Holistic Integrative Center
functional nutrition
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How Nutrition Care Integrates Within Holistic Treatment
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Nutrition plays a critical role in healing across all body systems, including musculoskeletal recovery, nervous system regulation, inflammation, digestion, and cardiovascular health. When clients are receiving osteopathic care, physical therapy, acupuncture, or other body-based treatments, nutrition support can significantly enhance outcomes.
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Sara’s work often supports clients who are:
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Recovering from injury, chronic pain, or physical strain
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Experiencing fatigue, inflammation, or delayed healing
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Navigating stress-related symptoms that affect digestion, sleep, or energy
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Seeking to optimize strength, endurance, or recovery in athletic or active populations
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By addressing nourishment, blood sugar stability, micronutrient adequacy, gut health, and the impact of stress on the body, nutrition care helps create the internal conditions needed for physical therapies to be more effective.
Sessions may also include gentle somatic awareness and regulation tools that complement hands-on treatments by improving body attunement and resilience.
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Nutrition is not separate from healing — it is foundational.
​Integrative Nutrition Counseling
Evidence-based nutrition therapy delivered through a compassionate, individualized, and non-diet lens.
Sara works with clients on:
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Eating disorder recovery and disordered eating
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Healing from chronic dieting and weight cycling
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Gastrointestinal disorders
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Cardiovascular health (cholesterol, blood pressure)
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Sports nutrition and performance
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General medical nutrition therapy and preventive care
Sessions focus on practical guidance, behavior change, and restoring trust in the body, while also addressing stress, emotional patterns, and nervous system support as they relate to food and health.
treated conditions
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Chronic dieting & diet culture recovery
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Disordered eating
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Eating disorders
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Perimenopause & menopause
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Hormonal health
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Weight loss support
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Strength training & body recomposition
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Athletic & sports nutrition
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Fatigue, burnout & stress-related eating
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Gastrointestinal conditions
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Digestive symptoms (bloating, IBS, constipation, diarrhea)
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High cholesterol
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Metabolic syndrome
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Prediabetes & blood sugar regulation
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Cardiometabolic health
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Oncology & cancer support
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Post-surgical recovery
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Intuitive eating
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Body image healing
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Sustainable behavior change
Reiki & Energy-Based Support
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Reiki sessions provide gentle, non-invasive energy work designed to support relaxation, stress reduction, and nervous system regulation. This modality can be helpful for clients experiencing chronic stress, pain, emotional overwhelm, or feeling “disconnected” from their bodies during healing or rehabilitation.
Sessions are client-led, grounded, and offered as a complementary support alongside medical or therapeutic care.
Integrated Nutrition + Reiki Sessions
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For clients interested in a fully integrative experience, Sara offers sessions that combine nutrition counseling with Reiki and somatic awareness practices.
These sessions support both the physiological and energetic aspects of healing and can be especially helpful for those navigating complex relationships between stress, the body, and behavior change.
This option allows clients to work toward tangible nutrition goals while also supporting regulation, embodiment, and deeper integration.
services & fees
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For clients interested in a fully integrative experience, Sara offers sessions that combine nutrition counseling with Reiki and somatic awareness practices.
These sessions support both the physiological and energetic aspects of healing and can be especially helpful for those navigating complex relationships between stress, the body, and behavior change.
This option allows clients to work toward tangible nutrition goals while also supporting regulation, embodiment, and deeper integration.