Carly Pine is a registered and licensed dietitian passionate about individualized nutrition education for each client’s needs and overall well-being. Carly’s previous experience has demonstrated that success is not always linear, and she has therefore made it a priority to be a consistent, guiding hand in each of her client’s recoveries. She is well-versed in trauma-informed care and works diligently to create an emotionally and physically safe atmosphere for each of her clients. Carly prides herself on her empathetic, warm nature and non-judgemental nutrition counseling style along with her consistent dedication to the Health at Every Size (HAES) and All Foods Fit frameworks.
Before joining Healthier Tomorrows, Carly worked as a dietitian in an eating disorder treatment center with both adolescent and adult clients in partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient levels of care. Carly helped clients heal their relationships with body image, food, and physical activity through one-on-one sessions and facilitated weekly body image and nutrition education skill groups. She has significant experience guiding family sessions, developing individualized meal plans, and conducting various food exposure therapies. Carly has worked closely with clients with co-occurring mental health diagnoses including, but not limited to, addictions, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Carly has significant experience serving the following communities: LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, transgender, non-binary, and neurodivergent individuals.
Carly’s specific nutrition-related interests include addiction recovery, ARFID, cooking lessons, eating disorder recovery, family-based treatment, and intuitive eating in addition to supervising meal preparation and leading grocery store tours in the Chicago-land area.
Carly received her Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Human Nutrition from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She completed her dietetic internship and earned a Master’s in Nutrition from Rush University.
In her free time, Carly loves to try new coffee shops all over the city of Chicago and baking her fan-favorite banana bread. More often than not, you can find her watching a Marvel movie or The Great British Baking Show while cuddled up with her mini cockapoo, Payton (Go Chicago Bears!).
Alicia is a registered and licensed dietitian who is passionate about helping clients develop a healthy relationship with their food and body devoid of food rules, restrictions, or judgment. She utilizes motivational interviewing and a weight-neutral approach to provide individualized nutrition care in order to help clients improve their health and reach their goals. She recognizes the pervasive diet culture that we all live in and works to dismantle this by debunking the myths it perpetuates. She also recognizes the importance of interdisciplinary work and uses a whole-body approach acknowledging the strong mind-body connection.
Alicia has extensive experience working in the eating disorder field, working in multiple levels of care including in-patient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient care. She has worked with a variety of diagnoses, genders, and ages.
She also has experience working with end stage renal disease patients on dialysis who had a variety of comorbidities including cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Alicia completed her Bachelors of Science in Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University and then earned her Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics at The University of Pittsburgh while completing her dietetic internship at UPMC Magee Women’s hospital.
In her free time, Alicia enjoys reading, running, and spending time with her family and friends and family dog. She also has a newfound love for pickleball and enjoys trying new things.
Taylor Puls is a registered dietitian who focuses on supporting her clients to help them build and maintain healthy relationships with food and their bodies. She offers a warm, non-judgmental, and collaborative approach, and believes in building relationships to better understand her clients’ personal health journeys and empower them to create sustainable and meaningful lifestyle changes. Taylor became a dietitian because of her love for food, and she hopes to help others gain or rediscover a joy surrounding nourishing nutrition and the enjoyment of eating. She believes that all foods fit and approaches her practice with mindful eating principles at the forefront.
Taylor earned a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of New Hampshire with a minor in Business Administration. She completed a Master of Science in Nutrition and Food Science simultaneously with her dietetic internship at the University of Rhode Island. Prior to joining Healthier Tomorrows, Taylor gained experience in multiple areas of the nutrition field, including outpatient counseling, dialysis, K-12 school food service, and retail dietetics. She has expertise in mindful and intuitive eating, weight and metabolism, diabetes management, chronic kidney disease, and cardiovascular health.
In her free time, Taylor loves to bake (especially cakes!), practice yoga, visit coffee shops, and travel with her husband. She can also often be found cuddling on the couch with her dog, Ollie, watching cooking competition and reality shows.
Jill is an anti-diet Registered Dietitian, working within a Health at Every Size® framework. She is also a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) through the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals.
Jill received a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics with a specialization in Health Promotion from Michigan State University. She then completed her clinical training through the internship program at Loyola University Chicago. Jill is passionate about working with individuals with disordered eating and eating disorders. She has over 15 years of experience working with clients at the inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), and outpatient levels of care.
Jill is passionate about working collaboratively with clients to promote intuitive eating, reduce shame, and establish healthy and happy relationships with food and body image. She provides a compassionate, supportive and non-judgmental environment, allowing clients to gain the knowledge and skills needed to restore their health and relationship with food.
Jill lives with her husband and young daughter in the Chicago suburbs. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, reading, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.
Haley is a registered and licensed dietitian with a passion for helping clients achieve optimal health outcomes by applying knowledge of preventative health care, mindfulness and clinical nutrition. Haley focuses on building relationships and providing a safe environment for her clients to share their struggles. Haley helps her clients remove the rules and learn that all food can fit. She believes food is meant to be enjoyed and to nourish our bodies and minds.
Haley received her bachelor’s degree from Fontbonne University and completed her clinical training at St. Louis University. She also received her MEd at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH. Before joining Healthier Tomorrows, Haley worked with patients diagnosed with End Stage Renal Disease receiving dialysis. Prior to that, she worked in an outpatient setting where she worked with adults and adolescents diagnosed with eating disorders, diabetes, Celiac Disease and other health conditions.
In her spare time, Haley loves doing DIY house projects with her husband and spending time with her family. She also enjoys hiking, golfing and thrifting.
As Client Intake Coordinator, Shelby loves getting to meet all of our new clients as they walk through our virtual doors! She strives to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere where every client feels safe to share a bit about their journey and goals. Shelby also works hard to make sure every client gets scheduled in a timely and organized manner with the dietitian who will best support them!
In her free time, Shelby loves going hiking with her husband, volunteering, and learning new languages!
Kelly is a licensed registered dietitian who takes an empathetic, goal-oriented approach to helping her clients appreciate the beauty of food and its power to nourish the body. Knowing that people have unique and personal relationships with food, Kelly focuses on helping her clients explore and identify any obstacles that may get in the way of desired food behaviors. By partnering with each client, she is able to guide the process of establishing goals that are both attainable and long-lasting.
Kelly earned her BS in Nutrition from Benedictine University, completed a post-baccalaureate internship at Loyola University, and received a diplome de cuisine from Le Cordon Bleu in London, England. She is an active member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is part of the Behavioral Health, Weight Management, and Food and Culinary Professionals dietetic practice groups. She often uses her culinary background to include sensory experiences aimed at building and achieving mindfulness through innovative cooking demos, recipe development, and eating exercises.
Before joining Healthier Tomorrows, Kelly worked in a public health setting supporting adolescents and young adults who struggled with food-related issues that included food insecurity and malnutrition, disordered eating, weight management, vitamin/mineral deficiencies, and hormonal-related issues that affect hunger and satiety. Kelly has a particular interest in working with clients who have binge eating tendencies, providing education and guidance on how to modify this eating behavior.
In her free time, Kelly is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys hiking, biking, skiing, and appreciating all things that nature has to offer. She also enjoys spending time in the kitchen creating recipes and sharing meals with family and friends.
Kelsey is a registered dietitian who is very passionate about eating disorder care and recovery. She views nutrition and caring for the body from a social justice, body liberation, Health at Every Size, intuitive eating lens.
Kelsey has experience working in eating disorder treatment at partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient levels of care. She works with all ages and genders but especially enjoys working with adolescents and young adults.
Kelsey also has experience in community nutrition, supporting families with infants and young children nourish their body with limited financial means. Her rounded experiences sharpened her appreciation for the intersections of mental health, physical health, and social determinants of health.
In addition to eating disorder care, Kelsey also enjoys supporting individuals nourish their body and manage their medical conditions through an evidence-based, individualized, weight neutral approach especially for management of diabetes, PCOS, high cholesterol, blood pressure, and gastrointestinal disorders.
Kelsey completed her undergraduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of North Florida, where she is currently finishing her Master of Science program in Dietetics.
Taylor is a registered and licensed dietitian dedicated to helping her clients improve their relationship with food through an anti-diet and intuitive eating approach to nutrition therapy. With kindness and compassion, Taylor enjoys walking clients through nutrition information while utilizing evidence-based research. Through empathetic coaching and support, Taylor guides her clients in unraveling the complexities of their relationship with food. She provides practical and personalized strategies that help her clients embrace a holistic approach to health and wellness.
Taylor enjoys her work as an outpatient eating disorder dietitian! Her approach to helping others achieve recovery is centered on listening to the body’s cues and honoring its signals, as well as challenging distorted beliefs and behaviors related to food, weight, and body image. Taylor helps clients reconnect with their bodies and rediscover the joys of eating without rules and judgement.
Taylor received her Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Science at Iowa State University. She completed her dietetic internship and earned at Masters in Nutrition at the University of Illinois Chicago.
In her free time, Taylor loves spending time with her husband and daughter, taking her golden retriever on walks, participating in a book club and trying new recipes!
It’s not uncommon to feel lost and confused when it comes to food. In fact, it’s frequently the norm. Jess steers away from the diet-mentality and focuses on a food-as-medicine and a “good, better, best” approach to educate and motivate clients to thrive and grow. Using her philosophy and approach, which are rooted in functional medicine, she has guided clients in healing and repairing their gut; supporting thyroid and immune health, reversing diabetes, elevated cholesterol, and high blood pressure; minimizing and managing pain and headaches; and supporting couples in preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum health. She works with her clients to create a highly customized plan to support their specific health and wellness goals for optimal health. In addition, with her emphasis on functional nutrition, she takes into consideration every aspect of each client’s health, diet, and overall lifestyle when providing nutrition recommendations.
Jess is also a Certified Functional Nutrition Informed Professional (CFNIP) and serves as the Functional Nutrition Director at Healthier Tomorrows. Practicing functionally offers individualized food and lifestyle goals that address the root cause of illness and health struggles, rather than just addressing symptoms. As Functional Nutrition Director, Jess advises and clinically supervises the dietitians at Healthier Tomorrows in looking at wellness from a functional perspective and addressing the whole body to support clients in optimizing their health.
Jess obtained her undergraduate degree in dietetics from Bradley University and completed her dietetic internship through the University of Houston. She was part of the Healthier Tomorrows dietetic team from 2013 through 2015, and rejoined Healthier Tomorrows in 2020 to provide virtual nutrition education and support! She has significant experience working with clients in outpatient settings, and she enjoys fostering relationships with clients and providing ongoing support.
Clients appreciate her non-judgmental, realistic, and upbeat approach!