Naomi is a registered dietitian and nutrition researcher who helps women optimize their health during the postpartum period and beyond. Naomi consults, writes, and speaks about women’s health issues, and helps mothers determine fact from fiction in the confusing world of nutrition.
Hi, I’m Naomi,
A welsh girl (over forty but still a girl right?!), married to a Canadian, living in Kingston, Ontario with my three children.
I’m a registered dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario and hold a PhD in Epidemiology from Queen’s University. I have over 18 years of experience working in clinical, community, academic, and non-profit settings. As such my background story is rather long and convoluted so in the interest of your precious time I’ve summarized the key highlights below …
While I've always been interested in women’s health, my passion to support women during their postpartum journey was ignited by my own experience after the birth of my second child. By the time my son was 18 months old, I had been pregnant or breastfeeding consistently for almost 4 years. I was tired. I was run down. I was weak. I was depleted.
With my researcher hat on, I looked to the scientific literature for answers and came up with nothing. I contacted other clinicians and researchers to ask if they were aware of specific nutritional or health needs for postpartum women and the consensus was that with the exception of a few caveats women should just return to their normal diet and exercise routine. But my body did not feel anything like it did pre-babies and I definitely did not feel ‘normal’. Even though I’m British, I simply couldn’t accept that I should “keep calm and carry on”! And so, I continued to search and read and experiment, and slowly I began to reclaim my health. As the fog I’d been living under lifted, I began to feel more energized but also angry. I was frustrated that the needs of postpartum women are so woefully neglected in our society. I was mad that common postpartum problems are dismissed as ‘normal’ and moreover, I was upset that there were simple solutions available that could help.
Fast forward 4 year and I’ve created this space and resources to help other mothers who may be struggling with fatigue and overwhelm to thrive through optimal nutrition and self-care.
