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• Reframing Nutrition Education Through the Lens of Mindful Eating

  • Start
    21 Aug 2018
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  • End
    28 Aug 2018
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    2 sessions

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  At first glance, it may seem as though nutrition education is completely counter to the spirit of mindful eating. Traditional perceptions may conjure up thoughts of calorie prescriptions, exchange lists, food labels, and portion size guides, none of which are consistent with a mindfulness-based approach to making food decisions. At the same time, nutrition does influence health and diet can play a key role in managing many health conditions. So, as health professionals who care about supporting and helping to improve the health and well-being of clients, who also embrace mindful eating, how does nutrition education fit in to your work?
  

  
  

  Part 1 of this two-part webinar series will explore how the role of food and the definition of nutrition change when viewed through the lens of mindful eating and how to provide nutrition education in a way that is also consistent with the spirit of mindful eating.

  
  

  Part 2 of this two-part webinar series will explore practical strategies for providing mindfulness-inspired nutrition education to specific populations, such as those with chronic health conditions, food intolerances and allergies, and a history of disordered eating or eating disorders.

  
  

  Learning Objectives - Part 1

  • Compare and contrast more traditional perceptions of nutrition and nutrition education with those inspired by mindful eating.

  • Identify nutrition education tools and strategies that support changes in eating behavior while also being consistent with the spirit of mindful eating.

  Learning Objectives - Part 2

  • Describe useful strategies for providing mindfulness-inspired nutrition education to specific populations, such as those with chronic health conditions, food intolerances and allergies, and a history of disordered eating or eating disorders.

  Reframing Nutrition Education Through the Lens of Mindful Eating

  Tuesdays August 21 and 28, 3 pm EST(time zone converter)

  
  

  This is the fourth in our 6-part Foundations of Mindful Eating webinar series.

  Two (2) continuing education credits provided by International Seminars Group 

  $30 TCME Members, $60 Non-members

  Not a member? Take 50% off the cost of this program with an annual membership today!

  
  

  

  Marsha Hudnall, MS, RDN, CD
  

  A registered dietitian nutritionist, Marsha has been a voice of reason and a thought leader for the last three decades in helping women move away from restrictive notions of food and health so that they can better adopt a sustainable approach to eating well. 

  Her mission is to help women learn to enjoy eating and living well, without worries about health and weight. 

  Marsha has been a part of Green Mountain at Fox Run  since 1986, the Vermont women's retreat that pioneered the non-diet approach to health and healthy weights.  Long active with several national professional associations, Marsha recently stepped down from the board of the Binge Eating Disorder Association in order to serve as the president of The Center for Mindful Eating.

  
  

  
  

  

  Dana Notte, MS, RD, CD

  Dana has dedicated her career to helping individuals establish a balanced and healthy relationship with food. She has extensive training and experience in coaching for behavior change, mindful eating, and motivational interviewing. 

  
  

  Dana has spent years leading group-based behavior change classes, developing and leading interactive workshops for work-site wellness programs, and providing nutrition counseling to individuals struggling with eating, weight, and chronic health conditions.  She is the Nutrition Lead at Green Mountain at Fox Run

  
  

  Continuing Education credits provided by International Seminars Group, ISG. This program will meet twice for a total of 2 hours and will be recorded. Two (2) CE/CPE for therapists and dietitians will be provided by ISG following completion of the post-test survey and evaluation. ISG is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. ISG is also a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). ISG maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  

  
  

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• Stepping into Mindful Eating

  • When
    27 Aug 2018
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    1:00 PM (EDT)
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    TCME Members-Only Program

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  This summer we'll be gearing up for our Mindful Eating Day 2019 celebration with a free online webinar series for TCME members. The aim of this training is for you to take the information and resources shared via these three webinars and from TCME’s resource library, and then create social media posts and mindful eating practices to be delivered on one of the days of January 2019.   

  
  

  Collectively, we will create a supportive space to share with a wider community the benefits of having a mindful eating practice and how it can provide a peaceful and healing relationship with food, eating, and our bodies. 

  
  

  This 3-part webinar series , facilitated by  Megrette Fletcher and Linn Thorstensson, is a unique opportunity for our TCME members to develop their social media communication skills in a creative, collaborative environment with peers. We ask that participants have active Facebook and Google accounts as we'll be sharing our work and connecting between sessions.  It will be an opportunity for people to deepen their own mindful eating skills and mindful eating teaching skills, to co-brand with TCME and for all of us to spread the message of Mindful Eating wider and further to the public.

  
  

  Requirements:

  Be a current TCME member - Not a member? Learn more | Sign up

  Have Facebook and Google accounts so you can participate in the the closed group discussions

  
  

  Our key messages for Mindful Eating Day 2019 will be holding space with non-judgmental awareness and learning to fully embody mindful eating practice through deeper communication of our experience.

  
  

  On Demand Webinar 1, available August 13, by Megrette Fletcher

  On Demand Webinar 2, available August 20, by Linn Thorstensson

  Live Program, August 27, 1 pm EST with both Megrette and Linn

  
  

  You'll be invited to join our private Facebook Group in your event registration confirmation email. Here we will share and discuss each other's projects in the spirit of mutual support and inspirational energy.

  
  

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  Linn Thorstensson is a registered Nutritional Therapist, based in Co.Cork Ireland, with a special focus on helping people heal their relationship with food and eating, through a mindful eating and self-compassionate approach. She is also a food blogger, recipe developer and photographer and a meditator. Linn holds a three year PGDip in Nutritional Therapy, certifications in mind-body medicine and Mindful Eating (MB-EAT).

  
  

  Megrette Fletcher is a cofounder of The Center for Mindful Eating and has served many positions including the 2013-2016 President. She is a public speaker and author of a number of books, including Discover Mindful Eating for Kids, Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes with Michelle MD, Discover Mindful Eating: A resource of handouts for health professionals, with Frederick Burggraf. Megrette has also crafted detailed training for both the consumer and professional including, Am I Hungry: Diabetes, The Before, During and After the Bite Workshop, and The Core Concepts of Mindful Eating online training. She is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator who has worked at an area hospital for over 16 years.

  
  

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• Comunidad de Meditación de Alimentación Consciente (en español)

  • When
    04 Sep 2018
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    10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

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  ¡Únete a nuestra comunidad de meditación mensual (en línea)! 
  

  
  

  La meditación cultiva la atención y nos ayuda a tomar conciencia de los pensamientos, sentimientos y todos los sentidos, sin juicio. Alienta la curiosidad y cultiva la compasión, proporcionando así una base de presencia para la alimentación consciente.
  

  
  El centro de Alimentación Consciente se ha comprometido a desarrollar una comunidad que comparta la visión mencionada y crear un tiempo y espacio seguros para profundizar tu práctica de meditación junto con personas que tienen los mismos intereses que tú.
  
  Durante los próximos meses Claudia Vega & Cuca Azinovic compartirán con la comunidad diversas meditaciones que nos ayuden a crear este espacio de práctica y cultivo de la atención plena y el amor bondadoso. Cada mes habrá una práctica diferente con el fin de ayudarte a que encuentres tu propia práctica base de meditación con la que trabajar. 

  
  

  Comunidad de Meditación (en línea)
  

  
  

  A continuación compartimos contigo las propuestas para cada mes:

  • Marzo: Meditación de foco en la respiración 
    
  • Abril: Meditación de foco abierto
    
  • Mayo: Meditación del escáner corporal 
    
  • Junio: Meditación en los Sonidos
  • Julio: Meditación en las sensaciones físicas en el cuerpo 
  • Agosto: Meditación en los pensamientos
  • Septiembre: Meditación en las emociones
  • Octubre: Meditación de Amor Bondadoso
    
  • Noviembre Meditación de Compasión
    
  • Diciembre: Meditación del Maestro Thich Nhat Hanh para nuevos comienzos...
    

  
  Estas sesiones de meditación gratuitas están diseñadas para cualquier persona interesada en aprender a meditar o profundizar en la práctica de meditación existente. La meditación será dirigida por miembros de la junta directiva de TCME.

  
  

  Adjunto un conversor de zona horaria para que puedas saber qué hora será en tu ciudad:

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• TCME Conscious Cafe

  • When
    04 Sep 2018
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Free and open to all, donations accepted

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  An opportunity to practice mindful eating in community. Participants will come prepared with a midday meal chosen to satisfy their hunger. The one- hour group includes guided invitations to cue back into one’s senses during the entire eating process with time to process the experience.
  

  
  

  TCME Conscious Cafe

  Facilitated by Alice J. Rosen

  Tuesday, September 4, 2018 

  12 pm EST (time zone converter)

  
  

  Free and Open to all - Donations welcomed!

  
  

  Please note this is not a substitute for professional mindful eating intervention. 

  This is a taste of mindful eating practice offered by donation to those interested in learning more.

  

  
  

  Alice J. Rosen, MSEd, LMHC, is the founder of "The No-Diet and Self-Led Eating Workshops" and "The Conscious Cafe'. She is a faculty member of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, a Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist, and former Director of Education for "Feeding Ourselves (SM)".   

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Mindful Eating Community Meditation

  • When
    06 Sep 2018
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    12:00 PM - 12:45 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Free and open to all, donations accepted

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  Join us for our monthly online community meditation! Meditation cultivates attention and awareness of thoughts, feelings, and all the senses without judgment. It encourages curiosity and cultivates compassion, thus providing a foundation for mindful eating.
  

  
  The Center for Mindful Eating is committed to developing a community who share the above view and create a protected time and space to deepen your meditation practice together with like-minded people. 
  
  This drop-in meditation session is designed for anyone interested in learning to meditate or who wants to deepen their existing meditation practice. The meditation will be led by a member of TCME's board of directors.

  
  

  
  

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• Comunidad de Meditación de Alimentación Consciente (en español)

  • When
    02 Oct 2018
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    10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

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  ¡Únete a nuestra comunidad de meditación mensual (en línea)! 
  

  
  

  La meditación cultiva la atención y nos ayuda a tomar conciencia de los pensamientos, sentimientos y todos los sentidos, sin juicio. Alienta la curiosidad y cultiva la compasión, proporcionando así una base de presencia para la alimentación consciente.
  

  
  El centro de Alimentación Consciente se ha comprometido a desarrollar una comunidad que comparta la visión mencionada y crear un tiempo y espacio seguros para profundizar tu práctica de meditación junto con personas que tienen los mismos intereses que tú.
  
  Durante los próximos meses Claudia Vega & Cuca Azinovic compartirán con la comunidad diversas meditaciones que nos ayuden a crear este espacio de práctica y cultivo de la atención plena y el amor bondadoso. Cada mes habrá una práctica diferente con el fin de ayudarte a que encuentres tu propia práctica base de meditación con la que trabajar. 

  
  

  A continuación compartimos contigo las propuestas para cada mes:

  • Marzo: Meditación de foco en la respiración 
    
  • Abril: Meditación de foco abierto
    
  • Mayo: Meditación del escáner corporal 
    
  • Junio: Meditación en los Sonidos
  • Julio: Meditación en las sensaciones físicas en el cuerpo 
  • Agosto: Meditación en los pensamientos
  • Septiembre: Meditación en las emociones
  • Octubre: Meditación de Amor Bondadoso
    
  • Noviembre Meditación de Compasión
    
  • Diciembre: Meditación del Maestro Thich Nhat Hanh para nuevos comienzos...
    

  
  Estas sesiones de meditación gratuitas están diseñadas para cualquier persona interesada en aprender a meditar o profundizar en la práctica de meditación existente. La meditación será dirigida por miembros de la junta directiva de TCME.

  
  

  Adjunto un conversor de zona horaria para que puedas saber qué hora será en tu ciudad:

  http://bit.ly/2oLCvNp

  
  

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• TCME Conscious Cafe

  • When
    02 Oct 2018
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Free and open to all, donations accepted

  Register

  An opportunity to practice mindful eating in community. Participants will come prepared with a midday meal chosen to satisfy their hunger. The one- hour group includes guided invitations to cue back into one’s senses during the entire eating process with time to process the experience.
  

  
  

  TCME Conscious Cafe

  Facilitated by Alice J. Rosen

  Tuesday, October 2, 2018 

  12 pm EST (time zone converter)

  
  

  Free and Open to all - Donations welcomed!

  
  

  Please note this is not a substitute for professional mindful eating intervention. 

  This is a taste of mindful eating practice offered by donation to those interested in learning more.

  

  
  

  Alice J. Rosen, MSEd, LMHC, is the founder of "The No-Diet and Self-Led Eating Workshops" and "The Conscious Cafe'. She is a faculty member of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, a Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist, and former Director of Education for "Feeding Ourselves (SM)".   

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Mindful Eating Community Meditation

  • When
    04 Oct 2018
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    12:00 PM - 12:45 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Free and open to all, donations accepted

  Register

  Join us for our monthly online community meditation! Meditation cultivates attention and awareness of thoughts, feelings, and all the senses without judgment. It encourages curiosity and cultivates compassion, thus providing a foundation for mindful eating.
  

  
  The Center for Mindful Eating is committed to developing a community who share the above view and create a protected time and space to deepen your meditation practice together with like-minded people. 
  
  This drop-in meditation session is designed for anyone interested in learning to meditate or who wants to deepen their existing meditation practice. The meditation will be led by a member of TCME's board of directors.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Heartfulness. A compassion-based approach to eating

  • Start
    16 Oct 2018
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    (EDT)
  • End
    23 Oct 2018
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    2-Part Webinar Series, 2 CE, $30 TCME Members/$60 Non-Members

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  In recent scientific studies we understand better how a compassionate mind influences our brains, bodies and the way we relate to ourselves and food.
  

  
  

  In this two-part webinar series, we will discuss and experience different compassion-based meditation practices which nourish the heart qualities, both for health care professionals as their clients.

  
  

  These heart-full meditations will be offered as a home assignment after the first session and practiced on a daily basis throughout the following week.
  

  
  

  In part one of the series, we offer an introduction to heart-full-ness that will provide participants with a better understanding of these effective qualities, its history and benefits. In the second part of the series, there is time for sharing and an opportunity to learn from each other what they've noticed in the past week.

  
  

  The attendees have the chance to evaluate and discuss the heart-based meditations which were offered as a home assignment after the first session. In part 2, there will be further deepening of the compassion-based model for individuals with eating issues (working with resistance, self-criticism, shame, difficult emotions).

  
  

  Heartfulness.  A compassion-based approach to eating

  October 16 and 23, 12 PM EST (time zone converter)

  This is the fifth in our 6-part Foundations of Mindful Eating webinar series. 

  Two (2) continuing education credits provided by International Seminars Group 
  

  $30 TCME Members, $60 Non-members

  Not a member? Take 50% off the cost of this program with an annual membership today!

  
  

  Learning Objectives Class 1

  • List the 4 heart qualities and describe their different features.
    
  • Demonstrate new compassion-based approaches for themselves and their clients that calm  the treat-drive system.

  Learning Objectives Class 2

  • After practicing the 4 heart qualities in week 1, the participants will be able to apply different aspects of the heart qualities and discuss the challenges they have faced during the meditation practices.

  • Participants will be able to use compassion-based skills to offer a more compassionate response.

  
  

  

  Caroline Baerten, MA, RD, (Belgium) is a mindfulness-based nutritionist/RD and integrative psychotherapist, specializing in work with disturbed eating behavior and nutrition ecology. She is a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (CFM,Umass) and Mindful Self-Compassion teacher. She serves on the TCME Board.

  MeNu. Centre for Mindful Eating & Nutrition
  

  
  

  Continuing Education credits provided by International Seminars Group, ISG. This program will meet twice for a total of 2 hours and will be recorded. Two (2) CE/CPE for therapists and dietitians will be provided by ISG following completion of the post-test survey and evaluation. ISG is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. ISG is also a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). ISG maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  

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• Mindful Eating for Well-Being: What's Weight Got to Do with It?

  • Start
    06 Dec 2018
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  • End
    13 Dec 2018
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    (EST)
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    2-Part Webinar Series, 2 CE, $30 TCME Members/$60 Non-Members

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  As concern about body size continues as a primary topic among those interested in health and well-being, it is essential that mindful eating teachers understand the role of mindful eating in supporting the internal regulation of a healthful weight. Equally important is to recognize weight stigma, which is a driving factor for eating and weight struggles among many people. This presentation will equip mindful eating teachers with understanding, knowledge and tools to help their clients move beyond the thin ideal to make eating choices that truly support their health and well-being.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Mindful Eating for Well-Being: What's Weight Got to Do with It?
  

  Thursday December 6 and 8, 2:00 PM EST (time zone converter)

  
  

  This is the final program of our 6-part Foundations of Mindful Eating webinar series for 2018. 

  Two (2) continuing education credits provided by International Seminars Group 

  $30 TCME Members, $60 Non-members

  Not a member? Take 50% off the cost of this program with an annual membership today!

  
  

  Learning Objectives Part 1
  

  • Compare the outcomes of weight-focused and mindful approaches to eating
    
  • Identify three ways that weight stigma contributes to poor health

  Learning Objectives Part 2

  • Describe how mindful eating supports internal regulation of body weight

  

  Sandra Aamodt, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and science writer, most recently the author of Why Diets Make Us Fat: The Unintended Consequences of Our Obsession with Weight Loss. Her talk at TEDGlobal 2013 about why she stopped dieting and started eating mindfully has received over four million views, and she has published opinion pieces in The New York Times and elsewhere.

  
  

  In collaboration with Sam Wang from Princeton University, she wrote two other books. Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life was named Young Adult Science Book of the Year by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2009. Welcome to Your Child’s Brain: How the Mind Grows from Conception to College was published in 2011.
  

  
  

  She received her undergraduate degree in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University and her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Rochester. After four years of postdoctoral research at Yale University, she joined Nature Neuroscience, a leading scientific journal in the field of brain research, in 1998 and was editor in chief from 2003 to 2008.

  
  

  In her free time, Sandra loves dancing, truck camping, travel photography, hiking, and cooking. You can reach her via sandraaamodt.com, on Twitter @sandra_aamodt, or at sandra.aamodt@gmail.com.

  
  

  Continuing Education credits provided by International Seminars Group, ISG. This program will meet twice for a total of 2 hours and will be recorded. Two (2) CE/CPE for therapists and dietitians will be provided by ISG following completion of the post-test survey and evaluation. ISG is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. ISG is also a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). ISG maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  

  
  

  
  

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