The Mindful Nutrition Way™ by McKel Hill Kooienga, MS, RDN of Nutrition Stripped
You Don't Have to Think About Food This Much.
When food feels calm, life opens up — and that's exactly what this work creates.
The Mindful Nutrition Way is a private, 4-month coaching experience with McKel — designed to help you stop managing food and start living with calm and confidence that lasts.
Now accepting applications.
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Be At Peace With Food — and Yourself
There’s a moment many people reach where food doesn’t feel dramatic — it just feels like "too much".
Not because they don’t care.
Not because they haven’t tried.
But because food has quietly taken up more space than they ever intended.
Mentally. Emotionally. Daily.
The Mindful Nutrition Way™ is a private, 1:1 coaching experience for people who are ready to change that — not by trying harder, but by creating a new relationship with food that actually holds up in real life.
This isn't about fixing yourself.
Most people who apply here already know a lot about food.
They’ve read the books.
They’ve followed the plans.
They’ve had stretches where things felt “under control.”
And still — food keeps pulling their energy and focus.
This work is not about more rules or tighter discipline. It’s about changing how food fits into your life — so it stops crowding out everything else.
You're In The Right Place Here If...
You don’t need to relate to all of this — but you likely recognize yourself in some of it:
Food thoughts are always in the back of your mind, even on “good” days
You oscillate between structure and burnout
Eating well takes more mental effort than it should
You want calm, but not at the cost of rigidity
You’re ready to invest in real support, not another workaround
You’re tired of managing food instead of living your life
You Don't Have To Keep Doing This Alone.
If you’re here, it’s likely because your relationship with food feels heavier than it should.
Not dramatic. Just quietly exhausting — in the kind of way that wears on you over time.
It may look like:
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Overthinking meals or trying to “get it right”
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Swinging between structure and feeling out of control
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Wondering why habits don’t stick, even with the best intentions
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Carrying a low hum of food thoughts through the day
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Feeling disconnected from your body, unsure what it’s asking for
And often, beneath all of it, a quiet belief that you should have figured this out by now.
This isn’t a personal failure. It’s a sign your system is tired — your mind overextended, your body asking for a different kind of support.
Not more effort.
Not more information.
But steady, attuned guidance that helps things settle — and rebuild — from the inside out.
That’s the work we do inside The Mindful Nutrition Way™.
Not by fixing you, but by working with your body, your nervous system, and your real life — so food no longer consumes the energy meant for living.
This isn’t about deserving peace. It’s about deciding to create it — with support.
APPLY & RESERVE YOUR FREE ENROLLMENT CALLHow The Mindful Nutrition Way Works
This is a structured, evidence-based coaching process — not a course you move through on your own.
The work integrates:
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Balanced nutrition without restriction
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Habit formation that works in real life
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Emotional awareness and mindset work
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Ongoing application to daily meals, stress, and routines
We focus on integration, not intensity. Change that sticks happens through steady practice — not pressure.
What’s included:
This is a private coaching container, intentionally designed to be spacious, supported, and personal. Your experience includes:
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1:1 coaching sessions with McKel
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Personalized guidance based on your patterns and history
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Practical tools you use in everyday life — not just theory
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Ongoing support between sessions
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A pace that allows change to settle, not overwhelm
Every element is there to support lasting change, not short-term compliance.
Before You Apply
This is not for everyone. It is a strong fit if you:
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You are ready to prioritize your well-being
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Can commit time, attention, and energy to the process
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Are willing to be honest and reflective
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Understand that change requires participation
The Mindful Nutrition Way is a 4-month, high-touch coaching experience for individuals ready for personalized support and lasting change. The investment for this experience is in the mid-four figures, with monthly payment plans available to make this accessible. This is a meaningful financial commitment — and one that reflects the depth, personalization, and lasting change this work creates.
About The Application Process
This is a personal, high-touch experience — and the application process reflects that.
Here's how it works:
- Complete the short application below. It takes about 5 minutes and helps McKel understand where you are and what you're looking for.
- Book your free 20-minute enrollment call. You'll be prompted to do this immediately after submitting — this call is a required part of the process, not optional. It's a real conversation to make sure this is the right fit, in both directions.
- McKel personally reviews every application before your call. If it's not the right time or the right fit, you'll be guided toward something more appropriate.
That's it. No long wait, no uncertainty. Just a straightforward next step toward finding out if this is right for you.
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Who You Become Through This Work
When you nourish yourself in this way, you don’t just change how you eat — you change how you live.
You become the version of you who:
✔️ Sits down to eat without guilt, anxiety, or second-guessing.
You’re centered. You’re grounded.
Meals feel safe again — a moment of pause instead of tension.
✔️ Builds balanced meals with ease and confidence — no rules, no stress.
Nourishment feels natural.
Your choices come from clarity, not pressure or self-correction.
✔️ Moves through the day feeling more grounded, energized, and clear-headed.
You’re attuned to what your body is asking for
— and responding feels effortless instead of confusing.
✔️ Knows what nourishment looks like for you — and trusts yourself to honor it.
No more negotiating with food.
No more doubting your body’s signals.
✔️ Feeds yourself from a place of care, not control.
Your patterns shift gently.
Your choices become softer, kinder, and more aligned with your real needs.
✔️ Lives with more peace, presence, and joy — on the plate and in every part of life.
Food stops draining your energy or occupying your mind.
It becomes a supportive rhythm — one that makes more room for life.
If food still takes up too much space, this is the work you’ve been looking for.
McKel’s work lives at the intersection of nourishment and self — where mindful eating becomes second nature, balance feels effortless, and calm begins in your body.
This is The Mindful Nutrition Way — a guided path to take care of what’s on your plate, so you can take care of everything off it.
Meet Your Mentor
Evidence-based expertise. A decade of leadership in mindful nutrition.
McKel Hill Kooienga, MS, RDN, LDN is a Registered Dietitian, author, and the founder of Nutrition Stripped®, a trailblazing and respected brand in mindful nutrition and balanced living.
For more than a decade, McKel has helped individuals from all over the world rebuild their relationship with food through a blend of science, mindfulness, and behavior change. As the creator of the Mindful Nutrition Method™, she has guided thousands of clients and students through a process that goes far beyond what-to-eat advice — teaching them how to create calm, confidence, and self-trust around food that lasts.
Her work has been featured in Oprah.com, Bon Appétit, Women’s Health, MindBodyGreen, Food Network, and recognized as one of the Top 20 Role Models shaping wellness today.
With expertise spanning clinical nutrition, mindful eating, emotional well-being, and sustainable habit change, McKel is known for her ability to translate evidence-based nutrition into practical, compassionate guidance that actually fits real life.
In an oversaturated industry, her approach stands out for being clinically grounded, ethically guided, mindfulness-based, and proven through over a decade of client results.
If you’re seeking a mentor with depth, heart, and a track record of helping people create meaningful, lasting change — you’re in the right place.
The Mindful Nutrition Way Stands Apart
A method trusted for its clarity, depth, and meaningful results.
This coaching experience is built on over a decade of training and working with thousands of clients using the Mindful Nutrition Method™ — a framework that has helped transform their relationship with food in a sustainable, grounded way.
It blends three unique pillars that are rare to find together:
EXPERTISE & EMPATHY
Developed by McKel Hill Kooienga, MS, RDN, LDN — a registered dietitian, author, and educator with deep experience in mindful eating and behavior change. It’s evidence-based work delivered with compassion, precision, and integrity.
SCIENCE & SYSTEM
Anchored in the Mindful Nutrition Method™, a clear, step-by-step approach that helps you move from overwhelm to clarity. These are practical, sustainable tools designed to fit real life — not rigid plans or all-or-nothing rules.
COMPASSIONATE CONNECTION & CARE
This isn’t a one-off coaching session. It’s a high-touch coaching journey with intentional support that meets you exactly where you are — without guilt, pressure, or perfectionism.
It helps you slow down, reconnect, regulate, and embody a calmer rhythm with food.
When you nourish yourself through this method, food stops being a source of stress and becomes a steady foundation — supporting your energy, your focus, your emotional well-being, and the life you're trying to build.
This is not another nutrition plan.
It’s a pathway to living with more clarity, presence, and calm — on the plate and far beyond it.
92%
say they now feel calmer and more relaxed with food.
88%
say they trust their body’s cues for hunger and fullness.
97%
say they’d recommend the experience to a friend.
Results & Success Stories
“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.
“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
When You Feel the Pull, Trust It
If something in you softened or exhaled while reading this — that's your signal.
You've likely already spent years gathering information, trying to get it right, and waiting for the right time. The work you're looking for isn't another plan. It's this — a guided, supported, human process that meets you where you are.
The next step is simple: fill out the short application below and book your free enrollment call. There's no pressure on that call — it's a conversation to make sure this is the right fit, in both directions.
You don't have to keep doing this alone.
APPLY NOW & RESERVE YOUR FREE ENROLLMENT CALL