Karen Louise Nutrition Coaching
VIP Immersion
VIP Immersion Day / Weekend
Want to transform your life in as little as one day or one weekend?
Imagine putting yourself first (for once!),
so that you can get a jump start on the life that is waiting for you.
A LIFE THAT IS FREE FROM FOOD OBSESSION AND CONSTANT WORRY ABOUT YOUR BODY.
Imagine waking up and feeling a deep sense of freedom from this struggle.
Imagine putting yourself first (for once!), so that you can get a jump start on the life that is waiting for you.
Imagine what it would feel like to really feel safe and at home in your body.
Imagine feeling an internal shift that allows ease and flow and a renewed sense of trust.
Transformation is possible and it can happen in as little as one day.
What is the VIP Immersion Day?
- $VIP- stands for Value in Pleasure day!
- $Wait, isn’t’ pleasure a dirty and dangerous word?
- $Can pleasure and health really co-exist?
- $Yes it can, and we will show you how.
And, you are your most important ally, you are indeed your own VIP- Very Important Person!
You deserve to put yourself first and heal your own relationship to food and your body.
For an entire day, I’ll stand alongside you as your intuitive eating coach and biggest cheerleader ready to help you focus on what you decide is the most important area for us to tend and create the space for deeper healing to happen.
Our VIP Immersion day (or weekend) is your chance to deep dive and jumpstart into stepping into and embodying your new relationship with food and your body.
Sometimes a jump start is exactly what we need to really find the motivation, momentum and internal shifts needed to keep going.
Sometimes being held in a safe and sacred container where you are pampered and treated like the amazing Queen (or King or Joker or…) that you are, is just what is needed to get you to the next level for your healing and growth potential.
In our initial 90 minute call we will get to know what areas are most important for you to work on.
- $What areas do you feel stuck or frustrated with your relationship to food? To your body? To movement?
- $Are you having a hard time integrating some or all of the principles of intuitive eating.
- $You know what you “should” be doing, “should” be eating, but just can’t seem to actually do it. There is resistance.
- $You really don’t believe you can trust your body to guide you back to balance, health and a deep sense of peace.
- $Perhaps you want to really dig in around letting go of “emotional eating” or fine tuning your intuitive eating abilities so that you feel confident to go anywhere and be able to eat anything with ease with an internal locus of control.
- $Willpower and discipline are no longer needed when body trust is restored.
Perhaps you want to sharpen your culinary skills and learn how to make some new meals to feed yourself and or your family.
Perhaps you want help with ideas on how to move your body in ways that activate your healing systems instead of keeping you in a state of fight or flight. Find out how to intentionally ditch the hustle no-pain-no-gain mentality for good!
We will create your personalized day (or weekend) that is tailored to exactly what you need to thrive as someone who feels confident in embodying the principles of intuitive eating, intuitive movement and intuitive self care practices.
Your Sample VIP day may include:
- $Begin the day with your personal roadmap for transformation.
- $Yin yoga session with breathwork, guided imagery, and sound healing.
- $We begin to activate the systems that respond to healing - our parasympathetic nervous system - this is where the magic happens. You will begin to experience from the inside out how change is possible, how change happens and feels.
- $Gentle nutrition education combined with hands-on culinary skills training from a trained personal chef... (that's me!)
- $Learn how to break up with dieting for good! We will dive deep into each of the ten principles of intuitive eating.
- $Identify any barriers that keep you wanting to go back to dieting and keep you feeling stuck in shame or guilt spirals.
- $Our day may include cooking a meal together. You decide what you want to learn to cook or incorporate more into your life at home.
- $As a trained personal chef, Karen Louise has an extensive database of healthy whole foods and plant based meals (or meat based upon your preferences and goals) where we can get creative in the kitchen together. Learn some tips and tricks from a professional to save you time and money making mealtimes more fun and delicious for you and your family.
- $Introduction to Mindful eating with experiential exercises to connect to your senses and access the wisdom of your body.
- $Plenty of downtime to reflect, journal or just chill.
- $Our time together may also include an easy afternoon stroll or a light hike in the beautiful Napa valley area.
- $We may do one of several decoding methods to gain access to what your future self is seeking at a soul level to get unstuck from whatever food or weight/size related behaviors is keeping you feeling trapped and not at peace.
- $Body image: learn how to unhook from your story that keeps you feeling stuck; create a new narrative.
- $Plant-medicine integration coaching. This is only for VIP weekend.
- $For VIP weekend, soak in the healing waters of world famous hot springs in Calistoga. Soak in the mineral waters, get a massage or mud bath.
- $For VIP weekend, schedule a Watsu session with a very talented body worker. Watsu is a gentle form of aquatic body work, like a massage but in the warm water.
After our day or weekend together, we will have one integration follow up session (60 minutes) to see how your new skills and practices are progressing and to troubleshoot any areas that may still need tending.
We take care of all accommodations, arrangements to and from the airport, all the logistics of the day or weekend are taken care of, so you can fully let go and relax! You make arrangements for flight only.
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How your VIP day works
- $Book your free 30 minute call with me here (link) to talk about your goals, desires, needs and dreams. Together we map out a plan to make them come true in as little as one day!
- $Schedule your day or weekend. There are limited VIP days available and due to the immersive nature of this experience, I only accept a small number of clients per quarter.
Investment for the VIP Immersion day
The in-person all day immersive experience to transform your relationship to food and your body is an investment of two payments of $499 for my services, expertise, guidance and support. All costs for food, massage, and other therapeutic treatments will be covered as well as the 1:1 follow up session for integration once you are back home.
If you want to spend a full weekend where we get to pamper you with the luxuries of the Napa Valley, the investment for this is $2900. This includes accommodations at the world famous Indian Spring Resort in Calistoga, all spa treatments, all meals, transportation, private yoga classes, sound healing, as well as one follow up session upon your return home. Spring 2026 calendar is now open. Limited spots available.
What my clients have said about working together
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!
– MM (from only 1 session of decoding work)
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
I went to Karen seeking weight loss/dieting advice. As I suffer from chronic back pain I thought losing some weight might alleviate some of my pain. Rather than simply giving me diet instructions Karen has been helping me explore my eating behavior, why I eat and my relationship with food. If I had thought this was the protocol I probably would have shied away from her services. So glad I didn’t! Turns out that by exploring my eating behavior and my emotions around food I have embarked on a journey of self awareness. I found myself opening up to Karen about much more than food. In fact I’ve been surprised at how much I have told Karen about my chronic pain and the mental toll it takes on me. Ive been more emotionally honest with her then Ive been with the many other therapists and doctors I’ve seen. As Karen explained, analyzing ones diet and eating habit can be a vehicle for exploring much deeper emotions. Rather then following a diet for X amount of days until I drop a few pounds, I feel like I’m redefining my entire approach to food and eating so as to establish habits that I can maintain for life.
– MM
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.
– MMC
"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.
Karen Louise Nutrition Coach
Thank you for reading Karen Louise Intuitive Eating Coach Manifesto
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
