Mental health affects every aspect of our lives, and nutrition plays a powerful role in supporting it. This belief, rooted in both science and personal experience, fuels my passion for helping families thrive.

Passion rooted in science and experience

This is the beginning of a new chapter for me, fuelled by a deep and personal passion to support families to nourish mental health.

If we haven’t yet met, then please let me introduce myself. My name is Rebecca. I am a registered dietitian with 25 years of experience in clinical nutrition, health and wellbeing and a specialist interest in supporting the root causes of poor health, in particular, mental health.

My career began on hospital wards, but I always knew I wanted to take many steps back and support people before their health began to falter and they reached a hospital ward. In every consultation and conversation over the years, I have been acutely aware of the intricate orchestra between brain and body. The interplay between mindset and habits, the association between stress and behaviours, and the impact of self-efficacy or mood on long-term health changes.

I have been avidly following the growing interest and research in nutrition and mental health, with nutritional therapy as a powerful and vital component in protecting and supporting brain health.

Simultaneously, I have felt the devastating impact of poor mental health on people I love. I have seen and felt poor mental health at each spectrum, imbalances in brain health which need careful, gentle care and nourishment through to mental illness, which led to a very personal loss. These are not my stories to share, but these experiences have fuelled a burning desire to support other families who are experiencing similar journeys.

Throughout my career, I have brought the latest scientific knowledge in nutrition, health and wellbeing into actionable, realistic strategies people can utilise to improve their health. Bringing the science of how we can optimise and balance our health into changes to what and when we eat.

I have worked in clinical dietetics in the NHS and privately, have established and run a private nutrition practice alongside dietetic colleagues, completed a doctorate in nutrition and worked at the Centre for Metabolic Health in the UK.

How I work with families

At the forefront of my mind when working with each individual or family is providing the support and guidance for where they are right now. Being aware of their concerns and challenges, their goals, their current lifestyle and preferences and combining this with available biochemistry so we can build a personalised plan of simple and powerful changes. Fundamentally, it ensures people can eat food they love and feel able to enjoy their life in the way they want to.

I am gentle and empathetic. As a mum to three teens, I work with families in the same way I would want to work with someone myself: with care, respect, no judgment and doing all I can to enable each family to make the change they are looking for.

Bringing nutrition into mental health support

I want to focus on helping people at the earliest opportunity in their health journey, providing support when they encounter challenges like anxiety, attention difficulties, or mood changes. My goal is to empower families with a nutrition toolbox they can use on its own or alongside other treatments or therapies to support health and wellbeing. I will be supporting parents with teens and tweens who are experiencing mild symptoms of anxiety or navigating periods of high stress.

I am looking forward to sharing the power of nutrition to support young people with their mental health via information and tools that can be utilised throughout life.

If you’re ready to explore how nutrition can support your family’s mental health journey, I’d love to hear from you. Together, we can create personalised strategies that empower your family’s well-being.