The Lab Training Studio

Hi there! I’m Kayla, Nutritionist and Memphis native living in Nashville, TN. I have over 8 years of nutrition education and counseling experience. I am extremely passionate about helping others ditch the diet rules and rediscover the joy of eating. My goal is to help my clients and readers heal their relationship with food and improve their physical and mental health with eating habits rooted in nourishment vs. deprivation. 
Like most nutritionist, I used to think nutrition was all about “eating less” and “eating right.” I believed what I was taught about weight and health being one and the same. Those beliefs led me down a path where food and eating became stressful and complicated. As I started working with clients, I quickly realized my approach wasn’t helping. I saw how the focus on weight and rigid diet rules turned something that should be a simple, nourishing act of self-care, into an anxiety-filled chore. 
Thankfully, I quickly realized that food is so much more than fuel, and that diet rules and rigidity weren’t the answer. I came to the realization that the purpose of pursuing health is to live a better quality of life, and if food and eating is feeling stressful, then it’s not actually helping with that goal. I saw how the fixation with the scale interferes with one’s ability to engage with health promoting behaviors. Not only that, but I learned how our cultural obsession with weight is fueling an epidemic of eating disorders and disordered eating. I began to see my role as a nutritionist as helping people nurture a healthy relationship with food and learn to make food choices from a place of nourishment, pleasure, and their own internal wisdom. With those realizations, I began to learn everything I could about intuitive and mindful eating and began to integrate these non-diet approaches into my practice and personal life.
Through compassionate, affirming, and client-centered care for all bodies, I want to help others redefine health and discover their own path to food peace.