Hi! My name is Kirstin Wise

Accredited Practising Dietitian | Founder, CHEW Nutrition and Dietetics

Hello and welcome!

My path here wasn’t straight and I think that’s part of why I’m good at what I do.

I started out with a Bachelor of Science, fully intending to stay in that world. But life had other plans. Over the years that followed, I built a career out of whatever came next — finance, banking, contracts, admin. I was capable. I was adaptable. But I was never passionate. It was work I’d fallen into, not chosen.

It wasn’t until I stepped back from work to be home with my three young children that something shifted. The space gave me clarity I hadn’t had in years. I didn’t want to go back to what I’d been doing. I wanted to go back to science, properly this time, with intention.

I enrolled in a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics at Queensland University of Technology and completed it while my children were young. I graduated with First Class Honours. Then COVID hit, the community role I’d envisioned wasn’t the right fit for a world of school closures and lockdowns. So I did something I’d never planned: I started my own practice.

Flexibility drove that decision. Purpose shaped what it became.

Why women’s health – and why these three stages specifically?

I began as a general dietitian. I moved into gut health. And then I felt that familiar pull, the feeling of having fallen into something rather than chosen it. I didn’t want that again.

The shift toward women’s health was different. It felt deliberate. I completed specialised postgraduate training in nutrition for fertility, pregnancy and menopause and the more I learned, the more I understood just how significant the gap was between what women actually needed and what they were getting.

Then perimenopause arrived for me personally. Right around the same time, my friends started asking me questions about the weight that wouldn’t shift, the sleep that had disappeared, the energy that had evaporated, the body that felt completely unfamiliar. I had answers. Real, science-backed answers. And watching that information land, watching the relief and recognition on their faces, crystallised everything for me.

But here’s what I want you to know: I’ve also been the woman trying to conceive, willing her body to do something it wasn’t quite ready to do. I’ve been the pregnant woman trying to piece together conflicting advice and work out what she actually needs. I’ve been through all three of the stages I specialise in and that lived experience sits alongside my clinical training in everything I do.

 What I believe.

I believe that women are not broken and don’t need fixing.

The diet and wellness industry, however positively it frames its messaging, consistently implies there is something wrong with women that needs to be corrected and I reject that completely. What women need is not another fad, another supplement, or another meal plan that bears no resemblance to their real life. They need accurate information, genuine support and someone who will take their symptoms seriously.

I believe food is not the enemy. Food is nourishment. It’s social. It’s one of life’s genuine pleasures and it should stay that way. There is no good food or bad food. There is just food. Every woman I work with deserves a relationship with eating that is easy, guilt-free and built around her actual life.

And I believe that sustainable change comes from working with how you already eat, not handing you a plan that requires you to become a completely different person.

How I work.

All consultations are 1:1 and delivered via telehealth video call, so you can see me from wherever is most convenient for you — home, work, the car if that’s what school pickup allows.

My approach follows a four-stage framework: Stabilise, Build, Optimise, Sustain. We begin by identifying your most prominent symptoms and concerns and those guide where we focus first. From there, you receive a personalised roadmap and a specific, guided plan for each stage that is constantly reviewed and adapted based on how things are progressing for you.

This is not a rigid protocol. It responds to you.

I hold a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (First Class Honours) from Queensland University of Technology, I am an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Accredited Nutritionist with Dietitians Australia and I have completed specialised postgraduate training in nutrition for fertility, pregnancy and menopause. 

Not quite ready to book?

That’s completely fine and honestly, it’s more common than you might think. Many of the women I work with spent a long time telling themselves they just needed to be more dedicated before they finally reached out.

If you’d like to have a conversation before committing to a consultation, I offer a complimentary 15-minute discovery call. It’s a chance for you to share a little about what’s going on, ask me any questions you have and get a feel for whether we’d work well together. No pressure, no obligation.