Low FODMAP Dietitian*

Find IBS relief with Kelsey, an Awakened Actions’ trusted low FODMAP Dietitian.

Kelsey is a member of Ashley’s team and is trained on the details of a low FODMAP diet and ready to support you. She’ll help you relieve IBS symptoms and increase quality of life, while walking you through the low FODMAP Diet with care!

Nutrition Therapy for IBS
Kelsey specializes in Nutrition Therapy for IBS. She is a part of Ashley’s team of Registered Dietitian Nutritionist’s trained on the use of a low FODMAP diet for IBS by Monash University. She also is versed in using an integrative medicine based approach specialized in IBS care and partners with Adam to help provide the latest guidance and best practices in care. Ultimately, Kelsey is part of a team focused on providing personalized guidance to manage IBS symptoms, reduce pain, and enhance digestive comfort.

As a low FODMAP Dietitian, she’ll help you manage and ease the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome through dietary modifications built for IBS, but customized for you with personalized care and meal planning.

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Kelsey Stark has been an excellent provider! She led me through the process of determining which FODMAPs cause my IBS. She provided alternatives to help keep it at bay. My gut has not felt this good in years, and I now know what I can and cannot eat.

She then helped me lose weight by altering my eating habits. I have never in my life been able to do this! She looked at the foods I was eating, told me what I needed to increase and decrease, and offered healthier alternatives.

Throughout both processes she was very encouraging and kept me on track. I am very thankful for the changes she has encouraged in my food choices and am feeling much healthier.
Judy W.

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Kelsey was Excellent. She helped me figure out how to get my intestinal tract working better as I have a colostomy bag with diarrhea issues since surgery. People have said to do more fiber but that made the issue worse. With her help starting with the FODMAP approach (it is not a diet!) which helped us determine that wasn't the issue. Fiber was the issue but how much of which types and what supplements. Once that was on track I am on my own for a while- till I need her again. Kelsey is very not-judgemental with great listening skills. She is efficient with communicating what needs to be discussed during an hour or a half hour session. I feel my money was well spent and am hopeful I can maintain this fiber effort.
Paula H.

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Working with Kelsey was an incredibly positive experience. I learned so much from her. Her expertise and thoughtful approach made it easy to create a plan that worked for me. Kelsey is a great listener and communicator—she truly makes you feel heard and supported. Her down-to-earth, nonjudgmental vibe creates a space where you feel comfortable opening up. With her guidance, I was able to develop a much better relationship with food. I'm so grateful for her support and genuinely enjoyed our time together.
Susan C.

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The whole experience was so amazing! I can’t thank her enough for all my Dietitian (Kelsey) did for me.
Seth H.

More About Kelsey…

Kelsey Starck, RDN, LDN

Bachelors Degree in Integrated Physiology from University of Colorado
Bachelors Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Metropolitan State University of Denver
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with active Licensure in WA, TX, CT, RI, FL, and KY
Trained on the use of a low FODMAP diet for IBS by Monash University
Trained through the National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)

Beyond IBS alone Kelsey’s training in Medical Nutrition Therapy can support clients with a variety of chronic conditions such as Hypertension, Prediabetes, Weight Loss, GLP-1s and Weight Management. Kelsey’s passion is helping clients love the food they eat that feels realistic and sustainable to their lives.

Kelsey has an extensive background working with clients virtually to develop strong relationships, provide evidence-based recommendations, and help her clients reach their goals. Kelsey tailors every recommendation specifically to the client and provides accountability and encouragement in their sessions.

When Kelsey isn’t supporting her clients, she is chasing around her two young daughters, making sourdough bread, or working in her garden. Kelsey is also an avid runner and often trains with her husband and girls by her side.

Ultimately, Kelsey looks forward to getting to know you and the details of your IBS story to help you find relief!

Did You Know? — Awakened Actions’ Integrative Care for IBS!?

While significant relief and increased quality of life can be achieved with a low FODMAP Dietitian alone, Awakened Actions’ offers holistic IBS Therapy, when appropriate. Our approach recognizes that IBS is characterized as a disorder of gut-brain interaction (DGBI) and classified as chronic, primary pain (see ICD-11).

Thus, we offer optional integrative medicine based services to alleviate symptoms by focusing on the gut and the brain’s involvement in IBS.

— Ask Kelsey if you’d like to learn more or read on below! —

Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) for IBS
As part of Awakened Actions’ integrative IBS Therapy you would work with Adam. He would provide you with tools to understand and relieve IBS pain through the latest in mind-body medicine and pain science for IBS. The PRT work is collaborative with the work you will do with Kelsey and the Low FODMAP Diet to help provide a deeper understanding of IBS pain and greater relief from symptoms. We are also finding that Phase II of the Low FODMAP Diet tends to be more successful when combined with PRT practices.

Why Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)? Research continues to highlight that the gut-brain interaction is a 2-way street. The gut sends signals to the brain (pain, discomfort) and the brain sends signals to the gut (anxiety, stress). Through mind-body solutions for IBS we can help manage this highway of bidirectional information to further alleviate symptoms. Moreover, IBS pain is categorized as chronic, primary pain — PRT was designed to treat primary pain!

Want to Learn More About PRT & IBS?
It is new, leading IBS pain science and treatment so we understand!
Many have still not heard of PRT when it comes to considerations of IBS Treatment.
If you’re intrigued, but want to learn more, then please click below!

–> Why Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and IBS?

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With Adam you will feel heard, understood, and ultimately enlightened. He is the ever-present and encouraging tour guide that is there to steer you along the way. Adam takes an evidence based approach to healing, and always involves the client in the healing journey. I can certainly say with the time spent with Adam, I now have the tools to continue my path towards a more enjoyable and fulfilling life!
Rob A

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Adam helped me through the hardest year of my life. When a friend recommended Alan Gordon's book "The Way Out," I enthusiastically started practicing PRT. But I soon found myself on a rollercoaster of ups and downs with my neck pain, and a lack of sleep triggered debilitating anxiety. Adam guided me through those challenges with compassion and humor. He seems to intuitively understand what tools will be helpful for each step along my journey, and I know I can always count on him. Thank you Adam, words cannot express my gratitude!
Curtis D

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When I initially sought out a pain therapy coach, I was skeptical about the potential results. However, from the very first session, coach Adam instantly put me at ease with his warm and empathetic demeanor. He created a safe and non-judgmental space where I felt comfortable sharing my deepest struggles and pain-related challenges.

Through out sessions, coach Adam provided me with practical tools and strategies to effectively manage and alleviate my pain. From mindfulness techniques to relaxation exercises, he equipped me with a diverse range to coping mechanisms that have had a significant impact on my well-being.

Thanks to coach Adam’s expertise, guidance and unwavering support, I have experienced a remarkable improvement in managing my pain.
Noor A

Have questions about Integrative Care for IBS? Kelsey can help!

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More (Optional) Mind-Body Solutions
Did you know that evidence also supports the use of mind-body interventions like yoga and meditation for the treatment and reduction of IBS-based symptoms? Awakened Actions provides members with access to 300+ yoga and meditation videos on our YouTube Yoga Channel with over 35k subscribers!

*DISCLAIMER: Kelsey is a Monash FODMAP Trained Dietitian that has completed the Monash University Online FODMAP Course and, thereby, is a part of the FODMAP Dietitians Directory and can provide FODMAP guidance and nutrition counseling. Additionally, Kelsey is a Registered Dietitian (RD), which is a healthcare professional who has completed a program of study accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) and who has passed a national registration exam through the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). With this, she has active licenses in the State of IL, WA, TX, CT, RI, FL, and KY. She does not purport to be licensed, certified, or otherwise titled outside of the states listed and any assumption thereof is not the responsibility of Kelsey or Awakened Actions. In adherence with local state laws, Kelsey is in-network with insurance for telehealth based care in AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, KY, MA, MI, NJ, NY, RI, TX, VA, WA and is able to provide self-pay based, individualized nutrition counseling and coaching in HI, ID, IN, NH, OK, OR, PA, UT, VT, WV, WI, and WY.