Traci has been practicing as a registered dietitian for 20 years and she has public health, clinical, and teaching experience as well as consultant expertise in the health care industry and food service/hospitality management. Traci has worked in community nutrition programs and coordinated school-based nutrition and physical activity programs. She also was part of the multidisciplinary team at the area hospital outpatient clinics where she provided nutrition counseling for heart disease and diabetes. Traci currently manages a private practice and provides nutrition guidance to adults, children, adolescents, and families and specializes in disordered eating, body weight concerns, gastrointestinal issues, PCOS, heart disease and diabetes. In addition to nutrition counseling, she has also taught nutrition at a local community college and provides menu, nutrition, and food safety guidance to the foodservice staff in area businesses. Most recently, Traci completed the requirements to become a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. Throughout her career as a dietitian, Traci has developed a professional and personal philosophy about guiding people to a healthier life through food, nutrition, and balanced living. This philosophy views each and every person as uniquely capable of making a difference in their own life in their own unique way. She believes achieving a balanced relationship with food does not come from setting strict rules or guidelines with eating. Rather, it is achieved when one is able to coexist with food and mindfully recognize its role in providing nourishment and enjoyment. Traci believes her role as a dietitian is to assist people in finding this balanced approach to food, eating, and overall health and well-being.