Nourishing you towards optimal health
Your body’s ability to heal is greater than anyone has permitted you to believe.
There is no one size fits all when it comes to your health. Your body holds wisdom, and when given the right support, it knows how to restore balance. Through holistic nutrition and therapeutic bodywork, I can help you reconnect with the innate ability to repair, through gentle guidance, back to a place of strength, ease, and vitality.
Welcome to a more intuitive approach to repair. Mind. Body & Soul.
Why Work With A Registered Holistic Nutritionist?
Food Is Medicine
Real, whole foods have the power to “NOURISH” deeply, reduce inflammation, and support long-term wellness. When we move away from processed, disconnected eating, the body often responds with clarity and balance.
Holistic Nutrition takes a personalized, root-cause approach to support your body from within.
Together we create simple, sustainable changes that align with your lifestyle, while supporting digestion, hormones, mental health, energy, and overall wellbeing.
Fuel Your Health with Expert Nutrition Guidance
Many people seek the guidance of a nutritionist to better understand how their daily food choices, impact energy, weight, and long-term health, especially when dealing with concerns like diabetes, metabolic syndrome, or digestive issues. While family doctors play an essential role in diagnosing and managing disease, nutritionist, offer specialized, in-depth expertise, on how diet influences metabolic function on a day-to-day basis. They provide personalized strategies, practical meal planning, and ongoing support tailored to an individuals lifestyle, helping bridge the gap between medical advice and sustainable habit change. This focussed approach often leads to more meaningful, lasting improvements, and overall health.
Working With an RHN Can Help With
Digestive Health (IBS, Crohn’s, Colitis, SIBO, Constipation )
Hormonal Imbalances (PCOS, Insulin Resistance)
Anxiety, Depression & Mental Wellness
Skin, Immune Health & Food Intolerances
Inflammation & Metabolic Support
Gut And Physiology & Gut And Physiology Syndromes (GAPS)
Advanced Trainings Include
Certified GAPS Practitioner
Nutrition & Mental Health
Nutrition & Cognitive Support
Comprehensive Lab Test Interpretation
Certified Functional Nutritionist
Massage Therapy
Basic
Massage can be beneficial for physical conditions, such as frozen shoulder, plantar fasciitis, wry neck, low back pain, neck and shoulder tension, as well as have therapeutic effect on emotional, and nervous system conditions, such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, IBS, Crohn’s, digestive upset and sciatic pain. Modalities of massage that can be incorporated into treatment include general Swedish massage, trigger point therapy, deep tissue massage and soft tissue release. Massage Therapy consists of hands - on manipulation of the soft tissues of the body, specifically, the muscular tissue, tendons, ligaments, and joints, for the purpose of improved range of motion and optimizing health.
Registered Massage Therapy
To become a Registered Massage Therapist in Ontario an RMT must complete a 2200 hour program through an accredited school, studying subjects that include Physiology, Anatomy, Pathology, Assessments, Treatments & Techniques. A graduate must then go on to complete a comprehensive practical and written board exam with the CMTO (College of Massage Therapists of Ontario) to earn a Regulated Health Care Practitioner’s role as a Registered Massage Therapist.
Alyssa Doherty RMT with NOURISH has been a practicing Registered Massage Therapist since 2004.
Advanced
Alyssa has gone on to advance her education and has earned additional accreditations in…
Medi-Cupping
Craniosacral Therapy
TMJ Dysfunction/Intraoral Massage
Myofascial Release
Lymphatic Drainage Massage
Indian Head Massage
Thai Massage
Therapeutic Breast Massage
Kinesiology Taping
Reflexology
Introduction to Osteopathic Techniques
Testimonials
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“ Alyssa has such a beautiful, non-judgemental way of taking the focus off of weight loss and pointing you in the direction of optimal health”
J.B.
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“ Alyssa’s approach to helping you achieve your goals is genuine, realistic, helpful, and honest. She is incredibly passionate with her work, and it shows! “
L.J.
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“Alyssa offered me very practicle, natural advice and the supprt to help me find ways to redue some of my terible allergies and digestive issues”
L.W.
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“ Alyssa is very knowledgeable and professional. She really cares about people and their journey to better health and mental wellness”
J.V.