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Meet Nikki Shawn, Registered Dietitian & Eating Disorder Expert

Nikki Shawn

DIRECTOR OF ADULT NUTRITION SERVICES

Registered Dietitian & Certified Eating Disorder Specialist

Nikki is a Registered Dietitian licensed in the state of Texas with a BS in Coordinated Dietetics from Texas Christian University. She has years of experience working at the inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization (PHP), and intensive outpatient (IOP) levels of care. She has worked at multiple different treatment facilities in the DFW metroplex providing her with experience in helping many different clients struggling with various types of disordered eating, eating disorders, and chronic dieting. 


Nikki is dedicated to providing the best possible care for her clients and in July 2022, she demonstrated this by achieving the Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) designation through the International Association of Eating Disorder Professions (IAEDP). his certification requires a minimum of 2 years to complete, the accrual of at least 2500 supervised practice hours in the eating disorder field by other expert-level clinicians, case studies, the completion of 4 intensive courses & accompanying certification exam, as well as required continued education in eating disorders.


Nikki provides individualized care for all of her clients using Health At Every Size (HAES) and Intuitive Eating principles. She truly believes in the “All Foods Fit” mentality and incorporates its teachings throughout her nutrition counseling. She strives to help each of her clients make peace with food, so they can live free from guilt and shame!

Nikki’s specialty areas include:

  • Adults (ages 18 & up)
  • Eating disorders (including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and ARFID)
  • Disordered eating
  • Intuitive Eating
  • Health at Every Size® (HAES)
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  1. Food puns are my jam!
  2. I’m an enneagram 8w7
  3. When not at work you’ll probably find me catching up on the latest TV shows, trying fun new recipes with my husband, hunting out new restaurants to wine and dine at, or spending time with my family and friends.
  4. I love baking & cake decorating! I actually worked as a cake decorator at a local bakery for many years.
  5. I have 3 adorable pups named Dizzy, Lacie, and Gravy that provide the best snuggles!

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🎉IMMEDIATE OPENINGS!🎉. . Hayley just joined 🎉IMMEDIATE OPENINGS!🎉.
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Hayley just joined our practice at the beginning of March, but her spots are filling up quickly!
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If you are an athlete (whether just for fun, elite, or somewhere in between!), have a teen struggling with disordered eating or an eating disorder, or you have a kiddo with feeding differences, Hayley's got you! 🙌. Not only does she have years of experience working with folks of all ages with eating disorders, she is also a former Division I NCAA athlete and level 10 gymnast 😱💯. If you or a client are looking for someone who has intimate knowledge and experience in competitive sports, Hayley is an ✨incredible✨ person to have on your team!
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Hayley is currently IN-NETWORK with BCBS and UHC, and both Cigna and Aetna should be approved in short order 🤞. She is happy to provide a superbill for folks to submit for possible insurance reimbursement until her contracts are approved.
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👉 LINK IN BIO for the deets!
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Dieting is a life suck, oftentimes without us know Dieting is a life suck, oftentimes without us knowing it's even happening. Have you ever thought about ways that dieting or disordered eating has affected your life beyond just food? 
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If you feel open to exploring this further, here are some questions that may be helpful:
👉 How does your relationship with food impact your decision about going out with friends for a fun night out?
👉 Do you ever find yourself choosing not to spend time with people you care about because you're not comfortable with the food options (or you don't know what they are in advance)?
👉 How much time do you spend each day calculating calories or macros in order to plan out what you are "allowed" to eat that day? How might this affect your life? Or the lives of those around you (partner, kids, friends, etc.)?
👉 If you were able to get that time back, what would you do with it? Would you spend it the same way?
👉 Does how you feel about your body ever change from day-to-day or even multiple times a day? If so, why might this be?
👉 Is it possible that you may still not be content or fulfilled in a smaller body? Have you ever met a person in a smaller body who wasn't satisfied with their body?
👉 When you are 100 years old on your death bed, what experiences, relationships, or adventures would bring you a sense of peace, fulfillment, joy, & meaning? What are the things that would make you able to say in that moment, "I couldn't have asked for more...it was everything I hoped it would be"?
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Dieting & disordered eating robs you of so much more than just "missing out on foods" you enjoy. ⛔
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Instead, disordered eating steals your sense of agency; robs you of precious time with those you love that you can never get back; leaves you feeling like a "failure"; tells you the lie that your health is largely determined by your body size and what you eat; convinces you that you cannot be enough unless you take up less space. Dieting may not end up making your body smaller, but it will make your life MUCH smaller😢.
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#seedsnutritioncounseling #eatingdisorderrecovery #dietsdontwork #haes #ditchthediet #ditchthescale #disorderedeating #bodyliberation #allfoodsfit #allbodiesaregoodbodies
✨Congratulations to our very own @ashleyyunkerrd ✨Congratulations to our very own @ashleyyunkerrd who is now officially a Certified Eating Disorder Expert! 😍🥳
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The Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) credential awarded by the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (@iaedpfoundation) is no small accomplishment. This certification requires:
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1️⃣ Minimum of 2 years experience working in eating disorders
2️⃣ At least 2500 supervised practice hours in the eating disorder field by other expert-level clinicians
3️⃣ Case study submissions
4️⃣ Completion of 4 intensive courses
5️⃣ Passing the certification exam
6️⃣ Required continued education in eating disorders
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If you've worked alongside Ashley before, then you know this designation further reiterates what an incredibly talented ED RD and ARFID specialist this gal really is. 🥰 We are so lucky to have her on the SNC team!
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Congrats, Ashley!!!
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🎉Welcome to the SNC team, Hayley!😍 . . We ar 🎉Welcome to the SNC team, Hayley!😍
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We are ECSTATIC to announce that Hayley Sanders, MS, RD will be joining our team in March! 🥳 This girl is going to change some lives, y'all. She is the coolest, most compassionate human and it's an enormous privilege to have her on the SNC team!
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Some highlights on Hayley:
👉 Loves working with kiddos of all ages & their families 
👉 Passionate about sport nutrition 
👉 Former NCAA Division I gymnast at The University of Georgia 🤩
👉 Has the coolest dog I have ever seen in my life 😍🐶 (the importance can not be understated! 😜).
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Hayley will be taking new clients starting in March 2023!
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I guarantee you she will fill up FAST! 🙌 Make sure you get on her wait-list ASAP!
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#seedsnutritioncounseling #dallasdietitian #dallasnutrition #dallastherapist #eatingdisorderecovery #eatingdisordertreatment #dfwnutrition #thevillagedallas #lakehighlandsdallas #lakewooddallas #highlandparktx #universityparktx #parkcitiestx #richardsontx #planotx #garlandtx #friscotx #prospertx #addisontx #dallasgymnastics
🥰 So honored to be partnering with Project HEAL 🥰 So honored to be partnering with Project HEAL to help further our ability to provide accessible, affordable, compassionate, & highly specialized eating disorder care to those who need it most in our communities. 💜

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