THE MINDFUL NUTRITION WAY™
Private 1:1 Coaching with McKel Hill Kooienga, MS, RDN, LDN
You Already Know What to Eat.
This is about why you can't seem to do it — and what actually changes that.
You've spent years being informed about food. You've read the books, worked with professionals, had stretches where it clicked. You are not someone who lacks information, willpower, or awareness.
You're someone whose nervous system learned, somewhere along the way, that food was a fast, reliable way to find calm. And no amount of information overrides a pattern that lives in the body.
This work addresses that. Not the what of eating — the why underneath it.
This is a private, 4-month, 1:1 coaching experience. Four remaining spots are available this season. McKel personally reviews every application.
Apply Below →Is This You?
You'll recognize yourself in some of this:
Food is the first thing on your mind in the morning — before coffee, before anything else.
You're high-functioning and capable in every area of your life. Food is the place that doesn't follow the rules.
You cycle between being "on" and completely off — and the reset gets harder every time.
You eat differently alone than you do in front of others. That divide is exhausting and private.
You've tried structured plans and intuitive approaches. Neither produced something that felt like actual freedom.
You know exactly what you should be doing. The knowing isn't the problem. The gap between knowing and doing is.
If something in this list made you pause — that recognition is the signal. This is the right place.
Why What You've Tried Before Hasn't Worked
Most programs address the what of eating. They give you a framework, a plan, and rules to follow.
What they miss is the nervous system underneath.
When your body is in a chronic state of stress or dysregulation, food becomes one of the fastest ways it knows how to find calm. This is not a character flaw. It's biology. And it's why the urge to eat doesn't respond to more information — you cannot think your way out of a pattern that lives in the body.
The Mindful Nutrition Way™ works at the root. It integrates nutrition science, nervous system awareness, mindset work, and behavior change into a personalized process built around your specific patterns and your actual life.
This is why, for the women who do this work, the changes hold. Not because they finally got disciplined enough — because something in them actually shifted.
The Results
92%
Of graduates say they feel calmer and more relaxed with food.
88%
Say they trust their body's signals for the first time.
97%
Say they would recommend this experience to someone they love.
"I went from feeling miserable and honestly depressed and very stressed around food — to now feeling excited to cook and eat. There's not so much worry. I feel more alive."
— Kristin O., New Mexico
"That feeling of worthlessness was there for years. Now I don't feel the need to get it right 100% of the time. It's a mindset change. I genuinely don't think you would find anything that would do this for you other than the Method."
— Pippa M., United Kingdom
"I was thinking about food all of the time. It consumed so much of my mental energy. I just feel so much better now. I really feel like I am the healthiest I've ever been."
— Kelsey M., Washington D.C.
"Food was the enemy I fought most of my life. Now food is my friend and ally."
— Karen C.
What the Mindful Nutrition Way™ Is
This is a private, 4-month, 1:1 coaching experience with McKel — for women who are done managing their relationship with food and ready to resolve it.
Not a course. Not a group program. Not a framework you move through alone.
Private coaching, built entirely around you.
What's Included:
— Private 1:1 bi-weekly coaching sessions with McKel Hill Kooienga, MS, RDN, LDN
— Direct messaging access between sessions — support when you're in the moment, not just on the call
— A custom CARE Eating Practice™ roadmap built in session one, specific to your patterns
— The Mindful Nutrition Method™ protocol, personalized to your goals and nervous system
— Full access to the Nutrition Stripped® app: courses, tools, and training resources
— A 30-day check-in to assess progress and recalibrate
The Investment
The Mindful Nutrition Way is a high-touch, private coaching experience. Options are: $1,797 paid in full or 4 payments of $499. The women who do this work are ready to stop managing the pattern and resolve it. That clarity is part of the process.
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Is This The Right Fit?
This is a strong fit if you:
- Have worked with other practitioners, tried other programs, and know you're not starting from zero — you're ready for something that goes deeper than what you've already tried
- You are a high achiever in most areas of your life, and food is the one place that doesn't respond to the same intelligence and discipline you bring everywhere else
- Are financially and emotionally ready to invest in resolving this, not managing it for another season
- Want private, personalized support — not a course, a cohort, or a framework you work through alone
- Understand that lasting change takes honest participation, and you're ready to show up for that
This is not the right fit if you're looking for a meal plan, a quick fix, or a program that does the work without you.
How This Works
01 — Apply. McKel uses your answers to understand your specific patterns, history, and readiness before any conversation begins.
02 — McKel reviews your application personally. Within 48–72 hours, you'll hear directly from McKel. If the fit is clear, she'll share next steps. If she wants to connect first, she'll invite you to a private enrollment conversation.
03 — Enrollment conversation (if applicable). This is not a sales call. It's a diagnostic — McKel assessing whether she can help you, and you assessing whether this is the right moment. Both of you decide.
04 — Begin. If it's the right fit, enrollment is straightforward, and the work starts.
McKel personally reviews every application. Spots are limited to 4 per season — not as a marketing tactic, but because this is private, high-touch work, and it is kept that way intentionally.
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The Moment You Stop Waiting Is When Things Start Changing.
If you've been carrying this for a while — the food thoughts, the cycling, the quiet exhaustion of managing something that should feel simple — you already know that waiting doesn't make it easier.
Every week you stay in the same pattern is another week of mental energy spent on food instead of your actual life. The version of you who wakes up and thinks about her day instead of what she ate — she's on the other side of this application.
The next step is simple.
Fill out the form.
Book the call.
If something here resonated — that's enough to take the next step.
“Food was the enemy I fought most of my life. Now Food is my friend and ally.
After a couple of days of eating the foundation 5 meals, my body felt so much better. I had more energy and my mood correspondingly lifted.
Later in the program, I noticed I had had a weight plateau that lifted without even really noting it as important. Scale freedom!”
— Karen C
“Before I was constantly swinging from all in to all out, consumed with food guilt and frustration that I was stuck.
Now I feel I understand my body better, and that I have better tools to determine what I need while still enjoying food.
The Mindful Nutrition Method is life changing, no joke! It's a perfect blend of habit change and compassion building to truly find your balance and enjoy life.”
— Sara L.
“I was an all or nothing type of person. I either ate perfectly within my Macros and Calories or I ate like a Linebacker (aka anything I wanted).
I was off the rails. Nothing was off limits. Now I feel balanced.
This program taught me it is about consistency. That consistency is gained through having a good foundational relationship with food.”
— Leslie H.
“If you want to find a way to let go of rules around food and diets and understand how to nourish yourself and create a way that works for you I’d say this program is it.
There are so many diet programmes out there but this is totally different, it delves so much deeper and helps you to take the time to really reflect on what is right for you as an individual and gives you so many tools to help.”
— Emma S.
Meet Your Mentor
McKel Hill Kooienga, MS, RDN, LDN is a Registered Dietitian, the founder of Nutrition Stripped®, and the creator of the Mindful Nutrition Method™ — a framework that has helped thousands of individuals rebuild their relationship with food through the intersection of nutrition science, mindfulness, and behavior change.
Her work has been featured in Oprah.com, Bon Appétit, Women's Health, MindBodyGreen, and Food Network. She has spent over a decade translating evidence-based nutrition into compassionate, practical guidance that fits real life — not an idealized version of it.
What makes her approach different is that she works at the level of why — the nervous system, the patterns, the beliefs — not just what's on the plate.
If you've been waiting for support that actually meets you where you are, this is it.
“I was constantly going back and forth from restricting, to then completely the opposite end of that spectrum, I was binging a lot. I had really been mostly focusing on my weight and my appearance, and working through the Method, I really feel like it's helping me see that it's not just about that, or not even mostly about that, it's how I feel, how I'm living my life every day.
Changing my focus from just losing weight and my appearance to how I'm feeling and how I'm showing up for my days has really been a huge difference. It's really taken the stress off of food for me.
I really truly believe that this has helped transform my life. I have gone from feeling miserable and honestly depressed and very stressed around food to now feeling excited to cook and to eat, there's not so much worry, I feel more alive. I feel happier and healthier, which is my goal.”
— Kristin O., New Mexico
“Before joining the method, I was frustrated with food and I had a very bad relationship with food.
I had issues with binge eating, so one thing the method has helped me with is understanding my personal and specific reasons why I would overeat and the connection between emotion and food.
It stems from family history, issues of self-confidence and self-worth, and even what happened this week. Breaking it down and exploring how that affects my eating has been really helpful….I could really tune into those moments when I was highly stressed and frustrated, and angry, and how that translated into what I was eating…
What's really shifted is that I'm more conscious of what I'm doing and more present and that's had such a positive impact to stop overeating. If you're looking for help, then this is a very supportive and warm environment to shift your own self-worth and self-awareness.”
— Ann B., New York
“I was thinking about food all of the time. It consumed so much of my mental energy was just thinking about how am I going to eat, what's the right way to eat, how do I get into the best physical shape? I just feel so much better now. I really feel like I am at this point in my life, the healthiest that I've ever been.
I feel like I am so much more in tune with what I need to nourish myself both externally — how does my body look and feel — and also internally — giving myself the time to really recharge and show up in a way in the world that I've always wanted to show up.
I’m looking at my health as physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, all of it, and that's something I've never done before with myself or my health.”
— Kelsey M., Washington D.C.
“I had all of this nutrition knowledge about what I should and shouldn't be eating, and what was good foods or bad or treats, but I was rarely consistent.
It sounds really dramatic when I say this, but I think it made me feel worthless...I'm not getting it right means that I’m constantly failing at something. And when you feel like you're failing at something and not being your best self constantly, it kind of makes you feel you're out of control or lacking discipline, which is all really negative and really chips away at you and your confidence. That feeling of worthlessness was there for years.
It's a mindset change. Now I don't feel the need to get it right 100% of the time, or saying 'you can't have or shouldn't have.' Now I know it's 'What do you need to get that balance?' It's so different. I genuinely don't think you would find anything that would do this for you other than the Method,”
— Pippa M., United Kingdom
The Version of You Who Is Already Free
You've been carrying this for a while.
The food thoughts before your feet hit the floor. The cycling. The quiet exhaustion of managing something that should feel simple.
The version of you who wakes up and thinks about her day — she's on the other side of this work.
The application is the first step. It doesn't require certainty. It requires honesty about where you are and willingness to find out if this is the right fit.
Fill out the application. McKel will take it from there.
