Meet the Founder, Nicole

Nicole Speeney, MS RDN LDN - Founder, Registered Dietitian

Welcome to Expedition Nutrition & Recovery! I’m SO glad you’re here.

My name is Nicole, and I am a Licensed Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. I was born and raised in Pennsylvania and currently live in North Carolina. I graduated from Colgate University with my Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychological Sciences, and I also received my Master’s Degree in Nutrition Sciences from The University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I simultaneously completed my Coordinated Dietetic Internship Program. I am extremely passionate about helping those who struggle with disordered eating, active eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and I also have a soft spot for helping athletes as well!

My passion to pursue dietetics was catalyzed by my own experience with disordered eating while I was a captain on Colgate’s Division I softball team. I was under extreme amounts of stress and held many responsibilities, so (naturally) I never thought I was “sick enough” to reach out for help. Now, I can confidently look back and say that doing it all on my own was my where I really went wrong - recovery would have progressed so much faster and more efficiently with professional support. I now aspire to be that person for others who might be navigating similar struggles - counseling as a professional, but also as a fellow human who GETS it and can speak from lived experience.

Navigating wellness in a world that praises toxic diet culture, overcomplicates everything, and spreads an overwhelming amount of misinformation is HARD to do alone. I love nothing more than demonstrating to my clients that there is a way to live your healthiest life beyond obsessing over food. I take a non-diet, weight-inclusive approach, and implement psychology-based mindset practices rooted in intuitive eating principles and nutrition science. I practice through a body neutral approach, and also love helping my clients find their source(s) of joyful movement! My knack for goal setting shows in my nutrition counseling, as I help to empower others to shift their rigid mindsets around food, body, and movement in order to embrace a balanced life BEYOND just food.