Sasha's Philosophy
Sasha Silver’s education background - with a degree in early education and two teachers as parents - shines through in her nutrition counseling practice as she enjoys educating her clients just as much as she appreciates learning from them.
Even with growing up with all the tools to create a healthful relationship with food (nightly home cooked meals, positive body talk, and an array of food groups readily available) at 11 years old Sasha could tell there was something amiss with how she nourished her body. She asked her parents to see a dietitian.
Years later, as Sasha took steps to become a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), she recognized her disordered eating habits were being fueled by what she was learning about nutrition. Then came the Intuitive Eating book Sasha was given in her last year of undergrad, outlining a self-care eating framework that integrates instinct, emotion, and rational thought instead of tracking calories or nutrient intake. She began to heal her relationship with food and body using this new framework to find greater value in her nutrition and dietetic education.
Now, following a Health at Every Size (HAES) and Intuitive Eating approach to nutrition counseling, Sasha has experienced both sides of dietetics and can empathize with clients who fall on either side of the diet culture—intuitive eating spectrum.
The fact that disordered eating has become so normalized in today’s society is what keeps Sasha motivated in her practice. She’s reminded that, “there are so many people who are trapped in this disordered loop of restrictive dieting, demonizing food, glorifying disciplined eating patterns, and many more maladaptive eating behaviors.”
If she didn’t stumble onto intuitive eating herself in college, she would likely still be trapped in the same loop. This is why she wants to educate as many people as possible about the harm disordered eating patterns can cause and that alternative approaches to reaching nutrition goals exist.
As an RDN and certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Sasha promotes inclusivity in all aspects of nutrition and identity in her practice. Recognizing that everyBODY is different, she takes time getting to know her clients’ strengths and challenges and their nutrition concerns before creating a path forward with them.
Even though it is often touted by social media and diet ads, Sasha wants everyone to know that they don't "need to be fixed". They already hold the cards that can change their life quality and she is there to discover how best to do that with them.
All Sasha asks of her clients when they start their nutrition journey with her is to “be curious about how your body and mind function independently and synergistically. Together, we can find ways to work with your body instead of against it.”
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