The Heart Behind the Practice
Hi, again! I’m Cara. Registered Dietitian at Homeward Bound Nutrition.
I provide weight inclusive nutrition therapy for eating disorders, chronic dieting, and chronic health conditions, with a focus on neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ affirming care.
My hope is to offer a soft landing place where you can slow down, get curious about your relationship with food and your body, and explore what it might mean to come home to yourself.
What does Homeward Bound Mean?
Coming home isn't about arriving at a particular body, a perfect relationship with food, or a final destination.
It might mean reclaiming agency around food choices.
It might mean learning to recognize and honor needs that have gone unaddressed.
It might mean making room for pleasure, rest, movement, connection, and nourishment.
It might mean learning to live alongside a body that you don't always feel comfortable in.
There isn't one destination or one right way to get there.
Homeward Bound is an invitation to explore what feeling more at home in your relationship with food and your body might mean for you.
I come to this work with both lived experience of an eating disorder and eight years of working in higher levels of care, group practices, and private practice. My own experiences have shaped the empathy and compassion I bring to this work, while my clinical training guides how I support each person in finding their own path forward.
I believe you deserve to be met with curiosity rather than judgment—and to have care that honors your autonomy, lived experience, and whole self.
Why This Work Matters to Me
What I believe in
Collective Healing
Healing doesn't have to happen in isolation. Community, connection, and being witnessed can be meaningful parts of recovery.
Body Autonomy
Your body belongs to you. I won't prescribe what your body should look like or tell you what your healing has to mean. We'll make space for your values, needs, ambivalence, and choices.
Body Liberation
You deserve nourishment, healthcare, dignity, and care without having to change your body to earn them. I believe in questioning the cultural and systemic messages that assign value to people based on body size, race, gender, ability, sexuality, and productivity.
Witnessing Your Truth
Your experiences with food, your body, health, and identity deserve to be taken seriously. You don't have to convince me that something is difficult for it to matter.
Disability Justice
Your needs, capacity, and ways of moving through the world deserve to be honored rather than judged or pushed aside. I believe in challenging ableism and making space for nourishment, rest, accessibility, interdependence, and care that works with your body rather than asking your body to conform.
Registered Dietitian
Commission on Dietetic Registration
Master of Nutrition Sciences
Tufts University
Bachelor of Nutrition, Food Science & Dietetics
University of Vermont
500-Hour Certified Yoga Teacher
Yoga San Kalpa Teaching School / International Association of Yoga Therapists
Professional communities & organizations
Association of Size Diversity and Health, RDs for Neurodiversity, Project Heal
Professional Background
When I'm not working, you’ll probably find me...
Adventuring with Tippy
Chihuahua mix + pizza crust enthusiast
Outside in nature
Especially somewhere with trees and a babbling brook.
Going to see live performances
Music, poetry, and art light up my heart
Sharing a meal with loved ones
Ask me about the recipes I’ve been trying out!
