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Our Curriculum


We believe that our Professional Certification Training in The Psychology of Eating and Mind Body Nutrition is an educational experience like no other….

Before we fill you in on the content and outline of our curriculum, here are some key details that will help you understand the overall look and feel of the Training:

  • The Training consists of 7 weekends that run between October and the following April. Session times are Fridays 9am-7:30pm Saturdays 9am-7:30pm and Sunday 9am-4:30pm with meal breaks

  • Our 7 weekends take place in Boulder, Colorado – 35 minutes from the Denver International Airport

  • In between each weekend session we will meet once and sometimes twice via teleclass – a teleconference call. These sessions will focus on follow-up from our previous weekend, and preparation for the one upcoming. The teleclass sessions are 75 minutes

  • Each weekend is a balanced mixture of theory/didactic material – the part where you’ll be learning facts and taking notes - along with small group work, one-on-one work, experiential exercises, case studies and live demos, group sharings

  • Each weekend will feature:

1) specific counseling and coaching skills
2) special topics in Dynamic Eating Psychology
3) special topics in Mind Body Nutrition

  • The curriculum information below is provided to show some basic highlights. The list and descriptions are by no means complete…



Curriculum Highlights

Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition Modules


Weight Loss Module

  • Keys to Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition approaches to weight loss treatment, basic and advanced counseling and coaching techniques, maps and checklists for working with weight loss, metabolic factors influencing weight loss, influence of archetypes, masculine and feminine weight loss psychology, listening skills for weight issues, counseling shortcuts for creating breakthroughs, weight loss and core life issues, powerful history taking, dynamic behavioral interventions, seeing through weight concerns to find key desires, working with cultural and social limitations, weight loss and soul lessons, Mind Body Nutrition distinctions for weight loss, influence of stress physiology, stress psychology, pleasure chemistry, awareness and presence, influence of timing – circadian bionutrition, working with inflammation, placebo and neuropsychology impact on weight, willpower and cephalic phase digestive response, body wisdom tools, weight loss and spiritual psychology, the power of forgiveness, influence of thoughts and beliefs on thermic efficiency, the connection between weight loss and detoxification


Body Image Module

  • Keys to Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition approaches to working with negative body image, basic and advanced counseling and coaching skills, body image and sexuality, body image and culture, women and body image, men and body image, history taking skills, listening skills, “presencing” interventions, working with embodiment practices, understanding the psychology of desire, body image and pleasure inhibition, body image and movement, yoga psychology and body image, radical interventions in negative body image, the neuropsychology of “loving what is”, body image and stress physiology, breakthroughs using archetypal psychology, family of origin and body image, key life transitions and body image, healing negative body image with cognitive and spiritual psychology, body image and post traumatic stress disorder


Over-Eating, Binge Eating, Compulsive Eating Module

  • Keys to Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition approaches to working with all compulsive eating concerns, basic and advanced coaching and counseling skills, influence of work/corporate culture on compulsive eating, influence of timing – circadian bionutrition, pleasure chemistry and overeating, cephalic phase digestive response and binge eating, stress physiology effects on overeating, influence of nutritional deficiencies on compulsive eating, influence of core life issues, placebo chemistry, neuropsychology, and primary fears on compulsive and overeating, powerful history taking techniques, practical short-cuts for healing binge eating, breakthroughs using re-storying techniques, breakthroughs using nutrition-dense food strategies, deeper hungers in overeating, the psychology of nourishment, influence of body image on compulsive eating, compulsive eating through life cycles, the powerful and hidden gift of compulsive eating concerns


Chronic Dieting Module

  • Keys to Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition approaches to working with chronic dieting, basic and advanced coaching and counseling skills, effects of chronic dieting on health, metabolism, nutritional status, energy level, and calorie burning, cultural influences on dieting, the dieting phenomenon – a hidden epidemic of the soul, the special relationship between women and dieting, influence of dieting on oxygen metabolism, chronic dieting and it’s connection to compulsive exercising, effective listening and history taking tools, false and outdated scientific beliefs around dieting, caloric theory and nutritional metabolism, using powerful language to help transform dieting beliefs, cognitive and nutritional interventions for effective treatment of chronic dieting, working with complaints of “slow metabolism”, chronic dieting and sexuality, the hidden influence of the psychology of romantic relationships on chronic dieting, chronic dieting and it’s connection to sensuality, dieting and the media


Energy and Fatigue Module

  • Keys to Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition approaches to working with energy and fatigue concerns, basic and advanced coaching and counseling skills, metabolic influences on fatigue, cognitive influences on fatigue, emotional, cultural and soul influences on energy level, embodiment and energy level, core life issues and energy level, key nutritional influences on energy and fatigue, how family of origin influences energy level, energy level as influenced by digestive health, immune status, neuropsychology, placebo science, and energy cardiology, energy level and fatigue as understood in Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Yoga Psychology, Shamanic traditions, and Archetypal Psychology, Somatic Psychology skills for enhancing energy, cellular biology and thought, effective listening and history taking tools, maps and checklists for working with fatigued clients, feminine and masculine differences in relationship with energy and fatigue, influence of stress physiology, influence of purpose and mission, key soul lessons and energy level, influence of emotional intelligence on energy/fatigue, a deeper approach to chronic fatigue, the healing power of story in chronic fatigue


Digestive Health Module

  • Keys to Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition approaches to working with digestive concerns, basic and advanced coaching and counseling skills, stress physiology/stress psychology and it’s influence on digestion, effects of awareness on digestion, effects of pleasure chemistry on digestive function, digestive health and culture, influence of work/career on digestive health, Mind Body Nutrition protocols for common diseases, symptoms and complaints with digestion, immunity and digestive status – the gastrointestinal immune system, the psychology of digestive ailments, impact of fear on digestive health, emotional and metabolic detoxification and it’s effects on digestion, the enteric nervous system – the brain in the belly – and it’s importance in digestive health, Ayurvedic, Chinese Medicine and Yogic insights into the digestive process, digestive ailments and family of origin issues, digestive ailments and sexuality, using digestive status as a barometer for ego development and personal empowerment, the digestive system as an evolutionary feedback loop, hidden meanings of food allergies, masculine and feminine psychology approaches to digestion, digestion and soul issues


Mood Concerns Module

  • Keys to Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition approaches to working with mood concerns, basic and advanced coaching and counseling skills, how culture influences mood, impact of nutrition on mood, key Mind Body Nutrition protocols for working with mood disorders, influence of stress physiology/stress psychology on mood, archetypal psychology approaches to mood, powerful and simple strategies from Yogic and Buddhist psychotherapy, influence of dieting on mood, brain physiology basics for understanding mood fluctuations, impact of immunity on mood, liver function, detoxification and mood balance, insulin, blood sugar, and mood, understanding mood through life cycles, environment and mood, influence of genetics and family lineage on mood, the spiritual psychology of mood, xenotoxins and mood, importance of macro-nutrient balance and mood, mood disorders and the psychology of perfectionism.


Immune Health Module

  • Keys to Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition approaches to working with immune health, basic and advanced coaching and counseling skills. The gastrointestinal immune system and its’ connection to overall immune strength. How gastrointestinal immunity is metabolically impacted by thoughts, emotions, stress physiology, and dietary choices. The influence of dietary beliefs on immune health. How feminine and masculine psychology influences immunity, cultural and soul influences on immunity, embodiment and immune strength, core life issues and immunity, key nutritional influences on immune strength, how family of origin influences immunity, energy level and immunity. Somatic Psychology and Yogic Psychology skills for enhancing immune strength, effective listening and history taking tools, maps and checklists for working with immune challenged clients, influence of purpose and mission, key soul lessons and immunity, the healing power of story in immunity


Women, Food and Health Module

  • The special relationship between women and food, understanding genetic and evolutionary influences on a women’s relationship to food, understanding brain physiology, women and food, masculine and feminine differences in stress physiology and the powerful influence these have on eating behaviors, the impact of culture on women’s health. Feminine sexuality and its’ influence on eating habits, dieting, and calorie- burning, woman specific counseling and coaching skills, maps, tools and distinctions specific for women clients, listening and speaking skills for women clients, embodiment practices for women, Yoga Psychology and the feminine principle, Archetypal Psychology and the feminine principle, women and their unique relationship to dietary fat, body fat, and muscle, history taking skills for women clients, a woman’s unique relationship to energy level and fatigue, special Dynamic Eating Psychology distinctions for teenage girls  


Depression Module

  • Keys to Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition approaches to working with depression, basic and advanced coaching and counseling skills, how culture influences depression, impact of nutrition on depression, key Mind Body Nutrition protocols for working with depression, influence of stress physiology/stress psychology on depression, Archetypal Psychology approaches to depression, powerful and simple strategies from Yogic and Buddhist psychotherapy, understanding depression through life cycles, environment, xenotoxins and depression, influence of genetics and family lineage on depression, the spiritual psychology of depression, importance of macro-nutrient balance and depression, the psychology of perfectionism and depression, a deeper and more soulful approach to depression , the healing power of story in depression, effective listening and history taking tools, maps and checklists for working with depressed clients, the hidden gifts of depression


Detoxification and the Elimination Diet Module

  • The importance of detoxification as a special and necessary nutritional strategy for the new millennium, keys to Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition approaches to working with detoxification, basic and advanced coaching and counseling skills. The influence of mind and emotion on detoxification, importance of understanding the symptoms/side effects/reactions of detoxification, the powerful connection between emotional and metabolic detoxification, the historical and spiritual precedents of fasting and detoxification, the psychology of the detoxification process, the special benefits of the elimination diet, using the elimination diet as a teaching, transformational, and body awareness tool, emotional toxins, the connection between stress and metabolic toxicity, evolutionary approach to food allergies and food sensitivities     


And More…

  • Foundations in Nutritional Counseling -  the important fundamentals of deep listening, history taking, assessment skills, diagnosis, along with directive and non-directive strategies for creating change and breakthroughs
  • Cognitive and Linguistic Nutrition -  a study of the deeply rooted concepts and beliefs around food and health that influence dietary behavior and metabolism
  • Eating and the Archetypes – a powerful look at the myths and archetypes that drive and inform our relationship with food - and hence our metabolism
  • Evolutionary Nutrition  - understanding nutrition needs from the standpoint of humans as a still evolving species in continuously evolving world
  • Biographical Nutrition – the importance of our “story” around food, body, and health and how to use story to heal and transform both metabolism and our relationship with food
  • Dynamic Eating Psychology and Sexuality –  the hidden relationship between pleasure, sexuality, and food. Approaches to healing shame and self-judgment that transform metabolism and compulsive eating
  • Nutritional Field Dynamics – the hidden power of social, family, relationship, work, and societal “fields.” How these invisible forces organize and influence health, and our relationship with food
  • Spiritual Psychology and Nutrition  - how to understand and address the most commonly seen metabolic concerns from a scientific and soul based approach. A deep dive into the inner lessons and soul healing functions of our disease states.
  • Deep Listening – practical work in the power of listening as a healing tool, and as the gateway to powerful healing and change
  • Metabolic Empowerment – how personal power and a positive sense of self is profoundly linked to physiology and health
  • Inspired Eating – how to move from a motivation based to an inspiration based relationship with food
  • Reclaiming the Culture of Nourishment - empowerment skills for elevating self and clients from a culture of “feeders” to one of nourishing eaters
  • From Mindful Eating to Soulful Eating - eating and nourishing ourselves from a place of celebration, naturalness, pleasure
  • Food, Body and Feminine Psychology – understanding the unique architecture of the feminine psyche, and the feminine polarity of men
  • Food, Body, and Masculine Psychology – understanding the unique architecture of the masculine psyche, and the masculine polarity of women
  • The Nutritional Power of Slow – the emotional, cultural, psychophysiologic, and metabolic importance of slowing down
  • Personal Hunger and World Hunger – exploring our economic and spiritual connectedness to all eaters everywhere
  • The Deeper Politics of Food – getting grounded in the behind-the-scenes economics, politics, and power games in the food industry
  • The Psychology of Exercise and Movement – enlightening distinctions about the unspoken assumptions and hidden psychology of the exercise world
  • The Healing Power of Embodiment – the most useful body based practices to help move us from a head centered experience of eating to a somatic one
  • Deep Distinctions in Diagnosis –  the most useful maps and tools for identifying a client’s real issues and areas for healing and growth
  • The Powerful Use of Language – how to use language that is positive, empowering, evocative, and in itself - healing
  • Creating a Container with your Clients – techniques for creating safety, comfort, and an atmosphere of discovery with your clients
  • The Illusion of Good Food and Bad Food – how the moral and scientific distinction of good or bad foods can adversely control our health and happiness
  • Yoga Psychology and Eating – the timeless teachings of practical Yoga philosophy and how it can help heal and empower us around food, body and health
  • Breathing Practices in Mind Body Nutrition – simple psychophysiologic breathing tools for working with a host of nutrition and health and eating concerns
  • Old Science, New Nutrition – identifying widely popular yet outdated science principles in nutrition that send us individually and collectively in the wrong direction
  • Culture Changing 101 - changing the culture of eating within yourself, the workplace, your community, and the world
  • Mission, Purpose, and Health – how our sense of purpose in the world profoundly influences our nutritional choices, and our health
  • Attracting Clients  - simple and powerful practices for attracting the kinds of clients you can best serve
  • Food, Money, and Health – the hidden and not so hidden connections. How our relationship with money is a mind-body science phenomenon that impacts our metabolism and health
  • Time Shifting and Nutrition – how our relationship with time and our beliefs about how much or how little time we have profoundly influences nutritional choices and body chemistry
  • Body Wisdom and The Enteric Nervous System – how “the brain in the belly” is as important to nutritional health as “the brain in the head”
  • Eating and Ritual – the all important connection between the ritual aspect of our higher brain and the nourishing function of our physiology
  • The Metabolic Power of Rhythm – how rhythm is hard-wired into the human experience and it’s primary importance in nutrition and health
  • The Psychology of Supplements – the little discussed but powerful psychology of pill and supplement taking. A deeper understanding of working with supplements and healing substances
  • Deconstructing the Nutritional Experts – how to identify and understand the nugget of wisdom found in most nutritional systems, as well as the errors and exaggerations
  • Working with Difficult Clients – the common characteristics of challenging clients and how to move through resistance, uncertainty, and confusion with the “stuck” client
  • Working with Fear – how to work with and move through the fears that arise within you, and within your client
  • The Wisdom of Symptoms – symptoms are more than just irritations – they have deep and profound meanings and messages
  • Nutritional Personalities – each of us is not so much a person as we are a “crowd” of inner people. These powerfully influence our relationship with food, and our nutritional metabolism
  • Developing Your Emotional IQ – techniques and practices for tracking the important emotional messages in both your client and yourself
  • Self Imposed Dietary Imbalances – how our beliefs about food and body can dramatically short-change nutritional status
  • Re-Directing Self Sabotaging Food Behaviors – simple techniques for successfully “working with” rather than “fighting” unwanted food behaviors
  • Practical Coaching Techniques – the most useful coaching techniques applied to the Psychology of Eating and Mind Body Nutrition
  • Empowering Children Around Food and Health – simple strategies for working with young children to empower them around eating and develop a healthy sense of body wisdom
  • Placebo Science and Nutrition – the mind profoundly influences nutritional metabolism. How to use this information practically and clinically
  • Working With Food Cravings – simple strategies for understanding and transforming unwanted cravings and urges
  • The Body As Teacher – how the body in all it’s successes and challenges is designed as a powerful wisdom teacher on our path through Life
  • The 3 Levels of Diet – how to break through the confusion that happens when we fail to notice the distinctions between maintenance, therapeutic, and experimental diets
  • The Spectrum of Nutrition – a simple yet powerful way to understand and place in context any nutritional approach
  • The Nutritional “Matrix”  - awareness and practices to help self and others break free from unhealthy and outdated beliefs about food, body, and well being