ABOUT

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Maya is 17-Year Registered Dietitian, former Food & Nutrition Contributor to 3TV Arizona, a Diplomate of the American Institute of Stress, and owner at the Southwest Dietitian Group, an insurance-based dietitian practice. She specializes in habit and behavior change, weight loss, and hormone balancing, and a beacon of resilience and transformation. Raised in a Lebanese household where food symbolized love, she battled weight and health issues from an early age. Maya’s own journey took her from a stressful adolescence and retail management to undernourishment and the onset of unhealthy habits, before finding the right path through education and a relentless desire for change.

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Her personal struggle with trauma and CPTSD deeply informs her practice. Maya has dedicated her life to mastering the science of neuroplasticity, habit change, and the powerful influence of mindset and the nervous system on health. She transformed herself by embracing her past, learning how to think differently, regulating and healing her nervous system, and learning how to feel, thus finding her passion in helping others achieve sustainable weight loss and emotional balance. Maya's unique blend of formal education and lived experiences make her a compassionate and insightful guide for women on similar paths, emphasizing not just what to eat, but how to think and feel in the process.