When Food Feels Calm, Life Opens Up.

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 person 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 rather than pressure.

✔️ Feels more grounded, energized, and clear-headed throughout the day.

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 what your body is trying to tell you.

✔️ 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 no longer drains your energy or occupies your mind.
It becomes a supportive rhythm — one that expands your capacity to live fully.

And Then Something Quietly Shifts 

Your mind softens.
Your days feel clearer.
Your life begins to feel like it belongs to you again.

Food stops being a source of stress and becomes a way to take care of:

• your energy — so you feel steady and supported
• your focus — so your mind isn’t pulled into constant food thoughts
• your peace — so your whole system can settle, regulate, and breathe

And that’s when you notice the ripple effect — everything off the plate begins to expand:

Your creativity opens.
Your confidence grows.
Your calm becomes your new baseline.
You start to embody a way of living that feels grounded, clear, and aligned.

To take care of yourself is to build a calm, nourishing relationship with food — one that sustains your energy, deepens your joy, and becomes a natural, effortless part of your life.

This is the outcome of The Mindful Nutrition Way: a life that feels grounded, spacious, and truly your own.

Before You Apply

Take a breath. This part is meant to feel grounding and exciting, not stressful.

This application isn’t a test or a performance.

It’s simply a quiet moment for you to reflect on what’s been happening with food, what you’re craving more of, and whether this coaching container is the right place to support you.

• There’s no perfect way to answer or "right" words.
• No expectation that you have it all figured out.
• You don’t need to be in the “right place.”

You just need to be open to taking care of yourself in a deeper, steadier way.

If you’ve felt a pull toward creating more peace, more ease, and more trust with food — you’re already in the right place.

What Happens After You Apply

Here’s exactly what happens next — slowly, intentionally, without pressure:

1. I personally review every application
   Not an assistant, not an automated filter. Just me, taking my time with your words and your story.

2. You’ll hear from me within 48 hours
   If the coaching container is the right fit, you’ll receive a private invitation to enroll.

3. If it’s not the right fit right now
   I’ll gently guide you toward the next step, resource, or program that is aligned — without pressure, judgment, or obligation.

There are no sales tactics here.

Just care, clarity, and an honest sense of whether this work will support you fully and we're both in alignment.

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 years 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, behavior change, and emotional regulation. 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 high-touch coaching partneship and 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.

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.