I’m Tisha.

A little about me…

If you’re new here, let me share a bit about myself! 

In my previous life, I worked professionally as a food stylist and recipe developer. (I still moonlight doing both, so it’s not unusual to see me share projects and recipes on my Instagram.) My love for food has always run deep, but for years, that love was actually just an obsession around food rebranded as passion.

I was your gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, fun-free friend. And, not surprisingly, I was miserable.

So I did the deep work to unpack diet culture. And with it, I started to understand so many of the ways that women (and people who menstruate) have felt shame and stigma around their bodies. We have shame around our periods. Our vaginal health. Our weight. Our body hair. Our sexual history. Our identities.

And while, as a dietitian, I can’t possibly be equipped to tackle all of these topics (although you better believe I’ve done a lot of continuing education to try my best to do exactly that), I can take this awareness back to my practice, and back to you.

I do my best to use inclusive, weight-neutral language in my approach to nutrition and hormonal health. While my work is primarily geared towards helping women–with a heavy focus on menstrual health and the gendered roles, expectations and burdens that women experience–I want to be absolutely clear that this is a safe space for queer, trans and gender non-conforming individuals. I understand that there are plenty of women who don’t menstruate, plenty of people who menstruate and are not women, and that the lived experience of womanhood is deeply varied and highly unique. I do try my best to differentiate when I’m talking about the social constructs and gendered expectations of moving through this world as a woman (or being perceived as feminine), versus when I’m talking specifically about biological processes that happen to people with uteruses.

If you are a part of these communities, and think I could be doing better, please reach out so that I can make this a safer community for all! 

I also have a podcast, Wellness Unpacked, where I pair my own personal experiences with evidence-based research to discuss topics around wellness, hormones and social justice. So if that’s your jam, be sure to check it out.

Lastly, I’m also queer lady, a tea lover, a hiking enthusiast, a feminist, and a lifelong learner who wants to create space for you to show up in this life authentically. Because there’s nothing more beautiful.