Emma D'Arpino, RD, LDN  (she/her)

is a registered dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and photographer on a mission to recreate society's definition of health and art. She specializes in intuitive eating and eating disorders; working with clients from adolescence to adulthood. Through this, Emma is passionate about helping clients break down the barriers to finding radical self love again. In addition to her work at peace.love.food Emma works as a teacher’s assistant at Harvard Extension School helping teach nutrition and health promotion through the lens of gentle nutrition and Health at Every Size® (HAES). Minoring in photography during her undergraduate career, Emma enjoys using this art to normalize the shape and sizes for ALL bodies including boudoir, lifestyle and office styled photo shoots. She is currently earning her Masters in Health Professions Education at MGH's Institute of Health Professions here in Boston.  Her strongest aspiration as a healthcare provider is to facilitate change within education in providing an evidence-based, safe, ethical space for individuals in all bodies. 

While leading her clients with kindness, ease, and happiness Emma views herself as someone who takes a passenger seat on her client’s journey firmly rooted in Health At Every Size principles. As such, she provides the directions and tools that lead her clients to the best possible version of themselves. Whether it’s decreasing stress at the grocery store, a restaurant or their own kitchen, Emma is an ally when it comes to helping clients heal their relationship with food, their bodies, and their overall selves. In her free time, Emma enjoys purchasing too many candles at Home Goods and hanging out with her sassy French Bulldogs, Stella & Luna.

Last week, I engaged in the #amplifyingmelanatedvoices challenged by @blackandembodied and @jessicawilson.msrd. . I need to learn more. I need to do more. I need to act more. And I am able to do that using this platform. I am white. I have thin priv
Starting tomorrow until June 7th, I will refrain from posting my own content and #amplifymelanatedvoices. . I will be reposting messages and voices of black individuals to empower THEIR voice. I am privileged and my own voice is not needed here; inst
photographed here is me making time for my damn self ✨ . . check out the #behindthescenes in my story!
Have you ever noticed how much diet culture forces us away from ourselves? . When we are feeling hungry - “You can’t be hungry! You just ate.” . When you are feeling tired - “That’s weak, no days off remember?” . W
What do you need? . . I am working towards my certificate in Intuitive Eating with @elyseresch and @evelyntribole and this is a question they talk about a lot. . . I asked some of my clients this question this week and some of them did not even know
I have found enough comfort in this routine to start feeling overwhelmed about change again. . . I don’t mind rearranging half of my bedroom into an office. I don’t mind getting to sleep in an extra 30 minutes every day. I don’t min
Stop treating your body like it’s something that constantly needs fixing. . . (This includes reshaping, losing, tightening, shrinking). . . The diets, the restriction, the over-exercising, the stress, all of it gets in the way of our bodies nat
Do you know what makes you happy? . . Okay so you know... but how often do you do it? . . Photography makes me happy but I definitely don’t make enough time for it to actually do so. . . I’m currently enrolled in one of @yale ‘s mos
I find growth to come when we don’t really want it. . . If I look back, I know that moments of fear, uncertainty and discomfort provided me with immense growth. . . Hospitalizations, break ups, my parents’ divorce, a loss in the family, n
Here it goes, my golden year around the sun. . . Birthdays over the past couple of years have been so different than what they were before. . . Recently, in the midst of all of this chaos, there has been a lot more room for me to reflect. . . I notic
You might find yourself more preoccupied with food now during this pandemic. . . We are no longer comforted by our routines and our outlets; we instead are stuck inside one place, one that might be triggering and uncomfortable. . . Let me remind you
Things that make me uncomfortable but help me grow? Therapy book clubs. . . I am in a place with therapy where I am quite aware of my anxiety and depression and what I can or should do to break free from it. . . However, many times it becomes reoccur
YOUR 👏 BODY 👏 IS 👏 YOUR 👏BODY. . . NO 👏 YOU 👏 DO 👏 NOT 👏 NEED 👏 TO 👏 PLEASE 👏 OTHERS 👏 WITH 👏 YOUR 👏BODY. . . YES 👏 THEY 👏 NEED 👏 TO 👏 RESPECT 👏 IT. . . And so do you.
Comfort food - food that allows us to feel comfortable, remember a feeling, a memory - creates satisfaction and contentment . . Comfort food and emotional eating overlap but can be different. . . You may find yourself needing both right now and that
You will reach the other side of this. . . Let this time remind you of your resilience. This may be a time where you find yourself overwhelmed, eating more, or feeling out of control. . . That’s okay. . . Find a safe space where you can do the
This is hitting everyone differently. - We all live different lives, with different careers, different privileges. - If you can participate in #socialdistancing while working or going to school from home then please do so. - If you can’t, I und