about our team
Services on Pause
Shannon will be away on maternity leave beginning
in June 2025
Shannon Smith
Shannon has been working with people for over ten years to reach their personal nutrition-related goals. She supports her clients with a gentle, non-judgmental weight-neutral approach. Working collaboratively, using motivational interviewing techniques, she empowers her clients to find success with developing healthy lifelong habits. Although her approach to nutrition is rooted in science, she understands that turning nutritious foods into delicious meals is an art.
Shannon is a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of British Columbia, who is a big proponent of supporting people’s nutrition needs with real food. After graduating with honours from UBC’s Food, Nutrition and Health Program, Shannon worked in the natural grocery setting for a number of years before starting her own practice.
Part of her role as a dietitian in the grocery industry involved visiting local farmers and food producers. This work gave Shannon a deeper understanding of our complex food system and the know-how to help individual clients navigate their way through it all.
Shannon's experience in clinic and retail settings have armed her with skills from teaching groups, individuals, and families to integrate simple cooking techniques to fit whole nourishing foods into their busy routines.
Shannon’s passion lies in assisting clients with digestive issues. She has completed low FODMAP diet training for Irritable Bowel Syndrome through Monash University, and is skilled at working with clients to identify and eliminate digestive irritants from their diets.
Areas of Focus
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Addiction & Mental Health
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Plant-Based Eating
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Pregnancy
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Childhood Feeding
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Digestive Health
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Chronic Disease Mgmt
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Personalized Meal Plans
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Anti-inflammatory foods
Nicole Fetterly
Nicole believes that food and eating are at once a universal cultural experience and a completely individual practice. She is passionate about helping people enjoy eating while receiving the utmost nutritional benefit from their choices. She is also an advocate for a sustainable food system, with a focus on plant-based diets and local production.
Nicole Fetterly is a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of British Columbia with experience in public health, retail, media, foodservice, university and hospital settings. See Nicole in action in this media feature making lunch for David Suzuki.
She received a Bachelor of Science in Food, Nutrition and Health from UBC, including an internship with Vancouver Coastal Health. She also completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology at the University of Victoria and a Master of Science in Kinesiology, studying nudge theory in an effort to improve the vegetable intake of older adolescents.
As a busy working mom of two teenagers, Nicole knows the struggles of getting nutritious and delicious food on the table fast and provides practical strategies and recipes to help you achieve optimum health for you and your family. When she has more time, she loves cooking and baking with her children, as well as growing food and flowers in her garden.
Nicole is also an experienced speaker and facilitator for groups large and small and a variety of audiences. Her approach is relational, pragmatic, inspirational and humorous!