THE MINDFUL NUTRITION WAY™
Private 1:1 Coaching with McKel Hill Kooienga, MS, RDN, LDN
Food Shouldn't Take Up This Much Space in Your Life.
You're not struggling because you lack information.
You've read the books.
You know what "eating well" looks like.
You've had stretches where things clicked — where you felt in control, clear, consistent.
But then life happened: stress hit, life got busy, routines fell off track, and food became the thing you reached for.
Not because you're weak or you don't care enough. But because your body learned, somewhere along the way, that food was a fast, reliable way to cope.
That pattern isn't a character flaw. It's biology. And it's exactly what this work addresses.
Apply Now →What It Actually Feels Like to Be Here
You don't have to relate to all of this — but you'll likely recognize yourself in some of it:
You wake up and food is already on your mind — before coffee, before your feet hit the floor.
You're smart, capable, and high-functioning — except around food, where you feel like a different person.
You swing between being "on" and completely off, and the reset gets harder every time.
You eat differently alone than you do in front of others — and you're tired of that quiet divide.
You've tried structured plans and intuitive approaches — and neither stuck in a way that felt like freedom.
You know what to eat. You just can't seem to consistently do it — and that gap is exhausting.
If something in this list made you exhale — that recognition is your signal. This is the right place.
Why What You've Tried Before Hasn't Worked
Most nutrition programs address the what of eating. They give you a diet plan and rules to follow.
What they miss is the why underneath the what.
When your nervous system is in a chronic state of stress or dysregulation, food becomes one of the fastest ways your body knows how to find calm. This is why the urge to eat doesn't respond to information. You can't think your way out of a pattern that lives in your body.
The Mindful Nutrition Way™ is built around this truth.
It doesn't add more rules to follow. It works with your nervous system, your real patterns, and your actual life — to shift the relationship at the root, not just the surface.
This is why, for the women who do this work, the changes don't just happen — they hold up to real life.
The Results Of This Work
Here's what that looks like in real life:
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.
"Food was the enemy I fought most of my life. Now food is my friend and ally."
— Karen C.
"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
"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.
"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
What the Mindful Nutrition Way™ Is
This is a private, 4-month, 1:1 coaching experience with McKel — designed for women who are done managing their relationship with food and ready to change it.
It integrates nutrition science, nervous system awareness, mindset work, and behavior change into a structured, personalized process.
Not a course. Not a program you move through alone. Private coaching, built around you.
What's Included:
✔️ Private 1:1 coaching with McKel Hill Kooienga, MS, RDN, LDN
✔️ Ongoing support in between sessions
✔️ Data-informed protocol, The Mindful Nutrition Method™, customized to your goals
✔️ Full lifetime access to our app with courses, programs, and trainings.
✔️ Practical tools: the CARE Eating Practice you'll use in real life.
The Investment
The Mindful Nutrition Way is a high-touch, private coaching experience. The investment reflects 4 months of direct access to McKel, a personalized process built around your specific patterns, and tools that support you for life. Investment: $1,797, or 4 payments of $499. Financing available through Klarna.
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This Is a Strong Fit If You're Someone Who:
✔ Has tried the plans, the programs, the information — and is ready for something that works differently
✔ Is willing to look honestly at the patterns underneath your eating, not just the eating itself
✔ Understands that lasting change takes time, support, and real participation
✔ Is ready to invest in something that actually addresses the root — not another workaround
✔ Wants private, personalized support — not a group course or a generic program
This isn't the right fit if you're looking for a meal plan, a quick fix, or a program that does the work without you. This is the kind of change that requires presence and honesty — and it's designed for women who are ready for that.
How the Application Works
This is a high-touch, private experience — and the process is designed to make sure it's the right fit in both directions.
Step 1: Fill out the application.
It takes about 5 minutes. It helps McKel understand where you are and what you're working with before your call.
Step 2: McKel personally reviews your application and reaches out within 48 hours.
If you're ready to move forward directly, you'll have everything you need to enroll. If you'd prefer to talk it through first, a free 20-minute call is available — no pressure either way.
Step 3: That's it.
No long wait, no uncertainty. Just a clear next step toward finding out if this is right for you.
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
You've Read This Far for a Reason.
Something brought you here and something kept you reading.
You've read this far because something here is true for you.
That recognition matters. You don't have to have it figured out. You don't have to be sure. You just have to be willing to find out.
The application takes five minutes. The call is free. And if it's not the right fit, you'll leave with more clarity than you came with.
McKel personally reviews every application. Spots are limited by design — this is private, high-touch work, and it's kept that way intentionally.
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