Heidi Schauster, MS, RD, CEDS-C, SEP
NOURISH. HEAL. EMBODY.
Meet Heidi Schauster
Healer of Food & Body Concerns, Whole Self Care Warrior, & Author
Hi, I’m Heidi Schauster – a nutrition, somatic, and whole-self care practitioner and founder of Nourishing Words. For over 30 years, I’ve supported people in healing their relationships with food, body, and self, especially those navigating disordered eating and trauma.
I offer Nutrition Therapy and Somatic Experiencing® (SE) in my private practice in Greater Boston and virtually. I also love mentoring fellow registered dietitians and other health professionals through supervision and consultation.
I’m the author of Nourish: How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Self and Nurture: How to Raise Kids Who Love Food, Their Bodies, and Themselves. I also share stories and reflections in my Substack newsletter. Outside of work, I’m a mom to two young adults, a dancer, a plant and ocean lover, and someone who believes in whole-self nourishment, embodiment, and being present for what matters most.
Find Your Path to Healing and Support
Individual Nutrition Therapy and Somatic Experiencing
Heidi works with clients to guide them in using their own inner wisdom to develop a style of eating and self-care practices that work for their unique body and lifestyle. Developing body- and self-acceptance and encouraging embodiment through trauma healing and/or nervous system regulation may be part or most of the work.
Professional Supervision for Dietitians and Therapists who work with Eating Disorders
Heidi provides individual and group supervision, consultation, and mentorship for dietitians/ nutritionists and other health and mental health professionals who work with disordered eating. She particularly enjoys helping clinicians incorporate a more somatic approach into their work, bringing the body into sessions in a trauma-informed way.
Nurture
How to Raise Kids Who Love Food, Their Bodies, and Themselves
Nurture is a multi-award-winning, compassionate guide for parents and caregivers about feeding, eating, and discussing bodies with children and teens. Heidi writes from 30 years of experience treating clients with disordered eating, her own lived experience as a recovered person, and as a parent of two young adults. The book reads like a conversation with a kind fellow parent who has happened to do decades of fieldwork on the topic. It’s a sane and sound read that everyone who spends time with kids will benefit from reading.
Nourish
How to heal your relationship with food, body, and self
Nourish is a multi-award-winning book that guides you in transforming your eating from self-control to self-love through a 10-step healing process.
Food is a life-giving pleasure, but confusing messages from the diet and nutrition industries may leave you wondering what to eat. Do you find yourself: eating food that doesn’t nourish or energize you, flipping between feeling "good" and "bad" about your eating, or thinking about food and your body more than you’d like? Discover how to trust your body and to eat with love and common sense.
