrition literacy, kitchens in women's shelters, farmers' markets.

Then my world unraveled.

My partner of eight years died. I knew about health — so why couldn't I just make this better? Eating, exercise and seeing people all fell away. My body felt uncomfortable and unfamiliar, and the science I carried didn't reach it. What did, eventually, was grief counselling, community, peers, and very small, intentional steps back toward my body.

My healing began with small steps.

That experience sent me to train as an integrative nutrition counsellor, a trauma-loss facilitator and a coach — and to build ColourFull Nutrition as the place I wish had existed: scientific, holistic, big-picture, and unafraid to talk about the body in grief.