Nicole is super passionate about helping those who struggle with disordered eating, active eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and she also has a soft spot for athletes as well. What catalyzed Nicole’s passion to pursue dietetics was her own experience with disordered eating. Nicole struggled with disordered eating during her undergrad at Colgate University, when she was a captain on her Division I softball team. Nicole was under extreme amounts of stress, and held many responsibilities, so she never thought she was “sick enough” to reach out for help. Nicole now understands that her recovery would have progressed much faster and more efficiently with that help. So, now she aspires to be that person for others. Nicole strives to help those who might be going through similar struggles as she did, because navigating wellness in a world that praises toxic diet culture, overcomplicates everything, and spreads insane amounts of misinformation is TOUGH to do solo.

Nicole loves nothing more than demonstrating to her clients that there is a way to live life beyond obsessing over food. She takes a non-diet, weight-inclusive approach, and implements psychology-based mindset practices rooted in intuitive eating principles and nutrition science. Nicole practices through a body neutral approach, and also loves helping clients find their source(s) of joyful movement. Nicole’s knack for goal setting shows in her counseling, as she helps to empower others to shift their rigid mindsets around food, body, and movement in order to embrace a balanced life BEYOND just food.

Nicole opened her own practice, Expedition Nutrition, in January of 2023, and sees clients virtually who struggle with disordered eating. Nicole has spoken at different events, and worked with many athletes, whether high school level or D1 level. Nicole has majorly expanded her reach in 2024, as she is now also contracted with B Balanced Counseling & Wellness in Winston Salem, NC, as the sole RD on staff. At B Balanced, Nicole has the opportunity to strike that intersection between her passion for mental health and eating disorder care / nutrition counseling even more directly. Nicole’s B Balanced cases are typically pretty complex and multifaceted, and since she sees those clients in state and in person, many have mental health diagnoses, and typically, an active eating disorder as well. Nicole’s youngest client is a 9 year old female with ARFID, and her oldest is a 56 year old male with Binge Eating Disorder.

Nicole is equally as excited to expand her reach even more with Maddox Nutrition LLC, by continuing to provide disordered eating and eating disorder care through an intuitive eating and faith-based approach!