About Natalie Shay

Emotional Eating Psychotherapist & Somatic Life Coach.

I know I’m asking you to expose a raw, vulnerable part of yourself by confiding in me as your coach. 

So allow me to go first. 

I struggled with my relationship with food from the age of 6. At 8 years old, my parents put me on my first diet. In my childhood years after, I saw a nutritionist, worked out on an exercise bike after every big meal, wasn’t allowed to eat certain foods, took diet pills and laxatives, and was even forced to get liposuction at 17. I was emotionally, physically, and sexually abused. I truly believed something was wrong with me, and by 19 years old, my self esteem was so low that I was ready to kill myself. 

I felt so unloved and so unsafe that I used the one thing I could control to hurt myself: what I ate. It was a love-hate relationship that continued into my twenties until I reached my lowest point and knew that something needed to change. I realized that if I didn’t start loving myself, I would never feel joy. 

Maybe you’ve realized that, too? 

It doesn’t matter what you’ve gone through — something as severe as abuse or as simple as a friend hurting your feelings as a child can be traumatic enough to send us spiraling down a long, twisted road of self-loathing and discontentment. 

But I hope that I’m proof — through my own healing, and through the 20+ years I’ve spent working as a registered psychotherapist and life coach — that you can get off that road and start walking down the path of healing. 

I’m honored that you’d trust me to be your guide. 

 — Natalie Shay (she/her)

- Rikka

“Natalie is a teacher, educator, therapist and an exceptional coach who creates a safe space for me to come to her and feel welcomed. This is an exceptionally sensitive topic and Natalie is a gifted coach and therapist who understands when to listen, when to guide, and when to lift people up.”

My Favorite Things

  • My two, beautiful children, who have inspired my special passion for working with moms. 

  • My loving husband who never stops telling me how beautiful I am.

  • Dogs. All dogs. 

  • Singing (though I’m not any good)!

  • My own personal healing work, because I believe that the best way to help others is to always continue my own healing.

  • Dancing in the kitchen.

You should know this

A lot of people come to me to lost weight, I get that! We will work towards that, but first we need to work though why you are eating and shift this (from the inside out).

Many of my clients do lose weight because of our work, of course. But your weight is superficial, and you’re already incredibly beautiful. If you want to work together, you should know that my work is focused on something much deeper: your relationship with yourself, with safety, and with food.