Julia Chandler, MS, RDN
Healing your relationship with food, weight management, and medical nutrition therapy
Get to know Julia
- Outside of work: shopping and thrifting (a habit she inherited from her mom) and spoiling her six nieces and nephews
- Morning drink: salted honey iced latte
- Current food obsession: she’d eat Asian food every day if she could
- If she were a vegetable: a potato. Low maintenance, but she can get expensive sometimes.
- Fun fact: Her husband was living in France when they started dating. He flew 25 hours to spend the holidays with her and officially ask her to be his girlfriend. They did long distance with an 8-hour time difference for almost two years before getting married.
Julia helps people take the pressure off food and let go of the all-or-nothing mindset.
Julia struggled with ocular migraines growing up and discovered that certain foods were triggering them. Learning how much food could change the way she felt gave her a new appreciation for the saying “food is medicine,” and by her sophomore year of high school, she knew she wanted to be a dietitian.
In graduate school, Julia attended one of Marisa’s lectures and was drawn to her teaching style and non-diet approach. She set a goal right then to work in private practice, and one day for Dietitian Group. She did both.
To Julia, non-diet nutrition means all foods fit. Food is more than the energy it provides. It’s meant to be enjoyed, shared, and experienced without guilt. Her clinical experience taught her how important it is to build a relationship with food that isn’t driven by fear or unnecessary restriction. She enjoys working with people healing from disordered eating, managing their weight, or navigating a medical diagnosis.
Julia meets clients where they are and takes things one step at a time. Together, you’ll make small, realistic changes that fit your lifestyle and feel manageable for the long term. She wants you to leave every session feeling supported, heard, and confident that you can do this.
“I don’t believe in labeling foods as ‘healthy’ or ‘unhealthy.’ Some foods are more nutrient-dense and others more calorie-dense, but all foods have a place.”
— Julia
Serving clients in: AZ, CA, CO, CT, MA, NY, OK, OR, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA
