Testimonials
Praise for Karen Louise
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See what past clients have to say about working with and praise for Karen Louise…
“I’ve been to a lot of therapists and counselors, group therapy, AA therapy, you name it. I think we hit on more relevant stuff than my last ten years of therapy combined!” (from only 1 session of decoding work)
~ mm
“Karen is amazingly empathetic therapist, coach and nutritionist. She clearly has a passion to heal, with real strategies, and an open heart.”
~ MC
“My work with Karen changed the way I think about food, exercise, and my body. She helped me develop the self awareness and self trust that I needed to become an intuitive eater by making me feel safe, educated, and loved. Thanks to her unwavering support, insight, humor and positive encouragement, I was able to ultimately recover from my disordered eating behaviors and make peace with food.”
~ EJR
When I first started seeing Karen I felt hopeless, stuck in a dieting and overeating cycle that had my weight fluctuating all over the place. I now feel comfortable in my eating habits, and feel healthy and lighter without dieting. I am so thankful for Karen’s insights and guidance throughout this process!“
~ MM
“Karen’s strategies and the Intuitive Eating program have been an absolute lifesaver! Karen is so inspiring; this approach has saved my life; I am free from food and weight obsession.”
~ JK
“Thanks to Karen’s unwavering support, I was able to ultimately recover from my eating disorder.”
~ EJR
“Karen gave me lots of tools so I can learn to trust myself and my body again. I am no longer “afraid” of food. My work with her has been nothing short of life-changing; I am so grateful to finally feel free.”
~ MR
“Working with Karen is the best decision I’ve made about my health in decades. Learning and practicing her intuitive eating approach has changed my life. For 35 years, I tried virtually every diet on the planet, always gaining back more weight than I lost. I tried a 12-step program and was even on the verge of the ultimate extreme: stomach surgery — I was that desperate. I am forever grateful that I found Karen instead. She taught me how to listen to my body and then give it what it needs and wants. Now I eat literally whatever I want without guilt and without overeating! It feels like a miracle. To my surprise, what my body wants and needs is precisely what is bringing me back into balance and good health. I wish everyone on the planet who struggles with weight and food issues would find and use this knowledge.”
~ KP
“My work with Karen changed the way I think about food, exercise, and my body. She helped me develop the self awareness and self trust that I needed to become an intuitive eater by making me feel safe, educated, and loved. Thanks to her unwavering support, insight, humor and positive encouragement, I was able to ultimately recover from my disordered eating behaviors and make peace with food.”
~ EJR
“I came to Karen after years in a 12-Step program for food issues. I’d found lots of recovery there, but I started to feel that the addiction approach to my actual food choices was no longer useful and in fact had become detrimental. Karen immediately set me at ease and offered a new way of thinking about my food, while supporting me to make whatever decision felt right about my 12-step program. After our first session, I left with a new sense of hope and peace about my food issues. Karen gives me lots of tools for making decisions and is teaching me that I can trust myself and my body. I am no longer “afraid” of food. Her intuitive model encourages compassion, kindness and confidence. This approach has also inspired me to feel more integrated in the rest of my life and confident about other decisions. My work with Karen is nothing short of life-changing, and I am so grateful to finally feel I am truly healing.”
~ MR
“Our sessions are so helpful to me! I really appreciate your clarity, grounding and compassion. I feel like I am slowly building an understanding and relationship to my body and food. It makes me feel hopeful in finding healing for something that has been so challenging in my life – thank you!!”
~ YS
“After just a few session, Karen was beyond helpful. I feel great, easily the best in over 10-15 years and very confident my relationship and choices with nutrition will be enjoyed indefinitely.”
~ GC
“I came to Karen when I felt like I had truly hit rock bottom – I’d been dieting for more than half my life, had a long list of ‘bad foods’ to avoid, went through pretty consistent cycles of restricting and binging, and was plagued with constant indigestion. What’s worse, those tactics weren’t even working – I continued to gain weight and had high cholesterol to boot. While I was honestly skeptical that I could shift my long-term obsession with food and dieting, in just a few months, with Karen’s guidance I was able to reconnect to food as a source of pleasure rather than my enemy, and re-learn to honor my hunger and my fullness. Almost 12 months later, I’ve been able to continue my Intuitive Eating journey and, as cliche as it sounds, feel like a different person. I still love cooking and eating, but I don’t obsess about food anymore, and feel comfortable trusting my internal cues on when I’ve finished. And, while this wasn’t my primary motivation, my pants are fitting looser and my cholesterol even dropped! If you feel similarly stuck with the constant diet and guilt cycle around food, I highly recommend Karen as a guide to support your Intuitive Eating journey.“
~ KM
“The work I have done with Karen in the past few months has truly changed my life.”
~ CC
“Karen, I’ve been meaning to reach out to you to thank you for all of your help when I went to see you for nutrition counseling during my college years. Your strategies and the Intuitive Eating program have been an absolute lifesaver! You are so inspiring, and I absolutely credit you and your approach to nutritional counseling with saving my life and allowing me to free myself from an obsession with food and weight. This gave me so much more time and energy to help others and pursue my personal and professional goals! I would never have gotten to this point without your help, and I am so grateful for everything. I have recommended your techniques and the Intuitive Eating program to so many of my friends over the years. They love it too! In fact, I am reading the newest edition of Intuitive Eating now and decided it was time to send you a much overdue thank you note. Again, thank you for everything”
~ JC
“The work I have done with Karen in the past few months has truly changed my life. She has given me so many tools to help me get back in touch with my true intuitive eating skills. Somehow, in the midst of this high-stress, chaotic, superficial, over-judgmental and diet-mania world we live in, I managed to lose that part of myself and get lost in it all. Obsessing every day about working out, what I’m going to eat, where am I going to eat, what can I not eat, became emotionally and physically draining. It became time for me to get back to basics and learn to eat when I’m hungry, stop when I’m full and enjoy the eating experience!! Through my work with Karen I discovered all the terrible “food rules” I had created for myself that defined my eating patterns and my life. I’m slowly learning to undo those rules and just listen to and trust my inner self. My journey continues… but I know I’m on the right path to living life to its fullest and not letting food run my life.”
~ CC
“Karen provided the best introduction to Intuitive Eating I’ve found thus far, and clearly pinpointed actionable steps and tools to overcome the many mental and behavioral issues that obstruct recovery. When I came to work with Karen, I’d been in treatment for several months for a 5+ year battle with Bulimia. I was experiencing lots of resistance to treatment because I was unwilling to fully let go of dieting. Thanks to my work with Karen I was able to fully embrace intuitive eating and finally achieve the recovery I was after. My life has become so much more rich and my body is truly balancing itself out. I’m so grateful and would highly recommend Karen to anyone looking to achieve freedom from food obsession and focus their attention on what really matters!”
~ KL
"I am free from food and weight obsession."
“Karen taught me how to listen to my body. I now eat whatever I want without guilt, deprivation or worry!” ~KM
"“I’ve been to a lot of therapists and counselors, group therapy, AA therapy, you name it. "
“I think we hit on more relevant stuff than my last ten years of therapy combined!” (from only 1 session of decoding work)” ~MM
"“Karen is amazingly empathetic therapist, coach and nutritionist."
“She clearly has a passion to heal, with real strategies, and an open heart.” ~MC
Hello! Let Me Introduce Myself...
I’m a nutrition therapist/dietitian, certified intuitive eating counselor, and body trust provider. I specialize in weight-inclusive care, intuitive eating, body image healing, mindfulness, self-compassion and healing from disordered eating, and eating disorders.
Since 2005, I’ve helped hundreds of folks break free from the dieting cycle and create a sustainable and peaceful relationship with food and their bodies.
Healing from food and body image issues takes time, patience and support. As someone who has recovered from chronic dieting myself, I get it!
I am passionate about supporting colleagues (both dietitians and therapists) to develop and strengthen their own wisdom, knowledge and skills.
The work we do as healers is ongoing and we never “arrive” at some place of completion. Like you, I am always learning and unlearning, growing and evolving along this path. I am personally and professionally committed to ongoing supervision and training.
Our work together is informed by social justice movements, the Health at Every Size paradigm, and Body Trust and Intuitive Eating frameworks.
Other modalities include: harm reduction, developmental theory of embodiment, shame resilience theory, motivational interviewing, self-compassion theory and mindfulness-based approaches.
My other passion is plant-medicine and I am a current graduate student at CIIS for certification in Psychedelic Assissted Therapy and Research.
Thank you for reading of praise for Karen Louise Nutrition Coach!
I’ve learned a lot in the past 15 years specializing in eating disorders! I’ve worked at every level of care- from in-patient hospital, to PHP to IOP programs and have had a thriving private practice for over 10 years. While working in programs, I had the opportunity to supervise and train new dietitians.
I’ve personally trained with the best and brightest in our field, including Anita Johnston, author of Eating in the Light of the Moon, Carolyn Costin author of numerous books on eating disorders and Evelyn Tribole author of Intuitive Eating. I’ve also trained with Barbara Birsinger and use her Behavior Decoding Methods to uncover the symbolic meaning and purpose of food and body image issues.
You can see my full work experience here
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BODY IMAGE
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INTUITIVE EATING
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RECIPES
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HEALTH AT EVERY SIZE
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MINDFUL EATING
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FOOD & NUTRITION
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