Hi, I’m Jorien.
I’m a Nutritional Therapist, mum of two and someone who knows that a carefully planned dinner can become scrambled eggs remarkably quickly.
One With Nutrition didn’t come from a belief that everybody needs to eat more kale. It came from becoming increasingly interested in the gap between knowing what is good for us and actually being able to do it.
Because most of us know vegetables are good for us. That doesn’t explain why we forget to eat all day and find ourselves standing in the kitchen at 9pm.
It doesn’t explain emotional eating, sensory preferences, food fixations or why feeding a family can become one of the most exhausting parts of the day. And it certainly doesn’t explain why something that worked perfectly well for us at 30 can suddenly stop working as we approach 40.
My background
I hold a BSc and MSc in Health Sciences and Public Health and graduated as a Nutritional Therapist from the College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2019. I have worked in both public and private healthcare settings and over time, my work has increasingly focused on two areas where I saw a real gap in support: neurodiversity in both children and adults, and women’s health, particularly the connections between hormones, the brain, nervous system and eating behaviour.
I have undertaken further specialist training and I am currently completing certification in neurodivergent coaching and nutrigenomics.
Motherhood has shaped my work too. It has made me much more aware of the realities of trying to look after your own health while raising a family, and of how differently children can experience food, their bodies and the world around them.
I know that family nutrition doesn't happen in a clinic or on a beautifully organised meal planner. It happens on school mornings, in lunchboxes, between work calls, when a child suddenly stops eating something they happily ate last week, and at 5.30pm when everybody is tired.
Understanding why we eat the way we do.
Traditional nutrition advice often assumes that if we understand what we need to do, we will simply do it. But knowing what to eat is only one part of the picture.
Our brain, hormones, nervous system, sensory preferences, appetite and environment can all influence the way we shop, cook and eat. For neurodivergent people in particular, executive function, interoception and sensory processing can make seemingly simple nutrition advice much harder to put into practice.
Motherhood, stress and changing hormones can complicate things further.
The answer isn't necessarily more discipline. Sometimes we first need to understand the brain and body we're trying to feed.
My approach
I’m interested in the science, but I’m equally interested in you.
We may look at nutritional intake, blood sugar, gut health, nutrient status, hormones, genetics or the gut–brain axis. But we’ll also talk about what happens at breakfast, who cooks dinner, which foods your child actually eats and what you realistically have the capacity to change.
I don’t believe health needs to feel overcomplicated or that there is such a thing as a perfect diet. My approach is to understand what your body and brain need, then find practical ways of making that work in everyday life.
Sometimes that means making meaningful nutritional changes. Sometimes it means making breakfast easier.
Both count.
