Jenna Hollenstein, MS, RDN, CDN, is a non-diet dietitian who helps people struggling with chronic dieting, disordered eating, and eating disorders.
Jenna uses a combination of Intuitive Eating, mindfulness techniques, and meditation to help her clients move toward greater peace, health, and wellness.
Jenna is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) and a Certified Dietitian Nutritionist (CDN) in New York State. She has a Bachelors degree in Nutrition from Penn State, a Masters degree in Nutrition from Tufts University, is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and an Open Heart Project meditation guide.
Jenna is the author of Understanding Dietary Supplements, a handy guide to the evaluation and use of vitamins, minerals, herbs, and botanicals for both consumers and clinicians, and more recently the memoir Drinking to Distraction.
Topics:
- Jenna’s journey in nutrition, and a special meaning the name of her web site ‘eat 2 love’ carries
- Research on intuitive eating and joy of eating, emotional connection and relationship to food, as well as emotional overeating
- Mindfulness in her non-diet approach, society’s stigma, learning how to work with your senses
- The importance of meditation and self-care in our daily rituals
- Removing busyness from our lives
Web resources:
- Jenna’s website Eat 2 Love, her Facebook page and her Instagram feed to follow
- Open Heart Project
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Oryoki
Books:
Understanding Dietary Supplements (Understanding Health and Sickness)
Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living (Shambhala Classics)
The Places that Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
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- facilitate a direct relationship to plants and the natural world
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