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I am a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist (RDN), and National Certified Counselor (NCC) currently residing in West Virginia. I think it's important that I first tell you about my education, professional, and lived experience so you can get a better sense of what I bring to my support services & writing.
I completed my Bachelor of Science in Dietetics & Master of Education in Exercise Physiology at the University of Akron while participating in collegiate basketball (All-American vibes!). I then attended West Virginia University, where I completed a Master of Science in Animal and Nutritional Sciences and Dietetic Internship (Go Mountaineers!).
Shortly after, I went on to complete a Master of Science in Rehabilitation & Mental Health Counseling. If you can't tell by now, I'll fill you in- I have a love for learning and hope to always be pursuing my passion of learning and helping others (special interests alert!).
Over the years, I have served as the Director of Sports Nutrition for Olympic Sports at WVU, as a clinician and campus dietitian, an eating disorder specialist, and a clinical therapist. What's more, is my lived experience of neurodivergence has fueled my passion for supporting other ND folks and families navigating autism, ADHD, & OCD.
When thinking about a name for my business, I was stumped. Picking one word or phrase to describe me or my mission over the years to come felt impossible. In some ways it still does.
While my business name may change as I do in the future, I wanted to share a little bit about how I landed on Sanas Nutrition & Therapy as my business name. In Latin, Sanas is the feminine plural version of Sanus meaning “whole,” and “healthy.” Initially, this stuck out to me as an AuDHD person, therapist, and dietitian. Growing up (and sometimes even now) I never felt whole, or “normal,” and always felt like I was missing something. As an undiagnosed autistic & ADHDer, I felt like the world was a confusing place; too loud, too harsh, too fast, too cruel, and too unfeeling.
Fast forward a couple of decades, and I now know that a “normal” neurotype and “normal” bodymind doesn’t exist. Nick Walker said it best when they said: “The idea that there is one “normal” or “healthy” type of brain or mind, or one “right” style of neurocognitive functioning, is a culturally constructed fiction, no more valid (and no more conducive to a healthy society or to the overall well-being of humanity) than the idea that there is one “normal” or “right” ethnicity, gender, or culture.” So in accordance with Nic's message, I'd like to reclaim "whole" and "healthy" and define it for ourselves.
Similarly, as a dietitian who rejects weight-centric models of care and enjoys researching and ranting about the racist and sexist roots of the BMI, aligning with a concept that rejects deficit and disorder-based labels and strives for a system that rejections harmful hierarchies, competition, and scarcity of resources (dare I say feminine or matriarchal!) seems like a good place to start.
Selecting a word or phrase with feminine origins felt like it represented more than just a business name; it represented for me hope for a future society filled with support and healthcare that doesn’t discriminate against someone because of their gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, body size, or abilities. While I acknowledge that so many individuals are living with chronic conditions and disabilities (myself included!) that don’t “qualify” them for the category of “healthy,” (by our current society’s standards), my goal is to help folks find versions of health that meet them where they are, at the intersections of physical, mental, social, spiritual, and emotional well-being (as they define it!).
Sanas Nutrition & Therapy
email: sina.king.nutrition@gmail.com
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