Meet Kendra

Hi there,

I'm Kendra, a women’s health yoga teacher, aromatherapist, and dietitian. As a 30-something-year-old woman who has decided to delay motherhood, I’m passionate about doing all I can to preserve and improve my fertility while living a fun, full life.

And I want to help you do the same.

I love helping women in their 30s and 40s who want to conceive (someday or today) optimize their fertility all without restrictive diets, exhausting exercise, and extreme measures.

There's no shortage of confusing, conflicting, and overwhelming information about fertility out there. Social media, books, magazines, TV, everywhere you look someone has an opinion about what you should or shouldn’t be eating or doing to get pregnant, improve your health, or “cure” your PCOS.

There are those who'll tell you Keto's the way to go. No, paleo. Mmm mmm, you should try intermittent fasting. Uh uh, you need to go vegan. But these one size fits all rules and plans don't fit your life or likes. 'Cause you, my friend, are one of a kind.

Weaving together mindful movement (yoga is my practice of choice, but I love all forms of movement!), journaling, meditation, and other self-care practices, you can get relief from your symptoms, enhance your fertility, and support a healthy pregnancy and postpartum recovery with joy, ease, and simplicity. No deprivation, confusion, or drudgery required.

I promise you won't catch me recommending:

  • counting or cutting calories, carbs, fat, or protein.

  • giving up your favorite food

  • “detoxing”

  • working out till you fear you're gonna pass out or throw up

  • living off of meal replacement shakes, bars, or smoothies

  • taking a million supplements

Just not my style. And honestly, none of the above leads to long-lasting health, happiness, balanced hormones, or improved fertility. They just leave you feeling hungry and anxious. Also, not my style.

Make yourself a cup of tea, get comfy, and have a look around the site. You’ll find fertility, prenatal, postpartum, and other women’s health yoga info, women’s health tips, and the occasional overshare about my own personal journey.

Professional Bio

Kendra Tolbert MS, RDN, CDN, LD, RYT, Cert AT is a registered dietitian nutritionist, registered yoga teacher, and certified aromatherapist specializing in fertility and preconception preparation. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences from Howard University and her Master of Science in Nutrition and Public Health from Teachers College, Columbia University. In 2017, She was awarded the Emerging Professional Award from the Women's Health Dietetic Practice Group.

Kendra has experience helping individuals, families, and communities make improvements to their well-being and quality of life by adopting healthier habits. Her areas of expertise include women's health, PCOS, fertility, mind-body practices, and community nutrition. Kendra has been featured on and written for a number of websites.

Previously, Kendra worked as an acute care clinical dietitian, outpatient oncology dietitian, nutrition educator, community nutritionist, ghostwriter for a popular wellness site, medical content reviewer, contractor for a women’s telehealth company, and consultant for nonprofit organizations. When not reading, writing, recording and editing YouTube videos, or coaching her clients, she enjoys taking dance and yoga classes, journaling, learning to roller skate, and body rolling to 90's and early aughts pop and R&B.

Education and Training

  • Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY - Master of Science in Nutrition and Public Health

  • Howard University, Washington, DC - Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Science with a Double Minor in Chemistry/Biology

  • Commission on Dietetic Registration - Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist

    • 2017 Women's Health DPG Emerging Professional Award Recipient

    • Certificates of Training in Weight Management and Integrative and Functional Nutrition

    • General Body Member, DPG memberships (former):

      • Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine (online message board monitor volunteer, former),

      • Nutrition Entrepreneurs (general body member, former),

      • Women’s Health (Continuing Education Article Reviewer, former)

  • Missouri State Committee of Dietitians - Licensed Dietitian

  • Yoga Medicine 500 Yoga Teacher Training- In Progress

    • Women’s Health and Fertility Training

    • Yin and Meditation Teacher Training

    • Traditional Chinese Medicine Training

  • Lynn Jensen MBA, E-RYT, PRYT- Level 1 & Level 2 Fertility Yoga Teacher Training

  • Yoga Garden SF - Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training

  • Holy Yoga Inc. - 225-Hour Yoga Teacher Training

  • Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings - Fertility and Conception Course

  • The Embody Lab - `Mind-Body Coaching Certification Course

  • The Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice, Inc. - Certified Lactation Counselor Course

  • New York Institute of Aromatherapy - Certified Aromatherapist, Level 1

  • The Herbal Academy

    • Introductory Herbal Course

    • Intermediate Herbal Course

  • Integrative Women's Health Institute

    • Hormones 101

    • Optimal Fertility

  • Dr. Sears Wellness Institute - Pregnancy Health Coach Certification Course

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